Prince William County Labor Caucus: Mon, January 11, 7pm – 9pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in PWC.

Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor Radio Podcast Network Livestream (featuring Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly and AFL-CIO Policy Director Damon Silvers); America's Work Force; The BCTGM Voices Project; Labor Vision; LRPN Spotlight; Labor History in 2:00

AFL-CIO calls for Trump's resignation or removal
After a discussion last Thursday, the National AFL-CIO General Board on Friday released the following statement:
The deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob looking to overturn the results of a free and fair election, encouraged and inspired by President Donald Trump, was one of the greatest attacks on our democracy in American history. And the fact that trespassers were allowed to roam the halls of Congress without consequence is one of the latest examples of why we must tear down the systems and abiders of white supremacy.
Trump is an affront to every union member, and a clear and present danger to our nation and our republic. He should resign or be removed from office at once, whether through impeachment or the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
This is not a statement America’s labor movement makes lightly. It is not driven by politics or ideology, but rather by the fundamental belief that the preservation of our democracy is essential—though never guaranteed. Hate and insurrection have no place in America.
Here's a compilation of labor's responses to last week's attacks from across the labor movement.

On-line Gonna Take Us All MLK Holiday and Inaugural Ball set for Sunday
The Labor Heritage Foundation's annual Gonna Take Us All MLK Holiday and Inaugural Ball is set for this Sunday and will be online for the first time. "There will also be a short presentation featuring the Rev. Angela B. Martin of the Maryland Poor People's Campaign, as well as musical appearances by Liliana Herrera and Joe Jencks," says LHF. "This year we’re going digital, using Zoom video conferencing and live streaming. You’ll be able to listen, dance, and most importantly, share the communal joy of being together in these difficult times."
Click here for details and to register.

Today’s labor quote: Howard Zinn

"We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary changes in people’s thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible."

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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The Vancouver Island Coal Strike; Skyscraper Labor
The story of the 1912 Vancouver Island Coal Strike -- the most protracted, violent and hard-fought strike in British Columbia's long labour history -- from the On The Line podcast.
In Part 1 of her online talk for The Skyscraper Museum last November, architectural historian Joanna Merwood-Salisbury traces labor protests in the construction industry in Chicago in the 1880s and examines the formation of unions uniting trades-based groups with ethnic organizations, as well as the public spaces of their protest movements.
And on Labor History in 2:00, Rick Smith tells us about The Rise of Settlement Houses.
Last week’s show: Cutting along the Color Line

The IWW-organized “Bread & Roses” textile strike of 32,000 women and children begins in Lawrence, Mass. It lasted 10 weeks and ended in victory. The first millworkers to walk out were Polish women who, upon collecting their pay, exclaimed that they had been cheated and promptly abandoned their looms - 1912

Nearly two weeks into a sit-down strike at GM’s Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Mi., workers battle police when they try to prevent the strikers from receiving food deliveries from thousands of supporters on the outside. Sixteen strikers and spectators and 11 police were injured. Most of the strikers were hit by buckshot fired by police riot guns; the police were injured principally by thrown nuts, bolts, door hinges and other auto parts. The incident became known as the “Battle of the Running Bulls.” - 1936

Ford Motor Co. announces it will eliminate 35,000 jobs while discontinuing four models and closing five plants - 2002

- David Prosten. photo: Ladysmith Miners march in support of striking coal miners during the great Vancouver coal strike of 1912-1914 (see Labor History Today, above). Credit to Ladysmith Historical Society.

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