Who really runs the government? People like Audrey Smith, Lydell King and Cynthia Lee. "We hear a lot about the federal government’s bloat, its bureaucracy, its waste," reports Topic.com. "What we don’t hear much about are the people who actually work in public service.” Topic came to Washington recently to meet and photograph 15 of these folks -- all members or leaders of AFGE District 14 -- in its inaugural edition, "State of the Union." Smith is a Federal Pretrial Services officer for the District of Columbia, King is a performance consultant at the U.S. Coast Guard, and Lee is a practical nurse at the Andrew Rader Health Clinic.
Go to our website, dclabor.org, to meet all 15, with terrific photographs by Jared Soares. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1925, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded at a meeting in New York City. The union's first organizer was A. Philip Randolph, launching his long career as a leader in the American labor movement, the civil rights movement, and socialist political parties. Today’s labor quote is by A. Philip Randolph, who said: “Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org.
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