Tens of thousands of comments on the new “pay to protest” rules proposed by the Trump administration have flooded in as opponents have warned the rules “would mark the end of free speech as we know it.” Among other radical restrictions of free speech rights, the proposed rules would impose steep fees and costs on demonstrations in DC, effectively ban protests on the White House sidewalks and restrict and suppress spontaneous demonstrations.
Graduate workers at Georgetown University have taken the next step to winning a union, giving the school official notice that they plan to hold a union recognition election later in the fall. “We have been working on this for a long time, and it’s great to be in a position where we’re ready to vote,” said Catie Sevigny, a research assistant and member of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees. On today’s labor calendar, what happens when a real teacher tries to become a Hollywood hero? Find out at our free screening of “Teacher of the Year” tonight at 6pm at the Takoma Busboys and Poets. And for all the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar for complete details. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1932, the American Federation of Government Employees was founded, after the National Federation of Federal Employees decided to leave the American Federation of Labor. Today’s labor quote is by John Brown, who led 18 men, including five free Blacks, in an attack on the Harper's Ferry ammunition depot on this date in 1859, in what was the beginning of guerrilla warfare against slavery. John Brown, who said: “If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit; so let it be done!” Hear more about John Brown on this week’s Labor History Today podcast, available at dclabor.org or on your favorite podcast app, just search for Union City Radio.
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