With the city's nightly curfew cancelled and some 4,000 National Guard troops and extra police withdrawing in the wake of the protests that marked the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore appears to be returning to normal. But “normal” in Baltimore is part of the problem for workers and low-income residents, according to labor and community leaders, who say that now is the time to address some of the economic issues underlying the unrest that brought national and international attention to the city in recent weeks. “Now that the charges are out” against police officers accused of criminality in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the conversation should turn to “the lack of good jobs” for young African-Americans like Gray, says Jermaine Jones, business manager for Laborers Local 710. Read more on our website at dclabor.org
On today's labor calendar, you can tour the Electrical Workers Museum today at noon and then tonight don’t miss the Young Trade Unionists Night at the Movies and Happy Hour, beginning at 5:30pm at McGinty's in Silver Spring, followed by the 7:20pm screening of Eat Sleep Die at the AFI. Go to dclabor.org and click on calendar for complete details, including signing up for LaborFest tours. In today's labor history, the Canadian government established the Department of Labour in 1909; it took the U.S. another four years; and on this date in 1913, some 10,000 IWW dock workers struck in Philadelphia. In 1998, thousands of yellow cab drivers in New York City held a 1-day strike, stunning city officials. Today's labor quote is by Cesar Chavez: “Fighting for social justice, it seems to me, is one of the profoundest ways in which man can say yes to man’s dignity, and that really means sacrifices. There is no way on this earth in which you can say yes to a man’s dignity and know that you’re going to be spared some sacrifice.” YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK: Tip #13 (click below) This is Chris Garlock, with Union City Radio’s Your Rights at Work tip of the day: Employers may not take money from your wages for uniforms, tools, or other supplies needed for the job if the result is that you are left earning less than the minimum wage. Find out more about your rights at work from the Employment Justice Center, at DCEJC.ORG or call 202-828-9675.
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