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- Feb 16, 2012 Howard Hospital Workers Demand Negotiations Honking car horns echoed along Georgia Avenue yesterday at midday as hospital workers took to the streets to demand fair negotiations with management at Howard University Hospital... more...
- Feb 16, 2012 UFCW 1994 MCGEO Secures First Multi-Year Pact With Montgomery County In what the union termed "a turnaround in the negative pattern of the past several years and a win-win for the union, management and taxpayers," UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO has reached a tentative agreement with Montgomery County... more...
- Feb 16, 2012 Labor Photo: Oil Workers Rally for Jobs Hundreds of oil workers from three Philadelphia refineries slated for permanent shutdown early this year came to Capitol Hill yesterday... more...
- Feb 15, 2012 Cafeteria Workers Rally for Contracts With bright orange buckets and loud, cheering voices, Unite Here Local 23 hit the streets with a colorful bang last night as this newly-formed local held its first rally... more...
- Feb 15, 2012 "Captivating" Mother Jones Play Returns Described as "a stunning performance you won’t be able to take your eyes off of," "Can’t Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones" returns to DC this weekend for four final shows... more...
- Feb 15, 2012 DCJWJ Tells City Council to "Respect DC" Despite the last-minute cancellation of the public hearing on a ballot initiative to ban direct corporate contributions to DC candidates, dozens of people showed up Monday morning at the planned hearing of the Board of Elections and Ethics to demand accountability from their elected officials... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 Local 23 at the "Heart" of Defending Workers' Rights This afternoon Unite Here's newly-formed Local 23 will hold its very first rally as they gear up for over 15 cafeteria-worker contracts in the coming months... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 Promises of a Bright Future IBEW Local 26's Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is lighting the way to solidarity in Charles County, MD... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: Helpful Information on Mortgage Settlement Some homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments will soon be eligible for loan modifications... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 Labor Quiz: Solidarity Forever's Origins IWW songwriter Ralph Chaplin wrote "Solidarity Forever" in 1915 for which of these activities? more...
- Feb 13, 2012 99% Confront the 1% at Conservative Conference Over 1,200 labor and community activists turned out in force at two demonstrations Friday outside the Conservative Political Action Conference... more...
- Feb 13, 2012 Labor Calendar Preview Highlights of upcoming events this week. Check out the local labor calendar for full details... more...
- Feb 13, 2012 DCNA Calls on Howard University to Resume Negotiations with AFSCME The District of Columbia Nurses Association on Friday urged Howard University President Sidney Ribeau to resume contract negotiations with AFSCME Local 2094... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 Verizon Called "Poison" as Flashmob Strikes Union Station Store The unexpected sounds of brass instruments echoed through Union Station last night as commuters turned to watch an unusual gathering in front of the Verizon store... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 Labor in the News: Triumph of the Trashmen & Apple Labor Protests AFSCME Council 20's sanitation workers and a protest at the Georgetown Apple store both made headlines this week... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 License to Organize They're known as "vanity plates," but that's not the right term to describe the license plate that adorns the Buick of UFCW Local 400 steward Gary Tafrawe, a 38-year member and Safeway worker... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 Progressives to A broad coalition of progressive activists will be out in force today at "Occupy CPAC," a two-part action at the ongoing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)... more...
- Feb 9, 2012 Plugging In to the Local Labor Movement DC Labor will be live-tweeting from the "Occupy CPAC" demonstrations this Friday, giving you moment-to-moment updates for both actions... more...
- Feb 9, 2012 Valentines with Justice Expand your idea of that certain special person to include area caregivers this Valentine's Day, suggests DC Jobs with Justice... more...
- Feb 9, 2012 Labor Chorus Scores Wammie Nomination The DC Labor Chorus – a familiar sight and sound on local picket lines and area labor events – has been nominated for a coveted Wammie this year in the Choral category... more...
- Feb 8, 2012 Howard University Hospital Workers Battle Unionbusting Wisconsin-style unionbusting has come to DC. Howard University Hospital has declared an impasse in negotiations and, effective this Thursday, is moving to implement their final contract offer... more...
