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Today's Headlines: Why Do Workers Strike? Why is today celebrated as Moms Equal Pay Day? Lowe’s Is Making Managers Sign Arbitration Agreements If They Want Their Bonuses “What did you make at your last job?”: why the salary question is bad for women and people of color Betting on the Working Class Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is giving out $1,300 bonuses to all its workers after a $2 billion deal A Chick-fil-A is paying $18 an hour to retain fast-food workers For NFL Players, Civil -- and Visible -- Disobedience Is the Only Option Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL Guest(s): Diana Ramirez, Director, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, in-studio, with DC restaurant worker Thea Bryan, DISCUSSING DC Initiative 77 ballot measure about restaurant wages being voted on June 19. MUSIC: BK Anderson - Minimum Wage B.K.Anderson recorded three singles for the Swirl label, out of New York, in 1962. Two are novelty records but the third, “The Minimum Wage” is a superb Popcorn shuffler with a trademark laughing sax and a rising price tag. Bus Boys- Minimum wage CREDITS: Produced by Pete Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella; Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus. UnionPlus is committed to improving the quality of life of working families. Find out more at unionplus.org. And we’re supported by you, our listeners. To pledge by phone, call: 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739; pledge online at wpfwfm.org or text “WPFW” to 41444 Your Rights At Work is also 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!
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