On Sunday, April 30, over 60 workers and community members picketed outside the Whole Foods Market at P and 14th St. NW to demand the reinstatement of Julia Flores, a worker fired in September 2016 after 15 years of service in retaliation for collectively organizing in the workplace. The protest was part of a whole slate of activities organized by Many Languages, One Voice (MLOV) and others for #DConStrike, culminating in coordinated actions of business closings, rallies, and marches of striking workers and accomplices on May Day.

We spoke with MLOV organizer Hannah Kane and Julia Flores about the Sunday Whole Foods picket, #DConStrike, and why the broader struggle for worker justice is so vital today.