Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, April 20, 5pm – 6pm

Meeting of union members and community allies in Loudoun County. On the agenda: collective bargaining ordinance; wage theft targeting immigrants at the data centers; union-busting at Loudoun Transit.

One Fair Wage's virtual ‘Server for an Hour’ event: Tue, April 20, 3pm – 4pm

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, April 21, 8:15am – 8:45am

Windmill Hill Park, 500 South Lee St, Alexandria (map)

Justice for Jeyasre: Wed, April 21, 10am – 11am
It has been three months since the brutal murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, an Indian Dalit woman who was a garment worker and union member organizing against gender-based violence and harassment at a major Indian garment manufacturer which has business with many major U.S. and European fashion brands.

Labor's New Kids on the Block: Collaboration between Immigrant Worker Centers and Unions: Wed, April 21, 11am – 12pm

Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, April 21, 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Contact [email protected] for the link.

Labor Goes to the Movies: Chris talks with director (Matewan, 8 Men Out) and novelist (Union Dues, Yellow Earth) John Sayles, about Martin Eden, Pietro Marcello’s adaptation of Jack London’s autobiographical novel.

Alexandria expands city workers’ rights

The Alexandria City Council on Saturday unanimously passed a collective bargaining ordinance, expanding the rights of city workers. “A big win for labor,” AFSCME District Council 20 Executive Director Robert Hollingsworth told Union City. The ordinance is historic, in that it is the first the Commonwealth has seen in more than 40 years. It permits workers to bargain over a majority of work-related issues. Adoption is planned prior to May 1.

- adapted from a report on Zebra.

Solidarity Center Report: Belarus Steps Up Repression Against Union Workers
Three union leaders and a worker rights activist were arrested in Belarus, and the government is proposing a new law tightening restrictions on public gatherings as it ramps up repression against unions and their members who are demanding free and fair elections and democratic freedoms like the right to form unions. Find out how you can support them at the Solidarity Center!

Today's Labor Quote: Louis Tikas

"And all of this is why we try to organize a union, but things did not change because we are immigrants. We are nothing to the big bosses, less than animals."

From Ludlow: My Name is Louis Tikas, on this week’s Labor History Today podcast. The Ludlow massacre occurred on this date in 1914 when Colorado state militia, using machine guns and fire, killed about 20 people—including 11 children—at a tent city set up by striking coal miners.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Ludlow: My name is Louis Tikas. Plus Saul Schniderman on Anne Feeney.
Last week’s show: The US-Canadian Labor History Collaborative

10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers’ win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

An unknown assailant shoots through a window at United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther as he is eating dinner at his kitchen table, permanently impairing his right arm. It was one of at least two assassination attempts on Reuther. He and his wife later died in a small plane crash under what many believe to be suspicious circumstances - 1948

United Auto Workers members end a successful 172 day strike against International Harvester, protesting management demands for new work rules and mandatory overtime provisions - 1980

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