On today’s labor calendar: "A Conversation with Author Robert Tsai and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler" at 12 noon; Tsai is the author of the bestseller “Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.”
For details and all the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1894, representatives from the American Federation of Labor, the Knights of Labor, populists, railroad brotherhoods and other trade unions held a unity conference in St. Louis but failed to overcome their differences. Today’s labor quote is by John L. Lewis, who died on this date in 1969. A legendary figure, he was president of the United Mine Workers from 1920 to 1960 and a driving force behind the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO. John L. Lewis, who said: “It is a sad commentary upon our form of government when every decision of the Supreme Court seems designed to fatten capital and starve and destroy labor.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about hitting a theme park with your family this summer, visit unionplus.org/entertainment to get savings at America’s favorite theme parks.
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