Economic Policy Institute president Thea Lee has announced she’s stepping down from EPI to join the Biden/Harris administration. “It is not easy to leave an organization like EPI—and the extraordinarily brilliant, insightful, and delightful staff—but I believe there is a short window that provides an opportunity for me to contribute to work I care deeply about,” Lee said in an announcement last Thursday. “I know EPI will continue to advance its mission to strengthen workers’ voice and power at the workplace and beyond and to make the world fairer and more humane,” Lee added. “I will be eternally grateful that I had the opportunity to work alongside EPI’s amazing staff, and I look forward to staying connected in this next chapter for me and for EPI.” Lee’s departure is effective May 7; details of her new job are expected to be announced soon. As we come marching, marching, we bring the Greater Days-- The rising of the women means the rising of the race. No more the drudge and idler—ten that toil where one reposes-- But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and Roses, Bread and Roses. Click here to hear “Bread and Roses sung by local acapella group SongRise. James Oppenheim’s poem “Bread and Roses” was published in the IWW newspaper “Industrial Solidarity” on this date in 1946, but was originally published in December 1911. 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.
First strike for 10 hour day, by Boston carpenters - 1825 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment. The order listed “sexual perversion” as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants - 1953 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. MWC Executive Board meeting: Mon, April 26, 2pm – 4pm Airport Union Caucus: Mon, April 26, 2pm – 3pm Delegate Dan Helmer will join unions representing airport and airline workers at Dulles and DCA. Chesapeake Bay CLUW Meeting: Mon, April 26, 7pm – 9pm Special guest - Donna Edwards, President of MD State and DC AFL-CIO, with an update on the legislation happening in Annapolis and answer questions. Prince William County Labor Caucus: Mon, April 26, 7pm – 8pm Meeting of union members and community allies in Prince William County. 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. 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. |