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Film: THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS (DC LaborFest): Mon, May 16, 12:45pm – 2:45pm
AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Film: AMERICAN FACTORY (DC LaborFest): Mon, May 16, 7pm – 9pm
AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Film: THE UNITED STATES OF ALEC (DC LaborFest): Mon, May 16, 7pm – 9pm
Reel and Meal Screens Bill Moyers’ Film on ALEC, Secret Corporate Lobbying Group Loudoun County Dems Labor Caucus: Mon, May 16, 8pm – 9pm
Meeting for union members and friends of labor in Loudoun County.
Film: NINE TO FIVE (DC LaborFest): Tue, May 17, 12:30pm – 2:30pm
AFI Silver Theatre, 8633Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Tickets: bit.ly/DCLaborFilmFest2022
Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, May 17, 5pm – 7pm
REGISTER HERE Chesapeake Bay CLUW Chapter meeting: Tue, May 17, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Meeting at Red Lobster – Suitland, MD; Contact: [email protected] |
On last week's Your Rights At Work radio show on WPFW 89.3 FM: Labor journalist KIM KELLY on her new book “Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor”, plus NALC Branch 142 President KEITH HOOKS on the Letter Carriers’ annual "Stamp out Hunger" Food Drive, Saturday, May 14 and why longtime organizer RICHARD BENSINGER thinks Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz “will go down in history as the Al Capone of union busters”.
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Workers demand good jobs at old Potomac Power Plant site
"I don't know any other city in this country other than Alexandria, so I will fight here,” said UNITE HERE 23 member Ismail Ahmed. “I need a good-paying job here, not just across the river. We need affordable housing or a good-paying job." Union members and leaders with UNITE HERE locals 23 and 25, Painters DC 51, SMART, IBEW and the Carpenters testified Friday at the Alexandria City Council about the importance of good jobs at the old Potomac Power Plant site. ”Before I was in the Union, I was a victim of wage theft, just like many who look like me,” said - Nelson Aguilar, a members of the Carpenters. “Workers here continue to get paid under the table... We need prevailing, project-labor agreements, and the same commitments here as Hilco made in Boston."
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Labor Night at the Nats countdown
This year’s Labor Night at the Nats is less than a month away; get your tickets now! The Washington Nationals will play Milwaukee on June 10; tickets are $17 each and the Community Services Agency gets $2.00 for each ticket. Click here to hit a home run for CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund, or call Josh Grohs at 202-640-7714 or email [email protected]
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MWC meetings, DC COPE meeting rescheduled; Board vacancies
Are you a delegate to the Metro Washington Labor Council? Be sure to mark these meeting dates on your 2022 calendar: DELEGATE MEETINGS: May 17th, Jun 21st, Sep 20th, Oct 18th, Nov 22nd, Dec 20th. CLICK HERE to register for all meetings.
DC COPE: The DC COPE meeting slated for May 18th is rescheduled for May 25th at 2:00 p.m. Please CLICK HERE to register. This change is being made due to the MD COPE meeting being slated for that same day.
BOARD VACANCIES: The Election Committee will be taking nominations for the Executive Board’s two vacant Trustee positions. Timothy Traylor and Djawa Hall have resigned from their position as Trustees. "We thank them for their service," said MWC president Dyana Forester. Trustees play a significant role on the MWC board; if you're interested in learning about the work, please email [email protected]. |
Cash prizes for new labor songs
Submit a new labor anthem, or a creative take on a classic labor song for a chance to win up to $1,000 in prizes at the Labor Research and Action Network conference in Atlanta this June. Submissions are open now until May 31, and conference attendees will vote on the winners of the two categories on June 22. Enter your song here and sign up to attend the LRAN conference here.
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Today’s Labor Quote: Buffalo barista Lexie
"You fight for what you love.”
As quoted by Richard Bensinger on last week's Your Rights At Work radio show. |
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This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Blood, guts, and organizing; Last week's show: The Haymarket Martyrs Monument: Past, Present, Future.
May 13
The Canadian government establishes the Department of Labour. It took the U.S. another four years – 1909
10,000 IWW dock workers strike in Philadelphia – 1913
Thousands of yellow cab drivers in New York City go on a one day strike in protest of proposed new regulations. “City officials were stunned by the (strike’s) success,” the New York Times reported - 1998
May 14
Milwaukee brewery workers begin 10-week strike, demanding contracts comparable to East and West coast workers. The strike was won because Blatz Brewery accepts their demands, but Blatz was ousted from the Brewers Association for “unethical” business methods - 1953 photo courtesy Milwaukee Public Library
May 15
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Samuel Gompers and other union leaders for supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis, where workers were striking for a nine-hour day. A lower court had forbidden the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey the judge’s anti-boycott injunction - 1906
The Library Employees’ Union is founded in New York City, the first union of public library workers in the United States. A major focus of the union was the inferior status of women library workers and their low salaries - 1917
The first labor bank opens in Washington, D.C., launched by officers of the Machinists. The Locomotive Engineers opened a bank in Cleveland later that year - 1920 - David Prosten
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