Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will identify, nurture, train and convene a new generation of diverse, female labor leaders in a collaborative effort with Rutgers University.
Funded by the Berger-Marks Foundation, the Women Innovating Labor Leadership Empower project will involve both the Georgetown initiative and the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. “The Kalmanovitz Initiative is delighted to add this exciting new dimension to its work promoting a more just, sustainable and democratic economy,” said Joseph McCartin, the initiative’s director. “By mobilizing women of all backgrounds to steer a dynamic workers movement, WILL Empower deepens Georgetown’s commitment to advance justice and the common good.” The project begins this month, with programming in place by the fall of 2017. For this week’s labor calendar, go to dclabor.org, and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1869, Emma Goldman, women's rights activist and radical, was born in Lithuania. She came to the United States at age 17. In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the "Wobblies," was founded on this date in Chicago. Today’s labor quote is the motto of the Wobblies: "An injury to one is an injury to all." Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org.
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Union-busters work most effectively in secrecy, when workers don’t know the anti-union campaign is being run by high-priced legal guns-for-hire. That’s why the Obama Labor Department last year issued a union-buster transparency rule, officially known as the “persuader rule,” designed to increase disclosure requirements for consultants and attorneys hired by companies to try to persuade working people against coming together in a union. The Trump Labor Department is now trying to rescind the rule and restore the cloak of secrecy to union-busters. To tell the Labor Department that we should be doing more to ensure the freedom of working people to join together in a union, not less, go to dclabor.org and click on our story on this issue.
For this week’s labor calendar, go to dclabor.org, and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1894, members of the American Railway Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, refused to handle Pullman cars, in solidarity with Pullman strikers. Two dozen strikers were killed over the course of the strike. Today’s labor quote is by Eugene Debs Eugene Victor Debs, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States, who said “There can be no defeat for the labor movement.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Jennifer Bryant
Sheri Davis-Faulkner on the new WILL (Women Innovating Labor Leadership) Empower project. Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will identify, nurture, train and convene a new generation of diverse, female labor leaders in a collaborative effort with Rutgers University. Funded by the Berger-Marks Foundation, the WILL (Women Innovating Labor Leadership) Empower project will involve both the Georgetown initiative and the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. The project begins this month, with programming in place by the fall of 2017. Janet Stecher, one of this year’s Great Labor Arts Exchange Joe Hill Awardees: on the Great Labor Arts Exchange (GLAE) free concert on Saturday, June 24 at 8 pm in the ballroom of the Tommy Douglas Conference Center. For over 40 years Janet Stecher has traveled from coast to coast and abroad as an activist, musician, singer, and teacher. Her primary musical identity as a touring musician has been as singing partner to Susan Lewis, with whom she founded the groups: The Belles of Hoboken, Shays’ Rebellion and finally in 1989, the duo Rebel Voices. Their extensive repertoire focuses primarily on songs of social movements, past and present, and particularly on women and work. The duo is especially fond of presenting labor history workshops illustrated with song. Janet is the founding Music Director of the Seattle Labor Chorus. 2017 marks her 20th year guiding the 40 voice choir - hailed as “a Seattle gem” - bringing song and solidarity to picket lines, festivals and concert halls all over the Northwest. PLUS: “All of Me” song Hosts: Chris Garlock and Ed Smith; JOIN US AT 202-588-0893
Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone! This week’s guests: Edith Saffa, NNU nurse at Holy Cross who just got reinstated after being fired for organizing. Jon Newman, labor lawyer with Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, P.C., re the attempt by the Trump Department of Labor to rescind the "Persuader Rule." Labor Song: Robert Cray - Strong persuader CREDITS: Produced by Peter Pocock, engineered by Mike Nasella; Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus. UnionPlus is committed to improving the quality of life of working families. Find out more at unionplus.org. And we’re supported by you, our listeners: call 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or pledge online at wpfwfm.org. |
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