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- Sep 13, 2012 SEIU Staffers Rally for Contract SEIU staffers staged a lunchtime picket at the union's Dupont Circle headquarters Wednesday to demand a fair contract... more...
- Sep 12, 2012 Unite Here 23 Cafeteria Workers Win New Contract Over the course of the last week, one hundred and twenty Unite Here Local 23 members in six cafeterias operated by IL Creations unanimously ratified their new collective bargaining agreement... more...
- Sep 12, 2012 Labor Photo: IUEC 10 Picnic Elevator Constructors Local 10 members and their families enjoyed barbecue and perfect weather at IUEC 10's Picnic last Saturday... more...
- Sep 12, 2012 Labor Hosting Barbeque Fundraiser for Mendelson Thursday Numerous unions are joining to host a barbeque fundraiser for DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson... more...
- Sep 11, 2012 DC Teachers Support Striking Chicago Teachers Saying that "It's essential for teachers across the country to join together in solidarity to ensure that teachers—who spend every day educating our students—are valued and respected," WTU Local 6 President Nathan Saunders came out strongly in support of striking Chicago teachers yesterday... more...
- Sep 11, 2012 IBEW 1900 Talks Continue at Pepco Pepco workers who jumped into action to restore power for area residents after Saturday's storm continue to face tough negotiations... more...
- Sep 11, 2012 Activists Rally for "Good Jobs, Affordable Medicine and a Healthy Environment," against TPP With negotiations on the biggest Free Trade Agreement in U.S. history held last weekend in Virginia, activists flooded in to make their voices heard against the Trans-Pacific Partnership... more...
- Sep 11, 2012 PG Job Training Applications Posted Online Applications have been posted online for free training for jobs in the hospitality industry for Prince George's County residents aged 18-24... more...
- Sep 10, 2012 St Mary's College Workers OK New Pact An immediate $1,000 pay raise was the highlight of a new contract unanimously ratified Friday by 84 workers at St. Mary's College of Maryland... more...
- Sep 10, 2012 Labor Photo: Local 10 Members Help Honor Labor Day Two members of Elevator Constructors Local 10 were chosen to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery... more...
- Sep 10, 2012 Labor Quiz: What's a Siderographer? The siderographer's union was formed in 1899; siderographers were: a type of telegrapher, hot-type typesetters, or printing plate engravers? more...
- Sep 7, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Live from the DNC "We're fully engaged and ready to go," reported Metro Council President Jos Williams from the floor of the Democratic National Convention yesterday... more...
- Sep 7, 2012 CSA Golf Tourney Benefits Those in Need Golfers from AFGE, ATU 689, UFCW 400 and other area unions and supporters like Ashcraft & Gerel, Kaiser and United Healthcare on Monday, September 24 at the Community Services Agency’s annual Golf Tournament... more...
- Sep 7, 2012 Labor Cranks Up Walks & Voter Registration Efforts With turnout the key to victory in this year's elections, unions and their allies are cranking up labor walks and voter registration efforts across the metro area... more...
- Sep 6, 2012 DC Bill Would Protect Injured Government Workers Members of a Fort Totten trash collection crew hospitalized recently due to exposure to toxic vapors while on the job may face major hurdles when they try to get the workers’ compensation and health care benefits they need to recover. “We have advised hundreds of injured workers... more...
- Sep 6, 2012 Free Hospitality Industry Job Training Available for Young PG County Workers Prince George’s County residents aged 18-24 can get free training for jobs in the hospitality industry, thanks to a grant from the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative of the Community Foundation to the Community Services Agency, The Training Source, and Prince George’s... more...
- Sep 6, 2012 Trans-Pacific Partnership Protest in Leesburg on Sunday Negotiations on the biggest Free Trade Agreement in U.S. history are coming to Leesburg this week... more...
- Sep 6, 2012 Sharing Union City Now you can easily share Union City stories using your favorite social media networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, My Space and dozens more. Look for the "sharethis" link at the top of each archived news article on the Metro Washington Council's website and simply click on the icon that... more...
- Sep 5, 2012 Mendelson & Ervin Take Stand for Displaced Service Workers Bill D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) and Montgomery County Council member Valerie Ervin (D-District 5) teamed up in Sunday’s Washington Post to urge support for the Displaced Service Workers bill, coming up for a vote September 18 at the Montgomery County Council. Noting... more...
- Sep 5, 2012 Support Your Local Labor FilmFest It’s not too late to support this year’s DC Labor FilmFest; the deadline for ads in the FilmFest program guide has been extended through this Friday, September 7. Click here for the 2012 ratesheet for FilmFest sponsor ads and email cgarlock@dclaborarchives.org to reserve space.... more...
- Sep 5, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Helping Hurricane Isaac's Victims Although much less dramatic than Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Isaac has also created a huge amount of physical devastation, report CSA’s colleagues on the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast United Ways have launched a regional website to raise funds for immediate relief and long term recovery and... more...
- Sep 4, 2012 Bill Fletcher on "21 Myths about Unions" "It is far from uncommon to come across very intelligent people who have no idea what a union is,” Bill Fletcher Jr. says. “For those of us active in the labor movement this is frequently difficult to believe, but it is true. I flew next to a woman in her 30s who had absolutely no idea... more...
- Sep 4, 2012 Labor's Voices on the Air Voices of labor were heard yesterday on WPFW (89.3 FM), as the Metro Washington Council’s Jos Williams, Susan Storer Clark of the DC Labor Chorus, AFGE 12 Executive Vice President Eleanor Lauderdale and Darryl Moch of the Labor Heritage Foundation shared stories about Labor Day,... more...
- Sep 4, 2012 Union Voice, Readers Write: Labor Day Edition Kudos; Updated/New Events Labor Day Edition Kudos: “Great edition,” writes AFSCME 2910's Saul Schniderman (8/31 Labor Day Edition). “Thanks for airing the Maguire controversy!” Adds UNITE HERE Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer John A. Boardman “This is a great Labor Day edition. Nice work.... more...
- Aug 31, 2012 Central Labor Union's Role in Creating Labor Day It’s well-known that Labor Day was created by the American labor movement to celebrate the social and economic achievements of American workers. Less known is the key role of a Central Labor Union in founding the national holiday. While some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general... more...
- Aug 27, 2012 Washington Electricians Team Up to Bring the Hungry More Than Food Dave McCord, a 25-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, is bringing his passions for riding bicycles and changing lives together... more...
- Aug 27, 2012 Activists Seek Better Conditions For Restaurant Workers At dinnertime one day last week, Daniel Rosove called for the manager at Ulla Bistro on U Street in DC. Rosove didn't want to complain; he wanted to give her flowers... more...
- Aug 24, 2012 Union Summer Students Learn to Make Change With Labor Day around the corner, dozens of Union Summer students across the country are reflecting on a summer spent in the field building worker power... more...
- Aug 24, 2012 DC City Workers Get Furlough Pay Back Nearly 22,000 DC government employees who were required to take furlough days in 2011 are getting their pay back... more...
- Aug 23, 2012 Federal Workers Slam Pay Freeze Extension Despite acknowledging that "civilian federal employees have already made significant sacrifices as a result of a two-year pay freeze," Obama announced that he is extending the pay freeze... more...
- Aug 23, 2012 "Howard Four" Campaign Heats Up Supporters of the "Howard Four" are stepping up their campaign against the recent firing of four workers at Howard University's WHUT-TV... more...
- Aug 23, 2012 NoVA Launches Labor Walks in Battle for VA Vote Even more than four years ago, Northern Virginia is in play in November's Presidential election, making labor turnout critical this year... more...
- Aug 22, 2012 Thank a Worker Today From Metro workers to supermarket clerks, cops on the corner and the janitors who clean our offices, workers make the world run... more...
- Aug 22, 2012 Registration for Golf Tournament in Full Swing The 2012 CSA Golf Tournament is fast approaching... more...
- Aug 22, 2012 Labor Quiz: Letter Carriers Founding The National Association of Letter Carriers was formed in 1889. Where did the 60 letter carriers from 18 states gather to form the union? more...
- Aug 21, 2012 WTU Welcomes New DCPS Teachers With students across the nation's capital getting ready to head back to school, WTU released a new video highlighting the work local educators do and the importance of the local union more...
- Aug 21, 2012 Partnering for Job Readiness Training "No one should have to pay to go to school," said Deborah Grinder. "Too many grants and scholarships are wasted because people don't know about them." more...
- Aug 21, 2012 From the Picket Line to Online With over 1,500 followers on @DClabor on Twitter, the Metro Council shares updates from the front lines on pickets and protests, local negotiations, and political action in the DC metro area... more...
- Aug 20, 2012 Pepco Workers Extend Contract Again, Continue Talks IBEW Local 1900 on Friday night extended its contract with Pepco through September 16... more...
- Aug 20, 2012 Future of the Labor Movement Gathers in DC Members of the DC Young Trade Unionists and NoVa YELL didn't have to travel far to meet young labor leaders from across the country this weekend as the AFL-CIO held its first Young Worker Leadership Institute... more...
- Aug 20, 2012 Travel in Solidarity "Happy Labor Day travel!" says Union Plus, which reminds us that "Hard-working union members help us enjoy travel every day..." more...
- Aug 17, 2012 This Just In: Paul Ryan in VA Controversial GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan will be in Ballston today for a 5:30p fundraiser at the Westin in Arlington... more...
- Aug 17, 2012 Fired WHUT-TV Worker "Disappointed" by Howard's Lack of Compassion Tony Hawkins should be mad. The veteran broadcast technician was one of four WHUT-TV workers summarily fired last month after they rejected a contract offer from management... more...
- Aug 17, 2012 AFGE Members Elect J. David Cox President of Nation's Largest Federal and D.C. Government Workers Union J. David Cox was elected national president of the American Federation of Government Employees during the union's 39th National Convention in Las Vegas this week... more...
- Aug 16, 2012 Labor Vows to "Keep Pushing" in Wake of PG Gaming Bill Passage Labor and community supporters played a key role in the passage of the bill expanding gambling to Prince George's County in Maryland. more...
- Aug 16, 2012 Summertime Solidarity for Unite Here Local 23 “The fight for sustainable food is the fight for sustainable jobs, and we need to organize ourselves” said a cafeteria worker at Georgetown Law school to a room full of workers, students and food justice advocates. more...
- Aug 15, 2012 WHUT-TV Workers Battle Union-Busting at Howard Barely a week after WHUT-TV workers rejected management's contract and authorized a strike in early July, WHUT-TV fired four of its six union-represented technicians... more...
- Aug 15, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: "Building Futures" Now Accepting Applications With plenty of people looking for work, the Community Services Agency is calling on community members to spread the word about the upcoming Building Futures pre-apprenticeship construction program... more...
- Aug 14, 2012 Best Local Website AFGE named AFGE Local 476 the winner of their nationwide 2012 Communications Contest for Best Local Website... more...
- Aug 14, 2012 DOL Secretary Commends Local Apprenticeship Programs Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Apprenticeship Act, Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis recognized local leaders in apprenticeship programs... more...
- Aug 14, 2012 40,000-Strong Rally says "Workers Stand For America" Tens of thousands of workers from across the country gathered in Philadelphia last weekend for the "Workers Stand for America" rally... more...
- Aug 13, 2012 Building the Next Generation of UFCW 400 Leadership "While most young adults soaked up the summer sun, two Local 400 members were in Amherst, Mass. attending the UALE Northeast Summer School for Union Women" reports UFCW Local 400... more...
- Aug 13, 2012 COPE Report: Now's The Time to Register to Vote With November's general election just around the corner, union members across the country are spreading the word and getting out the vote... more...
- Aug 13, 2012 Labor Quiz: A. Philip Randolph Early in his career, labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph organized a union of what kind of workers in New York City? more...
- Aug 10, 2012 Verizon Strike Anniversary Marked To show that telecom giant Verizon is still "turning their back" a year after its workers struck, CWA Local 2108 members and allies... more...
- Aug 10, 2012 Pepco Union Continues to Hammer Utility on Short-Staffing Short-staffing by Pepco contributed to the prolonged outages after the June 29 derecho storm, IBEW Local 1900 told the Maryland Public Service Commission hearing on Tuesday... more...
- Aug 10, 2012 'Labor Night at the Nats' a Home Run for CSA With 5,000 tickets sold, last Friday's Labor Night at the Nats netted nearly $5,000 for the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund... more...
- Aug 9, 2012 "IN Charge" Puts Spotlight on Local's Service IBEW Local 26's 2012 Motorcycle Riders' Club Poker Run raised over $8,000 for the Special Love for Children with Cancer charity earlier this year... more...
