UFCW 1994/MCGEO member Michael Miller, an Montgomery County employee who worked out of the Silver Spring/Bethesda Ride-On Depot, passed away last Wednesday night from Covid-19.
“Our union family was lucky to have Michael as a brother,” said Local 1994 president Gino Renne. “Although there was no time to say goodbye, a life such as his that touched so many others goes on forever.” Known as a no-nonsense hard worker, Michael “was always smiling and pleasant” and “He was a loyal union brother who always looked out for his coworkers,” said Renne. Michael cherished his role as a Mason and was well respected and loved by his Mason brothers and sisters; you can see a photo of him at dclabor.org In today’s labor history, on this date in 1995, an American domestic terrorist’s bomb destroys the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people, 99 of whom were government employees. Today’s labor quote is by Booker T. Washington, who said "You can't hold a man down without staying down with him" Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many families are being hit with increased financial burdens. For those struggling with their credit, the Union Plus Credit Counseling program is still operating online and over the phone. Visit unionplus.org/creditcounseling to find out more.
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The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union notched their second organizing win this week when the staff of J Street joined the union.
The J Street Workers Union has asked for voluntary recognition, and management has signaled they will recognize the J Street Workers Union. “We believe that recognition of this union will demonstrate J Street’s continued leadership in the progressive movement and will move us towards making J Street as strong as possible,” said Shifra Sered of J Street Workers Union. Management and union still have to agree on which employees are in the union and sign the voluntary recognition agreement. This is the second group of nonprofit employees to join NPEU this week; workers at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Monday announced they were unionizing. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1941, after a four-week boycott led by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., bus companies in New York City agreed to hire 200 black drivers and mechanics. Today’s labor quote is by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who said: “Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many families are being hit with increased financial burdens. For those struggling with their credit, the Union Plus Credit Counseling program is still operating online and over the phone. Visit unionplus.org/creditcounseling to find out more. UFCW Locals 400 and 27, which represent thousands of area union workers in grocery stores and food processing facilities, applauded Maryland governor Larry Hogan earlier this week for issuing an order to require enhanced safety measures in retail establishments.
The order takes effect at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow and requires shoppers and employees in retail establishments to wear face masks and requires employers to make handwashing stations available to employees at least once every 30 minutes. The order also requires retailers to provide customers with the means to sanitize grocery carts and shopping baskets. But the unions renewed their call on Hogan – as well as DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam -- to declare all grocery store, pharmacy, and food processing workers as ‘first responders’ to ensure access to free testing, treatment and protective equipment “to stay safe on the job while they continue to serve our communities.” In today’s labor history, on this date in 1905, in one of the most controversial decisions in the Supreme Court's history, Lochner versus New York, the Court holds that a law limiting working hours for New York bakery workers is unconstitutional; the decision has since been effectively overturned. Today’s labor quote is by Mary C. Turner, RN, president of the Minnesota Nurses Association; Mary Turner, who said: “We are at war. We are the nurses. We are on the front line. We head into the hospitals every day with what little PPE we have and that’s our armor.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many families are being hit with increased financial burdens. For those struggling with their credit, the Union Plus Credit Counseling program is still operating online and over the phone. Visit unionplus.org/creditcounseling to find out more. “It almost appears D.C. government is playing Russian Roulette with the nurses and other health care workers at St. Elizabeth’s.”
So said District of Columbia Nurses Association Executive Director Edward Smith on Tuesday. With four patient deaths in the last three weeks, 30 nurses out on quarantine and coronavirus cases expected to spike in the next few weeks, DCNA wants changes in protocols to guarantee nurses will be tested immediately if they treat a COVID–19 patient. DCNA is also concerned about the lack of negative pressure rooms at St. Elizabeths as well as the availability of Personal Protection Equipment. “We simply need more N-95 masks at St. Elizabeths and other health care facilities in D.C.,” said Smith, adding “It’s all about safety first, saving nurses’ lives, protecting their families, and administering the care required by corona virus patients.” On today’s labor calendar, join Ed Smith and me for this week’s edition of Your Rights At Work starting at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Our guests include Toni Gilpin, author of “The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland.” In today’s labor history, on this date in 2000, an estimated 20,000 global justice activists blockaded meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund here in Washington, D.C. Today’s labor quote is by historian David Brody, who said: “First, power. Then, maybe, cooperation.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many families are being hit with increased financial burdens. For those struggling with their credit, the Union Plus Credit Counseling program is still operating online and over the phone. Visit unionplus.org/creditcounseling to find out more. |
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