“The Koch project has brought us to the worst political crisis in living memory,” says "Democracy in Chains" author Nancy MacLean. “My book helps them understand how we reached this point.” MacLean will discuss the roots of the “billionaire-backed radical right” tonight at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets (see Calendar), Tuesday at noon at the AFL-CIO and then at 6p Tuesday at the Takoma Busboys; both Busboys appearances are part of the Metro Washington Council's monthly Bread and Roses series. Books will be available at all appearances; click here for an interview with MacLean. “To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.”
Walters is an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality Click here to check out this week's Today in Labor History -- featuring Joe McCartin, Tula Connell and Saul Schneiderman -- a new podcast produced by the Metro Washington Council's Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.
General Motors announces it is closing 21 North American plants over the following four years and slashing tens of thousands of jobs - 1991 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Service The December delegate meeting of the Metro Washington Council will be held Monday, December 18, 6:30p at the AFL-CIO. Note that the January and February 2018 meetings will be held on the fourth Mondays (1/22 and 2/26) due to the holidays.
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