LABOR CALENDAR

Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
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Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, June 4, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online

Labor on the fight for racial justice: Elise Bryant (CLUW); Terry Melvin (CBTU); Yanira Merino (LCLAA) and Ryan Timlin (president, ATU Local 1005 in Minneapolis)

AFSCME Council 3 Eastern Shore Caravan to Fund the Frontlines: Thu, June 4, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Food Lion, 12158 Brittingham Ln, Princess Anne, MD 21853

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, June 4, 6pm – 7pm
Via Zoom

Crises of the Common Good and Public Health: America’s Prison-Industrial Complex and COVID-19: Fri, June 5, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Via Zoom Video Conference | RSVP on Eventbrite

Coalition to Repeal Right to Work: Fri, June 5, 7pm – 8pm
Via Zoom

Metro Washington Council and Community Services Agency staff are teleworking; reach them at the contact numbers and email addresses here.

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Three wins, one loss and one TBD for DC City Council labor candidates
Labor-endorsed candidates won in three DC City Council primaries on Tuesday, while one lost and one is still too close to call. Robert White won in the race for an At-Large seat, Trayon White won in the Ward 8 primary and challenger Janeese Lewis George pulled off an upset against incumbent Brandon Todd with a double-digit win. The Ward 2 race is still too close to call. And while Anthony Lorenzo Green was not victorious in his bid against Vincent Gray, “he ran an outstanding campaign, and we are looking forward to continuing our work with him as an activist and ally,” said Metro Washington Council Political Director David Stephen. Click here for official returns.

New BM at Painters DC 51; Directory updated
Brian Courtien is the new Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer at Painters District Council 51. Updated contact info is on our online Directory, where a number of updates for other Council affiliates have been made. Send updates to us at [email protected]

Today's Labor Quote: Bonnie Castillo

“We must acknowledge that it is the economic, political, legal, and corporate system that reinforces this crisis. We must push for the transformative changes that will protect the health and safety of everyone, protect our diversity, and protect our democracy.”

Castillo is a Registered Nurse who’s the Executive Director of National Nurses United.

Today's Labor History

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Minneapolis general strike; “Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property”
Political scientist and historian Michael Munk connects what’s going on in Minneapolis today with the general strike that took place there in 1934. Plus: Steve Fraser, author of the new book “Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property: Capitalism and Class Conflict in American History”; With the AFL-CIO car caravans originally planned for this Wednesday (now postponed) to demand swift action on the pending Heroes bill in Congress to help American workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Meany Archives Ben Blake reveals that the labor movement has used this technique effectively in the past. The latest episode of the “En Masse” podcast takes us inside the New England quarries nearly a century ago, and we celebrate the life of Rosie the Riveter.
Last week’s show: “Politics of the Pantry”; “We Just Come to Work Here”

Massachusetts becomes the first state to establish a minimum wage - 1912

The House of Representatives approves the Taft-Hartley Act. The legislation allows the President of the United States to intervene in labor disputes. President Truman vetoed the law but was overridden by Congress - 1947

The AFL-CIO opens its new headquarters building, in view of the White House - 1956 (photo shows detail from the building)

Gov. Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. The legislation came after years of effort by the United Farm Workers union - 1975

- David Prosten

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