- Feb 8, 2012 Countdown to Occupy CPAC Plans for Friday's noontime and evening Occupy CPAC rallies include street theater, music, puppets, and a whole lot more... more...
- Feb 8, 2012 Labor in the News: Jaime Contreras, SEIU 32BJ Calling him "one of Washington's most active advocates for immigrant rights," the Washington Post on January 31 profiled SEIU 32BJ Capital Area District Chair Jaime Contreras... more...
- Feb 7, 2012 The $11 Million-Dollar Man Who is this man and why is he so happy? That's Safeway CEO Steve Burd, and when he's not pretending to stock the supermarket produce section he's pulling down a cool $11 million in pay... more...
- Feb 7, 2012 Budget Coalition Launches "Make One City Possible" Campaign "The gap between the rich and the poor in DC is growing," says the DC Fair Budget Coalition, "and safety net programs have been cut drastically when people need them the most..." more...
- Feb 6, 2012 Labor Photos: Indian Labor Leaders Visit Labor College Archivist Lynda DeLoach shows Hon'ble Union Minister for Labour & Employment for India Mallikarjun Kharge and National Labor College Dean Daniel Katz an archival image of U.S. labor leader Walter Reuther's 1956 visit to India... more...
- Feb 6, 2012 Labor Calendar Preview: Leaflet Aveda and Occupy CPAC... more...
- Feb 6, 2012 PC "We Goto Bowl" Team Tops CSA Bowling Tourney Print Craft's "We Goto Bowl" team took first place in last Sunday's CSA "Bowling for Gold" tournament, rolling an impressive 3389 total for the three frames... more...
- Feb 3, 2012 Occupy CPAC With workshops like "Return of Big Labor: What Can We Learn from Wisconsin & Ohio," and "Taking back Wall Street: The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street," the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) descends on the nation's capital February 9-11... more...
- Feb 3, 2012 Valentine's Day Flowers Discount from Union Plus Now you can be thoughtful and save money too. Union members can have an extra-special Valentine's Day this year with a 20% discount on flowers... more...
- Feb 3, 2012 Tell JUFJ What To Do Jews United for Justice, a strong supporter and advocate for the local labor community, wants your input for its next Maryland campaign... more...
- Feb 2, 2012 EMD Sales Workers Join Local 400, Ratify First Contract It's been a struggle of more than a year, but the campaign by 38 workers at EMD Sales in Baltimore paid off on January 26 when they ratified their first collective bargaining agreement after joining UFCW Local 400 more...
- Feb 2, 2012 '12 Bowling Team Photos Posted Online Team photos from this year's "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament are now available online in the Council's photo archives, which also include albums of photos of the bowling and golf tournaments and Evening with Labor from previous years... more...
- Feb 2, 2012 Labor On The Move: Nikki Daruwala New ED at DC JwJ DC Jobs with Justice welcomes incoming Executive Director Nikki Daruwala this week more...
- Feb 1, 2012 Labor Photo: Swearing-In of SEIU 400 Officers Newly-elected officers at SEIU Local 400 were sworn into office January 28 by Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams... more...
- Feb 1, 2012 Readers Write: Seeking PATCO Book "A few weeks back you informed us about a Georgetown professor who wrote a book about air traffic controllers and President Reagan," writes Union City reader Charles Moore at WTU Local 6... more...
- Jan 31, 2012 DC JWJ Helps Day Laborers Through Winter Sometimes it just takes a cup of hot chocolate to make the difference. That’s what DC Jobs with Justice believes, especially when it comes to DC's day laborers who brave the cold early mornings to try to get work... more...
