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Labor calls for slowdown on reopening DC schools

UFCW 400 reports "minimal progress" in Kroger talks; Thursday actions set

MWC delegates meet PG County BOE candidates

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Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, October 15, 1pm - 2pm
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Phones open for listener calls -- 202-588-0893 -- plus the latest installment of Tales of the Resistance, from the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

Labor 2020: Phone banking with Unite HERE Local 25 for Ed Lazere (DC City Council At-Large): Thu, October 15, 5pm - 8pm
Contact David Stephen at mailto:[email protected] [email protected] to participate.

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MD/DC AFL-CIO Labor 2020 phonebank (PA): Thu, October 15, 6pm - 9pm
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Building the American Dream Film Screening and Discussion: Thu, October 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
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Baltimore Labor Council meeting: Thu, October 15, 7pm - 9pm
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This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] The Package King
Former Teamster activist Joe Allen on "A Rank-And-File History of UPS." Folklorist Bucky Halker interviews iron workers Sharon Sisson and her husband Richard for the America Works podcast. And, on this week's Labor History in 2: Born into Privilege, But...
Last week's show: [link removed] Roediger on "The Sinking Middle Class"; Feurer on Mother Jones' legacy

Labor calls for slowdown on reopening DC schools
Saying that DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans to reopen schools "will needlessly expose thousands to unnecessary risks and disrupt student learning," DC teachers and their supporters are calling for a slowdown in those plans. A [link removed] petition being circulated by the Washington Teachers Union has already gathered more than 2,000 signatures. Metro Washington Council president Dyana Forester, herself "a proud DCPS graduate and current parent" urged support for school unions -- including DCNA, SEIU 1199, SEIU 32BJ, Teamsters 639, AFSCME Council 20, the Council of School Officers and WTU Local 6 - "to ensure our DC Public Schools open only when it's safe." The petition, which will be presented to the Mayor at the DC City Council on October 27, asks that decisions on reopening schools to in-person learning involve those most impacted by the decisions, put health and safety first and minimize disruptions to existing virtual learning.

UFCW 400 reports "minimal progress" in Kroger talks; Thursday actions set
UFCW 400 reports it's no closer to a deal at Kroger after extensive negotiations and despite the assistance of federal mediators. "Kroger continues to insist on drastic cuts," says Local 400. "Our goals are clear: Raises for EVERYONE; Hands Off Our Health Care; Respect Seniority." The union is holding simultaneous actions at multiple Kroger locations in West Virginia every Thursday until further notice: [link removed] click here for details.

MWC delegates meet PG County BOE candidates
Yesterday, the Metro Washington Council held its Voter Education Forum with Prince George's Board of Education candidates Shayla Adams (District 4), Raaheela Ahmed (District 5), Ed Burroughs (District 8), Kenneth Harris (District 7), and David Murray (District 1). The forum served as a meet-and-greet for MWC delegates, who had an opportunity to talk directly with the labor-backed Prince George's County BOE candidates and discuss the issues important to the labor community. The meeting concluded with an overview of ballot initiatives by Delegate Alonzo Washington. "We are just 20 days away from the last day to vote!" says MWC Political Director David Stephen. DC voting has already begun ([link removed] learn more here) and tonight the Metro Council teams up again with UNITE HERE Local 25 for a virtual phone bank for Council-endorsed DC At-Large candidate Ed Lazere from 5 - 8:00 pm for his campaign's Union Week. "All you need is a phone and your computer," says Stephen. To volunteer, contact him at mailto:[email protected] [email protected].

Today's Labor Quote: Clayton Antitrust Act

"The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce."

[link removed] Section 6 of the Clayton Antitrust Act

Today's Labor History
This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] The Package King
Former Teamster activist Joe Allen on "A Rank-And-File History of UPS." Folklorist Bucky Halker interviews iron workers Sharon Sisson and her husband Richard for the America Works podcast. And, on this week's Labor History in 2: Born into Privilege, But...
[link removed] Last week's show: Roediger on "The Sinking Middle Class"; Feurer on Mother Jones' legacy

Pres. Woodrow Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act - often referred to as "Labor's Magna Carta" - establishing that unions are not "conspiracies" under the law. It for the first time freed unions to strike, picket and boycott employers. In the years that followed, however, numerous state measures and negative court interpretations weakened the law - 1914

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