“It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people.” Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week’s show: Robert Cherney on Victor Arnautoff, the Russian-born artist who reigned as San Francisco's leading mural painter during the New Deal era. And on this week’s “Cool things from the George Meany Labor Archives,” Alan, Chloe and Ben explore the AFL-CIO’s long push for national health insurance, with some fascinating documents from the Archives’ pamphlet collection. Interviews by Patrick Dixon and Allan Wierdak. Members of Gas House Workers’ Union Local 18799 begin what is to become a 4-month recognition strike against the Laclede Gas Light Co. in St. Louis. The union later said the strike was the first ever against a public utility in the U.S. - 1935 Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers, members of AFSCME Local 1733, in Memphis, Tenn. Violence during the march persuades him to return the following week to Memphis, where he was assassinated – 1968 Labor history courtesy Union Communication Services. A California labor struggle comes to the Politics & Prose bookstore tonight when members of AFSCME Local 3299 and their local supporters will protest at an appearance by Janet Napolitano, former DHS secretary and current Chancellor of the University of California system. Local 3299 represents 25,000 UC clerical and service workers, who have been in contract talks for two years and recently staged a 1-day strike, their third strike in two years. Wages and pension are major sticking points, as well as contract language around being a sanctuary campus and retaining Black workers. “We need to be there to support our sisters and brothers,” said Robert Hollingsworth, president of AFSCME Local 2776, which represents workers at the DC Office of Tax & Revenue. click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15a; WPFW-FM 89.3 Women, Equality, and the Future of Labor Wed, March 27, 8:30am – 10:00am; Martin's/Bo Brooks at the Academy, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium; $100 & up; details/RSVP here Film: Trafficked in America Wed, March 27, 3pm – 5pm; AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 RSVP here Honoring Union Women Wed, March 27, 6pm – 8pm; House Building Room 140 Annapolis, MD SPECIAL GUESTS: Esther Lopez, UFCW Secretary Treasurer; Shawna Bader-Blau, Executive Director AFL-CIO Solidarity Center; Elise Bryant, CLUW President Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus Wed, March 27, 7:30pm – 9:30pm; ADC Headquarters, 618 N. Washington St., Old Town Alexandria, VA |