VTA Still Out!
VTA workers are still on strike for better wages, despite management’s insults to the workers.
Baltimore City Owes Workers Safety and Respect
Last August, Ronald Silver II died from being overworked and deprived of hydration in the sweltering heat of 99°F. Following his death, Silver’s grieving family demanded better from the Department of Public Works (DPW), and investigations by Baltimore’s Inspector General showed the department’s negligence included not only a lack of water and Gatorade for workers but also broken ice machines and broken HVAC systems inside the facilities. It was not until eight weeks after Silver’s death that Maryland issued […]