Holiday pay...Laws ending sweatshops in the United States...Unemployment insurance...the 40-hour workweek...child labor laws. These are just five of the 36 reasons you should thank a union, as compiled on the UnionPlus blog. Read 'em & share! Metro Washington Council president Jos Williams (at right, standing) joined more than 60 people from Latin America—including the Dominican Republic, Chile, Colombia and Honduras— who, along with U.S. representatives, met last week in Brazil to affirm labor’s continued commitment to racial equality through a broad-based economic justice movement, mark the 20th year of trade unions’ efforts to eliminate race-based economic inequality in the Americas, and call for Colombians of African descent to be included in peace talks in that country…click below to read more. Less than a week after the Senate food vendor settled a dispute regarding retaliation against workers who went on strike, a supervisor allegedly reprimanded a worker who spoke out against her wages. Roll Call; By Bridget Bowman (August 21) Who wrote labor's anthem, "Solidarity Forever"? Was it Woody Guthrie; Ralph Chaplin; Joe Hill; or Florence Reece? Click here to submit your answer and you could be next week's winner! Graphic: Poster for League for Industrial Democracy, designed by Anita Willcox during the Great Depression, showing solidarity with struggles of workers and poor in America |