The Metro Council’s offices are closed this week for the holidays, but you can check dclabor.org for the latest local labor news updates.
Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1970, after years of intensive lobbying by the labor movement, a comprehensive national safety law is enacted as President Nixon signs the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, creating the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, or OSHA. In 2006, more than 15,000 United Steel Workers members at 16 Goodyear Tire and Rubber plants ended an 86-day strike, ratifying a 3-year contract. Today’s labor quote is by Richard Trumka: “Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on.” Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, is the former president of the United Mine Workers of America.
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