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Union establishes fund for Buffalo workers

SSN Union ratifies first contract

Tentative Agreement for ABC-Disney

Shoot for a Cure set for June 8

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Solidarity With Korean Confederation of Trade Unions: Free Youn Taeg-Gun! Fri, May 20, 10am - 11am

Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 2450 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008

Youn Taeg-gun, first vice president of the Korean Confederation Of Trade Unions, was arrested on May 4 for his leading role in a general strike last year. Join the call on President Yoon to release Youn Taeg-gun and end repression of Korean workers.

Mellody Hobson Protest outside Wm. & Mary Commencement at Zable Stadium: Fri, May 20, 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Commencement speaker Mellody Hobson is the Chair of the Board of Starbucks and is overseeing massive union-busting there. Protest outside Zable Stadium: 100 Stadium Drive, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Film: OFFICE SPACE (DC LaborFest): Fri, May 20, 7pm - 9pm

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

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DC LABOR HISTORY WALK: Sun, May 22, 10am - 1pm

$15 per person; all proceeds benefit MWC's Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund. [link removed] CLICK HERE to order.

DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert (24th Annual): Sun, May 22, 4pm - 6pm

Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, 7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

We sing for solidarity. We sing for peace. We sing for jobs. We sing for justice. We sing for joy!

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Film: CANE FIRE (DC LaborFest): Sun, May 22, 6pm - 8pm

AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 ColesvilleRoad, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

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This week's Your Rights to Work radio show: Does Buffalo end the "Lone Wolf" theory? Bill Fletcher, Mike Wilson and Mark Gaston Pearce on the racist attack on Black shoppers and workers in Buffalo: does the mainstreaming of the baseless "replacement theory" by the GOP finally debunk the equally specious "Lone Wolf" theory? Plus: Peter Dreier on Major League Rebels & Baseball Rebels. [link removed] CLICK HERE to listen.


Union establishes fund for Buffalo workers


UFCW Local 1 has established a fund for members at the Jefferson Avenue Tops store in Buffalo, NY. Donations can be sent to Local One Relief Fund, 5911 Airport Road, Oriskany, NY 13424. "One hundred percent of the funds collected will be given to the members of the Jefferson Avenue story," says Local 1, and a donation will be given to the family of Aaron Salter (photo), the retired Buffalo policeman and Tops security guard who "paid the ultimate price with his life, and saved countless lives with his heroic actions."


SSN Union ratifies first contract

The members of the Scholars Strategy Network Union have ratified a collective bargaining agreement with Scholars Strategy Network (SSN) management. This agreement is the first union contract for employees of SSN, who formed a union with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) in August 2020. "We are proud to deliver on the priorities of our unit, and our contract reflects our commitment to fair pay, improved working conditions, and clear expectations for career progression and job duties," said the SSN Union Bargaining Team. "We believe in the mission of SSN, and that the continued democratization of our workplace will only help us achieve our goals." The newly ratified contract raises pay for all employees, lays out a clear career progression, improves workplace transparency and communication, and raises the salary floor. [link removed] Read more here.


Tentative Agreement for ABC-Disney

A tentative agreement has been reached with ABC-Disney on a new contract. When ratified, the new contract will cover more than 3,000 daily hire and staff employees working as studio and field broadcast technicians, newswriters, producers, desk assistants, publicists, and other personnel at ABC Network news, sports and entertainment divisions, including in Washington, DC where the members are represented by NABET-CWA 31. The tentative agreement also provides for new offers of staff employment for no fewer than 35 full-time positions, with some staff hires in each ABC-Disney office.


Shoot for a Cure set for June 8

The 16th annual Shoot for a Cure - hosted by UFCW Locals 27 & 400 and sponsored by OPEIU 277/American Income - is set for Wednesday, June 8, at The Point at Pintail in Queenstown, MD. The event, which includes 100 Fun Targets, Individual Buckles, Team Plaques, Shooting Games, BBQ and a raffle, raises funds - this year's goal is $70,000 -- for The March of Dimes to end birth defects and other childhood afflictions. Click here to download a registration flyer. More info: mailto:[email protected] [email protected]


Today's Labor Quote: Gino Renne

Renne, UFCW Local 1994 President, called former Montgomery County Executive Sidney Kramer (who died Sunday at 96):

"A fierce advocate on behalf of all working people in Montgomery County."

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Blood, guts, and organizing; Last week's show: [link removed] The Haymarket Martyrs Monument: Past, Present, Future.

May 20

The Railway Labor Act took effect today. It was the first federal legislation protecting workers' rights to form unions - 1926

9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933

May 21

Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely believed to have been framed for murder, go on trial today. They eventually are executed as part of a government campaign against dissidents - 1921

The "Little Wagner Act" is signed in Hawaii, guaranteeing pineapple and sugar workers the right to bargain collectively. After negotiations failed a successful 79-day strike shut down 33 of the territory's 34 plantations and brought higher wages and a 40-hour week - 1945

Nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications Inc. workers begin a four-day strike to protest the local phone giant's latest contract offer - 2004

Photo copyright © 2004 Debra Reid, [link removed] The Daily Sparks Tribune via U-News.

May 22

Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill. for role in Pullman strike - 1895

While white locomotive firemen on the Georgia Railroad strike, blacks who are hired as replacements are whipped and stoned -- not by the union men, but by white citizens outraged that blacks are being hired over whites. The Engineers union threatens to stop work because their members are being affected by the violence - 1909

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms: to bring "an end to poverty and racial injustice" in America - 1964

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