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NoVA Labor's First Volunteer Phone Bank: Tue, August 10, 6pm – 8pm
We will be calling fellow union members and reminding them about registering to vote and early voting opportunities. Click here to register to help.

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, August 11, 8:15am – 9:15am
Two locations! Click here for details

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, August 12, 1pm – 2pm

WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, August 12, 6pm – 8pm

Meeting of union members and friends of labor in Arlington.

Solidarity with IATSE 868 at Strathmore: Fri, August 13, 6pm – 8pm

Ticket sellers at Strathmore are fighting back against union-busting. Meet on the 4th floor of the parking garage at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station.

Richard Trumka to Lay in Repose at AFL-CIO Headquarters: Sat, August 14, 10am – 3pm
AFL-CIO, 815 Black Lives Matter Plz NW, Washington, DC xxxxxx, USA (map)

CLICK HERE to listen to last week’s Your Rights At Work show: Labor historian Joe McCartin on the life and legacy of AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka, who died yesterday. PLUS: "I've Never Been More Optimistic": A Conversation with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, on the AFL-CIO's State of the Unions podcast.

UMD staffers demand hazard pay
More than 175 people came out last Thursday to support the protest by AFSCME Local 1072 members and allies, demanding that the University of Maryland bargain fairly with AFSCME and meet their demands for retroactive pandemic hazard pay to front line staff, $15/hour pay for all employees, including student workers, and fair reopening policies. “We make this campus run,” said Local 1072.
- photo by Michael Marinelli

Richard Trumka to lay in repose at AFL-CIO headquarters
On Saturday, Aug. 14, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET, Richard Trumka’s family is giving the public the opportunity to pay its respects to the labor legend who passed away on Aug. 5. He is making one last trip to the House of Labor, a place and an idea that he loved so much. Trumka, who devoted his life to working people, was a relentless champion of workers’ rights, workplace safety, worker-centered trade, democracy and so much more. He was also a devoted father, grandfather, husband, brother, coach, colleague and friend. All safety protocols will be strictly enforced, including mask requirements and social distancing.

WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ET

WHERE: 815 Black Lives Matter Plaza (16th St. NW), Washington, D.C.
Click here for the tribute website the AFL-CIO has set up in honor of Rich's life.

Today's Labor Quote: Joe Biden

For Rich, work was synonymous with a word that defined his life: dignity. In the more than thirty years of our friendship, he was a fierce and forceful champion for the dignity of the American worker.

From the AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka tribute page, where you can submit your own thoughts.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Remembering Rich Trumka (1949-2021); Last week's show: Keokuk before the strike.

The Air Line Pilots Association is founded at a meeting in Chicago attended by 24 activists from across the country - 1931

Hundreds of Transport Workers Union members descend on a New York City courthouse, offering their own money to bail out their president, Mike Quill, and four other union leaders arrested while making their way through Grand Central Station to union headquarters after picketing the IRT offices in lower Manhattan - 1935

President Roosevelt signs amendments to the 1935 Social Security Act, broadening the program to include dependents and survivors' benefits - 1939

Construction on the St. Lawrence Seaway begins. Ultimately 22,000 workers spent five years building the 2,342 mile route from the Atlantic to the northernmost part of the Great Lakes - 1954

I.W. Abel, president of the United Steel Workers of America from 1965 to 1977, dies at age 79 - 1987

Pres. Barack Obama signs a $26 billion bill designed to protect 300,000 teachers, police and others from layoffs spurred by budgetary crises in states hard-hit by the Great Recession - 2010

- David Prosten

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