About this episode

The episode discusses the retaliation faced by Baltimore security officers after a lawful strike against their employers.

Nearly a year after workers voted to authorize a strike, non-union city and commercially contracted security officers in Baltimore, MD, walked off the job on April 9 on an Unfair Labor Practice strike against their employers, Abacus Corporation, Metropolitan Protective Services, and Urban Development Solutions. Now, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) say that workers have been retaliated against by Metropolitan Protective Services (MPS), alleging that the city contractor "fired and harassed workers following [the] lawful strike." MPS denies these allegations and claims "that no employees have been terminated due to union involvement." In this episode of Working People , we speak with Victoria Cox, a former MPS employee who worked to reach the rank of sergeant, and Daril Riley, a former MPS employee who reached the rank of corporal. Both Cox and Riley have had their shifts taken off the schedule—and, essentially, their jobs taken away—and both have been put under investigation by MPS since the strike in April. Additional links/info: Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, " Underpaid, uninsured, held at gunpoint: Baltimore security guards strike for…

People in this episode

Host: Maximillian Alvarez

Guests: Victoria Cox, Daril Riley

Topics covered

• labor rights
• union strike
• retaliation
• security officers
• Baltimore
• workers' rights

Keywords

• Baltimore
• security officers
• strike
• retaliation
• union
• labor rights
• MPS
• SEIU
• workers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, Abacus Corporation, Metropolitan Protective Services, Urban Development Solutions, Metropolitan Protective Services (MPS)

Places: Baltimore, MD

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