DC Labor FilmFest: 20 Years of Great Labor Films!
WORK SONGS: Available April 30 – Tickets $12

THE LUNCHROOM: Available May 4 – Tickets $5
IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE: Available May 6 – Tickets $5

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, May 6, 1pm – 2pm

WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.

Labor Committee on the Environment: Thu, May 6, 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Meeting of union members and environmentalists to promote a pro-worker agenda on climate change and to advocate for a seat at the table for labor on environmental policies.

ELIZABETH "LIZ" DAVIS: WTU Virtual Celebration of Life: Thu, May 6, 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Via Zoom. RSVP HERE.

La Lucha Sigue! 20 Years of Fighting for Immigrant Justice in Washington, DC: Thu, May 6, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
RSVP HERE

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, May 6, 6pm – 7pm

Meeting of Arlington union members and community allies.

LABOR GOES TO THE MOVIES podcast Movie Club discussion: Thu, May 6, 7pm – 8pm

Join podcast hosts Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant -- and special surprise guests -- for a freewheeling discussion of the films in this year's DC Labor FilmFest!
RSVP HERE

COMING UP/MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert (Virtual): Sat, May 8, 7:30pm – 9:30pm

FREE; register here!

If you missed WPFW’s annual May Day show last Saturday, catch Hours 1-3 here. Union City Radio teamed up with the House of Soul with tunes about work and workers, along with the best of labor radio and podcast programming from across the country.

DC JWJ celebrates 20 years of immigrant justice
“We resisted anti-immigrant forces from Secure Communities to Trump's family separation and undermining TPS. And we have led innovative campaigns: winning drivers licenses for all DC residents, supporting day laborers, fighting wage theft, and winning cash assistance for excluded workers in the pandemic.” Join DC Jobs with Justice – and friends – tonight at 6 for La Lucha Sigue! 20 Years of Fighting for Immigrant Justice in Washington, DC (see Calendar) as DC JWJ spends this post-May Day week reflecting on its history of immigration justice campaigns in Washington DC. Panelists include Jaime Contreras (32BJ SEIU), Antonia Peña (National Domestic Workers Alliance), Sarahi Uribe (former Washington Lawyers Committee and NDLON) and Arturo Griffiths (Trabajadores Unidos), moderated by former Metro Labor Council staffer Alya Solomon.

Voices from last night’s Virtual Rally for the DC Essential Workers Bill Of Rights

"Our essential workers are essential to reopening our city, they are the life blood."
Robert Hollingsworth, Executive Director, AFSCME District Council 20. (in photo, above)

"I do think that this will give the hazard pay that we deserve, we have been working this whole year under very difficult circumstance."
@1199SEIU_MDDC member Jisanet

"Sanitation worked all throughout the pandemic, stopping our work was a hazard of it's own."
David, AFSCME Local 21

"We know that anytime we're engaging in a fight like this its not just about union workers its about all of us."
MWC President Dyana Forester

Nikko Bilitza; see more on DC JWJ’s Twitter thread.

Labor board recovers $18m for worker rights violations
In the first four months of 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reports that it’s “investigated and prosecuted violations of workers’ rights that have resulted in recovering $18,525,689.” Click here to learn more about your rights in the workplace, or call 1-844-762-NLRB.

Today's Labor Quote: Liz Shuler

“We must renew our commitment to safe jobs for all workers and invest the resources to make that happen.”

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: 50 years of “Strike!” Last week’s show: Mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living!

Works Progress Administration (WPA) established at a cost of $4.8 billion -- more than $72 billion in 2011 dollars -- to provide work opportunities for millions during the Great Depression - 1935

400 black women working as tobacco stemmers walk off the job in a spontaneous revolt against poor working conditions and a $3 weekly wage at the Vaughan Co. in Richmond, Va. - 1937

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