The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting workers worldwide, and our colleagues at the Solidarity Center have been keeping track of the global impact. In Ukraine, for example, as workers face employer efforts to shortchange their pay, lay them off or take other adverse actions during the COVID-19 crisis, many are turning to Labor Initiatives, a Solidarity Center-supported Ukrainian NGO that provides legal assistance to workers. And in Bangladesh, tens of thousands of garment workers are successfully standing up to employers through their unions to ensure they are paid during plant closures and have proper protective equipment if they must report to work. Find out more at solidaritycenter.org
In today’s labor history, on this date in 1712, the first slave revolt in the United States occurred at a slave market in New York City’s Wall Street area. Twenty-one blacks were executed for killing nine whites. The city responded by strengthening its slave codes. Today’s labor quote is by Rose Schneiderman, born on this date in 1882. Rose was a prominent member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, and an active participant in the Uprising of the 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York City led by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1909. Here’s what she said in angry speech about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: “Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers…Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus, which stands up for union members and their families. At unionplus.org you’ll find useful links to coronavirus resources from the AFL-CIO, as well as Union Plus Hardship Help Benefits. Check it out at unionplus.org
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