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Labor Goes to the Movies

On today’s Union City Radio pod extra episode, we bring you the latest edition of a brand new podcast hosted by Chris Garlock, director of the DC Labor FilmFest, and Elise Bryant, Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation.
If you like movies and are interested in the labor movement, Labor Goes to the Movies provides an entertaining chance to hang out with Chris and Elise as they kick back and talk about their favorite films and chat with guests about work and workers on the silver screen. Click here to subscribe or find LGTTM on your favorite podcast app.
On today’s episode, Elise and Chris discuss films from the DC Labor Filmfest Spring Screening Series with Andrea Arenas, Communications & Policy Coordinator for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and co-host of the El Desvio podcast (She’ll be doing the Q&A for IDENTIFYING FEATURES [SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES] on Wednesday, March 31). They’re also joined by labor journalist Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone. Sarah also cohosts the terrific Belabored podcast (she’s doing the Q&A for LAPSIS Wed, April 7; 7:00 p.m. ET).
They talk about their first movies, about the things they’re missing from being stuck watching movies at home during the pandemic, and they even have some tips on how to watch scary movies.
Grab your popcorn, sit back and relax, and enjoy the show!

Includes clips from Chaplin’s Modern Times, King Kong (1933), and trailers for Identifying Features and Lapsis. Produced by Chris Garlock. 

UFCW 400 leader joins call for action after Colorado shooting

Calls on employers and government officials to take action to prevent future tragedies.
Today’s labor history: Óscar Romero assassinated.  
Today’s quote: R.J. Phillips Band.

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Loudoun County Transit workers OK strike

“We know what’s fair. All we are asking for is that Keolis recognize our union and the contract that was already there.”
Today’s labor history: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.  
Today’s quote: Ruth Rubin (Ballad of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, sung by Bev Grant).

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Big day for labor events

Wednesdays for Warner for the PRO Act; COVID vaccination forum; We Were There; Dear Comrades.
Today’s labor history: Breaking ground on the NYC subway.  
Today’s quote: Coalition of Labor Union Women.

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Gandhi’s labor quote (Not)

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” So said Mahatma Gandhi. Or did he?
Today’s labor history: Coalition of Labor Union Women founded.  
Today’s quote: Arthur Schopenhauer (Nicholas Klein).

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“We Were There” say women

Coalition of Labor Union Women celebrates 47th anniversary with online performance of play featuring inspiring women leaders from the past through the present.
Today’s labor history: Mark Twain hails Knights of Labor.  
Today’s quote: Lucy Parsons.

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This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights

AFL-CIO says filibuster “an artifact of Jim Crow”; Fitness workers, unite!; Dear Comrades!; “We Were There” say women.
Today’s labor history: American Labor Union founded.
Today’s labor quote: Tarn Goelling.

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Atlanta murders targeted working women

Many of those murdered were Asian and immigrant women who were targeted at their workplaces. World Against Racism day of action and concert.
Today’s labor history: Wal-Mart pays $11 million for misusing illegal immigrants.  
Today’s quote: Monica Thammarath.

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Dear Comrades!

DC Labor FilmFest screens Andrei Konchalovsky’s "meticulous and majestic” film about rebellious workers in 1962 Russia on March 24; CLICK HERE for tickets: $2 from each ticket goes to MWC’s Community Services Agency.
Today’s labor history: Police evict workers occupying Woolworth’s.  
Today’s quote: Martin Conroy.

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Unionism transcends ideology

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says PRO Act will strengthen civil rights, make us safer on the job, create fair workplaces and build a stronger economy.
Today’s labor history: Rock DJ’s strike.  
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.

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