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FILM: Nae Pasaran: Tue, September 15, 7pm – 9pm
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Black Labor Week: History of the Labor Movement in Connection with the Civil Rights Movement: Tue, September 15, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Free; register here
DC CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS (DC COPE): Wed, September 16, 9:15am – 2:15pm
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DOES Unemployment oversight hearing: Wed, September 16, 10am – 12pm
NoVA Labor Arts Caucus: Wed, September 16, 3pm – 4pm
Black Labor Week: Protest to Policy: Wed, September 16, 7pm – 9pm
Free; register here
Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, September 16, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Contact [email protected] for the link.
Metro Washington Council and Community Services Agency staff are teleworking; reach them at the contact numbers and email addresses here.
Missed last week's Labor Day 2020 Town Hall on WPFW? Catch it on the Union City Radio podcast! Includes COVID’s effects on DC-area workers featuring Pia Morrison, SEIU 500 president and Wala Blegay, staff attorney, DCNA.
UFCW 400 member tapped for Electoral College
Jacqueline Echavarria, a 22-year UFCW Local 400 member who works as a cashier at the Petworth Safeway, has been selected as one of the three Biden-Harris campaign delegates to the Electoral College from the District of Columbia. With Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris overwhelmingly favored to win the District of Columbia, Jacqueline will in all likelihood be one of the 538 Electors to choose the next President and Vice President of the United States. “It’s always good to give back, especially for something as serious as voting,” she said. “People have got to vote like their life depends on it, because it does." Jacqueline was selected because she is a model volunteer who has devoted countless hours to political causes, to the nation, to her union, and to her community. Read more here
Union Plus VP "Mission Maker" at CSA
Union Plus vice president Jill Cashen has achieved "Mission Maker" status at the Community Services Agency after raising $5,500 in CSA’s new Board Member Challenge. CSA’s Fundraising Committee launched the Challenge earlier this year to help CSA cover general operating costs. Although the agency has been successful at securing grants for its various projects, "It’s really tough to get grant funding for general operating costs,” said CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote. Cashen was the first board member to achieve the “Mission Maker” status. “CSA is doing vital work to support local workers and we are grateful to be a part of the effort,” said Cashen. “Union Plus is proud to give back to members across the country with our hardship grants, mortgage assistance and educational resources.” Union Plus president Mitch Stevens added that "The Union Plus team works hard to provide a safety net for union members and their families. We’re proud to partner with the Community Services Agency as it provides needed resources for members facing economic stress from the pandemic."
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Today's Labor Quote: Dolores Huerta
“A union is the only organization that a worker has!”
Huerta was the co-founder, with Cesar Chavez, of the United Farm Workers.
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Labor Day: no picnic in a pandemic
Peter Rachleff on the history and significance of Labor Day on the Union Yes Iowa podcast; anthropologist Paul Shackel remembers the 1897 Lattimer Massacre; from the Library of Congress’s brand-new America Works podcast, Greg Vaught, the singing gold mine worker from Elko, Nevada.
Plus, Pete Seeger remembers textile mill striker Ella Mae Wiggins, and on Labor History in 2: The Making of a National Treasure.
Last week’s show: We Do The Work; Working History.
Some 5,000 female cotton workers in and around Pittsburgh, Pa. strike for a 10-hour day. The next day, male trade unionists become the first male auxiliary when they gather to protect the women from police attacks. The strike ultimately failed - 1845
President Kennedy signs off on a $900 million public-works bill for projects in economically depressed areas - 1962
More than 350,000 members of the United Auto Workers begin what is to become a 69-day strike against General Motors - 1970
International Association of Siderographers merges with International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers - 1992
- David Prosten
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