Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM.
Hosted by Chris Garlock, with Peter Pocock
DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t, how to get them and how to use them.

HOUR 1
Guests: 
Hassan Kanu, Legal Editor/Reporter, Bloomberg Law, on Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Labor Board’s Top Lawyer Says (and other recent stories); Trayon White (right), DC City Council member, Ward 8, on the impact of United Medical Center budget cuts on Ward 8; Peter Winch, AFGE, on USDA researchers quit in droves as Trump administration plans relocation.
 
HOUR 2
Guests:
Mark Gruenberg, Editor, Press Associates Union News Service:
• Union leaders, BlueGreen Alliance unveil detailed clean energy plan as hearings start
• Connecticut joins $15 minimum wage states parade
• Justices give unions limited win in Native American-run casinos case
Cherri Senders, Labor 411 publisher: Union-made Memorial Day; Barbecue essentials made by ethical companies who give their workers a voice on the job. Also: 2019 Labor 411 DC Edition and publish party 5/30 at McGinty’s (5:30p) before “Norma Rae” screening (7:15p at AFI). 
Ronald Moten, one of the leaders of Don’t Mute DC; He is doing this event because UMC saved his life: #DONTMUTEDC Rally/Go-Go to Save the Hospital on Friday at UMC at 6 pm

CREDITS:
Produced by Peter Pocock and Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM.
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.

Guests: 
Cecilia Behgam, key AFL-CIO researcher on Hopkins report (with NNU): “Taking Neighbors to Court-Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Debt Lawsuits”
Maricela Gomez, member of Coalition for a Humane Hopkins, MD and Phd, has been an activist in Baltimore for many years and wrote the book:  Race, Class, Power and Organizing in East Baltimore.
Tim Sheard, author, "One Foot in the Grave," the new Lenny Moss novel; also runs Hard Ball Press

Music
Daryl Davis: I'm A Boogie Man
LABOR JAZZ SHOWCASE (Music): The Daryl Davis Band: Thu, May 16, 7pm – 9pm
Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012 (map)

Hour 2:
Two AFL-CIO tweets that went viral earlier this week
AFL-CIO “labor must seize the means of production.” 
AFL-CIO response to Delta union dues propaganda

Guest: Mark Gruenberg, Editor, Press Associates Union News Service with the latest labor news: 
Infrastructure push starts, but hits roadblock: Dollars (+)
Volkswagen gets NLRB to delay new UAW organizing drive at Chattanooga (+)
Infrastructure advocates warn against using projects to repeat past racial, class divisions
Top Labor Board staffers deal two blows to workers’ rights

Music
Daryl Davis: Daryl's Boogie Woogie 

Special thanks to everyone who came out for last Saturday’s DC Labor Walk, raising $300 for WPFW!
Produced by Peter Pocock and Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM.
Hosted by Peter Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns
DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t, how to get them and how to use them.

To pledge by phone, call: 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739.

Guests: 
Hour 1 (1-2p)
Dr. Kathryn (Katie) Wells, Urban Studies Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University: Ride-share drivers strike
Karim Bayumi, Los Angeles ride-share driver for Uber and Lyft; self-employed entrepreneur: Ride-share drivers work conditions
Jonathan Williams, Communications director, UFCW Local 400: Bernie Sanders staffers ratify first-ever presidential campaign staff union contract
Jan Schakowsky, Member of Congress, 9th District of Illinois; Senior Chief Deputy Whip; Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee: Anti-union policies at Social Security Administration.

Hour 2 (2-3p)
Guest: Mark Gruenberg, Editor, Press Associates Union News Service: Latest labor news.

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
 
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Peter Pocock
DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t, how to get them and how to use them.
 
HOUR 1: 1-2p 
Guests:
Gerry Connolly, Congressman for Virginia's 11th District: If Trump has his way, this major federal agency is on the way out.
Harold Meyerson, Managing Editor, The American Prospect: This May Day, It’s Time to Cut Work Down to Size; 
The Millennialization of American Labor. 
Judy Conti, Government Affairs Director, National Employment Law Project: A high-ranking lawyer says she was told to serve the cake. She complained, then she was fired; Remaking 9 to 5? What Today’s Working Women Want to See. Resources: CoWorker.org; NELA.org; workplacefairness.org; NELP.
 
HOUR 2: 2:00p EDT
Latest labor news, plus listener calls: 202-588-0893
Guest: Mark Gruenberg, Editor, Press Associates Union News Service
Witnesses delve into details at Congress’s first-ever Medicare For All hearing; Fire Fighters back Biden for president; Brazilian unionists describe dire human rights situation there; Trump Labor Secretary Acosta ducks tough questions at panel hearing

Music:  R.J. Phillips Band: Troubled Waters.
"Troubled Waters" is written by Joe DeFilippo and performed by the R.J. Phillips Band, a group of Baltimore musicians. The song is about Emily and Mary Edmonson, a bay schooner called the Pearl and the largest documented slave escape in U.S. history, which happened right here in DC.
Joe DeFilippo: vocals, bass, acoustic guitar ; Bill Phelan: electric guitar, whistle ; Patrick McAvinue: fiddle; Leslie Darr: background vocals; Bill Pratt: percussion, keyboards, horns. 
Produced & recorded by: Bill Pratt @ the Bratt Studio, Baltimore,MD
 
CREDITS: Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. 

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
 
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.
 
