A new union is setting their sights on workplaces known for underpaid employees who work long hours with few benefits and uncertain career prospects while being exhorted to put teamwork before their well-being: campaign offices. In advance of the 2018 midterms, the newly formed Campaign Workers Guild is seeking to organize election staffers, particularly those who work for pro-labor Democrats. Read more in Mother Jones. photo: workers in Randy Bryce’s campaign for Congress; courtesy Campaign Workers Guild Dozens of DC residents teamed up at an evening town hall last Thursday to “Take Back DC.” “We need to put our voices together,because right now the developers are winning,” City Councilmember Elissa Silverman told the gathering. The town hall, sponsored by DC Jobs with Justice and Howard University student group HUResist, enabled city residents to share their experiences with unaffordable rent, lack of access to heat and hot water, and predatory bosses. In 2014, DC JwJ helped pass a city law that protects workers from wage theft, and is now organizing for stronger enforcement; click here to find out more about their Just Pay Campaign.
photo: Councilmember Elissa Silverman addresses the town hall; courtesy DC Jobs with Justice If you missed last week’s jam-packed screening of “Soundtrack of a Revolution” at the Takoma Busboys and Poets (right), you’ve got one more chance to catch it, tomorrow night at the Shirlington Busboys. A fresh and exhilarating take on one of the most important social movements in American history, “Soundtrack” explores the civil rights struggle through the powerful and stirring songs that inspired a generation, sung by some of today’s greatest artists, including John Legend, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean, The Roots, Harry Belafonte and more. photo credit: Chris Garlock “Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.”
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