Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Justin Keating; Ed Smith is away this week.
JOIN US AT 202-588-0893 Justin is a labor lawyer with the Beins Axelrod labor law firm, which listeners will remember sponsored $1,000 in challenges during the recent Winter membership drive, so thanks to them for that, and to all the listeners who responded so generously so that WPFW can continue to keep shows like “Your Rights At Work” on the air! Click here to donate and be sure to select "Your Rights At Work" on the dropdown menu! Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast – new this week, we’re also on TuneIn Radio! -- or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone! Today’s show: Live report by producer Chris Bangert-Drowns from the protest at the Department of Labor against the induction of Ronald Reagan into the Labor Hall of Honor. Labor reporter Mark Gruenberg was inside the Supreme Court Monday for the Janus v. AFSCME arguments; click here for his report, “Agency fees and the future of the union movement hit the Supreme Court.” Labor historian Joe McCartin on Reagan’s role in launching the modern era of union-busting when he fired striking air traffic controllers in 1981, and on "The Radical Roots of Janus," published in The American Prospect on 2/27. Labor Songs There is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg version): Street Dogs There is Power in a Union (Joe Hill version): Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland Engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella, produced by Peter Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! And we’re supported by you, our listeners: call 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or pledge online at wpfwfm.org.
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