The DC Labor FilmFest is co-sponsoring a special labor screening of “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” tonight at 7:15p at the E Street Cinema. “The Black Panthers” is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. There are a limited number of free tickets available; go to dclabor.org for details.
In this week's Labor Quiz, which was the first trade union to admit women into membership? Was it the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; the Cigar Makers International Union; the International Typographical Union; or the Amalgamated Clothing Workers? Go to unionist.com and click on Labor Quiz and you could be next week's winner! Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1886, a coalition of Knights of Labor and trade unionists in Chicago launched the United Labor party, calling for an 8-hour day, government ownership of telegraph and telephone companies, and monetary and land reform. The party elected seven state assembly men and one senator. In 1996, a 42-month strike by Steelworkers at Bayou Steel in Louisiana ended in a new contract and the ousting of scabs. And on this date in 2002, California Governor Gray Davis signed legislation making the state the first to offer workers paid family leave. Today’s labor quote is by Pope Francis, who visits DC this week: “Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.”
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