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

Labor

Young trade unionists mark Baltimore “We Are One” Day
April 7, 2011 By Jim Baldridge
Unity to defeat the attack on workers was the theme, with Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke keynoting, at the Young Trade Unionists event.
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Labor

Laborers say: Build America so America works
August 4, 2010 By Jim Baldridge
BALTIMORE - In the shadow of the Wilkens Ave. Bridge, one of Maryland's 372 "structurally deficient bridges," more than 200 workers rallied Aug. 2 to "Build Maryland so Maryland Works."
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Jim Baldridge

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jim Baldridge

Young trade unionists mark Baltimore “We Are One” Day

Laborers say: Build America so America works