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Airport Union Caucus: Mon, June 28, 2pm – 3pm

Meeting for unions representing airline and airport workers at Dulles and DCA

Chesapeake Bay CLUW Meeting: Mon, June 28, 7pm – 9pm

Smashing Grapes Kitchen and Wine Bar 2383 Brandermill Boulevard Gambrills, MD 21114 (map)

Rally for Union Workers and the “American Jobs Plan”: Tue, June 29, 12pm – 2pm
Third Street SW between Madison Dr. and Jefferson Dr.• National Mall, Washington, DC 20016 (map)
RSVP HERE

Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, June 29, 5pm – 7pm
RSVP here

Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, June 29, 5pm – 7pm

Meeting for union members and community allies in Loudoun County

Film: Who Killed Vincent Chin? Tue, June 29, 6pm – 8pm

RSVP to [email protected].

Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Tue, June 29, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Meeting for union members and community allies in Alexandria.
[Note change of date.] Contact [email protected] for the link.

Missed last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here. NABET-CWA Local 31’s Barbara Krieger on workers under assault at Montgomery Community Television; former DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director Nikki Cole previews Wages, Benefits, and Fair Pay: 20 Years of DC JWJ panel. Plus: World premiere of Todd Smith’s “Scabby the Rat and Fatty the Cat” song and the latest labor news headlines.

Labor Photo: This is what democracy looks like
At the pre-action UNITE HERE rally before the march to the rally fpr voting rights on the National Mall. “Make sure everyone down on Capitol Hill can hear us… when we fight we win!” said UNITE HERE Local 25 president Linda Martin. “They know that the more people vote the more democratic our country will be,” said MWC president Dyana Forester. “This is what democracy looks like, we are what democracy looks like”

Solidarity Center Report: Unions Unblocking Barriers for LGBTQI Workers in SE Europe
In Southeastern Europe, LGBTQI workers face daunting barriers to attaining equality and safety on the job, including discrimination in obtaining employment, harassment and violence. The Solidarity Center is partnering with Pride at Work, Solidarnost and participating unions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia in a program focusing on the intersection of #LGBTQI rights with workers’ rights to safe and healthy workplaces free from violence & harassment. Find out more at Solidarity Center.

Department of Clarifications: Another Haymarket memorial; Duncan’s EST

Another Haymarket memorial: “Fyi there are 2 Haymarket memorials in Chicago,” points out Kathleen McKirchy. “One - the newer one - is on the site itself. The one you pictured (Today's Labor History 6/25 UC) is at the cemetery a ways away, as you indicate.”

Duncan’s EST: Dan Duncan (Union Voice/Readers Write: The Man On The Line 6/25 UC) is “former head of the NOVA CLC and currently Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Maritime Trades Department.”

Today's Labor Quote: Lawrence McGann

“Let us each Labor day, hold a congress and formulate propositions for the amelioration of the people. Send them to your Representatives with your earnest, intelligent indorsement [sic], and the laws will be changed.”

Illinois Congressman Lawrence McGann, speaking at the first official Labor Day parade in Chicago. He was Chairman of the House Labor Committee in 1894; President Grover Cleveland signed legislation declaring Labor Day an official U.S. holiday on this date in 1894.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Marvel Cooke, a Journalist for Working People. Last week’s show: Why America’s most radical union shut down ports on Juneteenth.

Birthday of machinist Matthew Maguire, who many believe first suggested Labor Day. Others believe it was Peter McGuire, a carpenter - 1850

- David Prosten

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