Today’s Labor Calendar
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Union City Radio: 7:15am, WPFW-FM 89.3 FM
2-minute audio version of the Metro Washington Labor Council's Union City newsletter.
Transit Strike Picket Lines in Leesburg, Woodbridge and Manassas: Mar 6 – 10, 2023
Prince William County Transit - Teamsters Local 639, 14700 Potomac Mills Rd, Woodbridge,VA. (3:30 am to 5 pm); 7850 Doane Drive, Manassas, VA ( 9 am - 5 pm)
Loudoun County Transit - ATU Local 689; 43031 Loudoun Center Place, Leesburg - 3:30 am to 3 pm
Donate to the Local 689 Loudoun County Transit Strike Fund by clicking here.
Interventions for Ending On- and Off-line Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work: Thu, March 9, 9:00am – 10:30am; Register Here
Livestream Here Your Rights at Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM): Thu, March 9, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online. Tune in today for an audio report on yesterday's "Hands Off DC" rally.
Rally for Collective Bargaining for Fairfax County School Employees: Thu, March 9, 6pm – 8pm
Join the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers and the Fairfax Education Association at a rally at Luther Jackson Middle School. The School Board will vote on a resolution for collective bargaining at their meeting that evening. 3020 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA |
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“Hands off DC!” rally asserts local rights
“Hands off DC!” “Local autonomy is the answer!” The message was loud and clear at yesterday’s spirited rally protesting this week’s move by Congress to block the implementation of new criminal justice reforms. Hundreds gathered in front of Union Station and then marched on the U.S. Senate after angry speeches denouncing the power grab. “I’m deeply concerned the disapproval resolutions… will only embolden Republicans,” said DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, warning that other threats to DC residents could include abolishing Home Rule. “If the ultimate goal was safety, then we would be investing in education,” said DC Council member Janeese Lewis George (Ward 4). “If it was really about our safety, then we would have a healthcare system that everybody can access. If the goal really was safety, we’d have livable wages throughout this country!” The rally and march was organized by Hands Off DC, a coalition of dozens of organizations, from DC Vote to Jews United for Justice, DC Jobs with Justice and Family Values at Work. Tune in to today's Your Rights At Work radio show on WPFW 89.3FM at 1p today for an audio report on the rally.
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Labor celebrates International Women’s Day |
Labor Quote: Eleanor Holmes Norton
“You either support DC home rule or you don’t. There are no exceptions. And there is no middle ground on DC’s right to self-government.”
At yesterday’s “Hands Off DC” rally (see story above). |
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Today’s Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The Tractor Princess. Last week’s show: Buffalo Soldier turned revolutionary.
The Westmoreland County (Pa.) Coal Strike – known as the "Slovak strike" because some 70 percent of the 15,000 strikers were Slovakian immigrants – begins on this date and continues for nearly 16 months before ending in defeat. Sixteen miners and family members were killed during the strike – 1912
Spurred by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U.S. Congress begins its 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation. Just one of many programs established to help Americans survive the Great Depression: The Civilian Conservation Corps, which put 2.5 million young men on the government payroll to help in national conservation and infrastructure projects – 1933
Work begins on the $8 billion, 800-mile-long Alaska Oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to the sea port at Valdez. Tens of thousands of people worked on the pipeline, enduring long hours, cold temperatures, and brutal conditions. At least 32 died on the job - 1974
David Prosten |
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