“C'mon Starbucks, get serious”
“Starbucks workers in Olney, MD overwhelmingly voted to unionize with @SBWorkersUnited in MAY citing short staffing & unfair scheduling,” Montgomery County DSA tweeted yesterday. “Workers have a first proposal ready to go but @Starbucks has refused to come to the table Share this post & tell mgmt to bargain in good faith!” Added UFCW 400, “C'mon Starbucks, get serious. Your shops in Giant and Safeway stores in Olney are already unionized with @UFCW. These workers deserve a union contract too!”
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DMV Union Voters Guide posted
Wondering what the deadlines are for registering to vote in DC, Maryland, or Virginia? When does early voting start in each state? Who labor’s endorsed in the DMV? The answers to all these questions are now posted in one place on the DMV Union Voters Guide. Check it out, share widely, and if you have questions or suggestions about how to improve the page, let us know at [email protected]!
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Labor 2022: 1199 SEIU Maryland/DC
On Saturday, 1199SEIU Maryland/DC kicked off their Weekend Warriors program in Baltimore and Prince George’s County, tweeting they were “knocking doors for @iamwesmoore @arunamiller @BrookeELierman @BrownforMD & @votecarljackson; Come join us on Oct 8 - sign up here: http://bit.ly/1199warriors” |
“I’ll Be There” nominations wanted
Nominations are now open for DC Jobs with Justice's 2022 I'll Be There Awards. “Each year, the DC Jobs with Justice community comes together to celebrate the people who make our movement possible with the I'll Be There Awards,” says DC JWJ Executive Director Elizabeth Falcon. “These awards are a chance to recognize individuals who go above and beyond in the effort to create good jobs for all.” If you know an outstanding leader or leaders who deserve recognition, click here to submit your nomination.
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Labor Quote: Judge during 1909 "Uprising of the 20,000" strike
“You are striking against God and nature.”
On September 27, 1909, the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union began a strike against Triangle Shirtwaist Co. This would become the "Uprising of the 20,000," resulting in 339 of 352 struck firms—but not Triangle—signing agreements with the union. The Triangle fire that killed 246 would occur less than two years later. |
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This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Pueblo steelworkers’ historic strike. Last week’s show: It’s not working on the railroad.
Striking textile workers in Fall River, Mass. demand bread for their starving children – 1875
The International Typographical Union renews a strike against the Los Angeles Times and begins a boycott that runs intermittently from 1896 to 1908. A local anti-Times committee in 1903 persuades William Randolph Hearst to start a rival paper, the Los Angeles Examiner. The ITU kept up the fight into the 1920s; staff of the LA Times organized with The NewsGuild (CWA) in 2018 – 1893
Twenty-nine west coast ports lock out 10,500 workers in response to what management says is a worker slowdown in the midst of negotiations on a new contract. The ports are closed for 10 days and reopen when Pres. George W. Bush invokes the Taft-Hartley Act - 2002 - David Prosten |
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