More than 500 state and university employees from across Maryland rallied in Baltimore last Thursday night to demand that Governor Larry Hogan "stop just talking and start negotiating in good faith." AFSCME Council 3, the largest union of state workers, says the governor hasn't responded to a single proposal -- "Many of which would save taxpayers money" -- from the union after two months of negotiations, with a December 31 deadline looming. Council 3 President Patrick Moran accused Hogan of "intentionally trying to run out the clock and ignore state employees. Enough is enough!"
Here’s today’s labor history: In 1913, the American Federation of Labor’s convention passed a 1¢ per capita assessment to aid the organization of women workers. On this date in 1921, the Kansas National Guard was called out to subdue thousands of protesting women who were going from mine to mine attacking non-striking miners in the Pittsburg coal fields. The women made headlines across the state and the nation and were dubbed the "Amazon Army" by the New York Times. In 1941, eight days after the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, the AFL pledged that there would be no strikes in defense-related plants for the duration of World War II. And on this date in 1967, the U.S. Age Discrimination in Employment Act became law. It bars employment discrimination against anyone aged 40 or older. In 2003, California's longest nurses’ strike ended after workers at Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo and Pinole approved a new contract with Tenet Healthcare, ending a 13-month walkout. Today’s labor quote is by Abigail Adams, writing to husband John Adams in 1776: “If particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound to obey any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
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