- Aug 9, 2012 Volunteers Needed to Dine Out for Justice Want a side of sniffles with that meal? The Paid Sick Days for All campaign is using Restaurant Week to generate support for restaurant workers who don’t get paid sick days... more...
- Aug 9, 2012 Readers Write: When is a Wobblie a Wobbly? "Check your spelling on Wobblie," wrote Saul Schniderman (AFSCME 2910, Library of Congress Professional Guild), responding to an item in Tuesday's "Today's Labor History"... more...
- Aug 8, 2012 Building Futures Grad Grateful for Entry into Construction Career Thomas Dreher is finishing his second week on the job and the first-year apprentice at Bowen Engineering loves it... more...
- Aug 8, 2012 MD COPE Report: Labor to Lobby at Special Session on Gaming in Annapolis Area labor leaders and activists are heading to Annapolis tomorrow to lobby the House of Delegates in support of a bill approving a voter referendum this Fall on expanding gaming to National Harbor... more...
- Aug 7, 2012 Job Readiness Students Get Ground-Floor View of Cleaning Industry "Do the best I could -- be the best I could be." That's Arnold Hamilton's approach to every job... more...
- Aug 7, 2012 CLCs, State Feds Build Solidarity with Creative Tactics "Forget the kissing booth, a hug from a 'union thug' is so much better" writes Jackie Totora in the AFL-CIO NOW Blog... more...
- Aug 7, 2012 Workers to Rally Around "Second Bill of Rights" Seats are still available on the AFL-CIO's free bus from DC to the "Workers Stand for America" Rally in Philadelphia, where thousands are expected... more...
- Aug 6, 2012 Labor in the News: Members of IATSE 22 Put on a Show Accustomed to being behind the scenes, the members of IATSE Local 22 were in the spotlight last week with a "Washington Post" article on the work that goes into a Verizon Center concert... more...
- Aug 6, 2012 Activists Tell Smithsonian to Keep Wings Away from African American Museum The fight for workplace rights hit the National Mall last week as dozens of protesters gathered at the main offices of the Smithsonian Institution... more...
- Aug 6, 2012 'Labor Night at the Nats' is a Hit Thousands of union members headed to the ball park Saturday with friends and family for the first double-header Labor Night at the Nats... more...
- Aug 6, 2012 Coming Up This Week This week is full of local action. Here are a few highlights; check the labor calendar for the latest upcoming events... more...
- Aug 6, 2012 Labor Quiz: Cesar's Military Service Before embarking on his inspiring career as a farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez served two years in which branch of the U.S. military? more...
- Aug 3, 2012 THIS JUST IN: AFGE and TSA Agree to Historic Labor Contract AFGE announced yesterday that it had reached agreement with TSA on the first-ever labor contract at the agency... more...
- Aug 3, 2012 AFL-CIO: Federal Employees Already Have Given Enough All efforts to privatize, outsource, reduce, undermine, politicize, underpay or undervalue the work performed on behalf of working families by our federal workforce should be vigorously opposed... more...
- Aug 3, 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Reaches Out The expanding global network of labor film festivals was the topic of a panel in late July at the 19th annual LaborFest in San Francisco, CA... more...
- Aug 3, 2012 Cooking Out the Union Way From hotdogs and sausages to condiments, chips, and even ice cream, the AFL-CIO's handy new downloadable "Made In America" cookout shopping list has everything you need to celebrate the summer while supporting union workers... more...
- Aug 2, 2012 "We Will Not Let Shoppers Dump Financial Problems On Our Members' Backs" UFCW 400's McNutt Says UFCW 400 members at Shoppers Food and Pharmacy are hoping it's not déjà vu all over again... more...
- Aug 2, 2012 Union Voice: Readers Write "Wow, that story about the IATSE guy's pilgrimage was moving and inspiring," writes Elise Bryant... more...
- Aug 2, 2012 "White House Burning" Wraps Up Summer Book Group Series Political gridlock. Unprecedented debt. A dysfunctional Congress. The AFL-CIO Summer Book Group's edge-of-your-seat series wraps up this Friday... more...
- Aug 1, 2012 Vote on MontCo Displaced Worker Bill Postponed A vote on a bill that would protect low wage service workers in Montgomery County has been put off until September... more...
- Aug 1, 2012 CWA, Baltimore Community Members Rally Against "Job-Killing" Verizon-Big Cable Deal More than 100 members of CWA and concerned Baltimore citizens rallied at Baltimore's City Hall... to urge city officials to oppose a "job-killing deal"... more...
- Aug 1, 2012 IATSE Retiree Completes Camino de Santiago Walk "When I finally took my first step on the actual Camino, on April 19th, in St Jean Pieds de Port, I abandoned all notions of self, determined to press on with an open mind..." more...
- Jul 31, 2012 Civista Nurses Ratify New Contract Last week nurses at Civista Medical Center in Maryland -- represented by 1199SEIU -- unanimously voted to ratify a new three-year contract... more...
- Jul 31, 2012 Transit Union Leader Seeks to Inspire Young Workers Urging young people to reach higher and pursue their goals, Jackie Jeter, President of ATU Local 689, recently challenged students in the Covenant House job readiness program to "always try for something better"... more...
- Jul 31, 2012 "Collective Bargains" from UnionPlus The UnionPlus website is packed with discounts and money-saving information for union members and their families... more...
- Jul 31, 2012 Summertime Training for Union Women Registration is still open for union women looking to strengthen their knowledge and build their skills at this summer's Southern School for Union Women... more...
- Jul 30, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Pepco & IBEW 1900 Negotiations Extended Pepco and IBEW Local 1900 are extending negotiations for another 3 weeks... more...
- Jul 30, 2012 Laurel Walmart Makes Workers Pay for Storm Damage The Respect DC Coalition is reporting "a serious situation… developing at the Walmart in Laurel, MD," where workers have long been organizing for workplace respect through OUR Walmart... more...
- Jul 30, 2012 DC Bus Planned for 8/11 "Workers Stand for America" Demo in Philly Workers from across the country will gather in Philadelphia August 11 to call for a "second Bill of Rights" that ensures an American economy that supports working families... more...
- Jul 30, 2012 HBO's 'The Newsroom' Takes on Koch Brothers "If The Wall Street Journal is complaining about it, 'The Newsroom' must be doing something right for working people"... more...
- Jul 30, 2012 Labor Quiz: The Battle of Blair Mountain Which of the following occurred during the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain...? more...
- Jul 27, 2012 10th Annual Dad's Day Poker Run Supports Nearly 150 riders participated in the 10th Annual Dad's Day Poker Run to support diabetes research on June 16... more...
- Jul 27, 2012 Labor On The Move: Eitches Elected President of AFGE Council 222 Eddie Eitches, President of AFGE Local 476 at HUD, was recently elected president of AFGE Council 222, which includes all HUD locals nationwide more...
- Jul 27, 2012 "Abusive" Hyatt Hotels Target of Global Boycott Travelers worldwide are being urged to avoid Hyatt hotels as Hyatt workers and their supporters launched a global "Hyatt Hurts" boycott of the hotel chain... more...
- Jul 26, 2012 CVS Pharmacists Ratify New Agreement Over 500 pharmacists at CVS in DC and Maryland, represented by UFCW Local 400, voted in favor of a new two-and-a-half year contract earlier this month... more...
- Jul 26, 2012 Boss Threatened Senate Food Service Workers, Union Says The Workers United Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board may file charges after a union vote by Senate food service workers failed earlier this week... more...
- Jul 26, 2012 MD COPE Report: MontCo Construction Workers Welcome New Safety Regs Construction workers in Montgomery County are looking forward to safer working conditions thanks to new regulations on county construction projects... more...
- Jul 25, 2012 Local #5 Employee Wins Top Women's Award at Shoot Iron Worker Local 5's Office Manager Marlene Forsyth won the Lady's Individual High Shooter award at the AFL-CIO's Fourth Annual Capital Area Sporting Clays Shoot... more...
- Jul 24, 2012 Nurses, Allies say "We Can End AIDS" with "Robin Hood" Tax National Nurses United will take to the streets today with tens of thousands of activists, drawing attention to the need for funding for AIDS treatment... more...
- Jul 24, 2012 Labor on the Move: Local 1759 Mourns Bill Dameron IAM Grand Lodge Auditor Bill Dameron passed away on June 24 after an illness. "The IAM has lost a devoted family man and loyal trade unionist..." more...
- Jul 24, 2012 "We Want MORE!" Say Union City Readers Union City continues to be a valued daily resource for its 30,000 area readers, according to our most recent Reader Survey... more...
- Jul 24, 2012 Nurses Join AIDS March to "Heal America" "Nurses heal America, that's why we're here today," said RN Sandra Falwell, holding one end of a banner proclaiming "Nurses Say a Robin Hood Tax Can End HIV/AIDS" more...
- Jul 23, 2012 CWA & IBEW Ask for Mediation in Verizon Contract Talks Unable to negotiate an agreement for over a year, CWA and the IBEW have asked the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to step in to help with negotiations with Verizon Communications... more...
- Jul 23, 2012 Labor on the Move: DCNA's King Appointed to Policy Board DC Mayor Vincent Gray on July 2 appointed Brenda King, DCNA Legislative Liaison as the designee representative of the DCNA to the DC Health Information Exchange Policy Board... more...
- Jul 23, 2012 IUEC 10 Member's Son a Top-10 Finisher at NatGeo Bee Adam Rusak, a top-10 finisher in the recent 2012 National Geographic Bee, is the son of Elevator Constructors Local 10 member Andy Rusak, who works for Quality Elevator... more...
- Jul 23, 2012 Labor Quiz: Pay Inequity For every dollar men earn in America, how much do women workers make: 77 cents, 82 cents, or 89 cents? more...
- Jul 20, 2012 SEIU 400 Scholarships Feed Student's Dreams Twenty-four-year-old Korey Richardson, a custodian at Kettering Middle School in Prince George's County, hopes to own his own design studio some day... more...
- Jul 20, 2012 Court Says BID Must Negotiate with Workers After three long years, the SAMS may finally get the contract they’ve been fighting for... more...
- Jul 20, 2012 Free Performances Bring Harry Bridges & Thomas Paine to Life The story of "one of the most important labor leaders of the 20th century" comes to vivid life this Sunday in a free one-man performance by Ian Ruskin... more...
- Jul 20, 2012 CSA Maps Out Strategic Plans A full-day retreat July 13 was the most recent step in the Community Services Agency's ongoing process to evaluate programs, board performance, funding diversity and planning for the future... more...
- Jul 19, 2012 Parents Say School Librarians Not Expendable With hand-drawn signs reading "Have a Cookie, Save a Librarian" and "Show Good Taste, Support Our Librarians," DC families gathered outside the Wilson Building last week to support school librarians... more...
- Jul 19, 2012 Guild Protests Threat of Contract Impasse at APWU Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild 32035 members turned out in force July 11 to protest American Postal Workers Union management's plan to declare an impasse in bargaining talks July 20... more...
- Jul 19, 2012 Countdown to Opening Pitch Friday is the final deadline to purchase tickets to Labor Night at the Nats on August 3. Thousands of union members and labor allies are planning to attend the annual event... more...
- Jul 18, 2012 Ironworkers 5 Apprentices Get High Marks Ironworkers Local 5 members brought home the gold and silver last month at the Ironworkers' Mid-Atlantic District Council’s Outstanding Apprenticeship Competition... more...
- Jul 18, 2012 Verizon Disrespects Techs Who Repaired Storm Damage Verizon technicians, members of CWA locals across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, raced to restore service to the Mid-Atlantic region earlier this month after a series of fatal, power-cutting thunderstorms... more...
- Jul 18, 2012 Labor on the Move: Charles Moore Wraps Up 40 Years at WTU 6 After serving six presidents of Washington Teachers Union Local 6 over the last four decades, Charles Moore is retiring... more...
- Jul 17, 2012 DC Security Officers Ratify New 4-Year Contract Private security officers in Washington, D.C. have unanimously ratified a new four-year contract covering 1,700 officers who protect most commercial office buildings in the District... more...
- Jul 17, 2012 Last Chance for Labor Night at the Nats Friday is your last chance to get tickets for the August 3 Labor Night at the Nats... more...
- Jul 17, 2012 Labor on the Move: Martin Schwartz Leaves JLC Jewish Labor Committee Executive Director Martin Schwartz wrapped up his time at JLC at the end of June... more...
- Jul 17, 2012 Labor Quiz: The Jungle Who wrote "The Jungle", which exposed safety and sanitation hazards in the Chicago meatpacking industry? more...
