This week’s Labor History Today podcast: We Were There; Pins and Needles; Dust for Blood. Last week’s show: Bootlegged Aliens; UPPER CASE WOMAN. Toronto printers strike for the 9-hour day in what is believed to be Canada’s first major strike - 1872 First “Poor People’s March” on Washington, in which jobless workers demanded creation of a public works program. Led by populist Jacob Coxey, the 500 to 1,000 unemployed protesters became known as “Coxey’s Army” - 1894 146 workers are killed in a fire at New York’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, a disaster that would launch a national movement for safer working conditions - 1911 An explosion at a coal mine in Centralia, Ill. kills 111 miners. Mineworkers President John L. Lewis calls a six day work stoppage by the nation’s 400,000 soft coal miners to demand safer working conditions - 1947 click here for complete and latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report "Wednesdays with Warner" for the PRO ACT: Wed, March 24, 8am – 9am Windmill Hill Park, 501 S Union St, Alexandria, VA 22314 Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda? Wed, March 24, 11:00am – 12:30pm Register here. MWC COVID Vaccination Forum: Wed, March 24, 5pm – 7pm Register here Play: We Were There: CLUW celebrates 47th anniversary: Wed, March 24, 7:00pm – 8:30pm CLICK HERE for free registration. The Coalition of Labor Union Women celebrates its anniversary with We Were There, a play consisting of great historical women leaders to current activists in the present with the Labor Heritage Foundation. This year, the program will be a Facebook live stream, which will also honor founding members and celebrate 47 years of America's only national labor union women's organization! Film: DEAR COMRADES! Wed, March 24, 7pm – 9pm Presented by AFI Silver Theatre and the DC Labor FilmFest CLICK HERE for tickets: $12; $2 from each ticket purchased goes to MWC’s Community Services Agency NOTE: In case you want to attend We Were There (which also starts at 7p Weds night), as long as you unlock the 3/24 screening by 11p that night, you'll have 48 hours to actually watch the film (the post-film Q&A is pre-recorded). Labor Radio Podcast Network livestream show: Wed, March 24, 7pm – 8pm Watch live on Facebook. Andrea Arenas (LCLAA podcast) & Tanya Hutchins (IAM Activate Live podcast) focus on Women’s History Month. Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, March 25, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online 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 Real People. Real Relief. (AFL-CIO): Thu, March 25, 7pm – 8pm Facebook live 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 ATU Local 689 members working at Loudoun County Transit have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike if necessary against incoming private contractor Keolis Transit. “Before even taking over the property Keolis started threatening all of the workers,” said ATU International President John Costa. “Our members won’t stand by and be treated like this. They’re standing strong and sending a message to Keolis that they demand respect and the contract that they already had in place.” Loudoun County hired Keolis Transit for $100 million over five years to run all transit operations for their commuter bus, local fixed route, and paratransit services, taking over the existing contracts from MV Transportation and Transdev. “We know what’s fair,” said Sandra Vigil, Shop Leader for Loudoun County Transit. “All we are asking for is that Keolis recognize our union, ATU Local 689, and the contract that was already in place before they even got here.”
UFCW Local 400 member Linda Bussey, the 50 millionth American to get the COVID vaccine, will be featured on "Getting Real About COVID-19 Vaccination" today at 5p. The Metro Washington Council’s online forum includes local union workers like Linda (in photo below) -- who was vaccinated at the White House -- talking about their experiences, along with Jay Melder, DC Assistant City Administrator, Mary C. Anderson, Public Information Officer with Montgomery County Health and Human Services, and Olo Ololade, Prince George’s County Deputy Health Officer/ COO, as well as physician and epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie Purnell. Click here to register and here to submit questions to the panelists.
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