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Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; [link removed] click here to hear today's report
Mon. Nov. 8th - [link removed] Prince William County Labor Caucus - 7 pm
Meeting for union members and friends of labor in PWC.
Missed last week's [link removed] Your Rights At Work radio show? [link removed] Catch the podcast here: [link removed]
Harold Meyerson, Editor-at-large, American Prospect, on "The Biden Drift and do-nothing Democrats." UNITE HERE Local 25 Political Director Sam Epps on connecting electoral work - his local knocked on over 200,000 Virginia doors -- with union organizing. PLUS: Garlock workers strike in Palmyra, NY, and the John Deere strike continues as UAW members reject a second contract proposal.
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Washington-Baltimore News Guild @WBNG32035 Nov 5
Protecting local news outlets preserves democracy by keeping communities informed and holding power to account. We can only perform this essential role if we protect journalism jobs. Include the #LJSA tax credit in the #reconciliation bill. #SaveLocalNews #SaveTheNews
LiUNA! Mid-Atlantic @maLiUNA Nov 5
With a #PLA, the first phase of the #SilverLine was only delayed by a few months. Other #transportation projects like the #FrederickDouglassMemorialBridge and the I-395 and I-95 HOT Lanes were completed on time and on budget
AFSCME Council 3 @AFSCMEMaryland Nov 5
"I am asking the Legislature to do what Governor Hogan will not do for state employees and fund annual COLA's and steps."
NationalNursesUnited @NationalNurses Nov 4
Congrats to our D.C. Nurses Association #UnionStrong family on receiving @DCLabor's Golden Picket Sign Award!
Solidarity Center Podcast: 'No' to State Violence! Reimaging Policing
Police violence is targeting disenfranchised communities in countries around the world. The latest episode of The Solidarity Center Podcast looks at how workers in Colombia and Nigeria who have experienced police brutality during peaceful protests to address inequality are joining--and leading--large movements to demand new levels of accountability and reform for the agencies charged with protecting their communities. [link removed] Listen here.
Evening with Labor volunteers wanted!
Evening with Labor - coming up next Friday, November 12 - organizers are looking for volunteers to assist at the check-in table at the annual celebration of area labor leaders and activists. Volunteers will be needed from 6:30-8:00 pm and will check people in and confirm vaccination status. Those available and interested should contact David Stephen, Political and Legislative Director, at mailto:dstephen@dclabor.org dstephen@dclabor.org
by COB Tuesday, November 8.
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Union families have shared their adorable cats and canines in costume for the Union Plus Wag-o-Ween Pet Photo Contest. Union Plus has selected the finalists, "but we need your vote to crown the winners." [link removed] Vote
by November 10th -- the top two entries will each win a Grand Prize of $500 and ten First Prize winners will each win $50.
Today's labor quote: African proverb
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY
This week's Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: [link removed] Communists and community in wartime Detroit. Last week's show: [link removed] From the Necropolis Strike to Striketober.
20,000 workers, black and white, stage general strike in New Orleans, demanding union recognition and hour and wage gains - 1892
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces plans for the Civil Works Administration to create four million additional jobs for the Depression-era unemployed. The workers ultimately laid 12 million feet of sewer pipe and built or made substantial improvements to 255,000 miles of roads, 40,000 schools, 3,700 playgrounds, and nearly 1,000 airports (not to mention 250,000 outhouses still badly needed in rural America) - 1933
In one of the U.S. auto industry's more embarrassing missteps over the last half-century, the Ford Motor Co. decides to name their new model the Edsel, after Henry Ford's only son. Ford executives rejected 18,000 other potential names - 1956
- David Prosten.
 
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