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Weekend Labor History

4/28/2017

 
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April 28
Coal mine collapses at Eccles, W.Va., killing 181 workers - 1914
 
A total of 119 die in Benwood, W.Va., coal mine disaster - 1924
 
United Wallpaper Craftsmen & Workers of North America merges with Pulp, Sulfite & Paper Mill Workers - 1958
 
American Federation of Hosiery Workers merges with Textile Workers Union of America - 1965
 
Congress creates OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The AFL-CIO sets April 28 as “Workers Memorial Day” to honor all workers killed or injured on the job every year - 1971
 
First “Take Our Daughters to Work Day,” promoted by the Ms. Foundation, to boost self-esteem of girls with invitations to a parent’s workplace - 1993
 
April 29
Coxey’s Army of 500 unemployed civil war veterans reaches Washington, D.C. - 1894
 
An estimated one thousand silver miners, angry over low wages, the firing of union members and the planting of spies in their ranks by mine owners, seize a train, load it with 3,000 pounds of dynamite, and blow up the mill at the Bunker Hill mine in Wardner, Idaho - 1899
 
The special representative of the National War Labor Board issues a report, “Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments,” setting forth provisions for wage rates for women working in war industries who were asking for equal pay.  Women a year earlier had demanded equal pay for comparable work as that done by men – 1943


​April 30

An explosion at the Everettville mine in Everettville, W. Va., kills 109 miners, many of whom lie in unmarked graves to this day - 1927
 
The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections. The new rules are largely seen as a counter to employer manipulation of the law to prevent workers from unionizing - 2012

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Today's LABOR CALENDAR

4/27/2017

 
Dulles and National Airport Workers Strike
Thu, April 27, 11am – 2pm
11:00am-12:00pm: National Airport: Departures: Furthest end of Terminal C
12:30–2:00pm: Dulles International Airport: Main terminal, Center of departures/upper level: Zone 3 


Book Event: Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice: The Radical Potential of Human Rights

Thu, April 27, 12pm – 1pm
AFL-CIO George Meany Room 815 16th St., NW Washington, D.C. 
RSVP here


Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work

Thu, April 27, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online 


Fix It, Fund It, Make It Fair (Metro)

Thu, April 27, 2pm – 4pm
AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005


Reception for the Launch of the More Than Money Podcast

Thu, April 27, 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Mortara Center for International Studies 3600 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20057 Georgetown University

People's Platform Forum: Wellness for People and the Earth
Thu, April 27, 6pm – 8pm
Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200 Kansas Ave NW, Washington, DC 20011; RSVP here

Progress reported in campaign for fired Matchbox workers

4/27/2017

 
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A picket planned for Friday against the Matchbox restaurant is already having an effect. “The company has indicated that they would like to resolve the claims before the scheduled picket on Friday evening,” reports Hannah Kane, Worker Justice Organizer for Many Languages One Voice. “But we need your help to make sure that the company completely fulfills the workers' demands.” Click here tosign their petition. Five Matchbox workers -- Ana Hernandez, Altagracia Reyes, Alejandro Roman, Lucas Efrain, and Angel Morales -- were fired recently in retaliation for protesting working conditions. 

Solidarity Center Report: Nepal Reconstruction Offers Chance to Create Decent Jobs

4/27/2017

 
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Two years after a major earthquake in Nepal killed thousands of people, displaced millions and shocked an economy on fragile foundations, the country struggles to recover. A new report by JustJobs Network and the Solidarity Center argues that Nepal can turn the challenges it faces into an opportunity to achieve more equitable economic development by building an employment ecosystem where migration for work is a choice rather than a necessity. Find out more at the Solidarity Center.

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