Thanksgiving is just a few days away and if you’re looking to shop union for your holiday dinner, here are some handy resources.
First – and easiest – shop at local union supermarkets like Giant, Safeway and Shoppers, whose workers are members of UFCW Local 400. There are a few other unionized grocery stores locally; the complete list is on our website, dclabor.org, click on Union Shop.
To find out whether specific products are union – Butterball turkeys and hams, or Charles Krug wines, for example – we’ve posted a Union Made Thanksgiving list on our website that you can download and print out.
You can also check out the Union Label and Labor 411 apps in the App Store, which include thousands of union products and services. They’re also online at unionlabel.org and labor411.org
Buying union-made supports good jobs. And I, for one, think it just tastes better, too.

On today’s labor calendar, get the latest labor events at dclabor.org; click on Calendar.

In today’s labor history, on this date in 1883, some 10,000 New Orleans workers, black and white, participated in a solidarity parade of unions from the Central Trades and Labor Assembly. The parade was so successful it was repeated the following two years.

Today’s labor quote is by George Meany, who became president of the American Federation of Labor on this date in 1952.
George Meany, who said:
“Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.”

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The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union has filed charges against the National Center for Transgender Equality for firing all the workers in the bargaining unit, after they asked for voluntary recognition of their union.
The union said that “By busting their staff’s union and retaliating against collective action, (NCTE has) done a disservice to their organization’s own mission,” noting that one in six transgender workers has lost a job due to discrimination.

On today’s labor calendar, bus drivers in Lorton continue to picket as they enter the second month of their strike against Transdev;
For all the latest labor events, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar.

In today’s labor history, on November 23, 1909, more than twenty thousand immigrants, mostly young women in their teens and early twenties, launched an eleven-week general strike in New York City’s shirtwaist industry. Dubbed the Uprising of the 20,000, it was the largest strike by women to date in American history. The young strikers’ courage, tenacity, and solidarity forced the predominantly male leadership in the “needle trades” and the American Federation of Labor to revise their entrenched prejudices against organizing women. Although the strikers won only a portion of their demands, the uprising sparked five years of revolt that transformed the garment industry into one of the best-organized trades in the United States.

The young strikers faced opposition from the manufacturers, the police, and the courts, leading to today’s labor quote by one enraged judge, who scolded them, saying “You are striking against God and nature.”

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Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith

DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t, how to get them and how to use them. 

On today's show:
Labor news headlines: House Votes Today on H.R. 1309 - Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act; Hearst staffers decide to unionize; “Newsies” onstage at Arena Stage  and sales of our Dec 13 performance -- with Labor Talkback – have just been extended to 12 noon Fri, only 40 seats left! Order now at dclabor.org; Popeyes’ employees report being forced to stand until their legs go numb for 10-hour shifts; Google hires firm known for anti-union efforts
Jackie Jeter, Metro Washington Council: live report from the ATU demo at WMATA HQ
Joyce Gibson, SEIU 1199: Nearly 1,000 nurses vote union in West Virginia
Al Neal: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team's discrimination lawsuit granted class status
Daoud Kuttab: produces Jordan radio show Workers of the Country
Case Closed: David Schloss (Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis)

Produced by Chris Garlock and Peter Pocock; engineered by Michael Nasella

(audio: Don’t Play With My Money)
That’s Otis Price, a bus driver who’s been on strike in Lorton, Virginia for a month now, along with 150 of his fellow drivers. This song has become the official anthem of the strike against Transdev, and the video, released earlier this week, is going viral with transit workers around the world. Contract negotiations resumed yesterday, and the strikers will pack the room this morning at WMATA’s monthly meeting, while picketing continues daily in Lorton until a fair contract is settled.

On today’s labor calendar, we’ll have the latest on this strike and all the current labor news, plus your calls, on today’s edition of “Your Rights At Work” here on WPFW at 1 o’clock this afternoon.
For all the latest labor events, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar.

In today’s labor history, on this date in 2009, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act took effect in the nation’s workplaces. It prohibits employers from requesting genetic testing or considering someone’s genetic background in hiring, firing or promotions. Hear more about it on this week’s Labor History Today podcast; search for Union City Radio wherever you listen to podcasts.           

Today’s labor quote is by Tracy Sear, a flight attendant with US Airways, on the smoking ban on all domestic flights in the U.S., which went into effect on this date in 1989. Tracy Sear, who said:
“For us this was a workplace issue; we had members who were experiencing shortness of breath and all of the problems created by secondhand smoke, up to and including deadly diseases like lung cancer. We really were the tipping point that allowed for smoke-free workplaces in this country."

Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Want to earn $100 just for switching wireless carriers?
Then it’s the perfect time to switch to AT&T! For a limited time, union members can get $100 in credits per line when they switch to AT&T – and take advantage of other union-exclusive discounts with the AT&T Signature Program. Visit unionplus.org/att.