- Jan 31, 2012 Kalmanovitz Fellowship Offers Time to Develop Worker Strategies If you've been waiting to win the lottery so you'll have time to develop creative ideas and practical strategies for working people, Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor's brand-new 2012 Kalmanovitz Fellowship could be just the ticket... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 Occupy DC to Resist Eviction at Twin Noontime Actions Today Occupy DC protesters are urging area supporters to join them at noon today as they resist eviction threats by the National Park Service... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 Montgomery County Ordered to Bargain with UFCW 1994 MCGEO Montgomery County violated its own collective bargaining law when it refused last fall to bargain on eight topics, County Labor Relations Administrator Jerome Barrett ruled last week... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 "Bowling for Gold" a Shining Success From the Bricklayer's "Bowling Stones" to the United Mine Workers' "Coal Strikers," nearly 100 teams from across the metro area labor community came together to strike down pins and raise money for the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund yesterday at the 20th annual Bowling... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 Hundreds Turn Out to "Defend Occupy DC" The towering statue of General James Birdseye McPherson astride his horse was pressed into service as a giant tent pole Monday, as a huge blue tarp bearing the words "Tent of Dreams" billowed in the late January breeze, suspended from McPherson's bronze shoulders... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Indiana House Passes RTW Defying public opinion, the Indiana state House Wednesday passed a "right to work" (RTW) for less bill by 55-41... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Grocery Workers Take to Streets Giant and Safeway checkout clerks are taking to the streets for a new contract. Or at least, photos of the UFCW 400 members are... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Last Chance for Labor FilmFest Vote Whether you favor musicals like Newsies and How to Succeed in Business, old favorites like The Grapes of Wrath and On the Waterfront... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Occupy Our Homes Reaches Out to Labor "Members of the Occupy movement and homeowners are coming together to guarantee our right to housing through collective action," Occupy DC activist Rob Wohl tells Union City, "just like the labor movement does for workplace rights and fair wages"... more...
- Jan 26, 2012 What Would Martin Do? In celebration of the recent Martin Luther King holiday, the Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund is sponsoring its annual "What Would Martin Do?" forum at Howard University today at 3p... more...
- Jan 26, 2012 DC Support Urged for Indiana Battle Against "Right To Work" With so-called "Right to Work" legislation actively being moved in the Indiana House and Senate, the DC-area labor movement is swinging into action... more...
- Jan 26, 2012 Union Plus Helps Members Keep New Year's Resolutions Because union membership entitles workers to exclusive discounts, Union Plus has created a special New Year's Resolution Page to help make sticking to New Year's resolutions easier and more affordable... more...
- Jan 25, 2012 Arbitrator Rules Montgomery County Violated Union Contract Arbitrator Herbert Fishgold has ordered Montgomery County to restore 60 hours of compensatory leave to 80 long-term employees who the County claimed had been credited with the leave in “error.” In his January 18 decision, Fishgold ruled that the County had reneged on a legitimate... more...
- Jan 25, 2012 UFCW 400's McNutt Hails Pension Fund's Walmart Divestment Hailing the decision by Dutch pension fund ABP to divest itself of Walmart "a giant step," UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt (at left) said on January 13 that “in an era when global capital has amassed greater power over every sphere of our lives than ever before, it is... more...
- Jan 24, 2012 Council Delegates Briefed on Upcoming Street Heat Battles as close as your local Safeway or Giant and as far away as Indiana were hot topics at last night’s Metro Council delegate meeting... more...
- Jan 24, 2012 Week of Local Labor Activities There's lots to do this week in the local labor movement, starting with today’s Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC-DC) picket at the Capital Grille in Friendship Heights... more...
- Jan 24, 2012 In Memoriam: Newspaper Guild's Darlene Meyer Passes In what was described by her colleagues as "a deep and tragic loss," longtime Newspaper Guild Local 32035 activist Darlene Meyer has died at age 64... more...
- Jan 23, 2012 First 2012 Delegate Meeting Kick off the New Year at 2012's first Metro Council Delegate Meeting tonight at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Jan 23, 2012 DC Community Groups Press for Verizon Contract Downtown Verizon store managers were reminded Friday of the ongoing struggle for a fair contract for Verizon workers when community members tried to deliver an open letter to two local stores... more...
- Jan 23, 2012 UP Scholarship Deadline January 31 Time is running out to apply for this year's Union Plus Scholarship Program: applications are due by midnight on Tuesday January 31... more...
- Jan 20, 2012 WTU to Train Teachers for the Spotlight To train local teachers to speak out effectively for education, the Washington Teachers Union is launching "Teachers as Leaders"... more...
