Metro-area union members, leaders and allies who want to participate in this week’s visit by the Pope are invited to attend the 6am Mass tomorrow morning at Immaculate Conception church, 1315 8th Street, NW.
After the Mass, participants will head to the Ellipse, where the Pope will briefly appear. He is NOT conducting the Mass at Immaculate; he will be conducting the Mass later that day at the Basilica, where tickets are required, and the Metro Council does not have any. The Metro Council’s office will be closed on both Wednesday and Thursday due to the traffic expected from the papal visit, but all staff will be working and available as usual via phone and email. Today’s Labor Calendar is jam-packed with events; be sure to go to dclabor.org and click on calendar for complete details: The Employment Justice Center Labor Day Breakfast starts at 8:30am at the Mayflower Renaissance Washington on Connecticut; Washington Post reporter Lydia DePillis will discuss Labor Reporting in the 21st Century at noon at the Woman's National Democratic Club; At 2pm, there’s a Rally to Welcome the "Nuns on the bus" on the Mall at 4th Street between Madison and Jefferson; Also at 2pm, catch a free screening of the film "A Day's Work" at the Public Welfare Foundation on U St NW, And then at 4pm, the “100 Women, 100 Miles” Pilgrimage and Closing Vigil take place at the Basilica of the National Shrine. Again, go to dclabor.org and click on calendar for details on these and other local labor events. Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, freeing three million slaves, though it did not outlaw slavery or grant citizenship to the ex-slaves. In 1922, martial law was rescinded in Mingo County, West Virginia, after police, U.S. troops and hired goons finally quelled a coal miners' strike. In 1934, the United Textile Workers strike committee ordered strikers back to work after 22 days out, ending what was at that point the greatest single industrial conflict in the history of American organized labor. The strike involved some 400,000 workers in New England, the mid-Atlantic states and the South. And on this date in 2006, eleven Domino's employees in Pensacola, Florida formed the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers. Today’s labor quote is by Pope Francis, who visits DC this week: “Once capital becomes an idol and guides people’s decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society, it condemns and enslaves men and women, it destroys human fraternity, it sets people against one another and, as we clearly see, it even puts at risk our common home.”
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“Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the countless contributions of Latinos to our nation,” says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “It is also a time to evaluate the challenges that they face. Today, as America’s Latino community grows stronger, so do attacks from extremist politicians who want to divide workers and are obsessed with using hardworking Latinos as scapegoats.” But they could not be more mistaken, Trumka says. “Latino working families are stronger than ever. The Latino community has been at the forefront in raising wages and winning workers’ rights through their collective voice. It is this same strength and determination that throughout history has built America and that will continue to move our country forward.” This year’s Hispanic Heritage Month is unique, notes Trumka. “Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, will be visiting the United States this week. Let’s welcome the Holy Father by listening and acting upon his message of inclusion, solidarity and unity.”
On today’s Labor Calendar, there will be a discussion on “Pope Francis in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities for Progressives” at 3pm at the Center for American Progress. Then at 5:30 the AFL-CIO kicks off National Hispanic Heritage Month with “Latino Workers and Unions: A Strategic Partnership for America’s Progress.” And at 6:30 the Metro Washington Council’s first Delegate Meeting of the season will be held at the AFL-CIO; be there to hear the latest local labor news! Complete details on our website at dclabor.org; click on calendar. Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1896, the militia was sent to Leadville, Colorado to break a miners strike. In 1913, Mother Jones led a march of miners' children through the streets of Charleston, West Virginia. And in 1982, members of the National Football League Players Association began what was to become a 57-day strike, their first regular-season walkout ever. Today’s labor quote is by Pope Francis, who visits DC this week: “There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work.” Amateur builders young and old can discover what it's like to build a brick wall, carve stone, hammer nails, and much more as they work side-by-side this Saturday with designers, builders, and artisans – many of them union members -- demonstrating their skills. Meet plumbers, electricians, ironworkers and experts in many other fields to learn about their professions and hobbies tomorrow, Saturday, September 19 at the National Building Museum. "We will be there with an Ironworker virtual simulator and last year the Elevator constructors were there with a miniature operating elevator," reports Kenneth Waugh at the Iron Workers.
On today’s Labor Calendar, NoVA Labor’s precinct walks start at 8am tomorrow, Saturday, September 19 in Annandale, Virginia. The Big Build event I mentioned starts at 10am tomorrow at the National Building Museum. At 11:30 am the John Reid Memorial Service will be held in Baltimore and at 4pm you can catch the DC Labor Chorus at the Takoma Park Folk Festival. Go to dclabor.org and click on calendar for complete details on all this. Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1978, the Teamsters for a Democratic Union was formally founded at an Ohio convention, during a period of serious corruption in the union. In 1999, a 20-month illegal lockout of nearly 3,000 Steelworkers at Kaiser Aluminum plants in three states ended when an arbitrator ordered a new contract. Kaiser was forced to fire scabs and fork over tens of millions of dollars in back pay to union members. And in 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks, anthrax spores were mailed by an unknown party to several news media offices and two U.S. senators. Five people exposed to the spores died, including two workers at Washington, D.C.’s Brentwood postal facility; Thomas Morris, Jr. and Joseph Curseen. Today’s labor quote is by Pope Francis, who visits DC next week: “I wish to extend an invitation to solidarity to everyone, and I would like to encourage those in public office to make every effort to give new impetus to employment, this means caring for the dignity of the person, but above all I would say do not lose hope…” Union City Radio’s Chris Garlock and the Employment Justice Center’s Amy Gellatly discuss worker rights with local activists/organizers and take listener calls.
Guests on today’s show include Ann Hoffman, Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) board member, on the impartial, quasi-judicial, independent agency that resolves labor-management disputes between agencies of the District government and labor. Also appearing: Cynthia Jones, Legal Redress Committee Chair for the Prince George's County NAACP, on the Committee’s work and the Workers Rights Educational Forum they’re putting on in October with the EJC. Click here for an archive of previous “Your Rights At Work” preview shows. |
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