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Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, March 25, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online http://www.wpfwfm.org/radio/ Chris Garlock and guest co-host Elise Bryant spin women's songs about work and workers in honor of Women's History Month. Call in your suggestions: 202-588-0893 Labor Committee for the Environment: Thu, March 25, 3:30pm – 4:30pm Committee to support labor's agenda for renewable energy and a clean environment Arlington County Labor Caucus: Thu, March 25, 6pm – 7pm Meeting of Arlington union members and community allies Film: ON THE BASIS OF SEX: Thu, March 25, 7:00pm – 9:30pm FREE; register here Hosted by the DC chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women; Presented by the DC Labor FilmFest Real People. Real Relief. (AFL-CIO): Thu, March 25, 7pm – 8pm Facebook live RSVP here The American Rescue Plan will help working people. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka & AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler chat with six workers from across the country as they share their stories and talk about the relief they are getting. We’ll hear about how the American Rescue Plan will fund pensions, help people access health care, and reopen schools safely for students and teachers. Shenandoah Valley Labor Community Alliance: Thu, March 25, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Meeting of union members and community allies in support of union organizing and worker rights in the Valley Supporters continue to push for passage of the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act. “Respect us and respect the sacrifices we have been making for more than a year to keep Maryland operating!” demanded Ricarra Jones, Political Director for 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. “We have done our jobs – despite the risks posed by COVID-19. Many of us have gotten sick from the virus and some of our co-workers have paid the ultimate price.” Click here to contact your legislators and tell them to pass this bill.
Noting that “32 of our UFCW brothers and sisters work at the King Soopers where the shooting took place,” UFCW 400 president Mark Federici on Tuesday mourned the loss of ten lives in Monday’s shooting in Colorado. “It’s hard to imagine, after spending a year working through a pandemic, fearing for their lives and the lives of their families, that these workers should have to fear for their lives again because of a man with a gun,” said Federici. “We join our UFCW brothers and sisters in calling on our employers and government officials to take action to prevent future tragedies like this from endangering even more of our country’s brave essential workers.” Then on that fateful day - dear God, most terrible of days! When that fire broke out, it grew into a mighty blaze. In that firetrap way up there with but a single door, So many innocent working girls burned, to live no more! *sung below by Bev Grant |