This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council. Federal employees will rally at noon today at the U.S. Capitol with members of Congress to demand that they avoid another costly shutdown and keep our government open. They’re inviting everyone to attend and stand, unite, and fight with federal employees! AFGE members and supporters will gather at Hyatt at 400 New Jersey Ave Northwest at 11:15a.m. to march to the Capitol. For complete details and all the latest labor event listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1880 John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers of America and founding president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, was born near Lucas, Iowa. Today’s labor quote is by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, born into slavery near Easton, Maryland on this date in 1818. This is from a great short video Mauri Belarmino put together; check it out on our website (see below) at dclabor.org, click on Union City Radio. Frederick Douglass, who said: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are people who want crops without plowing up the ground..." 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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