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Workers Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement One Year After Organizing
When 428 workers ratified their first ever collective bargaining agreement right around the Labor Day weekend, I thought ... excellent timing to make the announcement. As I put the story together, however, I began to realize that this CBA came almost a year after the workers voted to join the union. That lead me to thinking about the section of the Employee Free Choice Act that speaks directly to this issue.
This piece is about the workers and touches on the thoughts around EFCA. Enjoy, repost, comment, etc.
On Labor Day, Work to Save the Middle Class
USW President Leo Gerard is a regular contriubtor to UnionReview.com. Below is his article on Labor Day.
Labor Day thoughts (with link to commercial for working people)
All of the rights and protections that workers have achieved were won because people just like you sacrificed to make progress and to achieve fairness.
Nearly 600 Missouri Hospital Workers Organize!
Nearly 600 hospital workers in Kansas City, Mo voted this week to join SEIU. This victory is particularly sweet for me because I did a lot of work on this one. If you are interested in hearing aobut the work I do as an Online Organizer with the union, drop me a line at Richard@unionreview.com.
The Anniversary of the great Martin Luther King, Jr Speech, "I have a Dream."
It was 47 years-ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Capitol and delivered his famous, "I have a dream" speech." That speech was given at "The march for jobs and freedom," there were 250,000 people participating.
As many of us remember Dr. King as a hero, a leader among leaders -- we must not forget that just a few days ago a hardworking cab driver in NYC was brutally stabbed for being Muslim.
NY Cab Driver Stabbed for being Muslim
Earlier this week a yellow cab driver in New York City, Ahmed Sharif began his shift in the late afternoon. He picked up a white kid, seemingly harmless down on 24th Street and Second Avenue. The two headed to Times Square. The passenger began a friendly conversation with the driver. He asked him where he was from, how long he'd been in the US, if he was Muslim and if he was observing Ramadan.
According to a press release issued by the New York Taxi Worker Alliance, the passenger fell silent for a few minutes, and then began his outburst. He began cursing and screaming at Sharif before screaming "Assalamu Alaikum. Consider this a checkpoint," and then slashed Mr. Sharif across the neck. As Mr. Sharif went to knock the knife out, the perpetrator, continuing to scream loudly, cut the taxi driver in the face (from nose to upper lip), arm and hand.
