This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living! Last week’s show: Ludlow: My name is Louis Tikas.
Coal mine collapses at Eccles, W.Va., killing 181 workers - 1914 119 die in Benwood, W.Va. coal mine disaster - 1924 - David Prosten click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report AFL-CIO Week of Action on the PRO Act: Apr 26 – May 1, 2021 This is the national AFL-CIO's week of action on the PRO Act. Please call Senator Warner at 202-224-2023 or 703-442-0670 and ask him to co-sponsor the bill. A Celebration of Spirit: Liz Davis (Viewing): Tue, April 27, 3pm – 7pm Shiloh Baptist Church, 1500 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA (map) George Mason University Coalition for Worker Rights: Tue, April 27, 3:30pm – 4:30pm Coalition of faculty, students, alumni, staff and contract workers at GMU. Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, April 27, 5pm – 7pm RSVP here. Film: HAYMARKET: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle: Apr 28 – May 2, 2021 Click here to register for the May 1 8p ET discussion with director Adrian Prawica and labor historians Joe McCartin (Georgetown University) and Steven Brier (CUNY School of Labor), moderated by DC Labor FilmFest director Chris Garlock; click here for free registration for the film; you’ll be able to watch the film at your convenience (available beginning at 12noon Wednesday April 28). Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class: Apr 28 – May 1, 2021 Hosted by the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor; Register for free. Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, April 28, 8:15am – 8:45am Windmill Hill Park, 501 S Union St, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA (map) Workers' Memorial Day Mass: Wed, April 28, 5pm – 6pm 1600 St Camillus Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA (map) IBEW Local 26, The Building Trades, St. Camillus Catholic Parish and its pastor Father Brian Jordan, OFM invite you to participate in a Workers Memorial Day Mass on Wednesday April 28 at 5 pm. You may participate in person at St. Camillus Church, 1600 St. Camillus Drive in Silver Spring, Maryland 20903 or view livestream here. Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, April 28, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Meeting of union members and community allies in Alexandria. Contact [email protected] for the link. Missed last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here: David Stephen, MWC political director, on today’s historic House vote on DC statehood; Ginny Diamond, NoVA Labor president, on the Volvo worker strike in Dublin, VA; Lane Windham, Kalmanovitz Initiative Associate Director, on Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class, April 28 – May 1, 2021. Plus D.C. Vote by the Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band. Rank-and-file employees of NPR's Digital Media Division on Monday announced they’re joining NABET-CWA Local 31. “We ask that NPR leadership voluntarily recognize our union and work with us in good faith to build the NPR our Member stations and audience deserve,” tweeted the new union, Digital Media United (@WeBuildNPR). “By joining NABET-CWA Local 31, we are building a bridge between broadcast and digital and charting a path toward ever closer collaboration with our newsroom, programming, and RAD (Research, Archives, and Data) colleagues in SAG-AFTRA.” Whether you’re on yet another Zoom meeting or just sharing on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, the AFL-CIO has a ton of great graphics to easily show off your support for the PRO Act during the Week of Action. Click here for PRO Act Zoom backgrounds and click here for PRO Act social graphics. There’s a lot more resources – including factsheets and more – on the PRO Act toolkit.
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