The old saying is that “If you’re not at the table, then you’re on the menu,” which is one reason local labor leaders fought hard to get on DC Mayor Muriel Bower’s ReOpen DC Advisory Group. Labor’s representation includes AFSCME Council 20 Executive Director (and Acting President of the Metro Washington Council) Andrew Washington, who's coordinating a special Labor Focus Group; Dyana Forester from UFCW 400, Jaime Contreras at SEIU 32BJ, John Boardman of UNITE HERE Local 25, Elizabeth Davis of the Washington Teachers Union, and Lisa Brown at SEIU 1199. The Labor Focus Group was created in response to what Andrew Washington said was “labor’s concerns about the lack of opportunities on these committees and ensuring that [re-opening plans] represent the true challenges and fears of re-opening too soon.”
In today’s labor history, on this date in 1938, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Mackay (MACK_EE) decision, which permits the permanent replacement of striking workers. The decision had little impact until Ronald Regan’s replacement of striking air traffic controllers – members of PATCO-- in 1981, a move that signaled antiunion private sector employers that it was OK to do likewise. Today’s labor quote is by labor leader and peace activist A. Philip Randolph, who died on this date in 1979. He was president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first black on the AFL-CIO executive board, and a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. A. Philip Randolph, who said: “We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’ve been thinking about completing your bachelor’s degree, now is the time - union members and their family members who enroll in the Union Plus Bachelor’s Degree Program before June 22 can complete their degree for FREE. Visit bachelorsdegree.unionplus.org. Please be sure to support WPFW during our Spring Pledge Drive; call 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or pledge online at wpfwfm.org, click on Donate Now. Thanks very much!
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