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[link removed] DSA Labor Speaker Series: Josh Turner, Alexandria Fire Fighters: Mon, April 5, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
featuring Josh Turner, President of the Alexandria Association of Fire Fighters. Turner will speak about the fight to expand collective bargaining to Virginia public service workers, how the pandemic has impacted public service and how you can get involved in the fight to build and strengthen unions in the Old Dominion.

[link removed] Do Unions Matter? Telling Labor's Story: Mon, April 5, 7pm - 8pm
Millions of workers want a union, and organizers and policymakers are working hard to help them win a voice on the job. Lawyer-activist and author Eric Lotke explores how labor arts - from stories to songs to visual art - are also important tools to tell the essential stories of worker struggles.

[link removed] Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, April 6, 5pm - 6pm
Meeting for union members and community allies in Loudoun.

[link removed] "Strike! A 50th Anniversary Symposium": Tue, April 6, 8pm - 10pm

Missed last week's Your Rights At Work radio show, "Duke University Press workers organize"? [link removed] Catch the podcast herehttps://anchor.fm/christopher-garlock/episodes/Celebrating-Womens-History-Month-in-song-ethbnq.%20 .

DC Essential Workers Bill of Rights
For more than a year now essential workers have been on the frontline of the pandemic working to keep our city running despite the constant risk of COVID-19 infection and death. Labor and community activists are calling on DC Mayor Bowser to enact the DC Essential Workers Bill Of Rights, which would guarantee that ALL essential workers would be provided with adequate sick leave, hazard pay and other key protections and rights.
[link removed] CLICK HERE to urge Mayor Bowser to stand up for essential workers and enact the DC Essential Workers Bill Of Rights.

DC honors MWC's Forester as a "Washington Woman of Excellence"
Confirming what the local labor movement has long known, Metro Washington Council president Dyana Forester was honored as a `Washington Woman of Excellence' on Tuesday. "I'm humbled and happy to accept this award on behalf of all the amazingly excellent women workers of Washington," Forester said. The Mayor's Office on Women's Policy and Initiatives (MOWPI), in Partnership with the District of Columbia Commission for Women, bestows these awards each year to honor District women "who have shown dedication, impact, and excellence in the areas of health and wellness, civic engagement, and women's empowerment." Forester was chosen because of her work "to represent DC's labor unions who represent most of the District's women front line workers, and your powerful advocacy within the DC's labor force in your initiatives to support healthy working conditions and equitable work opportunities," said Mayor Bowser.

Today's Labor Quote: Mine Workers president Cecil Roberts, describing Massey Energy, which managed the Upper Big Branch Mine (see Labor History, below). He called Massey

"A rogue corporation...that established a physical working environment that can only be described as a bomb waiting to go off."

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week'shttps://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m3pqw-ffb69b Labor History Today podcast: Canal workers, gays & miners, Gandhi's labor quote. Last week's show: [link removed] The Hardhat Riot.

Columnist Victor Riesel, a crusader against mob infiltration of unions, was blinded in New York City when a hired assailant threw sulfuric acid in his face - 1956

14,000 teachers strike Hawaii schools, colleges - 2001

A huge underground explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, W. Va. kills 29 miners. It was the worst U.S. mine disaster in 40 years. The Massey Energy Co. mine had been cited for 2 safety infractions the day before the blast; 57 the month before, and 1,342 in the previous five years - 2010
photo: [link removed] Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial

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