Today's guest: DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director Nikki Lewis discusses the local coalition’s 15th anniversary, ongoing battles for workers’ rights – including the current Just Hours campaign – and the upcoming national JWJ conference in DC with host Chris Garlock. Plus listener calls on the need to organize.
Labor song of the day: Respect; Aretha Franklin, in honor of the anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Act in 2009 This Week's Labor Quiz: The Supreme Court of the United States heard a case last week that is very important to labor. The court will answer what question? Is it: Are right-to-work laws constitutional; Can companies lock out their workers without notice; Can public employee unions charge non-members a fee or Is the $15 minimum wage movement protected by the first amendment? If you think you know the answer, go to unionist.com and click on Labor Quiz and you could be next week’s winner!
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