Two labor arts items for you today:
ou can still get in on all the action and excitement of the 2015 Great Labor Arts Exchange, coming up June 25 through June 27. For more information and to register, go to laborheritage.org And Disney’s hit musical “Newsies” is coming to the National Theater for two weeks starting June 9. This crowd-pleasing new musical is based on the 1992 musical film “Newsies,” which in turn was inspired by the real-life newsboys strike of 1899 in New York City. Filled with one heart-pounding number after another, “Newsies” is “a high-energy explosion of song and dance you just don’t want to miss!" says Disney. With the DC Laborfest discount, you receive $10 off select seats to the Tuesday-Friday and Sunday evening performances. Go to dclabor.org and click on calendar for details. Here’s today’s labor history: in 1786, twenty-six journeymen printers in Philadelphia staged the trade’s first strike in America over wages. On this date in 1924, a constitutional amendment declaring that "Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age" was approved by the Senate, following the lead of the House five weeks earlier. But only 28 state legislatures ever ratified the amendment—the last three in 1937—so it has never taken effect. In 1952, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Harry Truman acted illegally when he ordered the army to seize the nation’s steel mills to avert a strike. Today’s labor quote is from the character of newsie Jack Kelly, portrayed in the film “Newsies” by actor Christian Bale: “There's a lot of people out there, and they ain't just gonna go away. They got voices now and they're goin' to be listened to. Putting them in jail is not going to stop them. That's the power of the press.”
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Welcome to Union City Radio for Monday, June 1. This is Chris Garlock, with the Metro Washington Council’s round-up of local labor news, updates and history.
Maryland public employees will play a greater role in ensuring the state does not outsource public services in a reckless manner under a measure signed into law last week by Gov. Larry Hogan. “Public employees often have the best suggestions on how to promote efficiency and save taxpayer dollars,” said AFSCME Maryland Council 3 President Patrick Moran. “No one knows how to improve service delivery more than the hard-working women and men who have been providing the services for years.” In today’s Labor Quiz, who of the following never served as president of the Screen Actors Guild? Was it Melissa Gilbert; James Cagney; Sally Field; Ed Asner Or Patty Duke? Go to unionist.com and click on labor quiz and you could be next week's winner! Here’s today’s labor history: on this date in 1888, the Ladies Federal Labor Union Number 2703, based in Illinois, was granted a charter from the American Federation Of Labor. Women from a wide range of occupations were among the members, who ultimately were successful in coalescing women’s groups interested in suffrage, temperance, health, housing and child labor reform to win state legislation in these areas. And in 1944, extinguishing the light of hope in the hearts and aspirations of workers around the world, the Mexican government abolished siestas—a mid-afternoon nap and work break which lengthened the work day but got people through brutally hot summer days. Today’s labor quote is by author and humorist Donald Robert Perry Marquis, who said: “When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose.” |
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