“At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything, and if you can't hold anything, you won't keep anything. And you can't take anything without organization.” Randolph was the first organizer for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, founded on this date in 1925 at a meeting in New York City. photo: Pullman porter Harry Lucas Labor History Today (8/25): Rodeo women, Frances Perkins, MLK and desegregating Glen Echo Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week’s show: Heidi Thomas on the history of rodeo women; Frances Perkins’ labor landmarks; Common revisits MLK’s "I Have A Dream" speech; labor and civil rights activists unite to desegregate Glen Echo Amusement Park. After three-quarters of the states had ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, women win their long struggle for the vote - 1920 The Coalition of Labor Union is celebrating Women Women's Equality Day today; Sign the petition to elevate Women's Equality Day to a Federal Holiday and check out thisEquality Day brochure. With America in the depths of the Great Depression, the Comptroller of the Currency announces a temporary halt on foreclosures of first mortgages - 1932 More than 1,300 bus drivers on Oahu, Hawaii, begin what is to become a five week strike - 2003 click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15a M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3 2019 Working While Black Expo: Aug 24 – 25, 2019 Coppin State University, 2500 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21216, USA (map) Sponsored by The National Black Worker Center Project Click here for more information Dozens of Maryland state workers rallied in Ocean City last Saturday, protesting understaffed and underpaid working conditions throughout government institutions across the state. With their green shirts on and packets of info in hand, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Maryland (AFSCME) Council 3 gathered in the parking lot outside Ocean City's Convention Center, calling on Gov. Larry Hogan to improve conditions. Some say the staffing crisis is a matter of life and death, becoming alarmingly common among many places like correctional facilities and state hospitals. "Tell Governor Hogan to provide us with services, with staffing, and of course, provide state employees with more salary increases," said Flo Jones, AFSCME's Secretary-Treasurer. - WBOC.com |