On This Day in 1950 31 dockworkers are killed, 350 workers and others are injured when four barges carrying 467 tons of ammunition blow up at South Amboy, New Jersey. They were loading mines that had been deemed unsafe by the Army and were being shipped to the Asian market for sale. ~ DC Labor
• Order free at-home Covid-19 tests here • Republic Services Teamsters approve TA, end strike • Union battle vs. corporate power isn’t a fair fight • America’s new class war: Organized Labor is back • CEMEX drivers protest lack of respect for organizing rights • Thieves are looting freight trains filled with UPS, FedEx, Amazon pkgs • Workers got fed up. Bosses got scared. This is how the Big Quit happened. • TA reached, workers end 10-day strike against grocery chain • Maryland tax deadline extended to July 15
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