Today in 1944 On the orders of President Roosevelt, the U.S. Army seized the Chicago headquarters of the unionized Montgomery Ward & Co. after management defies the National Labor Relations Board. ~ Labor Tribune
• Care after COVID-19 • What will reopening look like in Maryland? • UFCW opposes reopening meatpacking plants • CEOs cutting millions of jobs, not their own bonuses • Administration says it can hire, fire labor panel at will • Families sue meat companies after workers die of COVID-19 • Restrictions eased in Maryland: Here’s what you need to know • Nonprofit workers turn to unions during pandemic uncertainty • New rules ease rest mandate for truck drivers. Teamsters aren’t so sure • How the pandemic is driving labor activism among essential workers • Union: Workers lose laundry jobs after minding stay-at-home order
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - May. 5@ 10 a.m. Salisbury - May 19 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!