HOUR 1: 1-2p
Guests:
Liz Davis, President, Washington Teachers Union, on the campaign to fully fund DC public schools; 4p rally today on Freedom Plaza.
Roberta Lenoir, president, DCNA/UMC bargaining unit, on the East End Hospital. 
Clayton Rosenberg, Chief of Staff, Alliance of Concerned Men, on the East End Hospital.
David Bayne, partner, Ashcraft & Gerel, on personal injury cases and the differences between Virginia and DC.
Mark Gruenberg, Editor, Press Associates Union News Service on the latest labor news, including GOP Wash. State lawmaker’s idiotic remark about nurses playing cards pushes pro-nurses bill towards passage; Wide community support gives 31K Stop&Shop workers big win; NACOSH: Amazon, McDonald’s among ‘Dirty Dozen” top job safety and health violators

HOUR 2: 2-3p 
Latest labor news, plus listener calls: 202-588-0893
The one benefit workers want more than anything
L.A.’s Exotic Dancers Are Launching a Labor Movement
This MLB power couple is fighting to save 200 union jobs
The numbers behind workplace discrimination - Washington Post
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CREDITS: Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. 

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
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.
 
HOUR 1: 1-2P
Dr. Katie Wells and Katui Attoh, co-authors of "The Uber Workplace in DC:  Who’s in the Driver’s Seat?" Georgetown study showing that ride-hail platform drivers in the metro DC region face financial debt, threats from customers, constantly changing rules that make calculating their earnings nearly impossible, and work hours that may make them a public safety hazard. 
Gabe Acevero, Maryland Assembly Delegate (39th District) & UFCW 1994/MCGEO organizer the Fight for $15 and other worker issues during the recently-concluded MD Assembly session; plus an update on the ongoing strike by 31,000 UFCW members in New England.
Mark Gruenberg, editor, Press Associates Union News Service with the latest labor news, including National Nurses United gets specific in Medicare For All campaign.

HOUR 2: 2-3P
More from Gabe Acevero and Mark Gruenberg, plus lots of listener calls on Uber and Lyft and labor news: New survey says performance reviews are useless, RUTGERS faculty union cancels strike and PAIRIN Launches New Hiring Tool to Help Companies Hire Smarter Through Predictive Behavioral Science.

Music: "Mr. Cab Driver"; Lenny Kravitz

Produced by Chris Garlock and Peter Pocock; engineered by Michael Nasella. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus.

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
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.
 
HOUR 1: 1-2P
KASSAHUN FOLLO, President, Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) on the role of the Ethiopian trade union movement as Ethiopia -- the second most populous country in Sub Saharan Africa -- is going through a unprecedented democratic transition freeing all political prisoners and allowing opposition groups (including groups in exile) to peacefully operate within the country for the first time.
HASSAN KANU, Legal Editor/Reporter, Bloomberg Law (& Newspaper Guild member)
Topic(s):
D.C. Hospital Faces Labor Complaint After Ousting Union
Off-Duty Picketing at Hospital Won’t Get High Court Look
Labor Department Official Resigns Amid Possible Ethics Probe

HOUR 2: 2-3P
Labor news and listener calls.
Achoo! Here is Why New Study Says Employees Lie About Allergies to Get Out of Work
ADELANTE FACING DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AND MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS
NYC BILL TO END FAST-FOOD WORKER FIRINGS WITHOUT JUST CAUSE
RIGHT-TO-WORK LAW MAY GO UNDER SUPREME COURT REVIEW 
THE HARVARD SHOP ORDERED TO GIVE EMPLOYEES $47,000 IN BACK PAY 

Music: C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me); Wu-Tang Clan

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Robin Smith. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus.

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
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.
 
HOUR 1: 1-2P
HAROLD MEYERSON, executive editor of The American Prospect; NALISHHA MEHTA, Program Officer at Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO, on labor and meditation, and VASU REDDY, Senior policy counsel for workplace programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families on Equal Pay Day (April 2, 2019) & Fair Pay. 

HOUR 2: 2-3P
The Labor Department announced a proposal today that would limit the ability of workers to sue big companies for violations made by franchises or contractors. Plus listener calls.

Music: Pay Gap by Margo Price

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus.

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
Hosted by Chris Garlock
DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t, how to get them and how to use them.
 
HOUR 1: 1-2P
Painters DC 51’s Roxie Mejia (below left) on Sunday’s legal clinic for union workers with TPS; PAI’s Mark Gruenberg with latest labor news headlines. Plus listener calls.

HOUR 2: 2-3P
Two historic 1970 strikes: APWU’s Clint Burelson (below right) on the wildcat by 200,000 postal workers and Len Shindel on the strike by 150 Garrett County roads workers in western MD. Plus listener calls.

Music
DC Labor Chorus: None of Us Are Free
Bev Grant and the Brooklyn Women's Chorus: We Were There

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus.

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM
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.

HOUR 1: 1-2p
Roundtable discussion with Washington Teacher’s Union president Liz Davis (below right),  DC Personal Injury Lawyer David Schloss (below left) and labor reporter Mark Gruenberg.
Topics: WTU settles “excessed” teachers case; DC teachers “wearing red for education”; Workers’ comp, injuries on the job; AFL-CIO Executive Council holds off on endorsing in Dem primaries

HOUR 2: 2-3p
Listener calls and latest labor news headlines, including:
EMPLOYEES BRING FORWARD SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST ORGANOGENESIS
TENSIONS RISE AT RAM TRUCK PLANT  

Music: We Were There: Bev Grant & the Brooklyn Women's Chorus
 
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella
Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus.