Screen Scene Inspires Anew

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

“We kicked that bosses' ass and now he's in jail where he belongs,” said UE’s Chris Townsend (r) at Monday night’s screening of Workers’ Republic. More than 50 area activists packed the Langston Room at the U Street Busboys and Poets to watch the inspiring story of the workers at Republic Windows and Doors whose successful December 2008 sit-in transfixed the nation. The screening was sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest, United Electrical Workers Union, DC Jobs With Justice and the International Socialist Organization. REMINDER: Support the 10th annual DC Labor FilmFest by reserving your ad in the FilmFest program guide today! Click here for a FilmFest ratesheet and email streetheat@dclaborarchives.org to reserve space.
- photo by Chris Garlock