METRO WASHINGTON LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO
  • Home
  • Board & Staff
  • Who We Are
  • Calendar
  • Evening With Labor
    • Archive >
      • 2021 Evening With Labor
      • 2019 Evening With Labor
      • 2017 Evening With Labor
      • 2018 Evening With Labor
      • 2015 Evening With Labor
      • 2016 Evening With Labor
  • Stay Connected
  • Programs
    • Community Services >
      • Espanol
      • Mission
      • Donate Now
      • Programs
      • Funders
      • Archives
    • Political Action >
      • Archive
      • Mission
      • Elected Officials
      • Endorsements
      • DMV Voters Guide
      • Candidate Questionnaires: Archive 2006-2014 >
        • 2018
        • 2016
        • 2015
        • 2014
        • Other
        • 2012
        • 2010
        • 2008
        • 2007
        • 2006
    • DC unemployment appeals
  • Hiring Hall
    • ADMINISTRATIVE
    • COMMUNICATIONS
    • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    • INTERNSHIPS
    • LEGAL
    • MISC
    • ORGANIZING
    • POLITICAL
    • RESEARCH
  • Affiliates

Union City Radio for Thursday, May 25

5/25/2017

0 Comments

 
Labor scholars and activists from across the country are convening in DC June 8 and 9 at the 2017 Labor Research and Action Network national conference to share new ideas and lessons learned, and to connect around research and campaign work.
Plenaries will focus on "Building Worker Power Under a Trump Administration" and "Messaging to Win."
The conference will be held at Howard University; details on our website at dclabor.org

On today's labor calendar,
Hear the shocking story of "A millionaire, a hotel maid and an arrest for sex abuse" when our guest on today’s edition of “Your Rights at Work” is John Boardman of the DC hotel workers union, Unite Here Local 25; 1p here on WPFW.
Then tonight at 8, catch a screening of “Revolution: New Art For A New World” at the Old Greenbelt Theatre in Greenbelt, Maryland. This bold and exciting feature documentary encapsulates a momentous period in the history of Russia and the Russian Avant-Garde.
Details on our website at dclabor.org, click on LaborFest

Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1805, striking shoemakers in Philadelphia were arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy for violating an English common law that barred workers from organizing to increase their wages.
In 1932, thousands of unemployed World War I veterans arrived in Washington to demand early payment of a bonus they desperately needed to survive the Great Depression. They built a shantytown near the U.S. Capitol but were burned out by U.S. troops after two months.
In 1936, the notorious 11-month Remington Rand strike began. The strike spawned the "Mohawk Valley formula," described by investigators as a corporate plan to discredit union leaders, frighten the public with the threat of violence, and employ thugs to beat up strikers. The National Labor Relations Board called it "a battle plan for industrial war."
And on this date in 1962, the AFL-CIO began what was to become an unsuccessful campaign for a 35-hour workweek, with the goal of reducing unemployment. Earlier tries by organized labor for 32- or 35-hour weeks also failed.

Today’s labor quote is by writer James Baldwin
“Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.”

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.

Please support WPFW and Union City Radio by pledging today; listener support has kept alternative voices on the DC airwaves for more than 40 years and those voices are need now more than ever! Call 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or pledge online at wpfwfm.org. Tell ‘em Union City Radio sent you!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Labor History Today
    Live5 Labor Edition
    Union City Radio
    Your Rights At Work

    Union City Radio is proud to be supported by UnionPlus, which has been working hard for union families since 1986.
    Union City Radio is part of The Labor Radio/Podcast Network
    badge image

    Listen now...

    UC Radio airs weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3 FM; subscribe to the podcast here.

    Your Rights at Work airs Thursdays from 1-2p; subscribe here.

    You can also subscribe to both shows on all major podcast platforms, including iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and Overcast. 

    UC Radio is a brief audio version of the award-winning Union City electronic newsletter, featuring DC-area labor news, updates, calendar and labor history with Union City Managing Editor Chris Garlock. UC Radio is a partnership between the Metro Washington Council and 89.3 FM WPFW.  

    Your Rights at Work is a call-in show about worker rights hosted by Chris Garlock and DCNA Executive Director Ed Smith. 

    RSS Feed

Share any story to Facebook, Twitter or via email!
Just click on the story ​and then click on the  social media icon!
COPYRIGHT METRO WASHINGTON LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO 2023
202-974-8150; [email protected]
  • Home
  • Board & Staff
  • Who We Are
  • Calendar
  • Evening With Labor
    • Archive >
      • 2021 Evening With Labor
      • 2019 Evening With Labor
      • 2017 Evening With Labor
      • 2018 Evening With Labor
      • 2015 Evening With Labor
      • 2016 Evening With Labor
  • Stay Connected
  • Programs
    • Community Services >
      • Espanol
      • Mission
      • Donate Now
      • Programs
      • Funders
      • Archives
    • Political Action >
      • Archive
      • Mission
      • Elected Officials
      • Endorsements
      • DMV Voters Guide
      • Candidate Questionnaires: Archive 2006-2014 >
        • 2018
        • 2016
        • 2015
        • 2014
        • Other
        • 2012
        • 2010
        • 2008
        • 2007
        • 2006
    • DC unemployment appeals
  • Hiring Hall
    • ADMINISTRATIVE
    • COMMUNICATIONS
    • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    • INTERNSHIPS
    • LEGAL
    • MISC
    • ORGANIZING
    • POLITICAL
    • RESEARCH
  • Affiliates