Yesterday we launched our first Union City Labor Coronavirus Watch, which you’ll find at dclabor.org. That’s where we’re posting the latest virus-related news affecting working people.
We’re tracking news on how our brave frontline workers are dealing with the pandemic as well as how workers are fighting for their rights as the economy shuts down and folks are being hit with furloughs and layoffs. This is also where you can take action on the various legislative efforts to help workers on both the local and national level. Yesterday, for example, we urged folks to call on the Senate to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which includes critical paid sick days and emergency paid family and medical leave provisions. And as always, for the current status of local labor events, go to dclabor.org, and click on Calendar, though frankly, pretty much everything is canceled at this point. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1968, staffers at San Francisco progressive rock station KMPX-FM struck, citing corporate control over what music was played and harassment over hair and clothing styles, among other things. The Rolling Stones, Joan Baez, the Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and other musicians asked the station not to play their music as long as the station was run by strikebreakers. Today’s labor quote is by Kyle Lewis, a researcher at Autonomy, a research centre aimed at rethinking work. Kyle Lewis, who said: "This crisis is going to reveal what *essential* work actually consists of. We must make sure that these occupations become the cornerstone of our economy rather than the afterthought they have been reduced to under neoliberalism." Find out more at autonomy.work Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus, which stands up for union members and their families. At unionplus.org you’ll useful links to coronavirus resources from the AFL-CIO, staying informed through the CDC, as well as lots of discounts for union members. Check it out at unionplus.org
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