The Bank of Labor has donated tickets to the upcoming Labor Night at the Nats, which will be shared with recent graduates of the Community Services Agency's Building Futures Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program. “This kind of generosity of spirit exemplifies what the Community Services Agency is all about,” said CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote. Proceeds from the Labor Nats game benefit CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund. Order tickets for the July 20 game by emailing [email protected].
On today’s labor calendar, Institute for Policy Studies analyst Sam Pizzigati makes the case for a "Maximum Wage" today at noon; at 5:30, Flint water whistle-blower Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha speaks at the AFL-CIO; and at 6pm, author Lynn Waltz discusses her new book“Hog Wild: The Battle for Workers’ Rights at the World’s Largest Slaughterhouse” at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets with Smithfield organizer Gene Bruskin. See Calendar at right for complete details. Justice@Smithfield art from "Union Time: Fighting for Workers' Rights" film “Please pass along my congrats and thanks to Diane Ramirez for explaining the Initiative 77 to us at the LaborFest Jazz show at BusBoys and Poets in DC,” writes IBEW 26 retiree Susan Flashman. “Efforts like hers, I believe, are what helped people know what it was ‘really’ about and pass it. Now we just have to see that the DC voters keep a close eye on the DC Council. Kudos!” Click here for The American Prospect’s Harold Meyerson on Initiative 77: “Will Another D.C.-Based Government Disdain Democratic Norms?
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