TODAY at 5:00 PM Pacific online: LaborFest presents the US Premier Screening of “When ICE Melts" Find out more at tinyurl.com/mvfvzxry #Film #Movie #Documentary #ICEOut
LaborFest: US Premier Screening of “When ICE Melts" (Virtual) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationThe US premier screening of “When ICE Melts, Testimonies From The Frontlines” by videographer Kipp Hedges.tinyurl.comJesse Welles and Graham Nash Cancel Concerts In Support Of Striking Workers Welles canceled his sold-out show Wednesday afternoon. Nash followed suit saying he was canceling his Friday concert, citing the striking workers. Find out more at tinyurl.com/4wf3m4pr #RichmondVA #RVA #Solidarity
Jesse Welles, Graham Nash Cancel Concerts In Support Of Striking Workers - Labor Heritage FoundationTwo-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Graham Nash and singer/songwriter Jesse Welles both canceled concerts scheduled this week at Richmond VA’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, citing an ongoing labor dispute at the garden. Welles canceled his sold-out Groovin’ in the Garden stinyurl.comAGMA’s Staff Union Ratifies First Union Contract " @weareagma.bsky.social is pro-union to its core, and I believe this process demonstrated exactly that," said AGMA's National Executive Director Jeffrey Boyd. Find out more at tinyurl.com/dzy6bukr #UnionStrong #WorkersRights #Solidarity
AGMA’s Staff Union Ratifies First Union Contract - Labor Heritage FoundationAGMA UNITED, the staff union of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and the National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW), UAW Local 2320, have announced the ratification of their first union contract. This two-year agreement marks the beginning of a shared commitment betweetinyurl.comTODAY'S LABOR HISTORY The NFL Players Association's first strike, the 1981 baseball strike ends, and bring the Great Shipyard Strike to a close. Find out more at tinyurl.com/bp9dv7re #LaborHistory #NewportNews #Virginia
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY - Labor Heritage Foundation1970: Members of the National Football League Players Association begin what is to be a two-day strike, their first.1981: A fifty-day baseball strike ends.1999: The Great Shipyard Strike of 1999 ends after Steelworkers at Newport News Shipbuilding ratify a breakthrough agreement whichtinyurl.comTODAY at 5:00 PM Pacific online: LaborFest presents a panel discussion on @teamsters.bsky.social & Their Struggles Today Find out more at tinyurl.com/4m6ks32j #OrganizeAmazon #Organizing #UnionStrong
Teamsters & Their Struggles Today (Virtual) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationA panel discussion on how workers organize a fight to defend their jobs and fight for a democratic union.tinyurl.comSAG-AFTRA Backs WGA, State AG Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger The #union's Board resolution puts on record its demand that the acquisition not proceed unless there are safeguards against reduced production. Find out more at tinyurl.com/bdhkytyw @sagaftra.org #media
SAG-AFTRA Backs WGA, State AG Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger - Labor Heritage FoundationSAG-AFTRA has joined the growing opposition in Hollywood to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger as the actors guild’s national board voted to formally oppose it over the weekend.“The resolution affirms our strong support for the attorneys general from a dozen states and the Wrtinyurl.comAFM Local 802 Reaches Agreement with Metropolitan Opera The deal follows extensive negotiations during which representatives of the Met's associate musicians pushed to achieve wage parity with their Met Orchestra colleagues. Find out more at tinyurl.com/mpbyh266 @afm-union.bsky.social #Musicians
American Federation of Musicians Local 802 Reaches Agreement with Metropolitan Opera - Labor Heritage FoundationLocal 802 of the American Federation of Musicians has reached a tentative agreement with the Metropolitan Opera for a one-year contract for the Met's more than 130 associate musicians.The deal follows an extensive nine-month period of negotiations during which representatives of the Met&tinyurl.comRounding out the Labor Heritage Power Hour 🔥 “Music is not a commodity.” A fearless, funny, furious moment from Carsie Blanton, calling for #solidarity — and dignity — for working musicians. Listen live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC #Music #Musicians
