Drivers from Instantwhip – a company that delivers dairy products around the area – voted to join UFCW 1994/MCGEO over the summer and are now in the process of negotiating a first contract.
Today’s labor calendar pick is the free screening of Hassan's Way at the Films Across Borders series at 6:45pm at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain on 16th St NW; Details on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar, where you’ll find the complete labor calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1930, Mary Harris, better known as Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Maryland. She was once called "the most dangerous woman in America" for her success in organizing mine workers and their families against the mine owners. Today’s labor quote is by Mother Jones, who said: “I’m not a lady, I’m a hell-raiser!”
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