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Guests: 
Bob Moses, voting rights organizer, and founder of The Algebra Project , on the connection between voting rights and math. Bob will be speaking at the Washington Teachers Union’s Shared Vision Conference this Saturday, April 21, which runs 8am to 3pm and is open to the public (Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet, 800 Florida Ave. NE).  

Alan Hanson, UFCW 400 mobilization director, with Macy’s worker Bianca Morris on the noontime Rallies for a Fair Contract at Macy’s on Thursday, April 19 at two DC-area Macy’s stores and in Seattle, WA.

PLUS: remembering Paul Booth; today’s memorial service is streaming live on Facebook: look for "Celebrating Paul Booth"

Today’s music:
Exponents Song (All About the Base); parody of Meghan Trainor's smash hit, "All About the Bass"

Three Times Table Song (Cover of Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars) by Mr. DeMaio

CREDITS: Produced by Pete Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella; 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.

Hosts:  Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!
 
Guests:
Hour 1 (top)
Ralph Nader on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, which starts next week in the 1-2p slot on WPFW (YRAW moves to 2-3p). Nader is joined by co-hosts Steve Skrovan and David Feldman for a lively informative hour of interviews with some of the nation’s most influential movers and shakers, and thought provoking discussions of the week’s news.

Hour 2 (bottom)
Bernice Yeung, author: “In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers" 
Labor Song: The Strike Song by The Shuggies
Harold Meyerson: "My takes on what the teachers' strikes mean"

CREDITS: Produced by Pete Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella and 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.
 

SPECIAL 2-HOUR EDITION! Click on top for Hour 1 and bottom for Hour 2.
Hosts:  Chris Garlock and Ed Smith 
Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!

Today’s guests: 
HOUR 1 (1-2p)
Elissa McBride, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer, on her recent discussion with women leaders on the pervasive harassment both women and men confront at work and strategies to fight back. 
Elizabeth Hempowicz, Project on Government Oversight (POGO) on the whistleblower at the Department of Housing and Urban Development who says she was demoted in part for refusing to spend more than was legally allowed to redecorate Secretary Ben Carson's new office.
HOUR 2 (2-3p)
Roy Gross, Director of Operations at the Atlas Theater and DC rep for Actors Equity on what makes DC one of the nation’s “best cities for live theatre.” 
Judy Conti, Government Affairs Director, National Employment Law Project, on how restaurant workers won ownership of their tips. 
Plus listener calls!

Labor Songs: 
Dixie Chicks: Not Ready To Make Nice 
Warren Zevon; Lawyers Guns and Money
BK Anderson - Minimum Wage
The Triumphs - Workin'

CREDITS: Produced by Pete Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella; 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.

​Hosts:  Ed Smith and Dave Stephen (Chris Garlock is off this week)

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Guests:
CWA Local 2222 Secretary Treasurer Jeff Schmidt discusses the ongoing strike in WV and Ashburn, VA against Frontier.
Ryan Michael, AFT/WV, Staff Representative, on the successful teachers’ strike in West Virginia. He is also scheduled to be at Busboys and Poets on March 3/27 Shirlington  for the Bread and Roses series. 

Labor Songs:
Stand together.  Stand Together was written and recorded for the Queensland Teachers' Union as part of the One Song One Union CD project. The video was created with archival footage of QTU strikes, protests and marches. 
Teach your Children - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Communication Breakdown – Led Zeppelin
 
CREDITS: Produced by Pete Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella; 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.

Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Justin Keating; Ed Smith is away this week.

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Justin is a labor lawyer with the Beins Axelrod labor law firm, which listeners will remember sponsored $1,000 in challenges during the recent Winter membership drive, so thanks to them for that, and to all the listeners who responded so generously so that WPFW can continue to keep shows like “Your Rights At Work” on the air! Click here to donate and be sure to select "Your Rights At Work" on the dropdown menu!
 
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Today’s show: 
Live report by producer Chris Bangert-Drowns from the protest at the Department of Labor against the induction of Ronald Reagan into the Labor Hall of Honor.

Labor reporter Mark Gruenberg was inside the Supreme Court Monday for the Janus v. AFSCME arguments; click here for his report, “Agency fees and the future of the union movement hit the Supreme Court.” 

Labor historian Joe McCartin on Reagan’s role in launching the modern era of union-busting when he fired striking air traffic controllers in 1981, and on "The Radical Roots of Janus," published in The American Prospect on 2/27.

Labor Songs
There is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg version): Street Dogs
 
There is Power in a Union (Joe Hill version): Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland
 
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Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith
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Today’s show: 
American Prospect columnist HAROLD MEYERSON on the future of labor movement after Janus.
Congressman DAVID BONIOR on his new book “Whip: Leading the Progressive Battle During the Rise of the Right.” 
Washington Teacher's Union president Liz Davis on the People's Day of Action and Teach-In this Saturday.

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Thanks also to Dave Levinson and Wendy Kahn, DC-area lawyers who are contributing as well; an anonymous but very generous supporter ($750!), not only of this show, but several others. And Bernard Robinson of Fort Washington, MD; a members of Teamsters Local 96 at Washington Gas, who gave $240 and came to Chris' birthday paella party last Sunday.

