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Local 1994 rallies against animal testing

Stamp Out Hunger food drive this Saturday

Guild congratulates Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists

Red Cross workers rally in DC

Union Voice/Readers Write:
Thanks for showing "The Killing Floor"

Today's Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

 

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UFCW 1994 rallies against animal testing: Fri, May 13, 11:30am - 12:30pm

9601 Medical Center Dr, Rockville, MD 20850

NALC Annual "Stamp out Hunger" Food Drive: Saturday, May 14, 2022

People are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, canned meats and fish, pasta, rice or cereal next to their mailbox before the regular mail delivery on Saturday. The food donations stay in each community, going to help local residents.


[link removed] Film: THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS (DC LaborFest): Sat, May 14, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

[link removed] Film: NINE TO FIVE (DC LaborFest): Sun, May 15, 5:10pm - 7:10pm

AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Introduced by 9to5 co-founder Karen Nussbaum


On yesterday's [link removed] Your Rights At Work radio show on WPFW 89.3 FM: Labor journalist KIM KELLY on her new book "[link removed] Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor", plus NALC Branch 142 President KEITH HOOKS on the Letter Carriers' annual "Stamp out Hunger" Food Drive, Saturday, May 14 and why longtime organizer RICHARD BENSINGER thinks Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz "will go down in history as the Al Capone of union busters".


Local 1994 rallies against animal testing

Saying that taxpayer dollars should not fund jobs that require employees to violate the Animal Welfare Act, members of UFCW 1994/MCGEO will join other activists today (see Calendar) in a rally outside Inotiv, a laboratory that conducts research on animals in Gaithersburg and is planning on expanding into Rockville. The lab expansion may receive economic development funding from both Montgomery County and the State of Maryland. Local 1994 members are joining Senator Ben Kramer and the Humane Society to urge the state and county to rescind financial assistance they have granted Inotiv.


Stamp Out Hunger food drive this Saturday

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its annual national food drive this Saturday, May 14. NALC's food drive, which was first held in 1983, helps feed millions of Americans, and the Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive, the country's largest one-day food drive, provides residents with an easy way to donate food to those in need. "Hunger affects one in eight Americans," NALC Branch 142 president Keith Hooks said on yesterday's Your Rights At Work radio show on WPFW 89.3FM. "Including millions of children, senior citizens and veterans. " Hooks added that the economic effects of the pandemic mean that "there are a lot of hungry people out there and we want to put boots on the ground this year to show them that we are still here." Customers simply leave their donation of non-perishable food items next to their mailbox before the delivery of the mail on Saturday, May 14. Letter carriers will collect these food donations on that day as they deliver mail along their postal routes, and distribute them to local food banks, pantries, shelters and churches.


Guild congratulates Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists

"Congratulations to the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, especially our WBNG siblings and Guild members across the country, whose work was recognized with this prestigious honor," said the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild this week. See the [link removed] Guild winners and finalists here and the full list [link removed] here. We are so proud of the work Guild members do and recognize that it is often done in truly difficult circumstances. WBNG Vice President Katie Mettler was part of the [link removed] winning team for the Post's coverage of January 6. As she put it, "Humans make this journalism. We can only keep doing it if we are well and cared for. That means time off. That means hazard pay. That means safety training and mental health awareness."


- WBNG May 2022 Newsletter

Red Cross workers rally in DC

Dozens of Red Cross workers rallied in front of American Red Cross (ARC) headquarters on Wednesday. Blood service workers at the American Red Cross (ARC), represented by a coalition of labor unions, have been on the front-lines throughout the pandemic, keeping their communities and donors safe and healthy. They have been mobilizing for months demanding respect and a fair contract that guarantees affordable health care and safe working conditions, including adequate staffing levels. In addition, the workers are seeking to prevent harmful levels of turnover among trained staff so they can collect our lifesaving blood supply. Instead of responding to the workers' concerns, the workers say Red Cross managers are making things worse by proposing to roll back health care benefits for thousands of employees. The workers participated in coordinated actions this week to raise awareness about these conditions and to call on ARC management to give the workers the contract they deserve. At Wednesday's DC action, the workers chanted, rallied and marched for over an hour, joined by supporters, including former Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards, DC City Council member Robert White and Metro Washington Labor Council president Dyana Forester. "When workers win, I don't care what the workplace, the rest of America wins," said Edwards. In addition to Washington, D.C, the workers held actions in Lansing, Mich.; Peoria, Ill.; and San Diego and Pomona, Calif. photo by Chris Garlock/Union City


Union Voice/Readers Write: Thanks for showing "The Killing Floor"

"I'd never heard of ("The Killing Floor") before, but what an excellent programming choice!" writes DC Labor Filmfest-goer Rachel Gorlin. "That 1917-1920 period in US history is especially interesting now, with significant developments including the flu pandemic, the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Chicago Black Sox scandal, the Palmer raids, and the rampant racial unrest depicted in the film. Thanks for the chance to see `The Killing Floor' in its restored form." [link removed] CLICK HERE for complete LaborFest details.


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Today's Labor Quote: Fredric Rolando

"Together we can stamp out hunger in America."

Rolando is president of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] The Haymarket Martyrs Monument: Past, Present, Future; Last week's show: [link removed] We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day.

May 13
The Canadian government establishes the Department of Labour. It took the U.S. another four years - 1909

10,000 IWW dock workers strike in Philadelphia - 1913

Thousands of yellow cab drivers in New York City go on a one day strike in protest of proposed new regulations. "City officials were stunned by the (strike's) success," the New York Times reported - 1998

May 14

Milwaukee brewery workers begin 10-week strike, demanding contracts comparable to East and West coast workers. The strike was won because Blatz Brewery accepts their demands, but Blatz was ousted from the Brewers Association for "unethical" business methods - 1953 photo courtesy [link removed] Milwaukee Public Library


May 15

U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Samuel Gompers and other union leaders for supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis, where workers were striking for a nine-hour day. A lower court had forbidden the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey the judge's anti-boycott injunction - 1906

The Library Employees' Union is founded in New York City, the first union of public library workers in the United States. A major focus of the union was the inferior status of women library workers and their low salaries - 1917

The first labor bank opens in Washington, D.C., launched by officers of the Machinists. The Locomotive Engineers opened a bank in Cleveland later that year - 1920

- David Prosten

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