- Jan 20, 2012 Make Your 2012 Labor FilmFest Picks Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and the 1971 film Joe Hill currently lead the list of films Union City readers would most like to see in this year's DC Labor FilmFest... more...
- Jan 20, 2012 Labor Community Supports Those in Need From a union member burned out of his house to Daycon strikers still out of work, the metro DC labor community dug deep to support families in need this past holiday season... more...
- Jan 19, 2012 Almost Down to the Last Frame There are just a few lanes left to bowl alongside "Team Hardcore" (Teamsters 639), "Gutterdusters" (AFGE 631), "Circuit Breakers and Live Wires" (IBEW), and many more at the January 29 "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament... more...
- Jan 19, 2012 PG/MontCo COPE Meeting Today The Prince George's and Montgomery County COPE will have their second shared meeting today at 10a at UFCW Local 400... more...
- Jan 19, 2012 Scholarships Available for Building Trades Kids With education costs skyrocketing, the annual Ashcraft & Gerel scholarship program is a chance for family members of DC building and construction trades workers to stay in school... more...
- Jan 18, 2012 Walker Recall Sparks DC Action With more than a million signatures turned in yesterday in Madison, WI to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, local plans are ramping up for a major action at next month's Conservative Political Action Conference in DC, where Walker is to be the keynote speaker... more...
- Jan 18, 2012 CSA Helps Grads into Workplace Eight Building Futures Grads employed as electrical helpers in City projects are still going strong! more...
- Jan 18, 2012 Ranking the 2012 Possible DC Labor FilmFest Films The 2012 DC Labor FilmFest is nearly ten months away but organizers are already hard at work putting together the twelfth annual celebration of work, workers and worker's issues... more...
- Jan 17, 2012 Hundreds Gather at Annapolis Jobs Rally The warmth of solidarity was never more evident than last night in Annapolis as several hundred labor activists gathered closely together in sub-freezing temperatures for a jobs rally at the State Capitol... more...
- Jan 17, 2012 DC Law Would Limit Enforcement of Fed Immigration Laws The District continues to be on the leading edge of the immigrant rights issue as members of labor, faith, civil rights, and community groups packed the Wilson Building on January 6 to support legislation limiting local enforcement of federal laws governing the detention of undocumented migrants... more...
- Jan 17, 2012 Labor Quiz: Bread and Roses The phrase "Bread and Roses" refers to: a poem; a textile strike; or a film? more...
- Jan 13, 2012 State Fed Rally to Honor MLK On Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 300,000-member Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO will join faith and civil rights leaders for an MLK Day Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality at 6p in Annapolis... more...
- Jan 13, 2012 Tentative Agreement Reached at NBC NABET-CWA has reached a tentative agreement with NBC Universal on a new contract covering some 2,500 broadcast technicians, newswriters, building, air conditioning and plant maintenance personnel, staging services personnel, and couriers at NBC News and NBC Sports operations... more...
- Jan 13, 2012 DC Demo Supports Striking Nigerian Workers Protesters rallied outside the World Bank building in Washington, D.C., on Monday in support of Nigeria's nation-wide strike opposing the soaring price of fuel... more...
- Jan 13, 2012 UFCW 400's McNutt Slams Delhaize America for "low-road approach" Delhaize America's decision last week to close 126 stores, including six Bloom Supermarkets and one Bottom Dollar Food store in Northern Virginia "demonstrates the failure of Delhaize's low-road approach to doing business in America," said UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt... more...
- Jan 12, 2012 Free Buses from Bowie to Monday Rally Free buses are leaving from Bowie for Monday's Rally for Jobs, Justice, and Equality in Annapolis, courtesy of ACE-AFSCME Local 2250... more...
- Jan 12, 2012 Union Shop Hotels, Restaurants & Grocery Stores Updated For the most up-to-date guide to shopping union, check out the Metro Council's Online Labor Shop. The Union Shop's listings have just been updated... more...
- Jan 12, 2012 There's Still Time to Bowl for Gold Spots are still available for this year's "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament on January 29... more...
