click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report D.C. Day of Action for Heroes Act: Wed, July 22, 11am – 2pm Various; see listing Labor Arts Caucus (NoVA Labor): Wed, July 22, 3pm – 4pm Workers Speak Out: Public Services in the Pandemic: Wed, July 22, 3pm – 4pm Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, July 22, 7:30pm – 9:00pm Fairfax County Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, July 22, 7:30pm – 9:00pm Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, July 23, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online Episode 2 of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's "Tales of the Resistance": Can Nurse Susie find a way to deliver vital antiviral medicine while navigating hospital bureaucracy while fending off the corrupt Capitalist Healthcare Conspiracy? Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, July 23, 6pm – 9pm Prince George's/Montgomery County COPE Town Hall with Councilmember Tom Hucker: Fri, July 24, 12pm – 1pm Via Zoom; RSVP here Coalition to Repeal Right to Work: Fri, July 24, 7pm – 9pm Gleaming even more brightly than the U.S. Capitol building behind them, 160 pairs of white nurse’s shoes bore mute testimony to the lives lost to COVID-19 at a memorial Tuesday held by National Nurses United. “How many of these frontline nurses would be here today if they had had the equipment they needed to do their jobs safely?” said NNU president Zenei Cortez, RN. Nurses – including some from the metro DC area -- gathered at the Capitol to demand that the U.S. Senate pass the HEROES Act, which would provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and regulatory protections for frontline health care workers. The House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act on May 15 “but Senator Mitch McConnell has sat on his hands as the pandemic has surged and nurses and other health care workers have gone without the proper PPE, causing many to get sick and die,” said Cortez. photo: Rick Reinhard Tens of thousands of workers nationwide walked off the job Monday in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, in an effort to expose the income inequality and systemic racism that organizers said have become more entrenched during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Strike for Black Lives,” featured workers from a broad range of sectors, from the Service Employees union, to the Teamsters, Teachers and dozens of other labor and political groups. Here in DC, strikers gathered at the U.S. Capitol in support of the HEROES Act, as talks heat up over a fourth coronavirus relief package. The campaign is pressing for “an unequivocal declaration that Black Lives Matter” from both business and political leaders, and organizers called on businesses to “dismantle racism, white supremacy, and economic exploitation,” and ensure access to union organizing. “I would like to thank all of the unions and foundations for their generosity and their hard-working members,” AFSCME Local 709 member Kenneth Mitchell wrote to the Community Services Agency this week in a hand-written note after receiving aid from CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund. “”When I am back on my feet I will remember that you reached out to me and I will reach back to you with support for CSA’s United Way and DC One Fund campaigns.” Click here to donate to CSA. |