A bill requiring all D.C. public and charter schools to have a full-time nurse moved forward at the DC City Council on Tuesday, when the Council’s Committee on Health voted 5-0 to pass the bill out of committee.
The DC Nurses Association has been working closely with parents and the Washington Teachers Union to pass the bill. They’re worried about funding for full-time nurses, however, and are urging the Mayor to make this a priority and to put the lives of District children first. Current DC law requires school nurses just 20 hours a week. On today's labor calendar, both Unite Here and UFCW Local 400 have a number of actions scheduled for today, and the Metro DC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is hosting a discussion tonight about socialist trade unionism. Complete details at dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1980, the J.P. Stevens textile company was forced to sign its first union contract after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina and other southern states. Today’s labor quote is by Frederick Douglass, the former slave, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who said: "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org.
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