- Jul 16, 2012 Pepco Union Faults Short-Staffing for Long Outages Short-staffing at Pepco is as much to blame for the recent power outages as Mother Nature, according to the union that represents over 1,000 Pepco workers... more...
- Jul 16, 2012 Norton Joins Call for DC Workers at Smithsonian African American Museum DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has joined the call for the Smithsonian African American Museum to ensure that D.C. workers are hired for museum construction... more...
- Jul 16, 2012 Piedmont Agents Ratify First Contract Fleet and passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines, who voted to join CWA in November 2010, overwhelmingly ratified their first contract by a 94 percent vote, the union announced July 5... more...
- Jul 13, 2012 "T-Mobile Girl" Says "Bring Jobs Home" If T-Mobile customers in downtown Washington DC were surprised to see the leather-clad "T-Mobile Girl" roar up on a motorcycle outside the 11th and E Street store yesterday... more...
- Jul 13, 2012 DC Residents Protest Discrimination by African American Museum Contractor A coalition of black job seekers, community groups, faith leaders, and "mad-as-hell" District residents marched on the site of the future Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to protest the treatment of black job seekers... more...
- Jul 13, 2012 Beach Books for Tough Times Drama, betrayal, the struggle to survive. This summer the AFL-CIO is taking beach reading to a whole new level with a Friday lunchtime series... more...
- Jul 12, 2012 What Teachers Are Saying About Unions and Their Profession Today's teachers want their union to protect them, but they also want it to engage in reform... more...
- Jul 12, 2012 Labor Photo: Retirees Rally Against RI Pension Cuts Dozens of retirees rallied against deep cuts to Rhode Island's public pensions outside the law offices of McKenna, Long & Aldridge Tuesday night.... more...
- Jul 12, 2012 Activists, "T-Mobile Girl" say "Bring Jobs Home" At today's noontime rally activists – along with their very own "T-Mobile Girl" – will speak out about T-Mobile closing call centers and offshoring jobs... more...
- Jul 12, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Shoppers Workers Ratify Strong New Contract Members of United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 working at Shoppers Food & Pharmacy on Thursday ratified a new, two-year collective bargaining agreement that raises their living standards, protects their health and retirement security, and is comparable to the contract recently... more...
- Jul 11, 2012 DC Council Tables Woodson Nomination The DC City Council voted 8-4 yesterday to table the nomination of Roderic L. Woodson to the DC Water Board of Directors... more...
- Jul 11, 2012 Labor Photo: Candlelight Vigil Against Walmart Faith, labor, and community activists gathered Monday night at the proposed Walmart location in Ward 4 for a candlelight vigil... more...
- Jul 11, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: Where's Hiring Hall? "Is the DC jobs market so bad that you just don't have anything to post, or has 'Union City' just stopped publishing the Wednesday 'Union Hiring Hall' listing?" more...
- Jul 11, 2012 Companies that Profit by Investing in Employees Investing in employees is one of the best ways for companies to be successful... more...
- Jul 10, 2012 Taxi Drivers Call for Protests Ahead of Council Vote Hundreds of DC taxi drivers flooded the street across from the Wilson Building yesterday -- and say they’ll be back again today -- in anticipation of today’s scheduled vote on the "Taxicab Service Improvement Act of 2012"... more...
- Jul 10, 2012 Metro Labor Applauds Council Members' Commitment to Table Woodson Nomination Following a day of intense lobbying by labor and community activists, Metro Council President Jos Williams released a letter yesterday applauding the resulting commitment by seven DC City Councilmembers... more...
- Jul 10, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: IBEW 26 Medical Supply There's a creative and useful way area union retirees are helping their fellow members reduce costs... more...
- Jul 10, 2012 Edna Award Nominations Open Young women leaders in the social justice movement are headed for the spotlight with the Berger-Marks Foundation accepting nominations for the 2012 Edna Award... more...
- Jul 9, 2012 Activists Contact City Council in Countdown to Woodson Vote Community and labor activists are moving fast to demand the DC City Council oppose the nomination of anti-union, anti-DC resident Rod Woodson to the WASA Board before tomorrow's anticipated vote... more...
- Jul 9, 2012 VA Downgrades Stopped as Vets Speak Out Just weeks after hundreds of VA employees took to the streets to demand an end to "unfounded and arbitrary downgrades" for low-wage employees at the Department of Veteran Affairs, the VA announced a decision to halt the downgrades more...
- Jul 9, 2012 Labor Photo: NoVa Labor Celebrates Independence Day Members of the NoVA Labor Federation braved the heat to march in the Dale City Independence Day Parade last week... more...
- Jul 9, 2012 Coming Up This Week Respect DC Candle Light Prayer Vigil, "No More Nice T-Mobile" Rally... more...
- Jul 9, 2012 Labor Quiz: Guthrie's Land What was the original title of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land"? more...
- Jul 6, 2012 Labor on the Air Tune in to "Union Edge" on WPWC 1480 AM this Sunday to hear interviews with both Metro Council President Jos Williams and IBEW Local 1900 President Jim Griffin... more...
- Jul 6, 2012 Activists to City Council: "Keep Woodson Off the WASA Board" Anti-union, anti-DC resident lobbyist Roderic Woodson has been nominated to the city’s Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) Board of Directors... more...
- Jul 6, 2012 BAC Apprentices Win Big in Vegas Four BAC Local 1 apprentices swept the 2012 Western States Apprenticeship Contest last month in Las Vegas, NV... more...
- Jul 6, 2012 MD COPE Report: Office Cleaners Stand Up for Job Security Cleaning workers and other property service workers are speaking out in Montgomery County against the revolving door of employers who, under current law, are free to lay them off with no notice... more...
- Jul 5, 2012 DC COPE Report: Locals Mobilize Against Anti-Union Nominee to WASA Board Local unions are joining forces to stop the appointment of Roderic Woodson to the city's Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) Board of Directors... more...
- Jul 5, 2012 Labor On the Move: Dave Richardson & Joan Welsh Retire Celebrations marking the retirements of two longtime local labor activists are coming up... more...
- Jul 5, 2012 Local 1900 Works to Keep the Lights On in Storm Aftermath With soaring temperatures and storm damage still weighing on residents, Pepco employees -- represented by IBEW Local 1900 -- are working around the clock to restore electrical power across the DC metro area more...
- Jul 3, 2012 Union Members Respond to Weekend Storm As local residents took cover from the storm that swept through Friday night, area union members were quick to jump into action all weekend... more...
- Jul 3, 2012 In Memoriam: CLUW Founding Member & President Emerita Joyce D. Miller Joyce D. Miller, founding member and President Emerita of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, passed away June 30 just after her 84th birthday... more...
- Jul 3, 2012 Thousands to Attend Labor Night at the Nats, Tix Still Available Over 3600 union members have purchased their Labor Night at the Nats tickets. Tickets to the August 3rd game are still available... more...
- Jul 2, 2012 Tune In AFGE Local 12 Vice-President Eleanor Lauderdale will be on WPFW this morning at 9:30a to discuss the campaign to restore the Labor Hall of Fame... more...
- Jul 2, 2012 Activists Look Back at 50 Years of Walmart The Respect DC coalition "celebrated" the 50th anniversary of the first Walmart store last week with a 'Walmart at 50' panel shining light on how the corporate giant has treated workers at its stores and communities it enters... more...
- Jul 2, 2012 A "Riveting" Union Summer Cultural icon Rosie the Riveter is back and traveling the world this summer thanks to a playful UnionPlus project... more...
- Jul 2, 2012 Labor Quiz: Henry Fonda's Migrant Role The classic film starring Henry Fonda as a migrant worker is: On Golden Pond, Sometimes a Great Notion, The Grapes of Wrath... more...
- Jun 29, 2012 USPS Hunger Strike Day 4: "Arrest the Postmaster!" The 4-day hunger strike by postal service workers ended dramatically Thursday when over 100 demonstrators stormed the USPS headquarters demanding the arrest of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe for slashing postal services and jobs... more...
- Jun 29, 2012 Trades Push for Vote on National Harbor Resort Casino With thousands of jobs and millions in revenue at stake, gaming supporters are pushing the Maryland Assembly to bring a National Harbor casino to a vote soon... more...
- Jun 29, 2012 Full House for Premiere of "Love Songs from the Liberation Wars" It was standing room only at Monday night's premiere of "Love Songs from the Liberation Wars: The 1940's Tobacco Workers Struggle," a new musical from Steve Jones and Elise Bryant... more...
- Jun 29, 2012 Still Tix Available for Labor Soccer Night Sure it'll be hot tomorrow but the action on the soccer field will be even hotter as D.C. United takes on the Montreal Impact... more...
- Jun 28, 2012 USPS Hunger Strike, Day 3 Ten US Postal Service hunger strikers picketed the Washington Post Wednesday, demanding the paper "tell the truth" about the cuts and closures threatening the USPS... more...
- Jun 28, 2012 DC COPE Report: Rand Paul Scuttles DC Budget Bill with "Right to Work" Amendment Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) derailed the DC Budget Autonomy Act yesterday when he launched what DC Vote called "a full-scale assault on DC Home Rule"... more...
- Jun 28, 2012 "Brotherhood Outdoors" Season Premiere Tonight Features IBEW 26 Member Scott Callaghan, an IBEW Local 26 member from Annapolis, MD, is a fourth-generation union member, dedicated father and former United States Marine who completed two tours overseas in the Middle East... more...
- Jun 28, 2012 "Full Speed Ahead" After Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Act The chants of "We love Obamacare" in front of the U.S. Supreme Court erupted into wild cheers shortly after 10a Thursday morning as word spread like wildfire that the Court had upheld Obama's Health Care Act... more...
- Jun 27, 2012 THIS JUST IN Healthcare supporters plan to rally in front of the Supreme Court beginning at 9:30a Thursday, when the Supreme Court releases their decision on the Health Care Act... more...
- Jun 27, 2012 Building Futures Grads Work Together to "Get the Job Done" From the US Navy to Cement Masons Local 891, veteran Paul Corbin is transitioning into a career in construction to provide for himself and for his family... more...
- Jun 27, 2012 Labor Photo: USPS Hunger Strike, Day 2 Activists and allies marked Day Two of their 4-day, 10-person hunger strike to save the US Postal Service with a march to the U.S. Treasury wearing bandit masks... more...
- Jun 27, 2012 Labor in the Schools Ninth graders at the Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy in Washington, DC learned about the key role of labor unions in society when they visited ATU Local 689 recently... more...
- Jun 27, 2012 DC Verizon/Capital Grille Rally Video Posted A 2-minute video capturing the energy of last week's downtown DC Verizon/Capital Grille rally marking the 1-year of CWA and IBEW fighting for a fair contract... more...
- Jun 27, 2012 Workers to Join Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care Act The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act is being called one of the most historic rulings by the high court in decades... more...
- Jun 26, 2012 Shoppers Warehouse Retaliating Against Workers UFCW Local 400 is urging area activists to call Shoppers Food Warehouse -- 1-855-746-7737 -- to demand that management stop retaliating against workers... more...
- Jun 26, 2012 Bill Lucy Reflects on Fight for Public Sector Worker Rights Is the labor movement destined to repeat its own history? What's the outlook for unions in 21st century America in general and specifically for the rights of public employees? more...
- Jun 26, 2012 DC Workers & Leaders Rally Around "First Source" Law DC City Council members, construction workers, city residents and community groups are rallying around a threatened DC jobs law... more...
- Jun 26, 2012 National Labor College Graduates the Class of 2012 Seventy-eight graduates representing 25 unions and Working America, the AFL-CIO's community affiliate, received Bachelor's Degrees last Saturday from the School of Labor Studies at the National Labor College... more...
- Jun 25, 2012 Postal Workers Plan Hunger Strike to Save Postal Service Saying that "America's postal service is being starved to death," a group of postal workers and supporters are planning a hunger strike... more...
- Jun 25, 2012 American Rights at Work & Jobs with Justice to Merge Saying that "by combining forces, we will broaden and deepen our reach and impact to achieve what we all care so deeply about," American Rights at Work and Jobs with Justice are merging... more...
- Jun 25, 2012 Labor on the Move: Kenefick Retires After more than 45 years in the labor movement, communicator Greg Kenefick retired on April 30... more...
- Jun 25, 2012 "We're Not Broke" Film Explains How Nation Was Robbed The Sundance-nominated film "We're Not Broke" screens Monday (6:30p, Arlington County Library Central) as part of a nation-wide "Fair Share Tour"... more...
