“Show us what America looks like! This is what America looks like!” With that chant – a variation on one that unionists first coined – more than 500,000 people, including unionists from across the country, descended on Washington last Saturday for a massive march for women’s rights. But that wasn’t the only cause for the D.C. marchers, who were joined by sister marches in cities across the country, from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in-between. Latest estimates put the number at well over 1 million around the world.
Campaigners for worker rights, gay-lesbian-bisexual rights, immigrants’ rights, freedom from police brutality against African-Americans, veterans who protested wars and Muslim-Americans protesting discrimination turned out in a joyful celebration of solidarity before returning home to resume the struggle for justice. Check out our detailed report – and lots of photos – on our website at dclabor.org On today's labor calendar, Metro’s unions will host their third public town hall meeting tonight at 7pm in Arlington, this one for WMATA riders in Northern Virginia. Complete details are on our website; go to dclabor.org and click on calendar Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1935, Krueger’s Cream Ale, the first canned beer, went on sale in Richmond, Virginia. Pabst was the second brewer in the same year to sell beer in cans, which came with opening instructions and the suggestion: "cool before serving." Today’s labor quote is by Liz Shuler, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler, who said last Saturday: “We’re going to march together and stand together in solidarity to make sure our voices are heard.”
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