Jim Baldridge

The late Jim Baldridge of Baltimore was a staunch union man, a member of the Shipbuilder’s Industrial Union repairing ocean-going ships until the yard closed. He found work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined Local 1199. He walked the picketlines and joined mass marches through Baltimore. Jim was a member of Veterans for Peace and drove his pickup festooned with anti-war placards in the Martin Luther King Jr. parade on MLK Boulevard every year. Jim was the strong, quiet, unifying presence in this lifetime of work to change the world.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jim Baldridge

Letters to the Editor

North Korea war danger: Déjà vu all over again
August 14, 2017 By Les Bayless, Jim Baldridge And Cindy Farquhar
The war drums are beating. Yesterday it was Iraq, today North Korea.
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Opinion

John Reid, 68: 1199SEIU champion for workers and social justice
November 13, 2015 By Jim Baldridge
A strong and deeply respected leader in the labor movement, Reid will be remembered as a champion for working people.
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U.S.

Baltimore United for Change takes root
May 13, 2015 By Margaret Baldridge And Jim Baldridge
As Freddie Gray lay dying in Maryland Shock Trauma Center, a group of activists was planning to curb police brutality in Baltimore.
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Labor

Victory for hospital workers: $15 for 15
July 14, 2014 By Jim Baldridge
"This is an important victory. Johns Hopkins Hospital sets the standard for healthcare in our city and that standard has just been raised."
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Labor

America’s top hospital gets failing grade in treatment of its workers
May 16, 2014 By Jim Baldridge
Hospital workers were on the march in the pouring rain earlier this month at John Hopkins Hospital saying: "America's Number One Hospital - Keeping Workers in Poverty."
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Labor

Baltimore hospital workers strike for low-paid workers
April 15, 2014 By Jim Baldridge
The union's wage proposal would add 0.32 percent to Hopkins' $754 million payroll costs; in 2013, Hopkins reported a surplus of $145 million.
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Labor

Victory for workers at Baltimore Sheraton
July 1, 2013 By Jim Baldridge
The labor movement and its allies are celebrating the restoration of union bargaining rights for hundreds of Sheraton employees.
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Opinion

Perspectives on Pfc. Bradley Manning from an anti-war veteran
June 25, 2013 By Jim Baldridge
This new generation of young war resisters has said 'no' to being a part of the U.S. military machine. They're risking a lot to speak the truth from their 'inside' perspective.
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