- Jun 25, 2012 Labor Photo: The Return of the Women of Walmart Last week activists commemorated the one-year anniversary of the largest class action law suit in U.S. history: Dukes v. Walmart more...
- Jun 25, 2012 Labor Quiz: The Lattimer Massacre In which state did the "Lattimer Massacre" take place: Ohio, Pennsylvania or New Jersey? more...
- Jun 25, 2012 "Save Our Post Office" Hunger Strike Launched Ten postal service workers launched a 4-day hunger strike Monday morning at the U.S. Capitol, where they called on Congress to "Stop Starving the Postal Service"... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 WTU Awards $80,000 in Scholarships, Invests in Future DC Teachers Stepping up their efforts to cultivate "the next generation of educators," the WTU on Tuesday doubled their scholarship award pool to $80,000 and increased the number of recipients... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Schniderman to Receive Joe Hill Award at GLAE Concert Sunday The lifetime achievements of local labor leader and activist Saul Schniderman will be in the spotlight at Sunday night's Great Labor Arts Exchange concert... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Quick Takes CWA & Allies Hold 3 Demos Today and Call to Restore Labor Hall of Fame Grows... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Labor Photo: DC Workers Get Furlough Pay Metro Council Pres. Williams lauded City Council and Mayor for repaying city workers for four furlough days they were forced to take last year... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Tentative Agreement for Howard University Hospital Workers After over 18 months without a contract, AFSCME Local 2094 members at Howard University Hospital finally have a tentative agreement... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Labor Photo: "I'll Be There" Winners Winners at last night's DC Jobs with Justice "I'll Be There" Awards at the AFL-CIO ... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Walk Explores Hidden History of DC Labor "At the banquet table of nature there are no reserved seats," read Richard Renner from the plaque on the bust of labor leader and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph in Union Station... more...
- Jun 22, 2012 Mock Funeral & Double Demos Mark Year Without Contract at Verizon Dressed in black, wearing veils, carrying a flower-laden coffin and led by "Preacher" Carl Brogden, members of CWA Local 2108 led a funeral cortege outside Verizon's Silver Spring facility Friday morning... more...
- Jun 21, 2012 Local Activists Honored at DC JwJ Awards Tonight Longtime labor activist Carrie Biggs-Adams joins fellow awardees Occupy DC, the Kalmanovitz Initiative For Labor And The Working Poor and Reverend Raymond Bell tonight at DC Jobs with Justice’s 10th Annual "I'll Be There" Awards... more...
- Jun 21, 2012 Council Supports USPS Hunger Strike, Demands Restoration of Labor Hall of Fame A hunger strike and restoring the Labor Hall of Fame topped the actions taken Monday at the Metro Washington Council's monthly meeting... more...
- Jun 21, 2012 D.C. Residents Fed Up with Jobs Run-Around Black DC residents say they're "sick of the run-around," for construction jobs in the District... more...
- Jun 20, 2012 How We Got Our Mailslots: Free Speech and Organizing at the Library of Congress As unions battle with employers over communicating with members via email, Facebook and other instantaneous communications tools, a battle by union organizers at the Library of Congress over "desk drops" nearly 40 years ago is a fascinating lesson in how some things never change... more...
- Jun 20, 2012 Nurses and Allies Demand "Robin Hood" Tax In red scrubs and green Robin Hood hats, nurses took to the streets in 20 cities across the country yesterday to kick off a campaign for a "Robin Hood Tax. more...
- Jun 20, 2012 Friday Deadline for 3-Day Organizing Institute for APA members There's a new opportunity for Asian Pacific American union members looking to hone their organizing skills or dive into union organizing work... more...
- Jun 20, 2012 Ann Hoffman Appointed to Public Employee Relations Board NWU-DC Treasurer Ann Hoffman, who was recently re-elected first vice president of the National Writers Union, has been appointed to the District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board... more...
- Jun 19, 2012 DC City Workers Give High Marks to grade.DC.Gov City workers want their agencies to serve the public better. That's why DC government unions participated in the launch of DC's new website grade.DC.Gov last week... more...
- Jun 19, 2012 Activists Celebrate New Police Procedure for Reporting Wage Theft DC workers who have been victims of wage theft by unscrupulous employers can now report the crime to police just as they would any robbery... more...
- Jun 19, 2012 Paths to Success Jaki Bradley was once a teenager heading down the wrong path. Deborah Grinder was young and homeless. Today... more...
- Jun 18, 2012 Labor Photo: Colossal Cat WBCTC put their brand-new Fat Cat to work last Friday targeting Prince George's County Public Schools where they say contractors have been cheating their employees of wages. more...
- Jun 18, 2012 AFGE Council 1 Demands Restoration of DOL Labor Hall of Fame AFGE Council 1 is demanding that the United States Department of Labor "restore the Labor Hall of Fame"... more...
- Jun 18, 2012 DC Rights Activists Cheer as Obama Halts Deportations of Undocumented Youth Local Latino, labor and community activists celebrated the surprise announcement Friday afternoon that President Obama was halting deportations for tens of thousands of undocumented youth across the country... more...
- Jun 18, 2012 Labor On The Move: Building Trades Elect Laborers' Booker To Sec.-Treasurer's Post Leaders of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department elected top Laborers Union official Brent Booker as the department's Secretary-Treasurer... more...
- Jun 18, 2012 Labor Quiz: Cotton Dust's Disease The disease contracted by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments is called "Byssinosis," "brown lung," or "Monday fever"? more...
- Jun 15, 2012 More Foreign Ag Service Workers Join Union More workers at the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) have voted to join AFSCME Council 26... more...
- Jun 15, 2012 Labor Photo: Security Officers Flier Downtown Rush Hour Security officers in DC, represented by SEIU 32BJ, welcomed rush hour crowds at the Farragut North Metro Station with a banner and cheery greetings of "Good morning! Support security!" more...
- Jun 15, 2012 Wrongfully Fired Construction Workers Demand Their Jobs Back Former L&M Construction employees who say they were wrongfully fired after complaining about sexual harassment, abuse, and intimidation picketed Wednesday demanding their jobs back... more...
- Jun 15, 2012 DC JwJ to Celebrate Local Activists This year's DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) "I'll Be There" Awards will celebrate four individuals and groups who have truly "been there" for DC JwJ in fights for justice across the District... more...
- Jun 15, 2012 "Trash Dance" Screens at Silverdocs Sometimes inspiration can be found in unexpected places. Choreographer Allison Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and in the men and women who pick up our trash... more...
- Jun 14, 2012 Vets Protest Downgrades at VHA Veterans Administration workers, many of them vets themselves, rallied and marched Wednesday to protest the downgrading of the Veterans Health Administration's lowest-paid employees... more...
- Jun 14, 2012 "Block the Deal" CWA Urges FCC "Hey hey FCC, We don't want monopoly!" chanted hundreds of CWA members outside the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) building at noontime Wednesday... more...
- Jun 14, 2012 Grocery Workers Mobilize for Shoppers Bargaining Declaring that workers will not pay the price for corporate mismanagement, members of UFCW Local 400 working at Shoppers Food & Pharmacy are forming an Activist Contract Team... more...
- Jun 14, 2012 It Takes More Than a Shoebox "Thanks again to everyone who contributed so generously to the recent United Way Shoebox Project"... more...
- Jun 13, 2012 AFGE Rallies for Disabled Vets & Other VHA Workers In the ongoing assault on public sector workers, federal employees have become a regular target of Republican leaders... more...
- Jun 13, 2012 Arts for Activists at Great Labor Arts Exchange From a film about the founders of the UAW to a workshop on the songs of the Occupy Movement and a session on “Using Social Media to Organize and Push Your Message"... more...
- Jun 13, 2012 DC Workers Walking Tour DC is rich with workers history. This Saturday a walking tour of downtown DC will reveal labor's often-untold story of power and resistance in the nation’s capital... more...
- Jun 13, 2012 DC United Hosts Labor Soccer Fans AFL-CIO staffer -- and diehard soccer fan -- Kevin Byrne has worked with the DC United to organize a Labor Night on June 30 more...
- Jun 12, 2012 Labor Takes Pride in LGBT Solidarity Their t-shirts reading "Sleep with the right people" and "LGBT Labor," members of Unite Here locals 23 and 25 participated in the Pride Parade... more...
- Jun 12, 2012 Metro DC Labor Stands with Wisconsin Workers, Looks Forward to November "This is one battle in a long, long protracted war" said Metro Council President Jos Williams yesterday in a live TV interview about the Wisconsin recall election... more...
- Jun 12, 2012 Labor Night at the Nats When was the last time you heard about a true baseball double-header, when you buy one ticket and get to see both games?! That's what’s on the schedule for Friday, August 3, the 6th annual Labor Night at the Nationals more...
- Jun 12, 2012 Union City Should "Be more realistic" "Be more realistic in your assessment of the news," suggests a Union City Reader Survey respondent... more...
- Jun 11, 2012 Walmart Pays Ward 4 Canvassers More than Associates Ward 4 residents were surprised last week to find Walmart-hired canvassers covering neighborhoods in postcards hailing the virtues of the retail giant entering the community... more...
- Jun 11, 2012 Coming Up This Week Mark your calendar for these upcoming events. For more local labor rallies, protests, conferences, and more, check the DC labor calendar... more...
- Jun 11, 2012 CSA & Partners Win $150,000 Hospitality Training Grant A consortium that includes the Metro Council's Community Services Agency has just won a $150,000 grant to train hospitality workers in Prince George’s County... more...
- Jun 11, 2012 Labor Quiz: Lewis' Middle Name? You probably know that John L. Lewis was president of the United Mine Workers, but what did the "L" stand for? more...
- Jun 8, 2012 Activists Confront Verizon Board Member Verizon board member Rodney Slater ran, but he couldn't hide from activists Wednesday... more...
- Jun 8, 2012 Labor in the News: AFSCME Council 26's Goldman on Federal Impact of Wisconsin Vote AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman told The Washington Post he can't imagine Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's recent victory "emboldening [congressional Republicans] any more than they already are"... more...
- Jun 8, 2012 DC COPE Report: Metro Council Joins Call on Congress to Strike Proposed Restriction on Spending of Local Tax Dollars The Metro Council signed onto a June 5 letter from Council ally DC Vote urging Congress "to oppose any effort to force Congress' views on the District of Columbia through the fiscal year 2013 budget"... more...
- Jun 7, 2012 IATSE 22 Urges Support for Fully Funding Arts in the District With arts funding in the nation’s capital facing "devastating cuts," IATSE Local 22 is calling on area activists and artists to demand that the City Council keep funding the arts... more...
- Jun 7, 2012 Award-Winning Short Doc Screening Tonight When it comes to politics, retired coal miner Sebert Pertee sees one big problem: the rich keep getting richer while working people lose ground... more...
- Jun 7, 2012 Labor Steps Up for Shoebox Project An SUV overflowing with shoeboxes left the Community Services Agency yesterday... more...
- Jun 7, 2012 Working Families Win Wisconsin State Senate, Vow to Hold Politicians to Account Yesterday's Wisconsin election results, in which Governor Scott Walker (R) held onto his office but lost the state Senate, "is not the end of the story..." more...
- Jun 6, 2012 Walker Rides to Victory on "Flood of secret corporate cash" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, fueled by $31 million in right-wing/GOP/business contributions, beat back a recall challenge Tuesday... more...
- Jun 6, 2012 Workers Win in Council Votes on Furloughs, Annual Leave, Healthcare and Immigration It was a busy day in the Wilson Building yesterday, as the DC City Council debated issues from the repayment of city worker furlough days to the "Secure Communities" immigration program... more...
- Jun 6, 2012 Occupiers Stand with Retired DC EMT Against Eviction A sign in the lobby of JP Morgan Chase's homeownership office in downtown D.C. read, "Banks don't need homes, People do!" more...
- Jun 6, 2012 Why You Read Union City "I read Union City to get a quick look at what is going on in DC," writes Gwen Bradley in response to our annual Union City Reader Survey... more...
- Jun 5, 2012 DC COPE Report: Ending "Pay-to-Play" Politics in DC DC Ballot Initiative 70, which prohibits corporations and other business entities from making certain direct political contributions "Is a vital effort to get money out of politics..." more...
- Jun 5, 2012 Verizon Workers Leaflet Radiohead Concert Radiohead fans loved the corporate piggy... more...
- Jun 5, 2012 UFCW 400 Helps Evergreen Supermarket Workers Win Back Wages After working for as long as six weeks without being paid, workers at Evergreen Supermarket in Hillcrest Heights, MD finally received their back wages... more...