- Jan 11, 2012 Area Musicians & Musical Artists in Tune with Solidarity Leaders of the Metro Council, Musicians Local 161-710 and the American Guild of Musical Artists met with members of Local 161-710 Monday night to discuss local solidarity... more...
- Jan 11, 2012 Jan 31 Deadline for Union Plus Scholarships Applications for the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program are due by January 31. The program provides $150,000 in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents... more...
- Jan 10, 2012 Grocery Workers Mobilize for Giant/Safeway Bargaining Demanding that Giant and Safeway "share the fruits of our labors," UFCW Local 400 stewards and activists are mobilizing for the start of bargaining tomorrow on a new contract affecting 17,000 workers in the metro Washington area... more...
- Jan 10, 2012 Locals Lend a Hand The Washington Teachers' Union collected food and toys last December for the Central Union Mission, which will distribute them to children and families in need... more...
- Jan 10, 2012 Big Actions from Annapolis to the District Mark your calendar now for two big don’t-miss actions coming up in the local labor scene. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO is planning a Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality... more...
- Jan 9, 2012 "Insufficient" Pay Increase Proposed for Federal Workers Federal workers have already contributed more than enough. That was AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman's response Friday to the 0.5 percent pay increase for civilian federal employees proposed by the White House as part of its 2013 budget proposal... more...
- Jan 9, 2012 Labor In The News: DC Firefighters Warn That New Schedule Threatens Safety "D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe is pushing to impose a work schedule that would dramatically increase work hours and decrease recovery periods for firefighters" wrote Ed Smith, President of Fire Fighters Local 36, in response to a Washington Post article praising Ellerbe's new schedule proposal... more...
- Jan 9, 2012 Labor Quiz: Remembering Fannie Sellins How did Fannie Sellins, a union organizer of garment workers and miners, die? more...
- Jan 6, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: A Financial Fresh Start for 2012 With the start of a new year, it's a great time to review your family's finances. Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) presents "A Financial Fresh Start for 2012: Prepare for Your Overall Financial Health and Success"... more...
- Jan 6, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 5) This wraps up our review of some of the local labor movement's highlights from the past year. "It's a brand new year," says Council President Jos Williams, "and we're looking forward to seeing even more solidarity in 2012 as we continue the struggle for workers locally and across the globe..." more...
- Jan 6, 2012 Delegate Meetings Past and Present The December Delegates meeting draft minutes -- featuring updates from CSA, COPE, and a visit from members of the Occupy DC Labor Committee -- are now available on the DC Labor website... more...
- Jan 5, 2012 Rolling in 2012 Roll in the New Year at the twentieth annual "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament... more...
- Jan 5, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 4) Verizon Strikers, "Main Street" Sit-In, Office Cleaners Rally, and Occupy DC... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 Need Continues in the New Year UFCW Local 400's Chuck Miller stopped by just before Christmas to pick up $450 collected by AFL-CIO and Community Services Agency staff, as well as food to take to a member in West Virginia whose entire house burned down... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 Hold The Date: MLK Rally in Annapolis Calling it "an opportunity to reflect upon the inspiration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while articulating a renewal of our hope, and our determination to act upon the promise of our future..." the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO is planning a Rally... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 In Memoriam: John McKee, Jr., Plumbers 5 John McKee, Jr, the longtime former Business Manager of Plumbers Local 5, passed away on Monday, December 26... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 3) From Wisconsin solidarity to the Verizon strike, Occupy DC and a host of local struggles, 2011 was a banner year for the metro area labor movement... more...
- Jan 3, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 2) From Wisconsin solidarity to the Verizon strike, Occupy DC and a host of local struggles, 2011 was a banner year for the metro area labor movement. As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of solidarity in 2012, we're taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive and remember... more...
- Dec 22, 2011 Last Chance for Free Tix to All-Union "Billy Elliott" Musical Last chance at a pair of free tickets to the January 3, 7:30p performance of Billy Elliot the Musical! more...
- Dec 22, 2011 Labor On The Move: DC JWJ's Baris Goes National DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director Mackenzie Baris is going national. Baris – who has led the local JwJ since shortly after it was founded in 2002, will be the Northeast Regional Organizer for national Jobs with Justice... more...
