Transit union members, riders and transit allies gathered at Baltimore’s War Memorial last week to march to the Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) headquarters to protest changes to the city’s bus routes that have harmed riders and drivers. The struggling overhaul of the city’s bus system – BaltimoreLink – has created headaches for riders who must make more transfers and catch buses at different stops. The protesters called on Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and the MTA to revisit the changes, and add service and lines, “because right now,” says ATU Local 1300 President David McClure, “these people are not able to get where they need to be.” - from a report in the Baltimore Sun Labor Day Mass? “Where is the (Labor Day) mass going to be held?" asks Susan Flashman. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 2700 S 19th St., Arlington VA. Complete details on all the events here. Greenbelt Labor Day Festival update: "I first want to say how much I enjoy reading your email every day. It reminds me why I’m still working in the labor community," writes Meghan Newkirk. "The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival has been held every year since 1955. The festival starts on Friday night at 6pm and runs through Monday at 6pm. There’s great music, carnival rides, games, food, and all sorts of fun for the entire family. The Labor Day parade is on Monday morning at 10 am." The Greenbelt labor contingent gathers at 9a and the Charm City Labor Chorus performs at 2p. "The Lusty Lady has started a revolution for the rights of sex workers everywhere. And I feel that this revolution will continue long after we’re gone.” Courtney Crimson was a dancer at the Lusty Lady, which closed on Labor Day, 2013. Read more. Sixty letter carriers from 18 states meet in a room above Schaefer's Saloon on Plankinton Avenue in Milwaukee. They unanimously adopt a resolution to form a National Association of Letter Carriers - 1889 Seventy-five workers die when the lower St. Lawrence River’s Quebec Bridge collapses while under construction. A flawed design was found to be the cause. Thirteen more workers were killed nine years later when the reconstructed bridge’s central span was being raised and fell into the river because of a problem with hoisting devices - 1907 Dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Club vote 57-15 to be represented by SEIU Local 790. Their first union contract, ratified eight months later, guaranteed work shifts, protection against arbitrary discipline and termination, automatic hourly wage increases, sick days, a grievance procedure, and removal of one-way mirrors from peep show booths - 1996 Northwest Airlines pilots, after years of concessions to help the airline, begin what is to become a 2-week strike for higher pay - 1998 Delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention approve the launching of workdayminnesota.org, now in its fourteenth year. It was the first web-based daily labor news service by a state labor federation - 2000 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services |