This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council.
Pro-worker legislation, including equal pay for equal work and an updated stronger version of the Employee Free Choice Act, are part of the progressive platform lawmakers will try to push through the Democratic-run House in the 116th Congress. Lawmakers got a head start on that platform with two House Education and Labor Committee hearings this week. Teachers union president Randi Weingarten and other witnesses discussed crumbling classrooms and underpaid teachers and staff on Tuesday and then on Wednesday, the panel got down to work on the Workplace Fairness Act, designed to put teeth into the equal-pay-for-equal-work law. Of course, with Republicans in control of the Senate and the White House, these measures probably won’t get far, but they set the stage for the elections next year. On today’s labor calendar, I’ll be hosting Arise this morning at 9am, when my guests will be Robyn Leigh Muncy, on “The Strange Career of “the Working Class” in US Political Culture Since the 1950s” and Paul Buhle on his new book “Eugene Debs: A Graphic Biography.” In today’s labor history, on this date in 1934, U.S. legislators passed the Civil Works Emergency Relief Act, providing funds for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which funneled money to states plagued by Depression-era poverty and unemployment, and oversaw the subsequent distribution and relief efforts. Wouldn’t it be cool if today’s Congress could come together on something like this to put people to work? Just sayin’ Today’s labor quote is by Susan B. Anthony, the suffragist, abolitionist, and labor activist born on this date in 1820, who said: "Join the union, girls, and together say: Equal Pay for Equal Work!" Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Are you paying too much for auto insurance? Compare quotes with the Union Plus Auto Insurance Program. Visit unionplus.org/auto to get started.
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