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The page has been updated. Updates and corrections are always welcome; please email [email protected] “No, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until ‘justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.’" From his "I Have A Dream" at the 1963 March on Washington. This week’s Labor History Today podcast: A travel guide to labor landmarks Saul Schniderman takes us on a road trip to discover the markers, memorials and monuments commemorating the history and heritage of America's workers. Saul directs the Inventory of American Labor Landmarks, a project of the Labor Heritage Foundation. Plus this week’s Labor History in 2: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. Last week’s show: “The Flintstones” and class struggle; The Ford Hunger March August 28 The march for jobs and freedom—the Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have A Dream" speech march—is held in Washington, D.C. with 250,000 participating - 1963 August 29 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 two-week strike for higher pay - 1998 August 30 Delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention approve the launching of workdayminnesota.org. It was the first web-based daily labor news service by a state labor federation - 2000 The CEOs of large American companies made an average of $10.8 million in 2006, more than 364 times the average pay of American workers, reported the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy - 2007 Delegates from several East Coast cities meet in convention to form the National Trades' Union, uniting craft unions to oppose "the most unequal and unjustifiable distribution of the wealth of society in the hands of a few individuals." The union faded after a few years - 1834 President Franklin Roosevelt's Wealth Tax Act increases taxes on rich citizens and big business, lowers taxes for small businesses - 1935 OSHA publishes scaffold safety standard, designed to protect 2.3 million construction workers and prevent 50 deaths and 4,500 injuries annually - 1996 - David Prosten click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Alexandria Labor Caucus: Wed, August 26, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Via Zoom; Meeting for Alexandria union members and allies. Contact [email protected] for zoom link. Rally for Airport Workers: Thu, August 27, 11:30am – 1:00pm MWAA building, 2733 Crystal Dr. Arlington Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, August 27, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, August 27, 6pm – 7pm Meeting for Arlington union members and allies. Click here to call your U.S. Senators to #SaveThePostOffice photo: at yesterday’s rally at the post office in Brentwood, DC; photo by Dyana Forester |