Labor Song: 
“We Shall Overcome” 
From “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” screening free in this month’s Bread and Roses series! 
Tuesday, February 27, 6p at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets. 
Free; click here to RSVP.
The freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and especially from the black church. The music enabled blacks to sing words they could not say, and it was crucial in helping the protesters as they faced down brutal aggression with dignity and non-violence.

CREDITS: 
Engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella 
Produced by Peter Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns

Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith
Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now 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!

Today’s show: 
Jos Williams on the February 24 DC People’s Day of Action.
Jamie Horwitz on concerns by the union of Administrative Law Judges over the recent ousting of the DC city watchdog.
PLUS: lots of great labor music and of course, your calls! JOIN US AT 202-588-0893

Thanks to the Beins Axelrod law firm for their generous $500 matching pledge challenge. Beins Axelrod works to establish, maintain, and defend the rights of working people. Located right here in the Nation's Capital, the attorneys at Beins Axelrod are dedicated to fairness and justice for all employees in the workplace. Find out more at beinsaxelrod.com. Tell 'em Chris and Ed sent you!
Thanks also to Dave Levinson and Wendy Kahn, DC-area lawyers who are contributing as well. 
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Labor Songs:  
You Can’t Giddyup By Saying Whoa! The U-Liners 
Three Chords and the Truth The U-Liners 
“May be My Last Time”: Anthony Hamilton with the Blind Boys of Alabama
From “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” screening free in this month’s Bread and Roses series! 
Tuesday, February 20, 6p at the Takoma Busboys and Poets, and
Tuesday, February 27, 6p at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets. 
Both screenings are free; click above for details and to RSVP.
Engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella
Produced by Chris Bangert-Drowns

Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith
JOIN US AT 202-588-0893
 
Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!
 
Today’s show: 
National Employment Law Project’s Judi Conti on the Labor Department’s plan that could let bosses pocket tips.
1199SEIU D.C.’s  Yahnae Barner on her union’s ongoing battle with George Washington University Hospital.
PLUS: lots of great labor music and of course, your calls! JOIN US AT 202-588-0893

Labor Songs: 
For the love of money- The O'Jays

Money - Pink Floyd HD (Studio Version)

The Roots "Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" 
from the film "Soundtrack For A Revolution," screening in this month’s Bread and Roses series! 
Tuesday, February 20, 6p at the Takoma Busboys and Poets, and
Tuesday, February 27, 6p at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets. 
Both screenings are free; details and RSVP link at dclabor.org, click on Calendar.

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
 
CREDITS: engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella and produced by Chris Bangert-Drowns
 
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Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

Today’s show:
- Latest on the ongoing Dulles airport workers’ struggle; we talk to Unite Here local 23 president Bert Bayou and shop steward Derek Lebbie.
- Georgetown grad workers charge admin with stalling; we get an update from Karen Rice at the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees.
Plus: today marks the launch of the I Am 2018 campaign, the 50th anniversary of the historic strike by Memphis sanitation workers, so we feature a bunch of related music:

John Legend: Woke Up This Morning
official video from “The Soundtrack For A Revolution,” which screens month’s Bread and Roses series!
Tuesday, February 20, 6p at the Takoma Busboys and Poets, and Tuesday, February 27, 6p at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets. Both screenings are free; details and RSVP link at dclabor.org, click on Calendar.

Mavis Staples: Soldier in the Army of Love
This video is dedicated to those past and present who fight the good fight everyday.

Marc Cohn: Walking in Memphis
 
CREDITS: engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella, produced by Chris Bangert-Drowns.

JOIN US AT 202-588-0893. Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!

Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

JOIN US AT 202-588-0893

Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!

Update: All three railroaders declared NOT guilty on all charges in Lac-Mégantic case.  “Not that many victories these days!" says Fritz  Edler "Thanks for your help.”  
 
Guests:
Liz Davis, WTU 6: Washington Teachers’ Union, EmpowerEd release survey results of DCPS teachers on Student Grading, Attendance Practices. 

Jonathan Williams, UFCW 400: UFCW 400 condemns prosecution of 2017 inauguration protesters, supports free speech rights.Other unions and affiliates supporting J20 protesters include DC Jobs With Justice, The Newsguild – CWA, Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), IWW and UE.

Labor Songs: 
"Wabash Cannonball"; Johnny Cash  
"Power To The People"; John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band 
(I'm Just A) Bad Boy; Billy Hancock @ DC's City Blues 9-18-98  

"The Wabash Cannonball" is an American folk song about a fictional train, thought to have originated in the late nineteenth century. Its first documented appearance was on sheet music published in 1882, titled "The Great Rock Island Route" and credited to J. A. Roff. All subsequent versions contain a variation of the chorus:
Now listen to the jingle, and the rumble, and the roar,
As she dashes thro' the woodland, and speeds along the shore,
See the mighty rushing engine, hear her merry bell ring out,
As they speed along in safety, on the "Great Rock-Island Route."

CREDITS: engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella and Chris "BD" Bangert-Drowns
Produced by Peter Pocock

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!