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Where it's dark as a dungeon damp as the dew danger is double pleasures are few Where the rain never falls the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine From "Dark as a Dungeon," written by Travis, who died on October 20, 1983  Labor History Today (10/20): Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman
Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Robbin Légère Henderson talks about her grandmother, Matilda Rabinowitz Robbins, on the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast. Henderson shares stories from Robbins’ autobiography, Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early Twentieth Century, explaining how the optimism of a 13-year-old immigrant from the Ukraine was soon undone by the realities of working in garment sweatshops on the East Coast, leading to Matilda Robbins’ brief but influential role as a labor organizer for the International Workers of the World from 1912 to 1917. She was one of only two women organizers for the IWW during its early years, along with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Plus a clip from Mother Jones In Heaven, a one-woman musical by Si Kahn, starring Vivian Nesbitt as “Mother” Jones, with musical accompaniment by John Dillon, recently performed at The Robin Theatre in Lansing, Michigan. Last week's show: (10/13/19): Reconciling a Slaveholding Past Wisconsin dairy farmers began the third major milk strike of the year. During the Great Depression, many dairy farmers were driven into poverty. -1933 Labor history courtesy David Prosten; photo courtesy Wisconsin Historical Images  Click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15a M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3 UAW strike picket: Fri, October 18, 6am – 2pm; Sat, October 19, 10am – 2pm; Sun, October 20, 10am – 2pm GM White-Marsh transmission plant, 10301 Philadelphia Road, White Marsh, MD. Unions and Worker Co-ops: A Tool for Solidarity: Fri, October 18, 1pm – 5pm Community Development Clinic - University of Baltimore School of Law Details/registration here. Part of the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy | Oct. 18-20 Virginia Labor Walks (Annandale, Dublin, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke): Sat, October 19, 9am – 12pm Member-to-Member Canvass in Bowie for Derrick Mallard (photo): Sat, October 19, 9:30am – 1:00pm IBEW 26 - 4371 Parliament Pl #A, Lanham, MD 20706 (map) Click here to sign up. The Metro Washington Council’s Community Services Agency was on the move this week supporting two local affiliates. On Tuesday, CSA participated in the AFGE Local 32 Annual Fall Festival, which provided members with community resources. "It was great sharing information about CSA with Local 32 members, especially new members who were happy to hear about the CSA Emergency Assistance Fund and how CSA is helping low-income District residents get construction jobs and apprenticeships through the Building Futures Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program," said Executive Director Sonte DuCote, noting that AFGE District 14 VP Eric Bunn was in attendance. Then on Wednesday, CSA co-sponsored a "When the Paycheck Stops" budgeting workshop with the Consumer Action Network and Teamsters 639. "I think it was very informative and provided great information that can be used now and in the future," said Local 639 Vice President Wayne Settles, who attended along with Local 639 staff representatives. photos: DuCote with new AFGE Local 32 member Takeena Gipson; Budget workshop attendees; photos by Shelly Kidd, Nelson Santiago, and Sonte DuCote.  |
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