The Transportation Learning Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, with its partner the Amalgamated Transit Union, and the Electrical Training Alliance and its local partner IBEW 26’s Joint Apprentice Training Center, have won nearly $10 million dollars in grants to boost apprenticeship from the US Department of Labor in a very competitive national bid. President Obama has made it clear that apprenticeships are critical to the strength of the nation’s workforce and economy. The grants were announced last week, and represent the biggest national investment in apprenticeship in history, with a total of $175 million dollars awarded to partnerships around the country. The grants will help the nation stay on the apprenticeship cutting edge in the skilled trades, an edge sharpened largely thanks to the leadership of the labor movement.
On today’s Labor Calendar, the America's Journey for Justice Rally will take place starting at 9am in Upper Senate Park. And tonight at 6:30pm, Ellen Bravo, longtime activist, former director of 9to5 and award-winning author, will discuss her new novel, "Again and Again" at the 14th Street Busboys and Poets. Complete details on our website at dclabor.org; click on calendar. Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1945, more than 43,000 oil workers struck in 20 states, part of the post-war strike wave. In 2004, a player lockout by the National Hockey League began, leading to cancellation of what would have been the league’s 88th season. The lockout, over owner demands that salaries be capped, lasted 310 days. And in 2004, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee won a signed contract with the Mount Olive Pickle Company and growers, ending a 5-year boycott. The agreement marked the first time an American labor union represented guest workers. Today’s labor quote is by Ellen Bravo: “I feel successful when I see movements grow and people stand up, when I watch people become aware of their own power as they join together with others. I measure success by that kind of growth, not just by what gets passed into law.”
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