- Jun 4, 2012 District Activists Dialed In to Wisconsin Recall Election Despite millions of dollars spent by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the Koch Brothers and other right-wing groups, another poll out last Friday showed a "dead heat" as the race entered its final hours... more...
- Jun 4, 2012 Occupy Our Homes Fights Eviction of DC Union Retiree Occupy Our Homes DC helped stop the eviction of Bertina Jones and today at noon will rally to keep Deborah Harris in her home... more...
- Jun 4, 2012 DC Council to Vote on Restoring Fairness for City Workers With three big items affecting city workers on the DC City Council agenda, a strong showing of labor leaders and union members is expected at tomorrow's legislative session... more...
- Jun 4, 2012 OPEIU 2's Virginia Rodino gets CCBC Student Achievement Award Virginia Rodino, Chief Steward for OPEIU Local 2 at SEIU headquarters in Washington, received the 2012 Student Achievement Award for the Labor Studies Program... more...
- Jun 4, 2012 Union City: Always Room for Improvement While the initial response to our annual Union City Reader Survey has been overwhelmingly positive, a number of readers have also made specific suggestions... more...
- Jun 1, 2012 Festive Parade Challenges Walmart Push Into DC It was an unusual parade, to say the least. The main float featured a bed in which Walmart developers waving handfuls of cash cavorted with DC Councilmembers. Another was draped with a giant blue octopus. Marchers chanted anti-Walmart slogans and waved signs urging “Keep DC Walmart Free” and... more...
- Jun 1, 2012 DCNA Donates to ShoeBox Project; Deadline Extended The DC Nurses Association contributed over 70 personal care kits to the United Way ShoeBox Project this week. The kits include DCNA sticker-studded re-usable plastic boxes, “A great way to promote the union while helping the needy,” says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen... more...
- Jun 1, 2012 Weekend Hours Added at AFL-CIO Walker Phonebank With the latest polls showing the Walker recall effort deadlocked 49-49 percent with turnout the key, the AFL-CIO has extended hours today and added two shifts this weekend to get the Wisconsin union vote out in next Tuesday’s recall election: today, Friday, June 1: 10a-8p; Saturday, June 2:... more...
- May 31, 2012 Firefighters Remember "Fallen Heroes" “Today is the day that Washington, DC Firefighters set aside to remember fallen heroes, and to pray that no one else will ever have to die for us again,” said Fire Fighters Local 36 President Ed Smith Tuesday at the annual observance of Firefighter Memorial Day. “Today we will read... more...
- May 31, 2012 'Walmart at 50' Retail Worker Parade Today It's pretty rare for Walmart to back away from a challenge. The world's largest retailer – which celebrates 50 years in business this year -- has been known to fly union-busters from headquarters in Arkansas to intimidate and fire organizers in a single day. So when Walmart announced... more...
- May 31, 2012 Help Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Help get out the vote to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: join the AFL-CIO phone banking effort. Hours of operation: Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. To volunteer or receive further information about how your department or organization can “adopt a shift” please e-mail or call... more...
- May 30, 2012 Labor Unions Urge MD Assembly to Return for Summer Special Session on Gaming A coalition of unions is urging the General Assembly and Governor O'Malley to return to the State House later this summer to move the state forward on gaming. Members of the Washington D.C. Building Trades Council, Unite Here Local 25 and the American... more...
- May 30, 2012 Walker Recall Going Down to the Wire Working families across the country have been joining together in unprecedented ways to stand up to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his radical, anti-worker politics. With Election Day less than a week away "It's going to take a collective effort from all our brothers and sisters to show Gov.... more...
- May 30, 2012 Former NLRB Member Becker To Take Top AFL-CIO Post; Controversial Flynn Resigns Craig Becker (r) , a former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member who drew so much GOP ire that a Republican filibuster kept him from a permanent board seat, will become Co-General Counsel of the AFL-CIO on July 1. He’ll join incumbent Lynn Rhinehart atop the federation’s legal... more...
- May 29, 2012 Burned Up about Torched Personnel Records DC firefighters and police are burning mad about personnel records found in burning dumpsters last week. Firefighters responding to a fire in two dumpsters last Friday afternoon at the D.C. Fire Training Academy discovered some of their own personnel documents, as well as documents of... more...
- May 29, 2012 Labor FilmFest Offers Discount for Program Ads Since 2001 the DC Labor FilmFest has screened over 150 films about work and workers – documentaries, dramas and even comedies (like Made In Dagenham , at left ) – bringing directors, stars, workers and activists together in this annual cinematic celebration of the struggle... more...
- May 29, 2012 Labor Quiz: Motto Which of the following mottos has been variously attributed to Samuel Gompers, The Bible, Thomas Carlyle and Frederick Engels? “The people, united, will never be defeated”; "A fair day's wage for a fair day's work"; “The end of labor is to gain leisure.” Click here to submit... more...
- May 25, 2012 Texas IAM/Lockheed Martin Strike Comes Home to Maryland "We're here to show Lockheed Martin that we know where they live," said IAM Local 776 Business Rep Joe Alviar as hundreds of Machinists and their supporters chanted... more...
- May 25, 2012 Labor on the Move: Walt Cole Rides Off Into The West One of the most familiar faces at the AFL-CIO is retiring today... more...
- May 25, 2012 Last Chance for DC-YTU Scholarship Today's the last day for young women -- or the "young at heart" -- to apply for a scholarship from the DC-YTU... more...
- May 24, 2012 MD COPE Report: New Law Protects Union Members Maryland became just the second state in the country to legally protect union members' information... more...
- May 24, 2012 Doubling the Fun at Labor Night at the Nats There will be a rain-date game at 4:05pm on Friday, August 3, the same day as Labor Night at the Nats... more...
- May 23, 2012 Petition Urges Back Pay for City Workers An online petition urging the DC City Council to pay back city workers "for the needless furlough days that we were forced to accept under the false pretense of a budget shortage" has already gathered over 600 signatures... more...
- May 23, 2012 Delegate Meeting Packed with People and Action A standing-room only crowd turned out Monday night to get the latest local labor news at the May Metro Washington Council Delegate's meeting more...
- May 22, 2012 McNutt Blasts Walmart's "Culture of Lawlessness" Saying that "No one — and no corporation — is above the law," UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt called Walmart "a serial violator of wage and hour laws"... more...
- May 22, 2012 Asbestos Workers Walk Out in MD Construction workers escalated demands for a safer workplace by walking off the job in Montgomery County, MD last week... more...
- May 22, 2012 AFGE & Social Security Administration Reach Agreement After 27 months of negotiations, AFGE and the Social Security Administration have reached a new 4-year agreement... more...
- May 21, 2012 New Contract, Bonus for MontCo Workers UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO -- representing 7,000 Montgomery County government workers -- won approval of the Montgomery County Council for a new agreement... more...
- May 21, 2012 Pepco Shareholders Revolt With shareholder certificates in hand, members of the Our DC community group headed into the Pepco shareholder meeting... more...
- May 21, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: Healthy Women's Healthy Community HealthyWomen, in collaboration with the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), has launched an online women's health community... more...
- May 21, 2012 Labor Quiz: Non-union Drivers? Independent non-union drivers are known in the trucking industry as: scabs, pie-cards, or gypsies? more...
- May 18, 2012 AFL-CIO Starts Wisconsin Recall Phone Bank This Monday the AFL-CIO will kick off phone banking to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker... more...
- May 18, 2012 Labor Photo: Honoring 9/11 Union Members Labor's International Hall of Fame paid tribute to the more than 600 union members who died on September 11, 2001 in a ceremony at the AFL-CIO yesterday... more...
- May 18, 2012 DC COPE Report: Hard Work Pays Off in Ward 5 Winning by a landslide, Kenyan McDuffie took nearly 45% of the vote in this Tuesday's Ward 5 Special Election... more...
- May 18, 2012 Metro Council Delegate Meeting Monday Monday's Delegate Meeting will feature the AFL-CIO's new "Meet Mr. 1%" video... more...
- May 17, 2012 Nigerian Women Labor Leaders Share Stories, Inspiration "It is only very recently that women are having a dissenting voice in the labor movement" said Sesi Agnes Fumilayo... more...
- May 17, 2012 Labor's Hall of Fame to Honor 9/11 Union Members This evening the more than 600 union members who died on September 11, 2001 will be inducted into the Labor’s International Hall of Fame... more...
- May 17, 2012 Labor Heats Up in June June is still a couple weeks away, but it's not too early to mark your calendar with some big labor events coming to the DC metro area... more...
- May 16, 2012 County Supervisors Hold Up Metro Extension Over PLA "A perfect example of why government has become dysfunctional" more...
- May 16, 2012 Labor Photo: Locals Stand with McDuffie in Ward 5 Special Election Local union members took to the streets in Ward 5 yesterday to stand with labor-endorsed City Council candidate Kenyan McDuffie... more...
- May 16, 2012 IBEW 26 Steps Up Donations to Shoebox Project The United Way Shoebox Project -- to distribute shoeboxes filled with toiletries or emergency preparedness items to those most in need -- is underway... more...
- May 15, 2012 Building Futures Opens with Inspiration Mary Battle -- not only the first woman Business Manager of Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 891, but the first female Business Manager in any trade in the metro Washington area... more...
- May 15, 2012 Labor Photo: DC Labor Chorus Raises Voices and Funds The DC Labor Chorus hosted a festive Spring Concert this Saturday, featuring guests Kinobe and the African Sensations and the Echoes of Africa-Carpe Diem Community Chorus... more...
- May 14, 2012 Coming Up this Week "Doomsday, No Way!" Rally, Ward 5 Special Election, and a Labor Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony... more...
- May 14, 2012 Labor Quiz: What's a Nixie? Back when most mail moved by train, the Postal Service's railway mail clerks hand-sorted at least 600 pieces of mail per hour and often spoke in shorthand more...
- May 14, 2012 Committing to Respect DC In light of Walmart's bribery and cover-up scandal in Mexico, the Respect DC Coalition plans to "keep up the fight"... more...
- May 11, 2012 Workers at Jefferson Hotel Resist "Aggressive" Management, Vote to Join IUOE 99 Stationary engineers at the historic Jefferson Hotel in downtown DC voted unamimously on Wednesday to join IUOE Local 99... more...
- May 11, 2012 WTU Pledges to Support Excessed Teachers As national Teacher Appreciation Week comes to a close, WTU President Nathan Saunders commended District teachers for their "continued excellence..." more...
- May 11, 2012 NALC "Stamps Out Hunger" this Weekend NALC has collected more than 1.1 billion pounds of food for local food banks, pantries, and shelters across the country since 1992... more...
- May 10, 2012 Maryland COPE Report: State Fed to Rally Against "Doomsday Budget" With the threat of up to 500 layoffs, slashes of $200 million from education, $22 million from health care, and $21 million from public safety... more...
- May 10, 2012 UFCW 400 Members Show Off Successful Strategies at Kaiser UFCW Local 400 members Elisabeth Christakis and Angela Edwards are hard-working nurses at Kaiser -- and their work isn't going unnoticed... more...
- May 9, 2012 Reader's Voice: Local Support for Walker Recall? "Can you tell me of any phone banking or other activities in metro DC for supporting Scott Walker's recall?" more...
- May 9, 2012 IATSE 22 Retiree Blogging About Labor History & Walking "The Way" Longtime IATSE 22 member, officer, and former Head of Props at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater Larry Barrett is blogging about his walk along the fabled Camino de Santiago... more...
- May 9, 2012 May Labor Calendar Available for Download The Eight-Hour Movement -- "Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will" -- illustrates this month's calendar... more...
- May 8, 2012 Bakers OK Contract at Vie de France Union members at Vie de France in Alexandria okayed a "good settlement" last weekend... more...
- May 8, 2012 Labor Walk Reveals Local History "I had no idea that labor history was made within blocks of where I work every day," writes DC Employment Justice Center Executive Director Barbra Kavanaugh... more...
- May 8, 2012 Labor Video: How to Quit Workers demonstrate creative ways to quit, including with the help of a brass band! more...
- May 7, 2012 DC Young Trade Unionists Scholarship Young women interested in being part of the next generation of union leadership have a new opportunity, thanks to a scholarship being offered this year by the DC Young Trade Unionists (DC YTU). The scholarship to the UALE Northeast Summer School for Union Women will help “educate a... more...
- May 7, 2012 Live From Labor Notes: Reports & Links Union City reporter Julia Kann reported live from the Labor Notes conference in Chicago over the weekend via Twitter and the Council website. Here are excerpts and links to those reports:... more...
