Today's guests: Pat Moran, President of AFSCME Council 3 and Corey Upchurch, president AFSCME 1959, representing DCPS bus drivers. Union City Radio's Chris Garlock and Ed Smith, labor lawyer and DCNA Executive Director, discuss the impact on the local and national labor movement of the Friedrichs case, which was argued Monday at the Supreme Court.
Labor song of the day: Workers Song, by the Dropkick Murphys. This Week's Labor Quiz: You’ve probably heard about Mother Jones, the iconic 19th century labor organizer who was once called “the most dangerous woman in America” But before she committed herself to travelling the country to help workers organize, what did Mary Harris (“Mother”) Jones work as? Was she a dressmaker and schoolteacher; a postmistress; a textile worker; or a homemaker. Go to unionist.com and click on Labor Quiz and you could be next week's winner of a labor-themed prize!
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Ulysses Green
1/16/2016 12:53:37 pm
Good job Corey Upchurch
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Sharell Pitts
1/16/2016 07:23:08 pm
Local 1959 President Corey Upchurch I must say I am truly happy to be one of your shop stewards under your leadership...GO COREY WE SALUTE YOU!!!
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