YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK: JUNE 27

Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM.
Hosted Chris Garlock and Ed Smith.
DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t,
how to get them and how to use them.

HOUR 1:       
UFCW 400’s “Week of Action” to save jobs at Shoppers
Amber Stevens: Works in the front-end at Shoppers Food & Pharmacy at Forestville, MD; been there 11 years and has been very active during this week’s actions. Member of UFCW Local 400.
Tanya Sealy: Has worked at Kroger for 20 years and 3 months; Currently employed at Kroger #555 in Yorktown, VA. Previously worked at Kroger #536 in Norfolk, VA, which closed in October 2018 despite months of campaigning to save the store. Member of UFCW Local 400.

Sequnely Gray, Organizer, DC Jobs With Justice: Just Pay Coalition plans Outreach Blitz this weekend

Susan Eisenberg, IBEW member and artist, "On Equal Terms" exhibit and “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Women in the Trades” panel discussion. She also has two books out from Cornell last year, a new poetry book, Stanley's Girl, and a reissue of (NYT Notable Book) We'll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction, With a New Preface. 

HOUR 2: 
Latest labor news, plus listener calls: 202-588-0893
Mark Gruenberg, Editor, Press Associates Union News Service
• Pro-worker Dems talk with Trump trade rep about writing strong worker rights right into ‘new NAFTA’
• Report reveals widespread Trump spending on temps to replace federal workers
• AFL-CIO Paywatch: Elon Musk earned $2.4B last year in pay and perks

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CREDITS: Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella
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