- Dec 22, 2011 UFCW Partners Up to Feed the Hungry To help record numbers of struggling families receive the food and nutrition they need over the holidays, the UFCW International Union, Local 400 and the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP teamed up with Smithfield and Kroger to deliver 120,000 servings of protein to the Central Virginia Food... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 UFCW 400 Says Kroger Pension Plan Should Be Model A landmark agreement between Kroger supermarkets and 14 UFCW locals -- including Local 400 -- is set to improve and secure pension funds for more than 170,000 retired and active UFCW members... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 Organizing Award Nominees Sought If your local organized a significant number of new members this year you could be in the running for the 2011 Organizing Award at the upcoming Evening With Labor... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 DC CBTU Helps CSA Feed the Hungry Sometimes a meal is the best gift of all. Members of the DC chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists this holiday season raised cash and provided $1,120 worth of gift cards... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 Free Billy Elliott For a chance at a pair of free tickets to the January 3 7:30p performance of Billy Elliot the Musical, email us by noon this Thursday... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 Sonny Yeatman's Wife Passes Karon Yeatman, wife of Elevator Constructor Local 10's Sonny Yeatman, has passed. The viewing will be held this Thursday... more...
- Dec 20, 2011 Another Chance at Teamster History Last week's labor history tour at the Teamsters raised nearly $400 for the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund, which helps out needy families and is especially necessary during these tough economic times... more...
- Dec 20, 2011 Discount Tix to Billy Elliot the Musical It's not often that you see picket lines onstage, much less at the august Kennedy Center, but Billy Elliot the Musical brings the class struggle of the bitter 1994/95 miners' strike in England to vivid life... more...
- Dec 20, 2011 Arrests and Hunger Strikes for DC Voting Rights "DC residents are sick and tired of being used as a bargaining chip" said Ilir Zherka, Executive Director of DC Vote at Friday's rally outside the U.S. Capitol... more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Needy Verizon CEOs Take to the Streets It's been a rough year for the 1%. So much so that a collection was taken up Friday for the "Verizon Needy Executives Fund" in front of the L Street Verizon store... more...
- Dec 19, 2011 City Worker Union Says Occupy Fight is Local Saying that "Teachers, social workers, clerks, and all types of workers who provide vital services to the people of DC have suffered while a tiny minority continue to watch their wealth skyrocket," DC AFSCME Local 2401 President Sabrina Brown recently delivered supplies to Occupy DC... more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Resolving to Finish that College Degree Need a New Year's resolution? Finish your degree at the National Labor College! more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Labor Quiz: Solidarity Forever Who wrote labor's anthem, "Solidarity Forever"? more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Correction In our report on the IPS World Bank demo last Friday, we did not mean to minimize the effort... more...
- Dec 16, 2011 AFGE Warns of High Cost of Gov't Shutdown With another possible government shutdown looming, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), warns that the cost to Americans could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, "not to mention a restriction in services vital to the public..." more...
- Dec 16, 2011 Protesters Smell a Toxic Rat at World Bank The fatcat in front of the World Bank was hard to miss. Twelve feet tall, bright orange and wearing a well-tailored suit, it squeezed a worker in its paw... more...
- Dec 16, 2011 Carols - and Coal - for Verizon Holiday carolers serenaded Verizon board member Rodney Slater yesterday with new words to an old favorite: "On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, Verizon gave to me..." more...
- Dec 15, 2011 Council Stands Behind Occupy DC Concerned over the fate of the two occupations in DC... Metro Council President Jos Williams has sent letters supporting Occupy DC to President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and District Mayor Vincent Gray... more...
- Dec 15, 2011 Teamsters History Comes to Life Tonight A few slots are still available for tonight's Teamsters history tour with Teamsters historian Karin Jones... more...
- Dec 15, 2011 IBEW Takes On Real Needs "The one in need next time could be you." That was the lesson of a skit at the annual United Way charitable giving campaign December 8 at the IBEW, put on as a collaboration between management and labor at the union... more...