- May 7, 2012 Your Best Shot The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild ( WBNG ) Local 32035 and the Labor Heritage Foundation are sponsoring the “Occupy Now!” photo contest to find the best shots of the Occupy movement. The contest will award three photographers -- a student, an amateur, and a professional -- with... more...
- May 7, 2012 Strike Called Off After Civista Threats Nurses at Civista Medical Center called off their planned May 8-9 strike after the hospital threatened to replace workers who walked out. Civista RN Patti D’Ambrosio called the threat “intimidation,” and SEIU 1199 spokeswoman Maureen Higgins told The Maryland Independent that the... more...
- May 5, 2012 Live From Labor Notes (1): Creative Mischief Solidarity was in the air in Chicago Friday as labor “troublemakers” from around the world arrived at the 2012 Labor Notes Conference. At a workshop on “Creative Organizing and Strategic Mischief” I found myself in a small group discussing ways to build solidarity among young union... more...
- May 5, 2012 Live from Labor Notes (2): Occupy Transit A sea of transit union workers – their neon orange shirts reading "Occupy Transit" and " We are the 99%" -- filled the front rows of the main auditorium at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago Saturday morning as ATU President Larry Hanley spoke. ATU 689 President and Metro Council... more...
- May 5, 2012 Live from Labor Notes (3): The Next Generation of Labor Women One works to support day laborers. Another grew up walking picket lines with her mother. A third is a teacher at a school in Madison, WI. In all, they were ten young women -- students, organizers, teachers and activists -- who were able to attend the Labor Notes conference this weekend in... more...
- May 4, 2012 Verizon Workers Send Defiant Message to Shareholders “We don’t feel like Verizon cares about its workers anymore,” said Ray Robidoux as early-morning traffic zoomed past yesterday morning. Robidoux and a handful of his fellow Verizon engineering assistants (at right) -- members of CWA 2108 -- were standing on the shoulder... more...
- May 4, 2012 LIVE FROM CHICAGO: Union City Covers Labor Notes Conference The annual Labor Notes conferences are the biggest gatherings of grassroots union activists, worker center leaders, and all-around troublemakers out there—and this year Union City... more...
- May 4, 2012 Local Verizon Contract Struggle Featured on New Labor Radio Talk Show The Union Edge, “Labor's Talk Radio” is coming to DC, starting this Sunday, May 6. The Pittsburgh-based show will air on WPWC 1480 AM in Washington Northern Virginia from 4 to 6p. This... more...
- May 3, 2012 Civista Nurses to Strike Over Staffing Issues Nurses at Civista Hospital in La Plata, MD are planning a 1-day strike May 8-9 over staffing and wage issues... more...
- May 3, 2012 Call Spreads for Resignation of Walmart Chairman, CEO A deli manager at a California Walmart has started an online petition calling for the resignations of Walmart Chairman S. Robson Walton and CEO Mike Duke... more...
- May 3, 2012 Hotel Workers Cheer In New Contract The mood was festive yesterday as hotel workers, members of Unite Here Local 25, overwhelmingly (99.5 percent) ratified... more...
- May 3, 2012 UnionPlus Free Car Rental Contest UnionPlus wants to put union members and retirees in the driver's seat... more...
- May 2, 2012 DC City Council Fails to Repay DC Public Workers Yesterday afternoon the DC City Council failed to act to repay DC public workers unnecessarily furloughed in 2011... more...
- May 2, 2012 Festive May Day in DC A giant dragon wove down 14th Street to the White House yesterday evening as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in celebration of May Day... more...
- May 2, 2012 Coming Up This Week Verizon Shareholder Meeting Day of Action, DC JwJ Workers' Rights Board, and more... more...
- May 1, 2012 Hotel Workers Win "Groundbreaking" Contracts After weeks of picketing hotels across the city and months of contract negotiations, area hotel workers have won "groundbreaking" contracts... more...
- May 1, 2012 Labor On the Move: Andy Richards Moves to AFL-CIO's New Digital Strategies Dept Former Assistant Mobilizer Andy Richards, who most recently worked in the AFL-CIO's field communications program, has moved over to the AFL-CIO's new Digital Strategies Department... more...
- May 1, 2012 Bill Moyers' 10 Docs on Social Justice Champions Noting that "Social activism has always been a popular subject for documentarians because it presents stories of both cause and characters," veteran journalist Bill Moyers... more...
- May 1, 2012 Day Laborers form Worker Cooperative "You see a contractor managing a job one day and you think 'Why not me?'" said Carlos Diaz... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 April Metro Council Meeting Highlights Threats to the Postal Service -- both neighborhood service and postal jobs -- were a big topic at the April meeting of the Metro Washington Council... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 UC Photo Featured in AFL-CIO Pinterest Page A Union City photo is featured in the AFL-CIO's brand-new Pinterest page... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 May Day 2012 Preview This year May Day -- International Workers' Day -- offers metro DC activists plenty of ways to celebrate... more...
- Apr 30, 2012 Labor Quiz: What Taft-Hartley Didn't Do Which of the following did the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act NOT do... more...
- Apr 27, 2012 DC Activists Call for Resignations of Top Walmart Leaders The widening Walmart bribery scandal hit the Pennsylvania Avenue Marriott Thursday morning when Respect DC activists burst into the hotel chanting "Hey Hey! Ho ho! Walmart greed has got to go!" more...
- Apr 27, 2012 NoVA Volunteer Dinner Tix Deadline Approaching The cutoff for tickets for NoVA Labor's Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner is fast approaching... more...
- Apr 27, 2012 Ahold "Not Living Up to Promises," Martin's, Giant Food Workers Tell Shareholders in Amsterdam Three supermarket workers from Virginia visited Amsterdam last week to share their stories at annual meeting of the Dutch company that owns the stores where they work... more...
- Apr 27, 2012 New Community Development Encourages Area Workers to Own in DC A new Northeast Washington housing development designed to create more affordable housing for DC's working people is drawing strong interest from District employees... more...
- Apr 26, 2012 Activists Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law Blowing whistles, singing songs of solidarity, and waving signs that read "Do I look illegal to you?" and "People are more than their papers"... more...
- Apr 26, 2012 Great Labor Arts Exchange Early Bird Rates Expiring Soon Early Bird discounted registration for this year's Great Labor Arts Exchange, Conference on Creative Organizing, and Camp Solidarity ends on May 2... more...
- Apr 26, 2012 Workers Memorial Day Honors First Responders & Public Employees To help mark Workers Memorial Day, the National Labor College is hosting an afternoon of activities open to the public this Friday, April 27... more...
- Apr 25, 2012 Republican Attack on Fair Union Election Rule Fails in Senate Congressional Republicans yesterday failed in their latest attempt to roll back workers' rights... more...
- Apr 25, 2012 Local Unions Mobilize Against Postal "Destruction" Leaders of local postal unions are helping mobilize support to head off legislation in Congress they say would dismantle the U.S. Postal Service... more...
- Apr 25, 2012 In Wake of Walmart Bribery Probe, Activists Call for Halt on DC Stores With the Justice Department now conducting a criminal probe of Walmart for allegations of systematic bribery in Mexico, Respect DC is calling on local authorities "to put a halt on all permitting for Walmart's proposed stores in DC"... more...
- Apr 25, 2012 Union Sportsmen's Alliance's 2012 Shooting Tour Returns to Baltimore The Union Sportsmen's Alliance's popular sporting clays and trap shooting series returns to Maryland for the 2nd Annual Baltimore Area Trap Shoot... more...
- Apr 24, 2012 Immigration Debate Hits Local and National Stage The U.S. Supreme Court will once again be the focus of a major demonstration tomorrow as the Court hears arguments on the legality of SB1070 -- Arizona's notoriously anti-immigrant bill... more...
- Apr 24, 2012 Washington Teachers Debut New Website The Washington Teachers Union -- with more than 5,000 active and retired teachers in DC -- is staying ahead of the curve... more...
- Apr 24, 2012 $100 AT&T Smartphone Rebate With the Union Plus AT&T Wireless Difference, union members can support their CWA and IBEW union brothers and sisters at the only national unionized wireless provider... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Coming Up this Week Metro Council Delegate Meeting, Unite Here 23 Rally, and more... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Labor Photo: "Safe Jobs Save Lives" Michigan Bricklayer Tom Ward's father died of silicosis when Ward was just 13.... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Metro Council Delegate Meeting Monday Hear about upcoming CSA events, Streetheat actions, and reports on the recent primary elections and upcoming DC Ward 5 and presidential elections at tonight's Delegate Meeting... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Signed, Sealed, Delivered "Enclosed please find five self-addressed #10 envelopes with proper postage affixed on each for copies of the 2012 Metropolitan Labor Council Directory..." more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Labor Quiz: Which Army? The "Army of the Commonweal in Christ" is more well-known as the Bonus Army, Kelly's Army or Coxey's Army? more...
- Apr 20, 2012 New IUEC Contract Ratified IUEC members across the country have a new contract for the next five years... more...
- Apr 20, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Mark Your Calendar Labor Night at the Nats and CSA Golf Tourney... more...
- Apr 20, 2012 Revamped Executive PayWatch Website Focuses on "CEO Pay and the 99%" Verizon cut 41,100 jobs while hoarding $14 billion and paying its CEO $23.1 million... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Williams to Urge Confirmation of Wasserman & Hoffman to DC PERB Calling them "supremely qualified," Metro Council President Jos Williams will urge the DC City Council this morning to confirm Donald Wasserman and Ann Hoffman as representatives on the Public Employee Relations Board... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 DC COPE Report "DC Council Delays Furlough Pay Vote" & "Metro Council Endorses Kenyan McDuffie in Ward 5" more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Your Story Here A lot of the stories in Union City come from readers like you and now submitting a story, photo or story idea just got a whole lot easier... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Labor on the Move: McGarvey Elected Building Trades President Sean McGarvey, who has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department since 2005, was elected president Monday... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Hotel Workers Launch Mariott Wardman Picket & Boycott Hotel workers launched a picket line and boycott at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Thursday morning after contract talks broke down over healthcare, wages and pension issues... more...
- Apr 18, 2012 Restaurant Workers Demand Increase in Minimum Wage "21 years of $2.13 / the NRA is greedy and mean" chanted dozens of protesters in front of the National Restaurant Association office at noontime Tuesday in downtown DC... more...
- Apr 18, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: The Shoebox Project The elderly, veterans and the homeless in our area need a little help... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 VA Supermarket Workers Take Struggle for Union to Amsterdam Three Martin's and Giant Food workers from Virginia are in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to share their stories at the Dutch company's annual general meeting today... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 Local Labor Celebrates DC Emancipation Day Organized labor was out in force yesterday at the DC Emancipation Day Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the day President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 Gray Pushing to Repay DC Employees for Furloughs DC Mayor Vincent Gray has submitted a supplemental budget that includes a proposal to repay District employees for unnecessary furlough days in 2010... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 Norquist Targeted in Demand for Tax Justice As millions of Americans across the country rushed to beat the annual Tax Day filing deadline, activists gathered in front of Grover Norquist's downtown DC office Tuesday to demand tax justice... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 Coming Up This Week Emancipation Day, SOA Watch Rally, Go to Grover's for Tax Day, and more... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 Supermarket Workers to Continue Activism Saying "We can't stop; we won't stop," local supermarket workers aren't relaxing after winning contracts at Giant and Safeway earlier this month more...
- Apr 16, 2012 DC 99% Spring Training Preps for Direct Action Public school teachers, union organizers, non-profit staffers, a yoga teacher, a think tank fellow, and retirees all came together at the AFL-CIO yesterday to participate in DC Jobs with Justice's 99% Spring training... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 2012 Directory Updates An updated PDF of the 2012 Metro Council Directory with half a dozen updates and corrections is now available online... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 Labor Quiz: Whose Autobiography? "70 Years of Life and Labor" is the autobiography of which labor leader... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 Coming Up this Weekend With a whopping ten events scheduled, it’s an action-packed weekend in the DC Metro area; here are a few highlights... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 "Sleepful Protest" Targets Banks "Sleepful Protests" sounds like another oxymoron, like "business ethics" or "bankrupt millionaire" but it's actually a surprisingly-effective new tactic by the endlessly creative Occupy movement... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 Injured DC Workers Battle for Benefits When William Workcuff injured his back at his job with the DC Housing Authority he had no idea of how often he would have to fight the District government to access the medical care he needs... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 American Jobs on the Line at T-Mobile When it's American jobs on the line, T-Mobile keeps dropping the call... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 150th Emancipation Day Anniversary Kicks Off Yesterday's "March Through The Monuments" kicked off six days commemorating the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of DC's slaves in 1862... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 IATSE Targets Anti-Union AV Company Downtown workers on their lunch break Thursday were surprised to come upon a banner at the corner of 16th and L streets accusing the AAUW of being "Unfair"... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 "Days of Action" Set for Workers' Rights in the Americas In 1996 a group of armed thugs showed up at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Carepa, Colombia, where influential labor leader Isidro Segundo Gil worked... more...
