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As America positions itself away from the manufacturing industry and moves in the direction of the service industry, we find that some young workers don’t believe the white collared world needs the labor movement. As some young workers graduate from college where the labor movement was rarely talked about in history books, or may live [...]
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Sometimes I just don’t understand why there is always a financially struggling college kid, a low wage worker, or a middle class citizen that feel as though they have to go out of their way to defend tax breaks for the rich. At least once a month I find one person that wants to argue [...]
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By: Cory McCray/Chairman of Young Trade Unionists
Many people may equate middle class jobs with people who worked at the steel plant in Sparrow’s Point, downtown Baltimore at Domino Sugar, or one of the numerous Can Manufacturing Companies that once dominated Maryland. What we fail to remember is that in the commercial food industry we had [...]
On April 5, 2011, the Young Trade Unionists held their general meeting and We Are One Event. We were joined by Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke and Maryland & DC State Federation President Fred Mason. There were over a hundred people in attendance while we watched the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech [...]
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By: Cory McCray/Chairman of Young Trade Unionists
“We have to hold elected officials accountable, from the Governor to the dog catcher.” “I have always been with you and I will always be with organized labor.” “Whenever labor needs me, I have been there.” “You can always count on me.” Those were the voices [...]
Join the Young Trade Unionists for our next General Meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 7pm. The location is 2701 W. Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230. Our special guest will be Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke. At this meeting their will be food and refreshments served. We highly encourage your participation for the [...]