(audio) “I think that there is fresh momentum for labor law reform.”
That’s Veena Dubal, UC Hastings Associate Law Professor, on the latest edition of the State of the Unions podcast. (audio) “there’s great statistics right now about how positively the American public has viewed organized labor. And as you know the past year has seen more strikes than we have since the 1980s and I don’t think that all of these three things...the case for labor law reform, the positive perspective that Americans have for organized labor, and the number of strikes, I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that all these things are happening at the same time.” You can hear more on the latest State of the Unions, the AFL-CIO’s podcast; just search and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. On today’s labor calendar, The UAW strike picket continues today from 6am to 2pm at the GM White-Marsh transmission plant in White Marsh, Maryland; and at 12:30 check out the Pre-release book launch of “Can We Defeat Dog Whistle Politics?” at the AFL-CIO; For complete details and all the latest labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1891, two African-American sharecroppers were killed during an ultimately unsuccessful cotton-pickers strike in Lee County, Arkansas. By the time the strike had been suppressed, 15 African-Americans had died and another six had been imprisoned. A white plantation manager was killed as well. Today’s labor quote is by Lewis Hine, the American photographer born on this date in 1874. Lewis Hine, who said: “There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Union members get exclusive savings on award-winning SimpliSafe with the new Union Plus Home Security Program. Protect what matters most. Visit unionplus.org/homesecurity.
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After a 96-day lockout over the summer, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and its musicians have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract proposal. The deal was expected to be approved yesterday by members and management.
On today’s labor calendar, the noontime Fed UP! Rise UP! Rally and Lobby Day on Capitol Hill is the highlight of a day of labor actions around town that begins with a 9am picket with ATU 689 bus drivers in Lorton. UNITE HERE 23 will picket at USDA at 2pm and then at 4:30, there’s a rally and march for SEIU 32bj Building Services Workers in Arlington. For complete details and all the latest labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1918, Canada declared the Wobblies – members of the International Workers of the World – illegal. Today’s labor quote is from the IWW’s constitution, which says; “The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people, and the few who make up the employing class have all the good things of life.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Union members get exclusive savings on award-winning SimpliSafe with the new Union Plus Home Security Program. Protect what matters most. Visit unionplus.org/homesecurity. Last Thursday, as Congress held a historic hearing on DC Statehood, the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO reiterated its longstanding support for voting rights for DC citizens.
“The struggles for voting rights and workers’ rights in our nation’s capital are one and the same,” said Council president Jackie Jeter. “The metro-area labor movement stands shoulder-to-shoulder with every DC citizen in this battle. The fight for a voice at the ballot box in the District of Columbia is the same as the fight for a voice at work. We shall not be silenced!” On today’s labor calendar, the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women meets tonight starting at 6pm at the On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina in Bowie, Maryland. For details and all the latest labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1886, a coalition of Knights of Labor and trade unionists in Chicago launched the United Labor party, calling for an 8-hour day, government ownership of telegraph and telephone companies, and monetary and land reform. The party elected seven state assembly men and one senator. Today’s labor quote is by California Governor Gray Davis, who on this date in 2002 signed legislation making the state the first to offer workers paid family leave. Gray Davis, who said: ''Californians should never have to make the choice between being good workers and being good parents.'' Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Union members get exclusive savings on award-winning SimpliSafe with the new Union Plus Home Security Program. Protect what matters most. Visit unionplus.org/homesecurity (audio) This is a huge deal.
That’s UC Hastings Associate Law Professor Veena Dubal, whose work helped pave the way for the passage last week of AB 5, landmark pro-worker legislation in California. (audio) The California Supreme Court really said okay...we’re going to change the test for wage order, but we’re not going to change the test for other employment and labor law purposes, so not for workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance or discrimination, etcetera. And what AB 5 does is says no; this is a simple test. Workers and employers need clarity across the board and so we’re going to extend this test to all California labor and employment laws. And it is a really big deal because it is seen as the first state regulation that was passed in the aftermath of the invention of the so-called Platform Gig Economy that really seeks explicitly to protect workers. You can hear more about this landmark legislation – and the ongoing strike against GM – on State of the Unions, the AFL-CIO’s podcast; just search and subscribe to "State of the Unions" on Google Play Music, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and anywhere else you can find podcasts. On this weekend’s labor calendar, labor walks in Virginia, labor films at the Latin American Film Festival, and the final performances of “The Moment Was Now” labor musical; For details and all the latest labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1891, African American sharecroppers affiliated with the Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Union struck for higher wages and an end to peonage in Lee County, Arkansas. By the time a white mob – led by the local sheriff – put down the strike, more than a dozen people had been killed. Today’s labor quote is by Israelmore Ayivor, a Youth Leadership Coach, Leadership Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker. Israelmore Ayivor, who said: “Don't give up! It seems difficult to you, right? Why not do something little about it every? A little strike each day can chop down big trees. Give it a try!” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. The 2020 Union Plus Scholarship application is now open and available to current and retired members, their spouses and their dependent children. Visit unionplus.org/scholarship. |
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