Union Band Wants Your Vote

Underscoring their organizing roots, the local labor band the U-Liners is mobilizing votes to win the Washington Area Music Association's "Fans Favorite" award. "Wouldn't it be cool if a pro-labor band with progressive politics won?" asks the U-Liner's Joe Uehlein - lead singer-guitarist and former strategic organizer for the AFL-CIO -- who put together the sold-out January 19 Woody Guthrie tribute. Click here to vote (today's the deadline); you do not have to be a WAMA member to vote.