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In today's labor history, on this date in 1970, members of the National Football League Players Association began what was to be a two-day strike, their first. The issues: pay, pensions, the right to arbitration and the right to have agents. In 1981, the fifty-day baseball strike ended. And on this date in 1999, the Great Shipyard Strike of 1999 ended after Steelworkers at Newport News Shipbuilding ratified a breakthrough agreement which nearly doubled pensions, increased security, ended inequality, and provided the highest wage increases in company and industry history to nearly 10,000 workers at the yard. The strike lasted 15 weeks. Today’s labor quote is from the Chinese proverb, which says that “Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
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For the latest local labor news and calendar listings, go to dclabor.org.
In today's labor history, on this date in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Act, providing federally-funded health insurance for senior citizens. And in 1999, United Airlines agreed to offer domestic-partner benefits to employees and retirees worldwide. Today’s labor quote is by Lyndon Johnson, at the signing of the Medicare Act in 1964: “No longer will this Nation refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this progressive country.” For the latest local labor news and calendar listings, go to dclabor.org.
In today's labor history, on this date in 1869, William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union, died. The National Labor Union was one of the first American union federations that attempted to unite workers of various crafts into a single national organization. Today’s labor quote is by William Sylvis, who said: "I love this Union cause. I hold it more dear than I do my family or my life. I am willing to devote to it all that I am or have or hope for in this world." Sylvis was just 41 years old at the time of his death. For the latest local labor news, go to dclabor.org.
On today’s labor calendar, Stand with Dulles airport workers who are fighting for justice! At 11am this morning at the Washington Dulles Marriott. Then at 2pm this afternoon, catch this week’s edition of Your Rights at Work, here on WPFW. In today's labor history, on this date in 1877, in Chicago, 30 workers were killed by federal troops, and more than 100 wounded at the "Battle of the Viaduct" during the Great Railroad Strike. And on this date in 1992, the Americans With Disabilities Act took effect, requiring employers to offer reasonable accommodations to qualified disabled employees and banning discrimination against such workers. Today’s labor quote is by Wendell Phillips, the 19th Century American orator and abolitionist, who said: “We affirm, as a fundamental principle, that labor, the creator of wealth, is entitled to all it creates.” |
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