“It’s absolutely stunning, important—essential that we can move beyond this place. COVID-19 has exposed the underbelly, in a different way, of what this country is about,” he said of the potential for workers at Amazon in Alabama to form a union and fight for their rights in the workplace. Read the interview AFL-CIO Now blog interview here. This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. Last week’s show: The Valentine’s Day Strike of 1921
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women, justified as necessary to protect their health. A laundry owner was fined $10 for making a female employee work more than 10 hours in a single day - 1908 Women and children textile strikers beaten by Lawrence, Mass. police during a 63 day walkout protesting low wages and work speedups - 1912 - David Prosten click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, February 23, 5pm – 7pm Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, February 23, 5pm – 6pm Meeting for union members and community allies in Loudoun County. Missed last week's Your Rights At Work? Click here to check out Peter Cole on “Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly” and Dr. Laura Warren Hill on “Strike the Hammer: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 1940-1970.” “Kroger’s decision to close two stores rather than provide employees with much-deserved hazard pay is nothing short of despicable," said UFCW Local 400 President Mark Federici earlier this month, after Kroger announced it would be closing grocery stores in Long Beach, CA. in retaliation for the city mandating hazard pay for grocery workers. “For nearly a year, Kroger workers have served as heroes on the front lines of this pandemic,” said Federici. “Their sacrifice has resulted in billions of dollars in profits for Kroger. But instead of sharing with the people who made those profits possible, Kroger is shamefully choosing greed over gratitude. We will not let this stand.” a major Seattle grocery chain is pressuring elected leaders to reverse a similar grocery hazard pay mandate recently passed there. Read more here. |