To get the inside scoop on all things union in our nation’s capital, check out the brand-new Washington DC edition of Labor 411. The print and online directory – now with editions in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC -- boasts more than 8,500 DC-area union listings, including hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues and a vast array of consumer products whose producers treat their workers well with fair wages, good benefits and safe working conditions. “We want the average consumer to be able to focus his or her spending power in a way that advances and strengthens the middle class in America,” says Labor 411 publisher Cherri Senders. “Harnessing our consumer buying power is a powerful tool to build a stronger, fairer America,” adds Jos Williams, President of the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO. Go to labor411.org to check it out. For a printed copy of the book, call 202-974-8150.
In this week's Labor Quiz, who wrote labor's anthem, "Solidarity Forever"? Was it Woody Guthrie; Ralph Chaplin; Joe Hill; or Florence Reece? Go to unionist.com and click on Labor Quiz to submit your answer and you could be next week's winner! Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1877, the Gatling Gun Company—manufacturers of an early machine gun—wrote to B&O Railroad Co. President John W. Garrett during a strike, urging their product be purchased to deal with the "recent riotous disturbances around the country." Said the company: "Four or five men only are required to operate (a gun), and one Gatling ... can clear a street or block and keep it clear." And in 1970, the United Farm Workers Union began their lettuce strike. Today’s labor quote is by Cesar Chavez, who said: “If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.”
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