Baltimore

Workers at Baltimore's Inner Harbor announced today that they are demanding that developers require businesses in the development to respect worker rights to a living wage and treatment with dignity.  This is a major development in the United Workers Human Rights Zone campaign, and is also a big step in organizing workers in the new economy.

 
In late April, the Baltimore based human rights organizing group United Workers Association held a major human rights march and protest to announce the worst of the worst of the employers in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

While in Baltimore,members of Labor Justice Radio spoke to Maria Alwine of the Maryland Coalition for Baltimore Gas and Electric Reregulation. In this interview, Alwine explains that since deregulation, gas and electric fees have more than doubled and currently 84,000 Baltimore households are slated to have utilities shut-off. Alwine also discusses the organizing people are doing to get Baltimore Gas & Electric re-regulated.
 

On April 19th, about 40 members of Media Mobilizing Project traveled down to Baltimore to stand with our allies, the United Workers Association (UWA), as they declared Baltimore's inner harbor a Human Rights Zone. This declaration launched UWA's campaign to reclaim dignity and fair treatment for the low-wage workers employed at the Inner Harbor's restaurants and stores. Milena Velis was one of the MMP members who was at the historic Human Rights Zone March.

Labeling Phillips Seafood as one of the worst employers at the Inner Harbor, 500 people from different organizations marched in Downtown Baltimore on April 18 demanding better working conditions and health benefits.
 
We are demanding that Phillips Seafood respect the economic human rights of workers, and made the specific demands to work with dignity, health care and education,said Tom Kertes, United Workers spokesman.
 

Transmitido originariamente en Sabado el 4 de Abril en Radio Tlacuache, una programa de WPEB 88.1FM de West Philadelphia por y para los trabajdores de West Fila. 

Los Trabajadores Unidos -- luchando para un fin de la pobreza -- estan invitando a todos a participar en la March para los Derechos Humanos en Baltimore el dia 18 de Abril. Visita el sitio de web a www.unitedworkers.org para mas informacion. 

The City From Below conference is taking place this weekend in Baltimore, MD. The conference comes together from the drive that the city is a crucial space for organizing for social change. The participants organize for the rights of the poor, working classes, immigrants, refugees and people of color to live in the city.

Baltimore March 27th-29th, 2009 An upcoming conference will focus on developing a nationwide strategy to organize for cities that work for people not just for capital. There will be a focus on creating conversations between activists, analysts of the current financial crisis, and academics (and of course those who fit more than one label). As short as the left is on funding for think tanks, this event is aimed at a long standing need. We're particularly excited about one of the organizers United Workers out of Baltimore

On this month's show: Philadelphia's budget cuts and how they are affecting neighborhood rec centers and libraries. We’ll also hear about a push for more paid sick days for Philly workers, and about Baltimore hotel workers’ fight for justice. Plus we’ll have music and other news.