Category Archives: Labor/Jobs

Where’s Walmart?

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE LIVING WAGES, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES RALLY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The wages are pathetic. You cannot raise a family on what Walmart pays,” said Ernestine Bassett, a D.C. resident who has … Continue reading →

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The Voice of DC Cab Drivers, April 10, 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF DC CAB DRIVERS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “It’s just amazing to me that a lot of people that are not involved [with the taxicab industry] can sit and decide on … Continue reading →

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“The Voice of DC Cab Drivers” Returns to the Air

Posted on April 7, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF DC CAB DRIVERS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The Voice of DC Cab Drivers” can be heard Sundays from 7:00 – 8:00 PM on WUST 1120 AM (or at wust1120.com or … Continue reading →

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Homeland (In)Security: Ward 8 Residents Question Benefit of DHS’s $3.4 Billion Headquarters

Posted on April 6, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO VOICES FROM DC JOBS OR ELSE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 If you don’t have economic democracy, you can’t have political democracy. – Donald Temple, civil rights attorney Unemployment in D.C.’s Ward 8 is … Continue reading →

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Busboys and Poets Owner Andy Shallal Says Four Walmarts In D.C. Would Be Devastating

Posted on April 4, 2011 by admin

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “To bring one Walmart [to D.C.] would be a big assault. To bring four Walmarts would be devastating,” said Andy Shallal, owner of the Busboys and Poets restaurants and chairman of … Continue reading →

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Xenophobia and Taxicab Medallions

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO THE RALLY AT THE WILSON BUILDING [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 John Ray, a lobbyist and former D.C. councilmember, does not represent the interests of D.C. taxicab drivers. And he’s clear on that. Sort … Continue reading →

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US Uncut DC Shuts Down Bank of America

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE UNCUT PROTEST [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “I pay. You pay. Why doesn’t B-of-A?” chanted protesters as they stood outside a suddenly closed Bank of America at 14th and Irving St, … Continue reading →

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The 11th Street Bridge Reconstruction Project: $300 million in government funding, too few District jobs

Posted on March 24, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO THE REPORT FROM TUESDAY’S ACTION [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “Third world countries require you to hire people from their countries when [you] do work [there]. Other states and cities do it, and D.C. … Continue reading →

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Leon Swain, Chairman at Arms

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO LEON SWAIN [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Who walks into what is expected to be a heated meeting packing heat? No less than the chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission (DCTC). As he entered … Continue reading →

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Medallions May be a Trojan Horse for D.C. Taxicab Industry

Posted on March 17, 2011 by admin

Download the proposed DC taxicab medallion bill. Throughout the U.S., in city after city, taxicab drivers are forced to become the equivalent of modern day sharecroppers. Despite working long hours and generating great wealth, taxicab drivers are often not the … Continue reading →

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