Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, November 5, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, November 5, 6pm – 8pm
Union members and community allies join in a post-election discussion.

Shenandoah Valley Labor/Community Alliance: Thu, November 5, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Meeting for unions and community allies in Shenandoah Valley.

Labor-endorsed candidates win in DMV

The following labor-endorsed candidates (or ballot questions) have won:

WASHINGTON DC
District of Columbia Council: Council At-Large (Dem) - Robert White; Ward 4 - Janeese Lewis-George; Ward 8 - Trayon White
DC State Board of Education: Ward 4 - Frazier O'Leary; Ward 7 - Eboni Rose Thompson; Ward 8 - Carlene Reid
U.S. House of Representatives: DC – Eleanor Holmes Norton

MARYLAND
U.S. House of Representatives: District 2 – Dutch Ruppersberger; District 3 – John Sarbanes; District 4 – Anthony Brown; District 5 – Steny Hoyer; District 6 – David Trone; District 7 – Kweisi Mfume; District 8 – Jamie Raskin
Montgomery County: Question B defeated (58.36%)
Calvert County: Judge Patrick Devine – Calvert County Circuit Court Judge

VIRGINIA
U.S. House of Representatives: District 2 Elaine Luria; District 3 Bobby Scott; District 4 Donald McEachin; District 7 Abigail Spanberger (not officially called yet); District 8 Don Beyer;
District 10 Jennifer Wexton; District 11 Gerry Connolly

Guests on yesterday's Labor Radio Podcast Network's Election Day Livestream included AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler, Harold Meyerson (American Prospect), Larry Cohen (Former President, Communications Workers of America; Our Revolution board chair), Danny Schur (Stand! composer/producer/co-writer), Charlie Flemming (President Georgia State AFL-CIO) and Elise Bryant (President - Coalition of Labor Union Women).

Rest in Power: Scott Reynolds
Scott Reynolds, who recently retired from the AFL-CIO, passed away November 2. "Scott was one of the first people I hired when we set up the Department of Field Mobilization at the AFL-CIO," wrote Marilyn Schneiderman on Scott's Facebook page. "He was my partner when we sought to shift from 'servicing' affiliates to dreaming big about what was possible in state and local movements. We set up 'Union Cities' with an extraordinary group of activists leaders around the country to strategize about building transformational community/labor power, diversifying our leadership and activists core, building authentic organizing and political power for the long run......Scott poured his heart and soul into everything he did." "Scott will be remembered for his strong trade unionism, dedicating his career to the labor movement and spending twenty-four of those years with the AFL-CIO," said the AFL-CIO. "Scott made our movement, our country and all of us better."

Today's Labor Quote: Lech Walesa

“We desire peace - and that is why we have never resorted to physical force.
We crave for justice - and that is why we are so persistent in the struggle for our rights.
We seek freedom of convictions - and that is why we have never attempted to enslave man's conscience nor shall we ever attempt to do so.”

Polish Solidarity union founder Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize on this date in 1983.

Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today: Organizing through the Divide
Author and historian Peter Rachleff and longtime labor educator and organizer Bill Fletcher Jr. explore labor’s connections to Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue. PLus: A union-made Halloween.
Contributors: Race Capitol podcast; Labor History in 2.
Last week’s show: O Canada, organize!

A strike by set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif. when scabs try to cross the picket line. The incident is still identified as "Hollywood Black Friday" and "The Battle of Burbank" - 1945

The UAW ends a three-week strike against Ford Motor Co. when the company agrees to a contract that includes more vacation days and better retirement and unemployment benefits - 1976

2,100 supermarket janitors in California, mostly from Mexico, win a $22.4 million settlement over unpaid overtime. Many said they worked 70 or more hours a week, often seven nights a week from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. Cleaner Jesus Lopez told the New York Times he only had three days off in five years - 2004

- David Prosten; Battle of Burbank photo by Andrew H. Arnott / Los Angeles Times Archive / UCLA)

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