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Post-pandemic fight for DC workers heats up

Postal Workers celebrate 50 years

Labor Photo: Labor supports American Jobs Plan

How & where to buy union on Independence Day

Today's Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

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Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, July 1, 1pm - 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or [link removed] listen online. Call in at 202-588-0893.

Your Rights at Work and the New Minimum Wage: Thu, July 1, 2pm - 3pm
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[link removed] Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, July 1, 6pm - 7pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Arlington

Dale City July 4th Parade - NoVA Labor Contingent: Sat, July 3, 8:15am - 12:00pm
8:15 am - 8:30 am Meet outside Mapledale Plaza Giant, 5469 Mapledale Plaza along Dale Boulevard; 8:45 - 9:00 am - Move to parade site and set up; 10:00 am - Parade starts. Wear your union shirts and caps and bring your local's banner! For more information, contact Richard Louie at 703-599-9920.

Post-pandemic fight for DC workers heats up
"We're going to need your help," DC City Council Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Chair Elissa Silverman told Metro Washington Council delegates Tuesday. After the MWC's DC Committee on Political Education (DC-COPE) organized a week of intense lobbying led by COPE Co-Chair Chuck Clay (IATSE 22) and other affiliated leaders and rank and file members, Silverman released 2022 budget recommendations that reflect the budget priorities of the local labor movement. Applauding Silverman for embracing labor's priorities, Forester said that "Essential workers risked their lives during the pandemic and the Labor Committee's recommendations reflect an understanding and appreciation of that work." Among the major provisions supported by MWC and its affiliates is "Heroes Pay" and expansion of Universal Paid Leave. "Metro Council affiliates can be proud of their successful efforts to get these pro-worker recommendations from Chairman Silverman and the members of the Labor Committee," Forester added. But with Silverman warning delegates of a "feeding frenzy" among business interests as the budget moves forward, Forester said that "We know this fight is not over and we'll continue to engage the DC City Council to ensure that the workers who sacrificed the most are not forgotten." The Committee's budget recommendations now move to consideration by the Committee of the Whole on July 20.
- David Stephen, MWC Political and Legislative Director

Labor Photo: Labor supports American Jobs Plan
On Tuesday, 100 labor leaders rallied on Capitol Hill in support of President Biden's American Jobs Plan and its 100% clean electricity provision. Read the [link removed] press release here and watch the [link removed] Facebook livestream here.

Postal Workers celebrate 50 years
Join a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Postal Workers Union [link removed] tonight at 7p. The APWU was founded on July 1, 1971, in the wake of the Great Postal Strike of 1970 (photo) and the Postal Reorganization Act, which granted postal workers' demand for the right to collectively bargain. The founding of the union brought together the United Federation of Postal Clerks, the National Postal Union, the National Association of Post Office and General Service Maintenance Employees, the National Federation of Motor Vehicle Employees, and the National Association of Special Delivery Messengers. Tonight, "we will celebrate fifty years of working together for postal jobs with good pay and benefits and dignity in a safe workplace."
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How & where to buy union on Independence Day
A Ball Park frank on a Stroehmann roll topped off with Heinz ketchup and French's mustard. That's the union way to celebrate the 4th of July this weekend, especially when you throw in a side of Hanover Baked Beans and wash it all down with a Goose Island beer (or an A&W Root Beer). Our friends at the Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO have compiled [link removed] comprehensive lists of union products to assist with your holiday planning and of course they're all available at area union grocery stores, including Giant and Safeway.

Today's Labor Quote: William Burrus

"The APWU is united and strong. Here we are, and we are prepared to fight."

William Burrus was president of the American Postal Workers Union from 2001-2010. He was the first African-American to be elected president of any national union in direct balloting by the membership.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

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

Homestead, Pennsylvania steel strike (graphic). Seven strikers and three Pinkertons killed as Andrew Carnegie hires armed thugs to protect strikebreakers - 1892

The Amalgamated Assn. of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers stages what is to become an unsuccessful three-month strike against U.S. Steel Corp. Subsidiaries - 1901

One million railway shopmen strike - 1922

Some 1,100 streetcar workers strike in New Orleans, spurring the creation of the po' boy sandwich by a local sandwich shop owner and one-time streetcar man. "Whenever we saw one of the striking men coming," Bennie Martin later recalled, "one of us would say, `Here comes another poor boy.'" Martin and his wife fed any striker who showed up - 1929

Copper miners begin a years-long long, bitter strike against Phelps-Dodge in Clifton, Ariz. Democratic Gov. Bruce Babbitt repeatedly deployed state police and National Guardsmen to assist the company over the course of the strike, which broke the union - 1983

- David Prosten

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