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Your Rights At Work: ​Labor on George Floyd and the fight for justice

6/4/2020

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

Hosted by Chris Garlock & Elise Bryant, President, Coalition of Labor Union Women

This week's guests:
RYAN TIMLIN, President, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
TERRY MELVIN, President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
YANIRA MERINO, President, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
PLUS: Listeners call in to join the conversation.
Music: Tracy Chapman, Talkin' Bout a Revolution 

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineering by Katea Stitt
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​Your Rights At Work: AFL-CIO's Tefere Gebre on the "Workers First" Caravan; UFCW 400 calls on Giant to extend “recognition pay”; DC Jobs with Justice on the Excluded Workers Social Media Blitz

5/28/2020

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

Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith

This week's guests:
TEFERE GEBRE, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO, on the June 3 Workers First Caravan
JONATHAN WILLIAMS, Communications Director, UFCW 400, on his union’s calls on Giant to extend “recognition pay” until the COVID-19 crisis is over
ELIZABETH FALCON, Executive Director, DC Jobs with Justice, on tomorrow’s DC Excluded Workers Social Media Blitz 
Music: Heroes (We Could Be); Alesso remix  

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineering by Jerry Paris and Shepsu Baker
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​YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK: big biz using cOVID-19 To dodge responsibility for worker safety; MedStar fires worker for tweeting about lack of coronavirus safety precautions; AFL-CIO sues feds over coronavirus workplace safety

5/21/2020

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

Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith

This week's guests:
REBECCA DIXON, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project, on how big biz is using coronavirus as an excuse to get permanent protection from all worker lawsuits
LYNN BERNABEI, lawyer, Bernabei & Kabat, on MedStar employee fired for tweeting about hospital’s lack of coronavirus safety precautions
DAMON SILVERS, Director of policy and special counsel for the AFL-CIO: AFL-CIO sues feds over coronavirus workplace safety
Music: “We Just Come to Work Here” 
Artist: Ben Grosscup; original lyrics by Harry Stamper; new lyrics by Paul McKenna

Spring pledge drive: give us a call at 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or online at wpfwfm.org, click on Donate Now

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineering by Jerry Paris 
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​YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK: “American Unemployment Past, Present, and Future"; union musician and local small-business owner copes with pandemic

5/14/2020

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

Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith

This week's guests:
FRANK STRICKER; Author, “American Unemployment Past, Present, and Future; Lies your economists told you—and the truths that can change the nation”
SETH COOK; Principal tubist for the Washington National Opera and Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, member of the DC Musicians Union and a co-owner of the Takoma Beverage Company

Spring pledge drive: give us a call at 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or online at wpfwfm.org, click on Donate Now

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineering by Michael Nasella 
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