- Apr 11, 2012 DC Celebrates 150 Years of Freedom Marking the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, DC Emancipation Day celebrations will be ongoing over the next five days... more...
- Apr 11, 2012 Library of Congress Opens Lactation Center To the cheers of dozens of workers -- many of them working mothers -- the Library of Congress opened the first of two planned lactation centers on March 9... more...
- Apr 11, 2012 99% Spring Blossoms in DC More than 100,000 activists are expected to train for non-violent direct action across the country this week as part of the 99% Spring... more...
- Apr 10, 2012 Firefighters & Cops Join Teachers in Budget Protest Firefighters, police, and school administrators stood in solidarity with DC public school teachers yesterday as the WTU rallied against budget cuts... more...
- Apr 10, 2012 Labor College to Sell Campus, Continue Online The NLC is planning to sell the school's Silver Spring campus and continue as a primarily online educational institution... more...
- Apr 10, 2012 In Memoriam: Building Trades Department President Mark Ayers Mark Ayers, president of the BCTD and an AFL-CIO vice president, passed away Sunday morning at 63... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 D.C. Parents and Teachers to Protest School Budget Parents, education advocates, and teachers will gather today on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building at noon to protest a proposed budget... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Labor FilmFest Partners with 2012 FilmFest DC The DC LaborFilmFest is a Community Partner for two films screening at this year's 26th annual Washington, DC International Film Festival... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Coming Up The next two weeks are bursting with local and national actions in the metro area... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Picturing the Board Photos of the Metro Washington Council's Executive Board can be found on the Council website... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Labor Quiz: Postage Due Which of these labor leaders has NOT been honored on a U.S. postage stamp? more...
- Apr 9, 2012 UFCW 1994 Wants Problem Busses Off Streets "Quit playing Russian roulette with the safety of our bus operators and the riding public," said UFCW Local 1994 President Gino Renne... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Walmart Delay in DC Shows Lack of Support, Says Community Group Walmart's announcement over the weekend that it will delay the opening of five of six planned stores in DC "is further proof that the company has not won over city residents,"... more...
- Apr 6, 2012 UFCW 400 Releases Hip-Hop Video "Fight for the side that's right /grocery workers unite /join us!" raps local hip-hop artist Head-Roc in the infectiously bouncy music video UFCW Local 400 Anthem... more...
- Apr 6, 2012 Labor on the Move: UMD Law Student Wins Browning Fund Award Joshua Lowery, a second-year student at University of Maryland School of Law and the son of IUEC Local 10's Jim Lowery and IAM member Ruth Lowery, has been awarded a 10-week summer fellowship by the Peggy Browning Fund... more...
- Apr 6, 2012 Labor Photo: Council Website Wins Front Page Award Metro Council Union City staffers Chris Garlock, Julia Kann and former staffer Adam Wright accepted the "Distinguished Website Design" award at the Newspaper Guild's Front Page Awards... more...
- Apr 5, 2012 SEIU 400 Offers Members Classes SEIU Local 400 takes education seriously. Not only do they represent the custodial staff for the Prince George's County School System, but now... more...
- Apr 5, 2012 Labor Photo: Fire Fighters 36 Welcomes Conference The DC Pipe and Drum Band -- comprised of members of Fire Fighters Local 36 -- performed during the opening ceremony of the 2012 IAFF Legislative Conference... more...
- Apr 5, 2012 Online Affiliate Directory Gets Organized The Metro Council's online directory is not only constantly updated, it's now been alphabetized for easier use... more...
- Apr 4, 2012 Labor-Endorsed Candidates Fare Well in Primaries Area candidates endorsed by the Metro Washington Council did well in yesterday's primaries... more...
- Apr 4, 2012 Follow Us on Twitter! Over 1,200 people now follow the Metro Washington Council on Twitter... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Delegate Meeting Postponed for Emancipation Day Celebration The monthly Metro Washington Council Delegate Meeting has been moved to April 23, postponing it by one week to allow everyone to participate fully in the DC Emancipation Day... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Election Day Details Today is election day in DC and Maryland and polling places are open from 7a to 8p... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Labor on the Move: JUJF Welcomes Katie Ashmore Katie Ashmore is the new community organizer at Jews United for Justice (JUFJ)... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Giant, Safeway Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract Giant and Safeway workers in the DC area represented by UFCW 400 on Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a new collective bargaining agreement... more...
- Apr 2, 2012 Coming Up This Week Here are a few local labor events coming up this week; check the labor calendar for even more local labor action... more...
- Apr 2, 2012 DC/MD COPE Reports Primary election day is tomorrow, April 3; here's a handy guide to the Council's endorsements... more...
- Apr 2, 2012 Labor Quiz: Electrifying The seal of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers includes 10 bolts of lightning... more...
- Mar 30, 2012 Trayvon Martin Rally Exposes ALEC's Attacks on Civil & Worker Rights "I'm wearing my hoodie today for Trayvon and for all working people" said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Thursday at a midday rally outside the downtown DC offices of ALEC... more...
- Mar 30, 2012 Building Futures Grads Working for Better Lives "Thank you for giving me a chance to have a trade to better my life" said Anthony Scott at the recent graduation ceremonies for the latest Building Futures class... more...
- Mar 30, 2012 DC Labor Walk Sheds Light on IBEW Museum DC Labor Walk participants last week got a special tour of the IBEW's museum... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Shoppers Pledging Support for Giant & Safeway Workers Shoppers across the region yesterday pledged to support supermarket workers fighting for a fair contract at Safeway... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Labor Movement to Join Protest of Deadly "Kill at Will" Legislation The labor movement is joining a diverse coalition of advocacy organizations, activists, and national leaders today at noon to protest the ALEC's paid promotion of deadly "Kill at Will" legislation... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Injured Workers Organize in DC DC Government Workers injured on the job are not taking it lying down... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 MD COPE Report: Breakfast Rally for Rob Garagiola Rob Garagiola is the only labor-endorsed candidate running in the Democratic Congressional Primary in Maryland's District 6... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Workers Reach Tentative Agreement with Giant & Safeway Giant and Safeway workers in the DC and Baltimore metropolitan areas, represented by UFCW Locals 400 and 27, have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with their employers... more...
- Mar 28, 2012 Supermarket Workers Urge Shoppers to Take Action to Help Avert Strike With the March 31 contract expiration just days away, UFCW Local 400 called on area shoppers to take action at their local Giant or Safeway... more...
- Mar 28, 2012 Demonstrations Continue at Supreme Court Hearings on Health Care Law Beating drums, waving signs and chanting slogans, over 1,000 health care supporters overflowed the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court yesterday... more...
- Mar 28, 2012 2012 Metro Council Endorsements The Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO has made the following endorsements in the April 3rd primaries... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Raising Voices for Health Care at the Supreme Court "The right wing is making a big test of what kind of society it is we're going to have" AFSCME's Paul Booth said as he walked the picket line in front of the Supreme Court Monday morning... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Dozens of Student Activists Arrested at Sallie Mae Sit-In Three dozen student activists were arrested Monday as more than 300 students took to the streets of DC to protest student debt... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Labor Seder Celebrates Immigrants' Roots & Rights When Ilir Zherka arrived in this country, the two-year-old Albanian immigrant didn't speak a word of English... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Farm Worker Pioneers Inducted into DOL Hall of Honor "They built a union like no other and turned a community into a movement"... more...
- Mar 26, 2012 Coming Up This Week Protect the Affordable Care Act, Building a Cooperative Movement, and more! more...
- Mar 26, 2012 IUOE 99 Retiree Tapped for Calvert County Award Kenneth R. Moore, Sr., a member of IUOE Local 99 for 53 years, is such an active member of the Calvert County, MD community that the Calvert County Democratic Party recently gave him its Chairman's Award for Outstanding Service to the Community... more...
- Mar 26, 2012 Labor in the News: Union City Photo Featured In College Text Book W.W. Norton Publishers is using one of Union City's recent photographs in its upcoming 12th edition of American Government... more...
- Mar 26, 2012 Labor Quiz: The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit? Who originally classified legendary UAW President Walter Reuther as the most dangerous man in Detroit? more...
- Mar 25, 2012 Work Stoppage Looms as Supermarket Bargaining Goes Down to the Wire With just one full day left of negotiations, UFCW Local 400 charged that area supermarket workers are "no closer to an agreement than we were 10 weeks ago." more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Faith Community Rallies Around Supermarket Workers "Fill one of these cards out and get it back to me on your way out"... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Walmart Board Member Gets Loud "Wake Up Call" The megaphone crackled to life at the Bethesda Marriott Thursday... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Healthcare Allies Rally to Protect the Affordable Care Act Unions and community allies will rally outside the Supreme Court next week as opponents of the Affordable Care Act descend on DC... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 MD COPE Report: "Labor to Labor" Takes on District 6 Union members in Maryland are taking to the streets for Rob Garagiola, the labor-endorsed candidate in Congressional District 6... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Labor Photo: CWA Day of Action Takes on Downtown DC "Hey Verizon! You can't hide! We can see your greedy side!" protesters chanted across Downtown DC yesterday... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 Labor Photo: Teamster Solidarity from Ohio to DC On strike since February 14, Teamsters Local 507 traveled from Cleveland, Ohio to DC to protest in front of Red Cross Headquarters on 17th Street yesterday... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 DC COPE Report: Union Members Get Out the Vote Union members in the District of Columbia are working hard to elect the labor endorsed candidates... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 Labor Seder Tix Still Available The voices of local immigrant workers will be heard this Sunday at Jews United for Justice's annual Labor Seder... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Building Futures Accepting Applications The Community Service Agency's Building Futures program is now accepting applications for their next pre-apprenticeship course... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 Verizon Workers say Contract "Due" after 9 Months Commuters making their way through the fog on Route 29 early Thursday morning may have thought they were hallucinating... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Safeway Workers Protest "Scab" Hiring Sites It was Safeway worker Vivian Sigouin's day off but at noon on Tuesday she was walking through the Piney Branch Safeway in northwest DC, passing out union buttons and lanyards to her fellow Safeway workers... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Metro Council Board Sworn In The election of the Metro Council's Executive Board led off a meeting jam-packed with delegates and upcoming Streetheat and political activities Monday night more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Labor On The Move: Elise Bryant Wins UALE "Lifetime Achievement" Award Local labor activist Elise Bryant has been selected the winner of the "Lifetime Achievement" award by the United Association of Labor Educators (UALE)... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 "Pregnant" Verizon Workers Protest; Faith Support for Giant/Safeway Workers; "Stand Up to Corporate Greed" Call it the Thursday Trifecta, with three Streetheat actions scheduled for tomorrow across metro DC... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Electrifying Tour Thursday Check out the electrifying history of the IBEW at Thursday's DC Labor Walk tour of the IBEW Museum... more...
- Mar 20, 2012 Verizon Retirees Stand with Workers for a Fair Contract Last week retired members of CWA Local 2108 showed their solidarity with current members as they headed into a College Park Verizon store... more...
- Mar 20, 2012 Striking Cleveland Teamsters to Rally at Red Cross HQ Wednesday Busloads of Teamsters from Cleveland, OH, will join scores of labor and community activists in a demonstration at American Red Cross national headquarters on Wednesday... more...
- Mar 20, 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Helps Generate Support for Film About Sanitation Workers The DC Labor FilmFest, which since 2001 has screened films about work and workers, last week helped generate funds to complete an exciting new movie featuring Austin sanitation workers... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 Slideshow, Directory, Politics & More at Metro Council Delegate Meeting Tonight Tonight's meeting of the Metro Washington Council features the 2011 DC Labor Scrapbook slideshow, now complete and with great music, reports on a host of upcoming Streetheat actions... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 Coming Up This Week Check the labor calendar for the full schedule of events... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 2012 Evening with Labor Photo Album Posted Photos of the 2012 Evening with Labor festivities have now been posted online... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 Labor Quiz: What Color is Your Contract? A long-since-outlawed agreement that new workers were forced to sign as condition of employment, stating that they were not members of any union and that they would not join a union, is called... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 Giant Workers Say "A Deal is a Deal" Giant supermarket workers last week were in the Netherlands drumming up awareness of Giant parent company Ahold's broken promises to workers here in the US... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 Brand New Labor Walk at IBEW Museum The newest DC Labor Walk at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum still has spots available for next Thursday’s tour... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 2012 Directory to be Released at Council Meeting At Monday's Delegate Meeting the brand-new 2012 Directory of Metro Council Affiliates will be released, featuring completely-updated contact information for all affiliates and a listing of local union shops... more...
