This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council.
With DC Mayor Muriel Bowser continuing to negotiate an agreement with United Health Services that would exclude recognition of healthcare unions at the East End Hospital, the unions and Metro Washington Council are urging affiliates and activists to contact the mayor this week to ensure quality care for residents of wards 7 and 8. Check out our website – dclabor.org -- for details, including a sample letter. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1990, the United Mine Workers settled their 10-month Pittston strike in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia Today’s labor quote is by Harriet Hanson Robinson, an 11-year-old textile worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, who participated in her first “turn-out,” or strike, on this date in 1834, responding to a 15 percent wage cut. Harriet Hanson Robinson, who wrote in her autobiography: “When the day came on which the girls were to turn out, those in the upper rooms started first, and so many of them left that our mill was at once shut down. Then, when the girls in my room stood irresolute, uncertain what to do, asking each other, ‘Would you?’ or ‘Shall we turn out?’ and not one of them having the courage to lead off, I, who began to think they would not go out, after all their talk, became impatient, and started on ahead, saying, with childish bravado, ‘I don't care what you do, I am going to turn out, whether any one else does or not’; and I marched out, and was followed by the others.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Now is a great time to find a better deal on your auto insurance. To get a free quote and explore the best offers from national insurance providers, visit unionplus.org/auto.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Categories
All
Union City Radio is proud to be supported by UnionPlus, which has been working hard for union families since 1986.
Union City Radio is part of The Labor Radio/Podcast Network
Listen now...UC Radio airs weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3 FM; subscribe to the podcast here. |