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Chris' audio postcard from Monday’s Capitol Hill Poor People’s Campaign rally, march and civil disobedience protesting income inequality, featuring Rev. William Barber. Guests: Katrice Johnson; SEIU 32BJ member and contracted Reagan National Airport cleaner, who spoke at Poor People’s Campaign U.S. Capitol Action on Monday. Xiomara Vasquez, organizer with Laborers Local 572, the LIUNA local Didlake workers chose to represent them when they voted to unionize back in April 2017, and the local still leading this effort for the workers. MUSIC: Blind Boys of Alabama/Susan Tedeschi – People Get Ready Blind Boys of Alabama – I Shall not be Moved CREDITS: Produced by Chris Garlock and Chris Bangert-Drowns, engineered by Robin Smith. Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus. UnionPlus is committed to improving the quality of life of working families. Find out more at unionplus.org. And we’re supported by you, our listeners. Listen live on WPFW 89.3FM or online. CALL IN at 202-588-0893. Your Rights At Work is also available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes, Stitcher, OverCast or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!
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With less than two weeks to go before the Maryland State Primary election on June 26, the Metro Washington Council’s Committee on Political Education is urging local union activists to help get out the labor vote. Find out how on our website, at dclabor.org
The Takoma Park Folk Festival this Saturday will feature performances by singer-songwriters focusing on labor and other social justice issues. The line-up includes Luci Murphy, Pam Parker, Steve & Peter Jones, Joe and Anna Grace Uehlein, as well as Lilo, Anina and Camilo Gonzalez. Details are on our website, dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s Lilo Gonzalez singing “Clouds”: (audio clip) On today’s labor calendar, tune in at 2pm today for this week’s edition of “Your Rights At Work,” where we’ll take your calls on workplace rights, plus we’ll have an audio report on Monday’s rally and civil disobedience at the US Capitol. For all the latest local labor events, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1872, unions were legalized in Canada. Find out more on our Labor History Today podcast, available on your favorite podcast app; just search for Union City Radio. Today’s labor quote is by John F. Kennedy, who said: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! As I reported yesterday, the theme of the Poor People’s Campaign on Monday was income inequality. Here’s Reverend William Barber: (click above to hear the audio clip) We’ll have a longer audio report on Monday’s rally and civil disobedience on this week’s Your Rights At Work show, Thursday at 2pm here on WPFW. For the latest local labor news and calendar, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1893, the American Railway Union, headed by Eugene V. Debs, was founded. Find out more on our Labor History Today podcast, available on your favorite podcast app; just search for Union City Radio. Today’s labor quote is by Edward Sadlowski, longtime activist and leader in the United Steelworkers of America, who died on June 10. Eddie “Oilcan” Sadlowski, who said: “I guess maybe I am a romantic, but I look at the American labor movement as a holy crusade, which should be the dominant force in this country to fight for working people and the underdog and make this a more just society.” photo by Chris Garlock Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! Leaders of many of the nation’s largest labor unions joined hundreds of poor people and clergy in nonviolent direct action at the U.S. Capitol yesterday afternoon, calling for living wages, the right for all workers to join unions, fully funded anti-poverty programs and free tuition at public colleges. The action came as the new Poor People’s Campaign entered its fifth week with a demand that lawmakers address inequality across the country. The labor community warned that many of the gains for working people could be lost based on what the Supreme Court rules in the pending Janus decision.
On today’s labor calendar, there’s a “Just Wage Symposium” from 4 to 5 pm today at the Notre Dame Washington Program facility on Rhode Island Avenue NW; for details and the latest local labor news and calendar, go to dclabor.org Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1981, a Major League Baseball strike began, forces cancellation of 713 games. Most observers blamed team owners for the strike: they were trying to recover from a court decision favoring the players on free agency. Today’s labor quote is by Reverend William J. Barber, who said: “When the forces of extremism become so overwhelming that they depress the hope of the people, the prophetic voice and mission is to connect words and actions in ways that build restorative hope, so a Movement for restorative justice can arise.” |
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