announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
Month for the markets, s p is fractionally higher by four and nasdaq is up by 12. These are small gains for the two embassies. We were mostly higher earlier and kind of hire now but these numbers are not accelerating by any means. What is accelerating his United Auto Workers strike. We had latest headlines from the picket line which is leaving little hope for the end of the strike anytime soon. Ford is saying despite progress there is significant gaps to close on key issues before labor agreements can be reached. Meanwhile the uaw expanded strikes against gm and stellantis to 38 different Parts Distribution Centers Across the country and the uaw strike obviously is continue to heat up in another American Strike seems to be cooling down. Lets give you the good news on this monday the hollywood Writers Strike that is looking a little bit better. Lauren simonetti with a potential deal with a fivemonth walkout, hard to believe. It is unbelievable. The Writers Guild of america calls this te
country spelling out what the catastrophic consequences could have been to america s supply chain and economy had the strike gone through. i spoke to an oil and gas distributor yesterday if you thought gas prices were high in recent months they would have been sky high because of a strike. and one chemical distributor telling me waste water plants would be having a hard time getting the chemicals to clean america s water supply. and one building material company telling me supplies are already tighted, supplies limited, so if you were involved in construction in any way, prices were going to increase dramatically. so the fact they were able to divert the strike is good news for the american economy. amtrak had already cancelled some of the longer routes. have there been any disruptions when it comes to distribution and wholesale?
Photograph of St. Augustine Catholic Church, circa 1899. (Source: Library of Congress).
In 1946, two attorneys finalized their purchase of a historic church building in the heart of Washington.
[1] For seventy years, Saint Augustine Catholic Church at 15
th and L was the place where the Black Catholics of the District were baptized, educated, given communion, and buried. In two years, it would be rubble.
At its founding in 1858, the church then known as Blessed Martin de Porres established the first school for Black children in the District of Columbia.
[2] Operating out of the basement of St. Matthew’s Cathedral, the free Black Catholics of Martin de Porres sought to create a church of their own that would meet the needs of the Black community and grant them the dignity that was afforded to their white counterparts.