If you’re a woman who likes playing soccer and the labor movement, FC Solidaridad is looking for you! The local labor soccer team “needs more women on its roster!” says local organizer Corey Klemmer. “We play a very casual game on Thursday nights at Bundy Field in Shaw and have a ton of fun,” says Klemmer. All you need to play is a red shirt, shin guards and solidarity. Find out more on the FC Solidaridad Facebook page.
As always, you can read more on our website at dclabor.org, where you can also find out about the latest local labor events and actions by clicking on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1961, the United Auto Workers called for a company-wide strike against Ford Motor Company, the first since Ford’s initial contract with the union 20 years earlier. In 1967, folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie died of Huntington's disease in New York at the age of 55. And in 1970, baseball umpires struck for recognition of their newly-formed Major League Umpires Association, winning after just one day. Today’s labor quote is by Woody Guthrie “It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and disturb comfortable people.” Woody Guthrie, who also said, “I ain't a communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.”
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