(audio: Don’t Play With My Money)
That’s Otis Price, a bus driver who’s been on strike in Lorton, Virginia for a month now, along with 150 of his fellow drivers. This song has become the official anthem of the strike against Transdev, and the video, released earlier this week, is going viral with transit workers around the world. Contract negotiations resumed yesterday, and the strikers will pack the room this morning at WMATA’s monthly meeting, while picketing continues daily in Lorton until a fair contract is settled. On today’s labor calendar, we’ll have the latest on this strike and all the current labor news, plus your calls, on today’s edition of “Your Rights At Work” here on WPFW at 1 o’clock this afternoon. For all the latest labor events, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 2009, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act took effect in the nation’s workplaces. It prohibits employers from requesting genetic testing or considering someone’s genetic background in hiring, firing or promotions. Hear more about it on this week’s Labor History Today podcast; search for Union City Radio wherever you listen to podcasts. Today’s labor quote is by Tracy Sear, a flight attendant with US Airways, on the smoking ban on all domestic flights in the U.S., which went into effect on this date in 1989. Tracy Sear, who said: “For us this was a workplace issue; we had members who were experiencing shortness of breath and all of the problems created by secondhand smoke, up to and including deadly diseases like lung cancer. We really were the tipping point that allowed for smoke-free workplaces in this country." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Want to earn $100 just for switching wireless carriers? Then it’s the perfect time to switch to AT&T! For a limited time, union members can get $100 in credits per line when they switch to AT&T – and take advantage of other union-exclusive discounts with the AT&T Signature Program. Visit unionplus.org/att.
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