 “No matter what the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.”
Mother Jones on this date in 1899 organized the wives of striking miners in Arnot, Pennsylvania to descend on the mine with brooms, mops and clanging pots and pans. They frightened away the mules and their scab drivers and the miners eventually won their strike. Read more here.  Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Professor Jim Gregory on his innovative project to map American social movements online. Georgetown labor history professor Joe McCartin joins hosts Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant on a show originally broadcast on Labor Day 2019 on WPFW 89.3FM. The project, Gregory says, “allows us to see where social movements were active and where not, helping us better understand patterns of influence and endurance.”
29 strike leaders are charged with treason – plotting "to incite insurrection, rebellion & war against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" – for daring to strike the Carnegie Steel Co. in Homestead, Pa. Jurors refuse to convict them - 1892 Labor history courtesy David Prosten  click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15a M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3 UAW strike picket (photo): Friday, September 27⋅6:00am – 2:00pm; Sat, September 28, 10am – 2pm; Sun, September 29, 10am – 2pm GM White-Marsh transmission plant, 10301 Philadelphia road, White Marsh, MD. Rally for SEIU 32BJ: Fri, September 27, 4:30pm – 6:00pm 1800 N Lynn Street, Arlington, VA. Welcome the Baltimore Symphony Musicians Back Home! Fri, September 27, 7pm – 10pm; Sun, September 29, 3pm – 6pm Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201 Join the BSO musicians for the opening of their 2019-20 season and take advantage of a special ticket offer: only $20 for Orchestra seats at their Meyerhoff Symphony Hall performances with promo code WELCOME. Click here to order. Virginia Labor Walks: Sat, September 28, 9am – 12pm NOVA Labor Office 4536 – B John Marr Dr., Annandale, VA (w/AFA president Sara Nelson) UA Local 110 Hall 7812 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, VA Ironworkers Local 79 Hall, 5307 E. Virginia Beach Blvd., Norfolk, VA CWA Local 2201 Hall, 5809 Lakeside Ave., Richmond, VA SMART 100 Hall 2101 Dale Ave. SE, Roanoke, VA Film: Midnight Family: Sat, September 28, 1:05pm – 3:00pm AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Co-presented by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest; show your union card and get the AFI member discount (if ordering online, choose the “AFI Member (LAFF)” option). Film: The Gasoline Thieves: Sat, September 28, 9:20pm – 11:00pm AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Co-presented by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest; show your union card and get the AFI member discount (if ordering online, choose the “AFI Member (LAFF)” option). Fredericksburg Solidarity Picnic: Sun, September 29, 12pm – 3pm Loriella Park, 10910 Leavells Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407  Dynamic women worker rights leaders from across the globe offered a vision for hope, resilience and movement toward an economy and society that works for people and the planet this week at the event, “Building Power: Women’s Leadership in the Fight for Justice, Democracy and Fair Work” in New York City. Sponsored by the Open Society Foundations (OSF), Ford Foundation, Freedom Fund, Fundación Avina, C&A Foundation, Humanity United and AFL-CIO, Solidarity Center and Global Labor Justice, the gathering of representatives from the philanthropic community and worker justice organizations served to both celebrate the achievements of women leaders and reflect on what has worked—and what needs more support—in the fight for justice, democracy and fair work for all.
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