DC Labor FilmFest: LAST WEEK!
Click here for tickets. All films available through Sunday, June 6: WORK SONGS * THE LUNCHROOM * IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE * MISS MARX * THE CHAMBERMAID * THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS * NASRIN * THE NEW DEAL FOR ARTISTS

Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, June 2, 8:15am – 8:45am

Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA (map)

Arts Union Caucus: Wed, June 2, 3pm – 4pm

Meeting of unions representing broadcast and performing arts workers.

"Read-In" to Save School Libraries: Wed, June 2, 4pm – 5pm

Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, WDC (map)

Sponsored by WTU Local 6

Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, June 2, 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Meeting of union members and community allies in Alexandria.
For the link, contact [email protected]

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.

Secure Maryland Wage Act takes effect
After a three-year campaign, over 2,000 union and non-union contracted workers at BWI Marshall Airport and Baltimore Penn Station, who earn as little as $8.50 per hour plus tips will see their hourly compensation rise to $17 over the next five years under a new law, the Secure Maryland Wage Act, which took effect Tuesday. The historic bill, sponsored by Maryland Senator Antonio Hayes and Delegate Kriselda Valderrama will also eliminate tipped wages for wheelchair agents who say they often don’t receive any tips. “This law is a blessing to me and my family,” said Doran Brown, a contracted wheelchair agent at BWI. “I will finally get the raise I need and deserve to support myself and my ailing mother who depends on me. I thank the leaders who stood with us and congratulate all of my coworkers who now are on a path to a living wage.” The workers covered include janitors, non-TSA security officers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendants, passenger service agents, ramp workers, baggage handlers, and ticket and line agents among others, reports 32BJ SEIU. Read more here.

Today's Labor Quote: W.E.B. DuBois

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

Twenty-six journeymen printers in Philadelphia stage the trade’s first strike in America over wages: a cut in their $6 weekly pay - 1786.

A constitutional amendment declaring that "Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age" was approved by the Senate today, following the lead of the House five weeks earlier. But only 28 state legislatures ever ratified the amendment -- the last three in 1937 -- so it has never taken effect - 1924

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President Harry Truman acted illegally when he ordered the Army to seize the nation’s steel mills to avert a strike - 1952

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and Textile Workers Union of America merge to form Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union – 1976

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