With the annual Labor Night at the Nats coming up on July 20, it’s a good time to remember that a ball game just isn’t a ball game without the hot dogs, the salty snacks, the sodas and the beer. To best enjoy these goodies, our friends at Labor 411 recommend ethical brands made by companies that treat their workers fairly. If you’re headed to the stadium, you can bring your own labor-friendly snacks (but don’t try this with the beer)! And if you’re watching at home, consult the handy list at dclabor.org and make it an ethical baseball feast. “Let’s all support good middle-class jobs as we slug, throw and pitch our way to a stronger America,” says Labor 411.
On today’s labor calendar, longtime local labor leader Jos Williams will be our guest on today’s Your Rights At Work show, 2pm here on WPFW. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1934, the Battle of Rincon Hill took place in San Francisco, during a longshore strike. 5,000 strikers fought 1,000 police, scabs and national guardsmen. Two strikers were killed and 109 people were injured. The incident led to a General Strike. Today’s labor quote is by president Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he signed the National Labor Relations Act into law; it was passed on this date in 1935. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who said: "A better relationship between labor and management is the high purpose of this Act. By assuring the employees the right of collective bargaining it fosters the development of the employment contract on a sound and equitable basis. By providing an orderly procedure for determining who is entitled to represent the employees, it aims to remove one of the chief causes of wasteful economic strife. By preventing practices which tend to destroy the independence of labor, it seeks, for every worker with its scope, that freedom of choice and action which is justly his."
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