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MATCHBOX: RESPECT YOUR WORKERS' RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE!
Fri, April 28, 5pm – 8pm Matchbox Chinatown, 713 H St NW People's Climate Movement: Reception for the Labor Contingent and Friends Fri, April 28, 7pm – 10pm 2333 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 Picket and Post Sat, April 29, 10am – 4pm Front portico of Hornbake Library, University of Maryland People's Climate Movement: Rally and March for Climate, Jobs and Justice! Sat, April 29, 11am – 2pm United States Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC VOLUNTEER to support the Peoples Climate March (Join the Labor Contingent) Sat, April 29, 11:00am – 11:30am 200 Constitution Avenue in Front of the U.S. Labor Department. People's Climate Movement: Labor Climate Strategy Meeting Sun, April 30, 10am – 2pm Location TBD REGISTER HERE  The picket by workers fired by Matchbox restaurant is back on for today at 5p. Ana Hernandez, Altagracia Reyes, Alejandro Roman, Lucas Efrain, and Angel Morales were all fired from their jobs at Matchbox for what they say is "retaliation for taking concerted action to protest unfair working conditions." On the eve of May Day and #DConstrike, "it is imperative that we stand together to defend workers," says Hannah Kane, Worker Justice Organizer for Many Languages One Voice. See Calendar at right for details. Sign the petition here.
 "Movements grow in desperate times. We are being born."
Mazzocchi, the primary force behind enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (see Labor History, below), was also a founder of the DC Labor FilmFest 17 years ago, which now anchors the annual DC LaborFest. He died in 2002. |
