The One Fair Wage campaign is pushing for better wages AND better tips for DC restaurant professionals. Initiative 77 calls for employers to pay all their workers the same minimum wage of $15 an hour PLUS tips by 2025. Seven out of the 10 lowest-paying jobs in America are in the restaurant industry: 66 percent of servers living in DC are people of color and 53 percent are women. These low wages are thanks to the National Restaurant Association, which has successfully fought for the right to NOT pay their workers and force them to rely entirely or mostly on tips since Emancipation. The One Fair Wage campaign is led by women and people of color who live and work in DC, and they’re urging DC residents to vote YES on Initiative 77 on June 19.
You can find out more about the campaign at OneFairWageDC.org

On today’s labor calendar, Diana Ramirez of the One Fair Wage campaign will be our guest on today’s Your Rights At Work here on WPFW at 2pm, right after the Ralph Nader show.  

Here’s today's labor history,
On this date in 1997, Rose Will Monroe, also known as Rosie the Riveter, died in Clarksville, Indiana. During World War Two she helped bring women into the labor force.

Today’s labor quote is by United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, who spoke at NoVA Labor on Tuesday night. Dolores Huerta, who told local activists:
“A union is the only organization that a worker has!”

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A new Solidarity Center video shows how workers are coming together to end gender-based violence at work. Last Monday, workers, employers and government officials began debating a proposed International Labor Organization regulation that would address workplace violence and harassment. Workers and their unions are urging its adoption with a strong focus on the gender dimension of violence. Go to solidaritycenter.org to see the video and find out more about how you can support the campaign to end gender-based violence at work.

On today’s labor calendar, the final 2018 DC LaborFest film screens at 7:15 tonight at AFI Silver. “The Workers' Cup” follows a group of oppressed construction workers from India, Kenya, Nepal and Ghana who eagerly escape into a soccer tournament of their own while building state-of-the-art stadiums and facilities for the 2022 World Cup. Complete details at dclabor.org, click on Calendar.

Here’s today's labor history,
On this date in 1937, in what became known as the Memorial Day Massacre, police opened fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing ten and wounding more than 160. Find out more on this week’s Labor History Today podcast, available on your favorite podcast app; just search for Union City Radio.

Today’s labor quote is from the Solidarity Center’s video on gender-based violence, which says: (sound clip)
“Violence is not part of the job for any of us!”

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In May, 1968, longtime labor organizer Richard Bensinger – just 17 at the time -- snapped a shot of two dancing figures: a young white woman and a young black man, sloshing through the Reflecting Pool amid the joyous, rebellious chaos of Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign. Bensinger and his wife, Virginia Diamond, were newly energized to unravel the mystery of who these people were after ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary earlier this year. “These are people who have lived a righteous, just life,” Bensinger speculates, but 50 years later, he still doesn’t know their names. We’ve got the photo and a link to the great Washington Post story about it

On today’s labor calendar,
Catch the DC LaborFest’s free Labor Jazz Showcase tonight from 5–7p at the 14th Street Busboys and Poets, sponsored by the Washington DC Federation of Musicians. The first hour of the show will be broadcast here on WPFW.
Then at 7 tonight, legendary farm worker leader Dolores Huerta speaks at NoVA Labor;
Complete details at dclabor.org, click on Calendar.

Here’s today's labor history,
On this date in 1941, animators working for Walt Disney began a successful five-week strike for recognition of their union, the Screen Cartoonists' Guild. Find out more about the strike and union animators on our Labor History Today podcast, available on your favorite podcast app; just search for Union City Radio.

​Today’s labor quote is by Dolores Huerta, who said:
"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world."