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7/6/2020

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Toward a Progressive 2020s—A German-American Dialogue on Worker Rights and Welfare: Tue, July 7, 10am – 12pm
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Conversation on the future of worker rights and welfare policies with Jens Zimmermann (photo), Bundestag delegate from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Hesse.
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This week's Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: Union City Radio; Heartland Labor Forum; Activate Live; My Labor Radio; Labor Express Radio; Working People; The Gig; Tales from Two Blue Collar Workers

Workers United for Reproductive and Gender Equity joins NPEU

7/6/2020

Workers United for Reproductive and Gender Equity is the latest addition to the family at the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union. Workers United made a formal request to management at United for Reproductive & Gender Equity -- originally founded as ChoiceUSA -- for voluntary recognition on June 22nd. Management and the union released a joint statement saying that “We believe that unionizing is inherent to a fight for a more just world under dominant systems of white supremacy, capitalism, and cisheteropatriarchy.” “Reproductive justice and gender equity are deeply connected to workers’ rights.” added NPEU President Kayla Blado. “I am excited to work together to dismantle systems of oppression and lift up the voices of the workers of URGE and their important work.”

CSA doubles down on helping workers

7/6/2020

Frank Gaskins life has now been touched twice by the Community Services Agency. The first time was when he participated in CSA’s signature Building Futures Construction Pre-Apprenticeship program. He graduated and went on to become an apprentice with Pile Drivers Local 441 (part of the Carpenters), working as a pile driver. The second time was when CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund helped him during a brief layoff due to COVID-19 earlier this year. "The Emergency Assistance that helped to pay my Pepco bill really helped alleviate that temporary financial stress," said Gaskins. "Frank’s story is a great example of how the local labor movement enables CSA to advance its mission to help workers, support labor and strengthen communities," said CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote. “We are grateful to every local that’s made contributions in recent months, as well as the Greater Washington Community Foundation and the United Way National Capital Area, for helping to make critical COVID-19 assistance available to area workers." Find out more about CSA here.

As protests grow, Luci Murphy & the People's Music Network ensure there are songs to go with them

7/6/2020

If the world was not in the midst of a pandemic, Luci Murphy would be in the streets every day, leading Black Lives Matter activists through "Ella's Song," the Bernice Johnson Reagon classic containing this verse: "We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes/ until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons/ is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers' sons." Instead, the 69-year-old singer -- she refers to herself as “an interpreter” -- who has demonstrated in Cuba, Iraq and her hometown of Washington, D.C., and who worked alongside protest singers Pete Seeger and Hazel Dickens, has had to limit her participation in demonstrations and protests to just two or three days a week. Read more in Billboard.
photo: L-R Ron Wallace, Luci Murphy, Mike Honey and Steve Jones photographed in 1984 demonstrating near the South African Embassy; photo by Rick Reinhard

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