THIS WEEK’S LABOR CALENDAR PREVIEW: click here for complete and latest listings
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Union City Radio: 7:15 am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here for today's report
SAFE EPA Protest: Tue, September 20, 9am – 12pm Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, September 21, 8:15am – 9:15am
Airports Rally for Better Healthcare, Paid Sick Leave & A Living Wage: Wed, September 21, 10am – 12pm
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, September 22, 1pm – 2pm
Time To Care Celebration (JUFJ): Thu, September 22, 5pm – 6pm
Sound the Shofar for DC Domestic Workers (JUFJ): Fri, September 23, 9am – 10am
LABOR: Studies in Working Class History's 2022 Big Book Forum: Kelly Lytle Hernández's Bad Mexicans: Fri, September 23, 2pm – 4pm
DC Labor to Labor Canvass: Sat, September 24, 8am – 2pm
NoVA Labor Walks: Sat, September 24, 9am – 1pm
Maryland Labor to Labor Walks (3 locations): Sat, September 24, 9:30am – 2:00pm
Pam Parker Concert Sunday (Online): Sun, September 25, 7pm – 9pm ([email protected] for ticket details) |
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On last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show: Generation Union. With a 72% union approval rating among young workers, American Prospect Editor At Large Harold Meyerson has dubbed them “Generation Union”. RN Victoria Zeehandelaar reports on last week’s 3-day strike by 15,000 Minnesota nurses. Plus an update on the tentative rail agreement averting a nationwide strike.
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Silverman helps launch DC Labor to Labor effort
The Metro Washington Labor Council’s DC Labor to Labor effort launched on Saturday, with labor-endorsed DC City Council At-Large candidate Elissa Silverman on hand to welcome members of Painters DC 51, IATSE 22, AFGE District 14, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). Silverman then hit the doors with BLET’s Herb Harris. “Congratulations to Herbert and his union on successful negotiations to get workers sick days!” said Silverman. DC Labor to Labor phonebanks launch today at 5; click here for details. The next door-to-door canvass is this Saturday at 9a; click here for details. photos by Chris Garlock/Union City (left) & Michelle Whitaker/Silverman Campaign
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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Yaneth Valencia
Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO is profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Yaneth Valencia of Bricklayers (BAC) Local 1 in the DMV. Click here for other profiles. |
Labor Quote: President Joe Biden
Who called the tentative rail deal announced Thursday “a win for tens of thousands of rail workers who worked tirelessly through the pandemic to ensure that America’s families and communities got deliveries of what have kept us going during these difficult years.” |
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This week’s Labor History Today podcast: It’s not working on the railroad. Last week’s show: A miasma of metals.
Chinese coal miners forced out of Black Diamond, Wash. – 1885
400,000 to 500,000 unionists converge on Washington D.C. for a Solidarity Day march and rally protesting Republican policies - 1981
- David Prosten |
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