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Labor leaders among Washington's `500 Most Influential People'
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Nine-month battle yields contract for Howard healthcare workers
After nine long months, healthcare workers at Howard University Hospital finally have a new contract. The DC Nurses Association on Friday announced they'd reached an agreement with HU/HUH "that advances patient care and demonstrates the commitment to all nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and social workers to alleviate the staffing crisis." DCNA membership ratified the agreement on Friday. The deal came after what DCNA Executive Director Ed Smith called "a lengthy and contentious 9-month battle" that including petitions, an informational picket in January and a strike in April. "It was only through the efforts and collective action of our members, with support from the community," including local unions, the Metro Washington Labor Council, community organizations, clergy and HU students "that we were able to achieve agreement on a fair and equitable contract that recognizes our hard working healthcare professionals and their commitment to caring for patients who come to HUH for care," said Smith. "I am profoundly proud of our members who have stood strong in solidarity throughout these long months and who, day in and day out, provide care to our patients."
photo: at April DCNA strike at HUH; photo by Chris Garlock/Union City
LaborTweets: Starbucks workers have a message for Mellody Hobson
NoVALabor @va_labor [link removed] Love the signs at William & Mary graduation with union-buster Mellody Hobson @SBWorkersUnited
Labor leaders among Washington's `500 Most Influential People'
Washingtonian magazine is out with its list of the [link removed] 500 most influential movers and shakers in the nation's capital. The roster features labor luminaries like AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler (pictured above, middle row left), who's headshot is on the magazine cover along with AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs (top right).
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Today's Labor Quote: Bill Fletcher
"What this is aimed at is altering history in effectively a white supremacist direction."
Talking about the GOP's mainstreaming of the baseless "replacement theory" on last week's [link removed] Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM).
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY
This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Forced labour during the "Dirty Thirties"; Last week's show: [link removed] Blood, guts, and organizing.
May 23
An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area. Among the issues: 60-hour workweeks, including night hours, for the children - 1903
Ten thousand strikers at Toledo, Ohio's Auto-Lite plant repel police who have come to break up their strike for union recognition. The next day, two strikers are killed and 15 wounded (photo) when National Guard machine gun units open fire. Two weeks later the company recognized the union and agreed to a 5 percent raise - 1934
U.S. railroad strike starts, later crushed when President Truman threatens to draft strikers - 1946
May 24
After 14 years of construction and the deaths of 27 workers, the Brooklyn Bridge over New York's East River opens. Newspapers call it "the eighth wonder of the world" - 1883
2,300 members of the United Rubber Workers, on strike for 10 months against five Bridgestone-Firestone plants, agree to return to work without a contract. They had been fighting demands for 12-hour shifts and wage increases tied to productivity gains - 1995
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