Drivers from Instantwhip – a company that delivers dairy products around the area – voted to join UFCW 1994/MCGEO over the summer and are now in the process of negotiating a first contract.

Today’s labor calendar pick is the free screening of Hassan's Way at the Films Across Borders series at 6:45pm at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain on 16th St NW;
Details on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar, where you’ll find the complete labor calendar.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1930, Mary Harris, better known as Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Maryland. She was once called "the most dangerous woman in America" for her success in organizing mine workers and their families against the mine owners.

Today’s labor quote is by Mother Jones, who said:
“I’m not a lady, I’m a hell-raiser!”

Host: Chris Garlock 

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Guests:
Elise Bryant and Peter Jones on Saturday's Labor Chorus concert
Wayne Anthony Garland, International ATU Rep; member of ATU's action committee, about the Metro outsourcing of shuttles during the Takoma Redline shutdown this week. They did an action this morning where they overwhelmed the charter buses with wheelchairs.
Mark Collins, UFCW 400 rep and Kristy Vance, UFCW 400 shop steward on Kroger Shop Steward Wins $250 in Back Pay for Coworker.

Labor Songs: DC Labor Chorus
None of Us Are Free 
DC Labor Chorus Xmas Carol 3 (The Power and the Glory) 
DC Labor Chorus Xmas Carol (Share the Dough)

CREDITS: engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella.

Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have proposed a job-killing tax plan that favors the super-rich and wealthy corporations over working people.
"We cannot afford to let this bill become law," says the AFL-CIO, which urges calls to your senator today at 844-899-9913.
Under this plan, millions of working people would pay more, while the super-rich and Wall Street would make out like bandits. The richest point 1% -- not 1%, point one percent -- would get an average tax cut of more than $208,000.
The bill also includes job-killing tax breaks for outsourcing, cuts to infrastructure and education, and to top it off, working people would lose health care.
Call 844-899-9913 to tell your senator that working people can't afford this tax bill.

On today's labor calendar, join the American Federation of Teachers today at 1pm at a rally outside Representative Barbara Comstock’s office in Sterling, Virginia.
Details on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar, where you’ll find more great labor events for today.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1999, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that medical interns can unionize and negotiate wages and hours.

Today’s labor quote is by Julian Bond, who said:
“Good things don’t come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!”
Julian Bond was an American social activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, as well as a politician, professor and writer; he died in 2015. 

After five months, Swartha Tujare, a 67-year old immigrant has finally won her job back as a Dulles International Airport wheelchair attendant, as well as thousands of dollars in back-pay and interest.
Although it admitted no wrongdoing, the Huntleigh USA Corporation  settled a National Labor Relations Board Complaint, after SEIU local 32BJ filed charges alleging that Huntleigh fired Tujare in retaliation for her participation in a 2016 strike to protest the company’s poverty wages.
“Huntleigh should learn a legal and moral lesson that those men and women busting their backs at our airports as contractors should be able to work with dignity,” said former Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello.

On today's labor calendar, it's your last chance to catch "NO ROOM FOR REFUGEES," the program of four shorts in the Films Across Borders series. The hourlong program screens free at 6 at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets. Details and the complete labor calendar are at dclabor.org, click on Calendar.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1953, some 400 New York City photoengravers working for the city’s newspapers, supported by 20,000 other newspaper unionists, began what would become an 11-day strike, shutting down the papers.

Today’s labor quote is by William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union, born on this date in 1828: William Sylvis, who said:
"This moneyed power is fast eating up the substance of the people. We have made war upon it, and we mean to win it. If we can, we will win through the ballot box; if not, then we shall resort to sterner means."

The 10 days following Thanksgiving are “Buy Union” week to encourage everyone to look for union-made goods and services when you buy for the holiday season.
When you buy union, you’re supporting good jobs in American communities, jobs that provide living wages and benefits, safe working conditions and dignity and respect for work.
Look beyond foreign-made electronics, trendy toys and gadgets to find enduring goods that are union made, or perhaps gift cards for union-productions, such as movies or sporting events, or union made food stuff — there are still many union-made candies, baked goods, spirits and specialty items. Go to dclabor.org for handy lists of union-made products and services. America's working men and women thank you!

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1937, the pro-labor musical revue, “Pins & Needles,” opened on Broadway with a cast of members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The show only ran on Friday and Saturday nights, because of the cast’s regular jobs. It ran for 1,108 performances before closing.

