In a major development, a tentative agreement on wages and benefits was reached Tuesday between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 and Metro that the union said would "create incentives for better customer service, and create a path to bring in-house work performed at Cinder Bed Road bus garage and on the Silver Line."
"The new agreement,” said the union, “would provide four years of certainty to Metro employees and customers after the current contract expires on June 30, 2020." The terms must be ratified by union members and approved by Metro’s Board of Directors. On today’s labor calendar, tune in at 1 o’clock today for this week’s edition of Your Rights At Work, when Ed Smith and I will take your calls about rights on the job. And at 3:30, UNITE HERE Local 7 will picket at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront Hotel. Complete details, dclabor.org, click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 2006, a U.S. immigration sweep of six Swift meat plants resulted in the arrests of nearly 1,300 undocumented workers. Today’s labor quote is by Confucius, who said: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re giving the gift of a new phone this holiday season, look no further than AT&T. Take advantage of member-only discounts on service plans, wireless accessories, and more with Union Plus AT&T Discounts, and stack your savings with other AT&T deals like $700 off select smartphones. Visit unionplus.org/att to get started.
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Federal employees who are new parents are one step closer to receiving an important work/life benefit they have been awaiting for years: 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of a new child.
Congress last week reached a deal on the National Defense Authorization Act that includes 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees to use to care for a new baby after birth, adoption or the initiation of foster care. Currently, federal employees are eligible to receive 12 weeks of unpaid leave. The United States is the only developed country that does not offer nationwide paid parental leave. In Germany, all new mothers receive 43 weeks; new Swedish moms get 35 weeks, and Norwegian mothers are entitled to 45 weeks of paid leave. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1886, a small group of black farmers organized the Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union in Houston County, Texas. They had been barred from membership in the all-white Southern Farmers’ Alliance. Through intensive organizing, along with merging with another black farmers group, the renamed Colored Alliance by 1891 claimed a membership of 1.2 million. Today’s labor quote is Gloria Steinem, who said: “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re giving the gift of a new phone this holiday season, look no further than AT&T. Take advantage of member-only discounts on service plans, wireless accessories, and more with Union Plus AT&T Discounts, and stack your savings with other AT&T deals like $700 off select smartphones. Visit unionplus.org/att to get started. After last week’s strike by 500 bus drivers in Northern Virginia sent a strong message to contractor Transdev, Fairfax Connector workers decided to return to work on Sunday. For now.
“We still have items to negotiate, but our riders come first and foremost for us," said ATU International President John Costa, adding that "We are going back to work because their support and that of elected officials and allies have helped us make significant advances at the table.” Costa called the four-day strike "a victory, sending a loud and clear message to Transdev that we won’t tolerate their unlawful tactics at the bargaining table.” However, Costa warned, “We do reserve the right to walk off the job again if the good faith bargaining by Transdev disappears.” On today’s labor calendar, Although the Fairfax Connector strike is over, Transdev bus drivers in Lorton continue to picket daily; tonight at 6:30, find out how to spot wage theft at the Pay Stub Clinic; And the Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus meets tonight at 7:30; complete details ay dclabor.org, click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1906, the first sit-down strike in the United States was called by the IWW at General Electric in Schenectady, New York. Today’s labor quote is from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed at the United Nations on this date in 1948 and celebrated annually as International Human Rights Day. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, in part: “Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re giving the gift of a new phone this holiday season, look no further than AT&T. Take advantage of member-only discounts on service plans, wireless accessories, and more with Union Plus AT&T Discounts, and stack your savings with other AT&T deals like $700 off select smartphones. Visit unionplus.org/att to get started. UFCW Local 400 reacted with shock and anger last Friday after UNFI announced plans to sell or close 17 Shoppers Food & Pharmacy stores.
The union – which represents workers at Shoppers -- had been pushing for more than a year for information on the fate of these stores, but, said Local 400 president Mark Federici, “UNFI has refused to provide us with any assurances that the hardworking men and women who have dedicated their careers to this company won’t be left out in the cold.” “Now, in the midst of the holiday season, the company suddenly informs workers that their livelihoods are at risk,” Federici said. “This is no way for a company to treat its employees or our communities, particularly during the holidays,” he added. The union “will do whatever it takes to ensure our members land on their feet,” said Federici. “We will fight to protect the rights of Shoppers workers under the law and our union contract. We will hold this company accountable to our community and ensure these locations remain strong union employers.” In today’s labor history, on this date in 2001, ratification of a new labor agreement at Titan Tire of Natchez, Mississippi ended the longest strike in the history of the U.S. tire industry, which began May 1, 1998 at the company's plant in Des Moines, Iowa. Today’s labor quote is by Mother Teresa, who said: “I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re giving the gift of a new phone this holiday season, look no further than AT&T. Take advantage of member-only discounts on service plans, wireless accessories, and more with Union Plus AT&T Discounts, and stack your savings with other AT&T deals like $700 off select smartphones. Visit unionplus.org/att to get started. |
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