On This Day in 1931 The Davis-Bacon Act took effect today. It orders contractors on federally financed or assisted construction projects to pay wage rates equal to those prevailing in local construction trades. ~DC Labor
• Teamsters use new GOTV methods • Covid-19 news updates for July 30 • Economy shrinks by 33 percent, 2M more jobless • Why the working-class votes against its own interests • Meatpackers sue OSHA for virus safety enforcement • Covid-19 among meatpacking workers: An American tragedy • Employers require liability waivers as conflict mounts over workplace safety • How Labor Sec'y Scalia played chicken with meatpacking workers’ lives • Unions urge congressional action on Philippines Human Rights Act • If ‘cancel culture’ is about getting fired, let’s cancel at-will employment
CANCELED: March 2021 General Membership Meetings Baltimore and Salisbury