 “When you make sure everybody gets a fair shot and a fair shake, and you're fighting for decent wages for workers, and making sure they've got decent benefits, when you reward people who are playing by the rules — that's how everybody does better.”
 This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Julia Reichert: ‘We Don’t Just Interview People Once’; Montgomery Ward busted; May Day and Mother Jones
Oscar-winning director Julia Reichert, interviewed by 9 to 5 founder Karen Nussbaum; the AFL-CIO’s Damon Silvers on how the Montgomery Ward CEO was busted for unionbusting; Saul Schniderman celebrates May Day and Mother Jones’ birthday. Last week’s show: Sacco & Vanzetti at 100; What happened to MLK’s dream? An explosion at the Everettville mine in Everettville, W. Va., kills 109 miners, many of whom lie in unmarked graves to this day - 1927 Obama Administration’s National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections. New rules are largely seen as a counter to employer manipulation of the law to prevent workers from unionizing. These rules were subsequently undone under the Trump administration in December 2019. - 2012 - David Prosten  Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, April 29, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Via Zoom Disparities, Workers, and Community Responses to COVID 19: A Public Forum: Thu, April 30, 2:00pm – 3:30pm Via Zoom Video Conference | RSVP on Eventbrite Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, April 30, 6pm – 7pm Via Zoom Metro Washington Council and Community Services Agency staff are all teleworking and can be reached at the contact numbers and email addresses here. Latest DC-area labor news, delivered daily: tell a friend and help build our Union City!  Calling it “a big step in the right direction toward 100% testing for every grocery worker on the frontlines of this crisis,” UFCW Local 400 yesterday hailed DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s announcement that the District is expanding the criteria for COVID-19 testing to include critical infrastructure workers with a history of exposure to a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patient. This includes grocery store workers, essential government employees, and other workers who continue to report to work in the District. “Our hard-working union members in grocery stores interact with hundreds of customers per day and thousands in a week,” said Local 400 Director of Political and Community Affairs Dyana Forester. “Every day, they come to work knowing they are putting themselves and their families at risk in order to keep District residents fed. It is critical that they have access to testing to ensure the safety of our grocery stores and food supply chains. We support any effort to increase the availability of free testing as we work toward our goal to provide access to free testing for 100% of grocery workers.”
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