“With hurricane Ian looming for this weekend we are going to run a statewide Virtual Phone Bank on Saturday 10/1 at 10:00A.M.,” reports Bob Zabel. “This is a pivot for canvassers who don’t want to walk in the rain.” CLICK HERE to sign up for the Hurricane Ian Contingency Virtual Phone Bank.
“This is going to be Maryland’s decade and it will be because of our workers. Together, we’re going to get this done.”
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Pueblo steelworkers’ historic strike. Last week’s show: It’s not working on the railroad.
On strike over union recognition, hours of work, wages, and working and living conditions, 400 coal miners march through the streets of Estevan, Saskatchewan, with their wives and children. When they refused to disperse, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shot and killed one of the workers and a battle ensued that resulted in three men dead and a number of others seriously injured - 1931 A report by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the average weekly take home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87 – 1962 - David Prosten The Prince George’s school system and its teachers union ratified a new three-year contract last week that will boost teacher pay and increases time for teachers to plan lessons, reports The Washington Post. “A lot of [the contract] helps start to give more control of the profession back to the educators, and starts to set the stage for our educators to have more autonomy and voice in their own profession,” said PGCEA President Dr. Donna Christy. Under the contract, teachers will get a 6 percent cost-of-living increase during the first fiscal year, which began July 1. It will be followed by a 4 percent increase the following year, and an additional 3 percent increase during the third fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2024. |