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40 members of Congress take Towson union's side in letter to Apple's CEO For more info 2026-06-03 [Apple Insider]

‘Just give me a job’: Maryland former federal workers’ stories of survival 2026-05-27 [Bethesda]

‘It feels like a betrayal’: anger as Apple to close US’s first unionized store 2026-04-28 [The Guardian]

Apple Faces US Federal Complaint for Allegedly Retaliating Against Union Workers 2026-04-28 [iPhone in Canada]

Apple won't let unionized workers transfer out of closing store-union 2026-04-28 [Reuters]

Underpaid, uninsured, held at gunpoint: Baltimore security guards strike for a union 2026-04-12 [TRNN]

Cannabis Workers in MD Continue to Join Local 27 2026-03-22 [UFCW]

2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference Jan. 15-18 • Baltimore, MD For more info 2026-01-15 [AFL-CIO]

MD union files unfair labor practice claims against the state 2025-12-25 [WTOP]

Library Admins Are Using Public Money to Hire Union Busters Against Workers 2025-10-28 [Truthout]

Olney Rally for Workers Over Billionaires #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day 2025-08-24 [Mobilize.us]

Baltimore nurses announce historic one-day strike for patient safety 2025-07-15 [National Nurses United]

Cannabis workers picket in Cumberland 2025-06-29 [Reddit]

Maryland makes no-interest loan available to former federal workers 2025-06-06 [Baltimore Banner]

IAM Union Files Injunction to Protect Right of Striking Maryland IKEA Workers to Peacefully Assemble 2025-01-11 [IAM]

'Understandably very upset about it': Union president says firefighters aren't being paid properly 2024-12-07 [WBAL]

‘Ascension Hospital…is making a mockery of the Church doctrine’: Baltimore Catholic nurses picket Bishops for fair contract 2024-11-24 [TRNN]

Workers at IKEA's Distribution Center in Perryville go on strike, potentially impacting operations 2024-11-15 [WMAR]

Heat killed a sanitation worker. Pending safety rules may have saved him 2024-08-10 [Wash Post]

Apple Store workers in Maryland win first contract 2024-08-07 [New York Times]

Heatstroke death of Baltimore worker during trash collection prompts calls for workplace safety 2024-08-07 [The Gazette]

Apple reaches its first-ever union deal with workers at a Maryland store 2024-08-06 [CBS]

Univ System of MD Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify First System-Wide Union Contract 2024-08-04 [AFSCME]

Union deal approved for thousands of MD Univ workers 2024-08-04 [WMAR]

Apple Store Employee Union Wins 10% Raises for Maryland Store Workers 2024-07-30 [Retail Touchpoints]

Union workers protest in downtown Baltimore 2024-07-28 [AFRO]

US union and Apple reach tentative labour agreement 2024-07-27 [Reuters]

MD is set to finalize its heat standard for workers later this summer 2024-07-24 [NPR]

Black women risked it all in the Crisfield strike of 1938. Maryland finally recognizes them 2024-07-16 [The Banner]

Apple Store Employees in MD Authorize Strike Amid Labor Unrest 2024-07-16 [MSN]

Glenstone museum workers form union after contentious campaign 2024-06-08 [Washington Post]

Baltimore bridge: Crew trapped on ship seven weeks after bridge collapse 2024-05-17 [RNZ]

Apple Store workers in Maryland authorize a strike 2024-05-13 [Washington Post]

Apple Store workers in Maryland vote to authorize strike 2024-05-13 [USAToday]

Apple’s Maryland store workers vote to authorize strike 2024-05-13 [CNBC]

Apple's Maryland store workers vote to authorize strike 2024-05-12 [Investing]

Workers Memorial Day honors the victims of the Key Bridge Collapse 2024-04-29 [WMAR]

From The Baltimore Ship Bridge Wreck To Norfolk Southern East Palestine Derailment & Vinyl Chloride For more info 2024-04-02 [lvpsf]

Iron Workers Union Statement on Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse 2024-03-27 [Ironworkers]

Baltimore Key bridge collapse: Six missing construction workers presumed dead as search suspended 2024-03-27 [Independent]

Unionized hospitality workers in Baltimore to march for better pay 2024-02-08 [CBS]

Apple illegally denied benefits to the first unionized store in the country, says National Labor Relations Board 2023-11-24 [The Business Insider]

UniServ Director – Allegany and Garrett Counties 2023-07-21 [Maryland State Education Association]

Justice for MD public safety workers whose timesheets were illegally changed 2023-07-20 [AFSCME]

UniServ Director -- Eastern Shore 2023-07-07 [MD State Ed Assn]

Unionized Apple store employees propose tipping, increased pay, and more paid time off 2023-05-08 [Techspot]

Apple’s first unionized workers say the company is withholding new benefits 2022-10-29 [Verge]

Apple is reportedly withholding new benefits from unionized retail workers 2022-10-13 [Yahoo]

Prince George's teachers win 6-4-3 wage increase and get more paid planning time in new contract 2022-09-27 [Washington Post]

U. of MD raises minimum wage for student workers to $15 2022-09-04 [Wash Post]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-06-1900 The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is founded in New York City. [more]

3-06-2016 A federal judge ruled that women's soccer players could not go on strike, despite their collective bargaining agreement (which included a no-strike clause) having expired. The women were in dispute over pay discrimination. [more]

4-06-1912 Massachusetts becomes the first US state to establish a minimum wage [more]

4-06-2012 When National Football League referees failed to agree to a new contract, which included big pension cuts, the NFL locked them out and began hiring scabs to replace them. Bosses came up with a revised offer which was agreed on 26 September. [more]

6-06-1933 10,000 auto workers strike in Lansing, Michigan and paralyze the city for a month following the arrest of 9 of them, including the union president's wife forced to leave 3 children alone at home. [more]

8-06-1917 Disaster at the Spectator mine in Butte, Montana: 168 dead. [more]

9-06-1865 Helen Marot, campaigner for working women, is born. [more]

10-06-1963 Congress adopts a law on equal pay for men and women. [more]

11-06-1913 Police shoot at maritime workers on strike at United Fruit Co. in New Orleans, killing one. [more]

12-06-1904 Defying AFL's Samuel Gompers, 50,000 members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen walk off their jobs. [more]

16-06-1918 Railroad union leader and socialist Eugene Debs makes his famous speech against capitalism in Canton, OH, which will land him in jail. [more]

17-06-1903 In Philadelphia, "Mother Jones" organizes a demonstration of children who had been mutilated in textile factories to draw public attention to their fate. [more]

19-06-1912 The eight-hour day is adopted for Federal employees [more]

20-06-1947 President Truman vetoes the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act, but his veto is overturned by Congress three days later. [more]

20-06-1893 The American Railway Union is founded with Eugène Debs at its head. [more]

21-06-1877 Hanging in Pennsylvania of 10 miners accused of being "Molly Maguires" activists sentenced to death on the basis of an investigation carried out by a private detectives agency sponsored by a private company. [more]

23-06-1999 Workers at Fieldcrest Cannon textile plants in North Carolina vote for union recognition after a 25 year struggle [more]

27-06-1905 The Industrial Workers of the World, later popularly known as the Wobblies, is founded in Chicago with the aim of uniting all workers in One Big Union [more]

29-06-1894 Over 125,000 workers on two dozen railroads have joined the boycott of Pullman cars [more]

30-06-1918 Socialist anf labor leader Eugene Debs is arrested under the Espionage Act for making an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio [more]