Today in 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers, members of AFSCME Local 1733, in Memphis, Tenn. Violence during the march persuades him to return the following week to Memphis, where he was assassinated. ~ Labor Tribune
• The great escape • Rediscovering the power of the unions • Here’s why Gen Z is unionizing • A new regime at the Teamsters • A tax break for union dues • 30 things President Biden has done to help workers • They call her ‘Bus Driver’ and she calls them family • Study: Unionized construction offers better health, safety outcomes • The comic book industry’s next page-turner: union organizing • Judge orders Google to hand over their anti-union campaign documents • 7 legal reasons why every construction worker should join a union • Near strike by Hollywood crews could be sign of things to come • Seven on the strike line: Teamsters calling for better working conditions • HR advice to employers: Employers better off learning to work with unions
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!