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Listen Live!
Labor Heritage Power Hour 2-hour Labor Day Special
Tune in from 9-11 AM on Monday for the Labor Heritage Power Hour’s Labor Day Special. In the first hour, longtime labor activist Kurt Stand shares an excerpt from his essay Peekskill, 1949: What Was Lost, What Remained, What It Means Today, plus music from Paul Robeson, Woody Guthrie, Sweet Honey in the Rock and more.
In the second hour (10-11), Chris and Elise play songs submitted in our Labor Heritage Power Hour Theme Song Contest; which will be the winner?
The shows are part of WPFW’s daylong Labor Day programming, “The Grind: Work, Resistance and Hip Hop” from 9am until midnight.
Listen live on WPFW 89.3 FM or online.
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DC Labor Chorus celebrates Labor Day at the New Deal
After the Labor Heritage Power Hour, head on over to the New Deal Café in Greenbelt for a DC Labor Chorus tradition, the Chorus’ annual Labor Day Concert. “Celebrate Labor Day and join us in singing new and old labor songs,” says Chorus director Elise Bryant. 2-4 PM; click here for details
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Free labor film screening!
Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones
Drawn from Mother Jones' autobiography, letters, speeches and interviews, this film was adapted from Can't Scare Me, Obie Award-winning Actress Kaiulani Lee's one-woman play. This Labor Day weekend, watch Fight Like Hell at home. FREE, 72-hour streaming period from midnight on Friday, August 30th through midnight on Monday Sept. 2nd.
Copy and paste this password --FLFF1GHT -- Here.
Presented by Friday's Labor Folklore
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Gear up! AFL-CIO launches new union store
Just in time for Labor Day, the AFL-CIO has launched its new union store, featuring union gear that’s comfortable, high-quality and union-made. Be the first to shop for T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, stickers and more to help grow our labor movement. Gallup just released a new Labor Day poll showing that 70% of Americans approve of labor unions—nearly our highest level of support since the 1960s. So, get a new T-shirt to tell the world: It’s better in a union!
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Guitar Center Workers in Six Locations Ratify New Contract
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW) members at six Guitar Center locations in Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada and New York have ratified a new three-year contract.
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Labor Day Film Picks from Labor 411
Here are more great labor films to catch up on over the weekend, from the folks at Labor 411. And kick back with union-made franks, snacks and more with their Union-Made Labor Day BBQ Shopping Guide.
Feature Films: How Green Was My Valley (1941) On the Waterfront (1954) Salt of the Earth (1954) The Molly Maguires (1970) Norma Rae (1979) Silkwood (1983) Matewan (1987) Bread and Roses (2000) North Country (2005) Made in Dagenham (2010)
Documentaries: Native Land (1942) Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) The Willmar 8 (1982) Roger & Me (1989) At the River I Stand (1993) American Factory (2019)
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Let Every Voice Be Thunder
Friday, August 30, 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM; First State Capitol, 1413 Eoff St, Wheeling, WV 26003
Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium
Saturday, August 31, 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM; 1413 Eoff Street, Wheeling, WV; Tickets here.
Shamrocks & Strikes: Celebrating Irish Heritage in the Labor Movement
Saturday, August 31, 11:30 AM until 2:00 PM, Irish Railroad Museum, 918-920 Lemmon St, Baltimore, MD 21223
The Big Broadcast's Labor Day Show (WAMU 88.5FM)
Sunday, September 1, 7:00 PM until 11:00 PM; Listen on WAMU 88.5 FM or online
Labor Day Special (WPFW 89.3 FM): The Grind: Work, Resistance and Hip Hop!
Monday, September 2, 9:00 AM until 8:00 PM; WPFW 89.3 FM
40th Anniversary of the Bread & Roses Heritage Festival
Monday, September 02, 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM; 200 Common Street, Lawrence, MA (click here for performer lineup)
DC Labor Chorus: Labor Day Concert
Monday, September 02, 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM, New Deal Café Roosevelt Center, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD
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August 30
Delegates from several East Coast cities meet in convention to form the National Trades' Union, uniting craft unions to oppose "the most unequal and unjustifiable distribution of the wealth of society in the hands of a few individuals." The union faded after a few years - 1834
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On this week’s podcast: Throwing a working man's party (CLICK HERE TO LISTEN)
Labor action is effectively one of two things: political action, or direct action. This week, from the Solidarity Forever podcast, we learn about political action, in the courts through the landmark Pullis decision, and charting the rise and fall of the Working Man's Parties in the days of Andy Jackson.
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LAST WEEK’S QUIZ: The U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations was formed on August 23, 1912 by Congress, during a period of great labor and social unrest. After three years, and hearing witnesses ranging from Wobblies to capitalists, it issued an 11-volume report frequently critical of capitalism. The New York Herald characterized the Commission's president, Frank P. Walsh, as "a Mother Jones in trousers" | |
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"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too."
Please CLICK HERE NOW to pledge your financial support to our 2024 program, which includes our annual Solidarity Forever Award, the Great Labor Arts Exchange, the DC Labor FilmFest and much more (check out our website for details!).
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