Hosts: Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith
JOIN US AT 202-588-0893 Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone! Today’s show: American Prospect columnist HAROLD MEYERSON on the future of labor movement after Janus. Congressman DAVID BONIOR on his new book “Whip: Leading the Progressive Battle During the Rise of the Right.” Washington Teacher's Union president Liz Davis on the People's Day of Action and Teach-In this Saturday. WPFW IS LISTENER-SUPPORTED….CALL NOW! 202-588-9739 OR 1-800-222-9739 OR PLEDGE ONLINE AT WPFWFM.ORG Thanks to the Beins Axelrod law firm, which works to establish, maintain, and defend the rights of working people. Located right here in the Nation's Capital, the attorneys at Beins Axelrod are dedicated to fairness and justice for all employees in the workplace. Find out more at beinsaxelrod.com. Tell 'em Chris and Ed sent you! Thanks also to Dave Levinson and Wendy Kahn, DC-area lawyers who are contributing as well; an anonymous but very generous supporter ($750!), not only of this show, but several others. And Bernard Robinson of Fort Washington, MD; a members of Teamsters Local 96 at Washington Gas, who gave $240 and came to Chris' birthday paella party last Sunday. Labor Song: “We Shall Overcome” From “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” screening free in this month’s Bread and Roses series! Tuesday, February 27, 6p at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets. Free; click here to RSVP. The freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and especially from the black church. The music enabled blacks to sing words they could not say, and it was crucial in helping the protesters as they faced down brutal aggression with dignity and non-violence. CREDITS: Engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella Produced by Peter Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns
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