After the DC City Council cut over half of United Medical Center’s funding, members of the DC Health Justice Coalition organized and temporarily won additional funding, “but we need to win more,” says DCNA’s Wala Blegay.
The Coalition is urging DC residents to testify for more funding for the only hospital East of the river at this Friday’s DC City Council Committee on Health Hearing. Without additional funding, UMC will face more cuts to services and jobs, says Blegay. “We need high-quality, full-service care in Wards 7 and 8 now and into the future.” Text "TESTIFY" to 202-495-0885 for more info. For the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 2001, local postal workers Joseph Curseen and Thomas Morris died after inhaling anthrax at the Brentwood mail sorting center. Other postal workers were made ill. Letters containing the deadly spores had been addressed to U.S. Senate offices and media outlets. Today’s labor quote is by William "Big Bill" Haywood, who said: “Tonight I am going to speak on the class struggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it. You can support Union City Radio – and all the great programming here at WPFW – by making a generous contribution today; call 202-588-9739 or go to wpfwfm.org and Thank You! Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you want to get 15% off your phone bill, sign up for the AT&T Signature Program! Union members get discounts on service, accessories and more, all while supporting the only nationwide unionized wireless service. Visit unionplus.org/att.
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Commercial office cleaners in the D.C. area and Baltimore have ratified a new four-year contract with the Washington Service Contractors Association. Some 10,500 area janitors are represented by 32BJ SEIU. By the end of the contract the overwhelmingly immigrant workforce will receive an hourly pay increase of up to $2 dollars and .50 cents and additional sick days and holidays. The contract protects health care and other benefits while increasing access to full-time hours in both Montgomery County and Arlington, allowing workers to earn more money and access employer-paid health insurance. In addition to raising wages and benefits from existing cleaners, the contract expanded to cover 400 new cleaners in Prince George’s County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. For the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1934, bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. He was a hero to the people of Oklahoma who saw him as a "Sagebrush Robin Hood," stealing from banks and sharing some of the proceeds with the poor. Today’s labor quote is by Woody Guthrie, from his song “Pretty Boy Floyd” Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen. You can support Union City Radio – and all the great programming here at WPFW – by making a generous contribution today; call 202-588-9739 or go to wpfwfm.org and Thank You! Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you want to get 15% off your phone bill, sign up for the AT&T Signature Program! Union members get discounts on service, accessories and more, all while supporting the only nationwide unionized wireless service. Visit unionplus.org/att. (audio) “It was the people that had the lobbyists and the big suits and soft hands that were making sure that things stayed the way they were.”
That’s Maine state Senate President Troy Jackson on the AFL-CIO’s latest “State of the Unions” podcast. (audio) “To be honest it pissed me off so bad that I had to do something and that something was to try and run for Legislature and—and make a change. And I still have that feeling like the working class people really have a hard time getting what they deserve and things like this so I never have forgotten that and I’m never satisfied. But I’ve certainly been pushing a long time to try and change that system here in Maine.” Hear more from this fifth-generation logger and union member from Maine who says the labor movement was the “driving force” behind his run for state Legislature on “State of the Unions” wherever you listen to podcasts. On today’s labor calendar, the Metro Washington Council meets tonight at 6:30 at the AFL-CIO; for complete details and all the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1933, Wisconsin dairy farmers began the third major milk strike of the year. During the Great Depression, many dairy farmers were driven into poverty. Today’s labor quote is by Merle Travis, the songwriter and performer who wrote "Dark as a Dungeon;" Merle died on October 20, 1983: Where it's dark as a dungeon damp as the dew danger is double pleasures are few Where the rain never falls the sun never shines It's a dark as a dungeon way down in the mine Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you want to get 15% off your phone bill, sign up for the AT&T Signature Program! Union members get discounts on service, accessories and more, all while supporting the only nationwide unionized wireless service. Visit unionplus.org/att. The labor movement is mourning the passing of Elijah Cummings, the Congressman from Maryland's 7th District. "Brother Cummings was a longtime friend of working men and women, not just in Maryland but across the country and around the world," said Metro Council president Jackie Jeter. "He will be sorely missed."
On today’s labor calendar, Unions and Worker Co-ops: A Tool for Solidarity, part of the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy, will be held today from 1 to 5pm at the University of Baltimore School of Law; and tomorrow, labor will be walking for union-endorsed candidates in Virginia and in the city of Bowie; for complete details and all the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. You can also get the latest local labor news by following us @dclabor on Facebook and Twitter In today’s labor history, on this date in 1939, 58,000 Chrysler workers struck for wage increases. Today’s labor quote is Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who back in 1913 said: “Labor cannot on any terms surrender the right to strike.” You can support Union City Radio – and all the great programming here at WPFW – by making a generous contribution today; call 202-588-9739 or go to wpfwfm.org and Thank You! Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Hey, if you have a car, you don’t need to overpay for auto insurance. Union Plus Auto Insurance with SnapQuote helps you get quotes from multiple providers so you can get a great deal. Visit unionplus.org/auto. |
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