Monday's Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis was condemned as an "assault" on working people and a "major blow to workers’ rights," by labor leaders and supporters. The Court held that employers can enforce arbitration agreements that forbid workers from banding together in class action lawsuits. 32BJ SEIU Vice President Jaime Contreras said the decision "gives a major victory to unscrupulous corporations who wish to further rig the system against working people." Tune in to Your Rights At Work on Thursday at 2pm to hear more from Jaime on this issue.
On today’s labor calendar, lots going on today, but the main event is the march and rally for DCA workers that starts at noon in McPherson Square Park; other events today include a DC Jobs with Justice lunch for fair housing, a Teacher movement reportback, and tonight’s meeting of the new Chesapeake Bay chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. The DC LaborFest continues today with a noontime tour of the Teamsters headquarters, and tonight’s screening of “I Am Somebody: Three Films by Madeline Anderson”; Complete details at dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1903, an estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, struck in the Philadelphia area, protesting 60-hour workweeks, including night hours, for the children. Today’s labor quote is by social worker Grace Abbott, who said: “Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!
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