EDITOR'S NOTE: This just in: due to overwhelming interest, registration for the upcoming Labor Notes Conference and Great Labor Arts Exchange has been closed. You can join a waitlist here and send questions about the waitlist to [email protected]. But if you can't get in, LN plenary sessions will be livestreamed, as will selected GLAE sessions; stay tuned for details. Meanwhile, there are still free tickets available for the March 12 We Were There Women's History Month performance in Takoma Park, MD.
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Solidarity Summer Victories Highlighted at the 2024 SAG Awards
SAG-AFTRA’s 118-day strike last summer was a common theme in on-stage remarks at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards ceremony on Saturday night, with President Fran Drescher and labor leaders celebrating massive contract victories and emphasizing that union members “set the trajectory for many generations to come” during the work stoppage. (AFL-CIO Daily Brief)
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‘Watershed Moment for Artists’: AFM Reaches Tentative Deal with AMPTP
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) reached a tentative agreement last week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that the union bargaining unit is calling “a watershed moment for artists.” (AFL-CIO Daily Brief)
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AFSCME Council 31 Named Best Union for Chicago Cultural Workers by Chicago Reader
After several successful union drives at museums, libraries and other cultural centers in the city, the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago issue has named AFSCME Council 31 as the best union for cultural workers. (AFL-CIO Daily Brief)
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Studs Terkel’s “Working: The Musical” this weekend
Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, "Working" paints a vivid portrait of the workers including the school teacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife. Performances through Sunday at Creative Cauldron; ticket info here.
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We Were There: Bev Grant & The DC Labor Chorus
Get ready for an unforgettable evening with Bev Grant and The DC Labor Chorus performing "We Were There" on Tuesday, March 12 at Busboys and Poets. “Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience powerful music and storytelling that celebrates Women's History Month and the spirit of labor and social justice,” says Labor Chorus director Elise Bryant. “Come and be a part of something special!” A celebration of women in labor history with music and the spoken word, hosted by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the DC Coalition of Labor Union Women; sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians’ Music Performance Trust Fund (MPFT). FREE but space is limited and you must RSVP.
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ON AIR: LISTEN TO OUR RADIO SHOW!
The Labor Heritage Power Hour, hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant, airs every Thursday at 1p on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC, and you can listen to the show's podcast here:
SAG’s laborific shows; the Black Wobbly; Actor and fellow labor podcaster Harold Phillips joins us for his annual labor review of the Screen Actors Guild Awards; Nashville-based folk artists Michael and Nell with the story behind their song Boss Called a Meeting; from the Working Class History podcast, on this last day -- in fact this extra Leap Year day -- of Black History Month, who was Ben Fletcher and why have you never heard of him before? And, on Labor History in 2:00: The year was 1937; that was the day with whistles blowing, the call to strike could be heard through the aisles of Woolworth in downtown Detroit. | | |
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THEATER: "Working: the musical"
Fri, March 1, 7:30pm; Sat, March 2, 7:30pm; Sun, March 3, 2:00pm
Creative Cauldron, 410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church VA Tickets here
FILM: Fight Like Hell! The Testimony of Mother Jones
Tue, March 5, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Hybrid; RSVP here
RADIO/PODCAST: Labor Heritage Power Hour
Thu, March 7, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online; podcast available here
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March 1, 1900
The Granite Cutters National Union begins what is to be a successful nationwide strike for the 8-hour day. Also won: union recognition, wage increases, a grievance procedure and a minimum wage scale
On this week’s Labor History Today podcast, Life and Times of a Black Wobbly; Ben Fletcher was one of the most important black labor leaders in American history. Yet he’s almost entirely unknown. In today’s show, from the Working Class History podcast, we learn about this little-known dock worker and labor organizer, who helped organize thousands of workers on the Philadelphia docks into the most powerful multiracial union in the country.
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LAST WEEK'S QUIZ: Edgar Daniel Nixon, who died on Feb. 25, 1987, was working as a Pullman porter when he organized the Montgomery local of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; he served as its president for many years, was a key organizer of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and co-founder of the Montgomery Improvement Association. | |
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