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Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, January 26, 5pm – 7pm
Special guests from Loudoun Interfaith Bridges
Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, January 26, 5pm – 7pm
Latest affiliate reports, plus nominations for 3 Executive Board vacancies. RSVP here
Catholic Labor Network: Worker Justice Legislation in MD 2021: Tue, January 26, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
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Confronting the Digital Workplace: Whose Power? Whose Voice?: Wed, January 27, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Register here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/confronting-the-digital-workplace-whose-power-whose-voice-tickets-137684101855
FILM: 9to5: The Story of a Movement: Wed, January 27, 7pm – 9pm
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Fairfax Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, January 27, 7pm – 8pm
Special guest is Kyle deCant, Labor Counsel to the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. The Chair of this House Committee is Virginia's own hero Rep. Bobby Scott, chief patron of the PRO Act.
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Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, January 27, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Meeting for union members and community allies in Alexandria.
Email [email protected] for the link.
Who does it take to flip a project?
Flipping a project – any project – to go union is no easy feat, reports IATSE 600. “Feelings get heated, work stoppages are threatened and sometimes executed. Jobs and industry reputations are placed at risk.” The nonunion crew of the psychological thriller The Immaculate Room knew that by banding together and voting to fight for a union contract, they were risking being replaced. But given the principles at stake and the rewards – including eventual membership in the local – it was a stand worth taking. Read more on Local 600's website.
photo: camera operator Caleb Heller on the set of The Immaculate Room.
BAC restoring Memorial PlazaMidway between the U.S. Capitol and the White House and directly across from the National Archives on “America’s Main Street” of Pennsylvania Avenue, Memorial Plaza contains the largest map in the world, known as the “Granite Sea.” It’s home to the iconic Lone Sailor statue, towering masts with signal flags, fountain pools, and 26 bronze sculptures depicting Navy history. More than three decades old now – it was dedicated on October 13, 1987, the Navy's 212th birthday -- it’s being restored by members of BAC Local 1 Stonemasons and Finishers working with Firvida Construction Corp. Their work involves replacing sealant, repointing, and recaulking the site. - BAC 1 Facebook post
Labor Quote: Richard Trumka
“The inauguration of President Joe Biden, who showed on his first day he is willing to fight for working people’s safety and to get union busters out of government, presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to finally create an environment where what workers desire truly drives union density. And that requires passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act so that our labor laws support and protect the freedom to form a union."
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The People, No.
Kansas City native Thomas Frank talks with the Heartland Labor Forum radio show about his new book about American populism, the long trail of elites who hate it, why pundits called Donald Trump a populist and why he’s nothing of the kind. Harvey J. Kaye on The Fight for The Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and The Greatest Generation Truly Great, from Empathy Media Lab. And on Labor History in 2:00, Rick Smith tells us about Arturo Alfonso Schomburg.
Last week’s show: Stand! The new hit labor musical.
In what could be considered the first workers’ compensation agreement in America, pirate Henry Morgan pledges his underlings 600 pieces of eight or six slaves to compensate for a lost arm or leg. Also part of the pirate’s code, reports Roger Newell: shares of the booty were equal regardless of race or sex, and shipboard decisions were made collectively. - 1695
Samuel Gompers, first AFL president, born in London, England. He emigrated to the U.S. as a youth - 1850
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America is chartered by the American Federation of Labor to organize "every wage earner from the man who takes the bullock at the house until it goes into the hands of the consumer." - 1987
Workers win a two-day sitdown strike at the Brooklyn electric plant that powers the city's entire subway system - 1937
A handful of American companies announce nearly 60,000 layoffs today, as the recession that began during the George W. Bush presidency charges full-tilt toward what has become known as the Great Recession - 2009
- David Prosten
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