Today in 1941 After a four-week boycott led by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., bus companies in New York City agree to hire 200 Black drivers and mechanics. ~ Labor Tribune
• Teamsters win strike at Clare Rose, Long Island. • Big week in Congress for Trump labor picks. • The sorry state of the U.S. economy. • In search of a working class agenda. • Unions won’t lie down as their clout is threatened. • Senate GOP health bill could cost nearly a million jobs. • AFL-CIO warns of NLRB nominees’ bad records. • Republicans are working against workers. • Republicans in several states are lowering the minimum wage. • We will not rest in our fight to make the American dream real for all workers. • Consumer groups, unions praise rule limiting companies’ use of forced arbitration.
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!