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Metro Washington Council Delegate Meeting: Mon, September 16, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC xxxxxx
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Billy Bragg - The Three Dimensions of Freedom — in conversation with David Weigel: Mon, September 16, 7pm – 8pm
Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA (map)

Waiting For The Carnival [Estou Me Guardando Para Quando O Carnaval Chegar] (Brazil): Mon, September 16, 7:15pm – 8:45pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
AFI Latin American Film Festival: selected screenings co-presented by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest; show your union card and get the AFI member discount (if ordering online, choose the “AFI Member (LAFF)” option)!
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In Defense of American Democracy: Tue, September 17, 9am – 5pm
Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
This day-long event, held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., is being organized by the Albert Shanker Institute, the American Federation of Teachers, and Onward Together. The conference is free and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required. Click here for information and registration.

Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket line (Day 93): Tue, September 17, 9:00am – 10:30am
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201

Bread and Roses series: BSO musician fundraiser: Tue, September 17, 6pm – 8pm
Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
Free but space is limited; click here to RSVP

Film: The Chambermaid (2018) [La Camarista] (Mexico): Tue, September 17, 7:15pm – 9:00pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Film: Helmet Heads [Cascos Indomables] (Costa Rica): Tue, September 17, 9:45pm – 11:15pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Metro Council’s first Fall meeting tonight
The Metro Washington Council’s first meeting of the Fall season is tonight at 6:30 at the AFL-CIO (see Calendar). The agenda includes local updates, including the ongoing BSO musician’s lockout, UFCW 400 contract negotiations at Giant and Safeway and the upcoming AFGE rally. All are welcome. Click here to RSVP.

Bread and Roses: Locked-Out BSO Musicians Concert/Fundraiser tomorrow
At this month's Bread and Roses/DC LaborFest event, locked-out Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians – members of AFM Local 40-543 – will perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Yuko Uebayashi and Brian Prechtl tomorrow night at 6p at the Takoma Busboys and Poets (see Calendar, above), as well as provide an update on the ongoing lockout. Free; click here to RSVP.

CSA golf tourney 1 week away
The 24th Annual CSA Golf Tournament is just a week away, Monday, September 23, at the Enterprise Golf Course in Prince Georges County, MD. The annual event raises funds for CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund; click here for details and to register your team.

Today's Labor Quote: Richard Trumka

"I’m more excited about the labor movement right now, then I was in 1967, when I said ‘I swear allegiance to the United Mine Workers of America.’ I see more, I feel more and I’m excited by all the collective action.”

From his interview on this week’s Labor History Today podcast. photo by Chris Garlock

Today's Labor History

Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. “You can't know where you are going if you don't understand where you came from.” AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka sits down with Labor History Today’s Joe McCartin to discuss the historic Pittston strike, which began on September 17, 1989, when ninety-eight members of the United Mine Workers of America and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia. Plus Cool Things from the Meany Labor Archives: the AFL-CIO’s attempts to persuade union voters not to support George Wallace during the 1972 presidential campaign.

400 Chinese, Portuguese and local field hands, along with 125 Paiute Indians, struck the Pleasanton Hop Company in one of the largest and earliest, though unsuccessful, interracial strikes in California agriculture. - 1893

More than 43,000 oil workers strike in 20 states, part of the post-war strike wave - 1945

A player lockout by the National Hockey League begins, leading to cancellation of what would have been the league’s 88th season. The lockout, over owner demands that salaries be capped, lasted 310 days - 2004

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee wins a signed contract with the Mount Olive Pickle Co. and growers, ending a five-year boycott. The agreement marked the first time an American labor union represented guest workers - 2004

Richard Trumka is elected president of the AFL-CIO at the federation’s convention in Pittsburgh. He had served as the secretary-treasurer under predecessor John Sweeney from 1995 to 2009, and prior to that was president of the United Mine Workers for 13 years - 2009

Labor history courtesy David Prosten

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