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TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings DC Labor FilmFest: Celebrating 20 Years of Great Labor Films!
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily Missed last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here. After Wednesday’s shootings in San Jose, Nurse Consultant – and DCNA member -- Laverne Plater discusses workplace violence and mental health. Strathmore Music Center is threatening to replace ticket-sellers there with machines; Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union, IATSE Local 868 Business Agent Anne Vantine tells us what’s at stake. DC workers notch a victory against wage theft; Elizabeth Falcon, Executive Director at DC Jobs With Justice, reports. Plus: WPFW’s Spring Pledge Drive; click here to support Your Rights At Work on Union City Radio (be sure to scroll down to Your Rights At Work) on the Jazz & Justice station in the nation’s capital. Washington Gas workers reach agreement, avoiding strike ![]() Labor Photo: IATSE 868 & Friends protest at Strathmore ![]() RetroLabor: 1980 Today's Labor Quote: Teamsters Local 96 “Local 96 members sent a clear, united message of union power with a 97% YES vote to authorize a strike.” TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The 1913 Dublin Lock-out. Last week’s show: Shootout in Matewan; General strike in KC
Congress passes the Erdman Act, providing for voluntary mediation or arbitration of railroad disputes and prohibiting contracts that discriminate against union labor or release employers from legal liability for on-the-job injuries - 1898 3,500 immigrant miners begin Clifton-Morenci, Ariz. copper strike – 1903
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