"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voice you are throttling today." Spies was one of the eight men framed and executed for the bombing at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886; on today's date in 1893, more than 8,000 people attended the dedication ceremony for The Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Chicago, honoring the eight men. The quote above by Spies, recorded just before his execution, is inscribed on the base of the monument. Circus workers of the world, unite! Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week’s show: A rollicking hour with former union clowns Murray Horwitz and Chris Bricker; both were graduates of the Ringling College of Clowns, Class of 1971 and went on to become professional clowns and then union reps at the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus. Horwitz went on to become an American playwright, lyricist, NPR broadcaster, and arts administrator, and Bricker is a longtime labor organizer and saw-playing member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 1000, the acoustic travelling musicians union. Fair Labor Standards Act passes Congress, banning child labor and setting the 40-hour work week - 1938 At the urging of Black labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, Franklin Roosevelt issues an executive order barring discrimination in defense industries - 1941 Decatur, Ill., police pepper-gas workers at A.E. Staley plant gate one year into the company's two-and-a-half-year lockout of Paperworkers Local 7837 - 1994 Labor history courtesy Union Communication Services Former BSO Music Director David Zinman will join the locked-out BSO musicians’ picket line this morning, along with Bruce Ridge, former president of the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians. See Calendar, above, for complete schedule. “If you do come to walk with us, please introduce yourself,” urges AFM Local 40-543 Secretary-Treasurer Mary C. Plaine. “We’d like to take your photo and get your name and local affiliation so we can post the picture on our social media sites and tell people who you are.” Check the Baltimore Symphony Musicians Facebook page for latest updates, including this photo, captioned "We're making a dogged effort to get our message out." click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15a M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3 Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket line: Mon, June 24, 7:30am – 9:30am & 4:00pm – 6:30pm Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201 Celebrating the Life of ATU's Lawrence Hanley: Mon, June 24, 11am – 1pm Tommy Douglas Conference Center and ATU International Headquarters, 10000 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20903 Must RSVP to [email protected] UPCOMING Recognize any of these folks? Tue, June 25, 11am – 1pm The Metro Washington DC labor council has donated its historical archives to the University of Maryland and they’re in the process of scanning, sorting, and digitizing everything; included in the materials are a lot of old photos from the 1940's through the 1970's, and we need some help identifying folks in these photos. For more details or to RSVP; contact[email protected], or call 202-262-0773. No Vote Until NAFTA 2.0 is Fixed! Tue, June 25, 12pm – 2pm HOUSE TRIANGLE• CAPITOL DRIVEWAY SE, WASHINGTON, DC 20004; RSVP HERE Pride at Work/OUTreach Movie Night: Movie: "Do I Look Gay?" Tue, June 25, 6pm – 8pm 4536 B John Marr Drive, Annandale, VA Frank Russo, President, NoVa Pride at Work: 571-278-6186 UFCW 400 Week of Action at Shoppers: June 26-28 Multiple locations; click here DC Just Pay Coalition Outreach Blitz: June 28-30 Multiple locations; click here photo: Metro Washington Council archives |