Next up on the Labor Heritage Power Hour 📖 Labor history for the next generation - J. Albert Mann interviews labor journalist @kimkelly.bsky.social about Fight to Win and why #laborhistory belongs in our classrooms. Listen live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC #historynerd
Right NOW on the Labor Heritage Power Hour 🎵 Songwriter Mindy Murray talks about her song inspired by the 1938 King Farm strike — and why labor struggles still echo today. Listen live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC #LaborHistory #Music #Song
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is LIVE with • #Pennsylvania's 1938 King Farm strike in #song • @kimkelly.bsky.social Fighting to Win • A fearless moment from Carsie Blanton and more! Listen live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC #LaborHistory #ArtsWorkers #Books
In 30 minutes on The Labor Heritage Power Hour: Three women celebrate #LaborHistory, worker power, and the need for culture in Labor. Tune in at 1:00 PM Eastern to bit.ly/3P0fK8w or WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC #Music #ArtsWorkers #Books @kimkelly.bsky.social
TODAY on The Labor Heritage Power Hour: 🎶 Labor music, history, journalism & working-class culture Featuring: • Mindy Mary on “Striking at Kings” • Kim Kelly on Fight to Win • A fearless moment from Carsie Blanton and more! 📻 Airs 1p at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on @WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC
TODAY at 7:00 PM in #California: A free reading of Giving Voice 2026: LaborFest Writers Anthology at Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative in #SanFrancisco Find out more at tinyurl.com/mtc4ka45 #Writing #Writers #Books #Bookworm
LaborFest Writers — Anthology Launch Reading (CA) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationA free reading of Giving Voice 2026: LaborFest Writers Anthologytinyurl.comTODAY at 6:30 PM Pacific in #California: LaborFest presents a Workers Voices Storytelling Night at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore in #SanFrancisco Find out more at tinyurl.com/mw9zs9m7 #SpokenWord #Storytelling #Books
LaborFest: Workers Voices Storytelling Night (CA) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationAn evening of stories, poetry, theatre and oral histories celebrating the resilience, dignity and power of working people.tinyurl.comTOMORROW at 10:00 AM Pacific online: LaborFest presents “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” Find out more at tinyurl.com/ms8pzkjv #Books #Bookworm #LaborHistory
LaborFest: “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” (Virtual) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationA presentation on Brian Kwobatinyurl.comTODAY at 5:30 PM Central in #Illinois: Join Joe Uehlein for a Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology Concert & Book Signing in #Champaign Find out more at tinyurl.com/yxuaspat #Music #Books
Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology Concert & Book Signing (IL) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationJoin LHF Co-Founder Joe Uehlein for a concert, some conversation, and a chance to get a signed copy of his new book Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecologytinyurl.comTODAY at 4:30 PM Pacific in #California: LaborFest presents a panel discussion on Non-profits, #Union Organizing & Independent #Unions in #SanFrancisco Find out more at tinyurl.com/m2azetc8 #NonprofitWorker #NGOLife
LaborFest: Non-profits, Union Organizing & Independent Unions (CA) - Events - Labor Heritage FoundationA panel discussion on the “due gooder” myth of long hours, low wages and bad bosses and what it takes to win in non-profit organizingtinyurl.comQVC Hosts Join @sagaftra.org With 80% Approval Vote The news comes just a month after the QVC Group hosts presented a petition to recognize the union based on supermajority support. Find out more at tinyurl.com/3acep4yz #Media #Television
QVC Hosts Join SAG-AFTRA With 80% Approval Vote - Labor Heritage FoundationTV hosts working across QVC, HSN and Omni Channel voted to become a part of SAG-AFTRA in a National Labor Relations Board vote tallied Thursday that saw 80% vote in favor of joining the labor union.The news comes just a month after the QVC Group hosts presented a petition to QVC Inc. managemtinyurl.com