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This week in Labor History - February 7

It took 1,231 firefighters 30 hours to put down The Great Baltimore Fire, which started on this day and destroyed 1,500 buildings over an area of some 140 acres - 1904

This week in Labor History - February 7

This week in Labor History - February 6

Seattle General Strike begins. The city was run by a General Strike Committee for six days as tens of thousands of union members stopped work in support of 32,000 striking longshoremen - 1919

This week in Labor History - February 6

This week in Labor History - February 5

President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act.  The law requires most employers of 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for a family or medical emergency - 1993

This week in Labor History - February 5

REMINDER Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship

The Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, administered by the Cleveland Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 academic year.  Application deadline is 5 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2018.  Awards will be announced by June 15, 2018.

REMINDER Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship

UPCOMING DUES TRAINING FOR LOCALS

  LOCAL LEADERS

We are pleased to announce another round of online training for locals on CWA dues systems, membership tracking and related financial operations for locals.

This is not a step-by-step training, however, sessions are structured to help you understand how the overall system works, including how to get the most out of the Orion system. The webinars are open to local officers, clerks and bookkeepers and others who help track dues and membership for your local.

The schedule is as follows:

UPCOMING DUES TRAINING FOR LOCALS

This week in Labor History - February 4

 
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a White man launched the 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott and the birth of the civil rights movement, is born in Tuskeege, Ala. - 1913

This week in Labor History - February 4