- Mar 15, 2012 DC COPE Report: Council Makes Three DC Endorsements At well-attended meetings of the Metro Council's Executive Board, delegates and DC COPE last night, the Council made decisions on three endorsements for the April 3rd primary election... more...
- Mar 15, 2012 AFL-CIO Endorses Obama; DC-Area Labor Pledges Historic GOTV Effort Citing President Obama's commitment to working families, the AFL-CIO General Board voted Tuesday to endorse the president for a second term... more...
- Mar 15, 2012 Despite Financial Challenges, Labor College Keeps Focus on Worker Education The National Labor College "is currently operating business as usual in every respect," President Paula Peinovich told NLC staff yesterday... more...
- Mar 14, 2012 Council's Website Wins Guild Award The Metro Council has won another Front Page award, this time for Distinguished Website Design... more...
- Mar 14, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: Auto Insurance Discounts for Union Members Auto insurance premiums can take a bite out of the family budget, but union members can compare rates and save hundreds of dollars with the Union Plus Auto Insurance Program... more...
- Mar 13, 2012 Howard Students Decry Bonuses in Face of Furloughs "The students united will never be defeated chanted Howard University students outside the university's annual Charter Day Convocation Ceremony last Friday... more...
- Mar 13, 2012 Trumka Follows DClabor on Twitter Union City is more than just an email publication -- it's now on Twitter and Facebook, too... more...
- Mar 13, 2012 Transit Workers Urge Mass Transit Funding, Endorse "Occupy Transit" Day Cheerfully-bobbing balloons and smiling transit workers greeted commuters Tuesday morning as they emerged from the Farragut West and Farragut North Metro stations... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 "Fighting" Mike Murphy Accepts "Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year" Award Saying that he was "proud to fight for our members," IUOE Local 99 Business Manager Mike Murphy took a bow with his trademark grin as he accepted the 2011 Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year Award... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 DC Labor Walk Explores IBEW Museum The latest DC Labor Walk offers a very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 Coming Up This Week DCJwJ Unpaid Wages Direct Action, The Future of Mass Transit in America Rush Hour Leafletting, and a Lunchtime Documentary Screening... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 Labor Quiz: Mayor Powderly? True or false: Knights of Labor head Terrence V. Powderly also served as Mayor of Scranton, PA? more...
- Mar 12, 2012 Labor College Staff Warned of Possible Layoffs While National Labor College staff was officially warned Monday of "possible layoffs" in the next 60 days, NLC spokesperson Lara Manzione told Union City that "We're working very hard to finalize a new partnership to fill the financial hole created last Fall when our partnership with Princeton... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 Cash-Rich Giant Won't Share With Workers While Giant supermarkets are demanding major givebacks from their workers, parent company Ahold has "too much cash," Ahold CFO Jeff Carr recently told investors... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Winners: Outstanding Trade Unionist Michael Murphy of IUOE Local 99 is this year's winner of the JC Turner Award for Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 Labor Seder Set for March 25 "Immigrant Roots, Immigrant Rights" is the theme of this year's annual Labor Seder on March 25, hosted by Jews United for Justice... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 New Arsenal Monument Photo for Labor Map Salem Pearce's photo of the Arsenal Monument is now included in the monument's marker on the DC Labor Map... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 DC COPE Report: Consumer Advocates Demand DC Council Vote on PSC Nominee With District consumers facing major electricity and telephone rate increase requests, dozens of community, labor and faith leaders showed up in front of the John A. Wilson Building yesterday to demand that the DC City Council vote on Elizabeth "Betty" Noel's nomination to the 3-member Public... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Awards: Community Services Thomas Webb and AFGE 3615 are this year's recipients of the Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 JwJ, EJC Urge Action for Injured Government Workers Demanding that the government recognize the needs of injured DC government workers, a coalition of community groups testified March 1 at the Council's Committee on Government Operations Oversight Hearing on the Office of Risk Management... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 New African Films Festival Opens Tonight TransAfrica's 8th annual New African Films Festival kicks off tonight at AFI... more...
- Mar 7, 2012 PG High School Students Suspended After Protest Supporting Teachers Four students at Northwestern High School in Prince George's County were suspended last week after staging a walkout over issues including denial of promised pay raises for their teachers... more...
- Mar 7, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Winners: Outstanding Citizen Reverend Graylan Hagler is this year's winner of the Wilhelmina Rolark Outstanding Citizen Award... more...
- Mar 6, 2012 Coming Up This Week While Saturday's "Evening with Labor" is certainly the biggest labor event of the week, it’s not the only one... more...
- Mar 6, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Winners: Organizing & Golden Picket On Saturday the local labor community will come together for the 35th annual Evening with Labor to celebrate and honor local labor activists... more...
- Mar 6, 2012 Library of Congress Guild Supports Martha's Table With 18 boxes of children's books and personal care items in tow, union members at the Library of Congress headed to Martha's Table this January to support the organization's impressive community work... more...
- Mar 5, 2012 AFSCME Members to Take On Annapolis Public employees in green union T-shirts with large, green "RESPECT, RIGHTS, REVENUE" signs will rally tonight in Annapolis... more...
- Mar 5, 2012 Wage Theft, Oppression on Capital Grille Menu Patrons of the Capital Grille were surprised last week to find that oppression was on the menu at the Friendship Heights restaurant... more...
- Mar 5, 2012 Labor Quiz: Women Welcome Which was the first trade union to admit women into membership? more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Nurses Charge Washington Hospital Center With Violating Federal Law Registered nurses at the District's largest hospital charge that Washington Hospital Center is violating federal labor law by refusing to meet with nurse representatives, undermining the ability of nurses to address patient safety problems and the ability of the hospital to recruit new RNs... more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Lessons in Job Safety Building Futures students are learning fast that when it comes to construction, "safety comes first"... more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Evening with Labor Tix Still Available Just eight days until the 35th annual Evening with Labor, DC labor's premier local labor event featuring awards, a chance to see lots of great labor and political friends, wonderful food at a union hotel, good music and of course dancing... more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Area Union Hotels Score High with AAA Five area union hotels were rated among the best of the best by AAA for 2012/// more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Giant, Safeway Workers Blast Concession Demands, Recruitment of "Replacement" Workers, Efforts to Silence Union Members Giant and Safeway management is "going nuclear" in its attempt to ram through a contract that would drive workers out of the middle class, undermine their health and retirement security, and squeeze even more profits out of their hard work, grocery workers charged today... more...
- Mar 1, 2012 DC Councilmembers Jack Evans & Vincent Orange Get Nod from Metro Council; Murray, Vaughns, Jackson, Fellows & Burroughs Endorsed for PG School Board District Councilmembers Jack Evans and Vincent Orange were endorsed by the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO at its monthly meeting last Monday... more...
- Mar 1, 2012 Stage Employees Look to Organize Smaller Venues Saying that stage employees at all local theaters deserve the same advantages as those working at larger venues, IATSE Local 22 has announced a new organizing drive to unionize "all theatrical stage employees working in smaller theatres, LORT theatres and community theatres"... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 DC Accused of "Cheerleading" for Walmart Calling it "unfortunate" that DC elected officials "have turned into either silent or loud cheerleaders for Walmart," Respect DC organizer Mike Wilson says that "There's just no real willingness to look at [Walmart's] track record"... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 Grocery Workers Step Up Campaign for Fair Contract With just a month to go before their contracts with Safeway and Giant expire, UFCW Local 400 members are expanding their campaign from the streets into the digital realm... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 Last Chance For 2012 Directory Updates! Click here to review a PDF version or here for the Online Metro Washington Council Directory of Affiliates. The Directory’s been completely updated with dozens of corrections for the Council’s nearly 200 affiliated local unions, Councils, Constituency Groups and allies. The Union Shop’s... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 Labor Opposes O'Malley Proposal to Shift Pension Costs to Counties Labor leaders this week came out strongly against Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's proposal to shift teacher pension costs onto counties... more...
- Feb 28, 2012 Occupy DC Takes a Stand with MD Homeowner "Before, I was ashamed, now I feel good because we are standing up" Bertina Jones said yesterday... more...
- Feb 28, 2012 Metro Council Supports PG Casino as Jobs Generator “Our region, and [Prince George's] County in particular, need more good jobs that pay family-sustaining wages and benefits" Metro Council President Jos Williams testified last week... more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Coming Up This Week From Monday's Occupy DC rally to meet-the-author events Tuesday and Wednesday, there's plenty of local labor action this week... more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Labor in the News: The Long View and Howard Negotiations Continue Operating Engineers Local 77 member Tim Reese reflects on the view from his perch atop his 190-foot tower crane... more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Labor Quiz: Labor's Stamp of Approval Which American labor leader was honored on a postage stamp issued in 1950 more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Union Voice: Readers Write Learning from the Labor Quiz... more...
- Feb 24, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Cooper Tire Settlement Reached Locked-out Cooper Tire workers reached a tentative agreement late yesterday afternoon, so Saturday's demonstration in Silver Spring has been cancelled... more...
- Feb 24, 2012 Demo Demands Rights for Mexican Workers "Escucha! Escucha! Estamos en la lucha!" chanted protesters in front of the Mexican Embassy yesterday... more...
- Feb 24, 2012 Grants to Support Women in Labor Movement Funding is available for organizations, programs and projects committed to "helping women organize into unions"... more...
- Feb 23, 2012 Giant, Safeway Workers Rally Customer Support As Bargaining Battle Heats Up Hundreds of UFCW Local 400 members headed into Giant and Safeway stores in Maryland, Virginia, and DC yesterday to ask for customer support in their battle for a fair contract... more...
- Feb 23, 2012 Mexican Worker Rights Struggle Continues at DC Demo Today Despite 50,000 activists taking to the streets around the world a year ago, the struggle for workers rights in Mexico continues, including at a noontime action today at the Mexican Embassy in downtown DC... more...
- Feb 23, 2012 The Occupied Washington Times Union Connection The latest issue of the Occupied Washington Times -- Occupy DC's newspaper -- has hit the street, and attentive readers will notice something new on the back page: a union bug... more...
- Feb 22, 2012 Big Solidarity for Local Actions Three upcoming actions provide opportunities to participate in national and international campaigns... more...
- Feb 22, 2012 Labor Photo: IATSE 22 Honors Benson IATSE Local 22 dedicated the local's meeting hall to former Pres. Brian X. Benson on February 11... more...
- Feb 22, 2012 Labor Quiz: Norma Rae's Awards How many Academy Awards did "Norma Rae" -- the 1979 film about a textile worker who organizes a union at her plant in North Carolina -- win? more...
- Feb 21, 2012 Evening with Labor Ad Deadline Today Today at 5p is the deadline for ads in this year’s Evening with Labor program book... more...
- Feb 21, 2012 Students Learn Concrete Facts at Cement Masons "I have walked on concrete sidewalks plenty of times but I never realized how much manual labor goes into finishing it!” more...
- Feb 21, 2012 2012 Metro Council Directory PDF Edition Published The PDF version of the 2012 Metro Washington Council Directory of Affiliates is now available online... more...
- Feb 21, 2012 American University Adjuncts Vote to Join Union In response to growing inequality on campus including near-poverty wages with no benefits, adjunct faculty at American University have voted to join SEIU Local 500... more...
- Feb 17, 2012 Labor Photo: Ward 4 and Occupiers "Respect DC" Over 30 people turned out early Thursday morning in Northwest DC to protest construction of the District's first Walmart. Occupiers from Occupy DC blocked two trucks from entering the site, at Georgia Avenue and Missouri, delaying the morning’s construction, while members of Ward 4... more...
- Feb 17, 2012 Last Chance to see "Mother Jones" Play Starting tonight, Can’t Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones returns to DC this weekend for four final shows. Award-winning actress Kaiulani Lee (at left as Mother Jones) -- in “a stunning performance you won’t be able to take your eyes off of” -- brings labor icon Mother Jones... more...
- Feb 17, 2012 Progressive Maryland Launches Campaign for Tax Fairness Progressive Maryland (PM) this week launched a statewide campaign for tax fairness with a mailing to voters in selected election districts across the state highlighting the inequity in the current tax system and many of the proposals being considered by the General Assembly to close an... more...
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