Today’s labor quote is by Harold Rome, from "Sing Me a Song With Social Significance", sung here by Rose Marie Jun, from the 1962 revival cast of "Pins and Needles":
Sing me of wars and sing me of breadlines
Tell me of front page news
Sing me of strikes and last minute headlines
Dress your observation in syncopation!
Sing me a song with social significance
There's nothing else that will do
It must get hot with what is what
Or I won't love you.

Members of OPEIU Local 2 at several of their shops have stepped up to help the Metro Washington Council's Community Services Agency with its Holiday Basket Project for working families in need.
Members and staff at the National Electrical Benefits Fund conducted their holiday food drive right before Thanksgiving, resulting in a carload stuffed with food and baby supplies.
Members of Local 2 at AFGE are adopting two families, as they have done for a number of years, and so are staff at Union Plus.
And, Local 2 members at Kaiser Permanente had a Gratitude Tree that resulted in a harvest of $600 dollars in food gift cards, checks and cash. 
Stay tuned for more “Labor Cares- Labor Shares” stories as the list of CSA Holiday Basket helpers increases!
More details on how you can help are at dclabor.org, click on Community Services.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1170 BC, history’s first recorded strike took place. Egyptians working on public works projects for King Ramses the Third in the Valley of the Kings were protesting having gone 20 days without pay —which were portions of grain—and put down their tools. The strike so terrified the authorities they gave in and raised wages.

Today’s labor quote is by "Big Bill" Haywood, the founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, who said:
"A strike is an incipient revolution. Many large revolutions have grown out of a small strike."

Thanksgiving is a time to be spent with family and friends, and NOT a day to boost retail sales. This year, our friends over at Labor 411 wanted to thank the companies that have made the pro-working families decision to stay closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Go to dclabor.org to see the complete list, from Ace Hardware to TJ Maxx, and we've also got a link for a union-made T hanksgiving shopping list, from turkey to sides and, of course, dessert!

On today's labor calendar, it's your last chance to catch "An American Tail," screening at AFI at 5pm in the Films Across Borders series.
Details, of course, on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1909, some 20,000 female garment workers went on strike in New York City in what became known as “The Uprising of the 20,000.”  The walkout, believed to be the first major successful strike by female workers in American history, ended the following February with union contracts bringing better pay and working conditions.

Today’s labor quote is by Clara Lemlich, a 19-year old garment worker in New York City. On November 22, 1909, after sitting through two hours of speeches by men warning about the dangers of striking, Lemlich took over the podium and said: “I have no further patience for talk as I am one of those who feels and suffers from the things pictured. I move that we go on a general strike...now!”
The audience rose to their feet and cheered, then voted for a strike.

Some 300 allies, coalition partners and sponsors of the Solidarity Center packed the Longview Gallery in Washington last Wednesday night to celebrate the organization’s 20th anniversary. 
“The energy in the room is fabulous and I couldn’t be prouder to be a part of this important occasion,” said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, who hosted the evening’s program. You can read more about the event at dclabor.org, where you can also check out photo highlights.

On today's labor calendar, catch a free screening of NO ROOM FOR REFUGEES: A PROGRAM OF FOUR SHORT FILMS that’s part of the ongoing Films Across Borders series co-sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest, tonight at 6 at the Takoma Park Busboys and Poets.
Complete details on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1927, six miners striking for better working conditions under the IWW banner were killed and many wounded in the Columbine Massacre at Lafayette, Colorado. Out of this struggle Colorado coal miners gained lasting union contracts.

Today’s labor quote is by Merle Travis, from his song “Dark as a Dungeon”:
performed here by John Mellencamp: 
Come and listen you fellows, young and so fine,
And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines. 
It will form as a habit and seep in your soul, 
'Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal.
And it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew, 
Where danger is double and pleasures are few, 
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
And it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines.

The holidays are fast approaching, and that means it's time for the Community Services Agency's annual Holiday Basket Project, which helps provide local needy working families with holiday assistance. Find out how you can help at dclabor.org, click on Community Services.

On today's labor calendar, the monthly meeting of the Metro Washington Labor Council is tonight at 6:30 at the AFL-CIO and at 7 tonight Marc Fasanella discusses his new book on his father, renowned labor artist Ralph Fasanella, at the Takoma Busboys and Poets. 
Complete details on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar.

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1888, the time clock was invented by Willard Bundy, a jeweler in Auburn, New York. Bundy’s brother Harlow started mass producing them a year later.

Today’s labor quote is by Irish professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer Conor McGregor, who said:
“Yes sir, no sir, clock in, clock out. Why were you late? Why are you not in today? That’s not how humans are supposed to live.”