- Dec 14, 2011 The Strike That Changed America When 12,000 U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike 30 years ago, President Ronald Reagan threatened that if they were not back on the job in 48 hours, they would be fired... more...
- Dec 14, 2011 Live Union Music Returns to Nutcracker Ballet Bringing back live orchestral accompaniment to The Washington Ballet's popular performances of "The Nutcracker" ballet, the Washington Ballet Orchestra has returned to its seasonal home at the Warner Theater... more...
- Dec 14, 2011 Utility Workers Keep Occupy DC Wired Recognizing the importance of digital communication, Utility Workers Union's (UWUA) Gary Ruffner and Stewart Acuff brought UWUA-donated tech supplies to Occupy DC yesterday... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 SEIU 400 Steps Up for Burned-Out Hyattsville Family "Thank you, thank you, thank you," said Merle Munroe, clasping SEIU 400 President Sonny Reed's hand in both of hers, "I don't know how we would make it without your love and support..." more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Mine Workers Feed DC Occupations "This is our fight too," said Bob Gaydos yesterday as the United Mine Workers of America Deputy Director of Organizing unloaded a trailer full of $2,000 worth of food and winter clothing into the willing arms of occupiers at both McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Verizon Edges Out Walmart for Scrooge of the Year After a close race, union-busting telecom giant Verizon was declared the 2011 "Scrooge of the Year," at the DC Jobs with Justice Winter Cabaret last Saturday... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Williams Honored at Labor Heritage Awards Calling the Labor Heritage Foundation "a resource for labor culture in all of its manifestations," Metro Council President Jos Williams accepted the LHF's 2011 Union Leadership Award last Thursday night... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Teamsters History Tour Benefits CSA Find out how the horses on the Teamster logo got their names and lots of other fascinating Teamster labor history at Thursday's guided tour of the new historical exhibits at the Teamsters headquarters building... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 NFFE Helps Sustain Occupy DC Helping keep Occupy DC environmentally friendly, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) President Bill Dougan and Office Manager Amy Burns donated a brand new tool kit and circular saw last Thursday... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 CSA Wins Two Marpat Grants The Community Services Agency's Building Futures program got another boost this week when the Marpat Foundation awarded it $30,000 for 2012 to bolster pre- apprenticeship work with DC residents in Wards 7 and 8... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Labor Discount Tix for Billy Elliot Musical Billy Elliot the Musical -- based on the 2000 labor fave film Billy Elliot -- is coming to town for a series of holiday performances... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Labor Quiz: The Sabo-tabby Who or what is the sabo-tabby? more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Bruskin to Report on Recent Iraq Trip Local activist Gene Bruskin, co-convener of USLAW, will report this Wednesday on the recent International Civil Society Solidarity Initiative conference in Basra, Iraq... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Local 12 Member Wins Free Tix to Les Miz Eugenia Korsak Ordynsky, an AFGE Local 12 member at the U.S. Department of Labor, was the lucky winner of Union City's raffle for a free pair of tickets to Les Miserables... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Prayer Vigil Calls on Congress to Extend Unemployment Insurance Now Holding white carnations high above their heads to symbolize the nation’s millions of jobless workers more than 2,000 union, faith and community activists gathered yesterday to demand that Congress act now to extend this unemployment insurance... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Labor Joins Saturday Rally for Affordable Housing in DC The District's affordable housing crisis is so bad that the current amount of affordable housing would need to be tripled just to address existing housing needs, according to the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Protecting the Postal Service from the 1% With Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's call for closing thousands of post offices, reducing deliveries to five days a week from six, and cutting the agency's work force by more than 100,000... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Teamsters History Tour Filling Up The DC Labor Walk’s December 15 Teamsters History Tour is the perfect holiday gift for the labor history fan in your life... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 This Just In: Occupy DC to Start Hunger Strike Occupy DC will start a hunger strike at noon today demanding voting rights for DC... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 National Prayer Vigil Today for the Jobless and Jobs "I am college educated and a military veteran as well but neither seems to make a difference in today's depressed job market," says Peter, from Keysville, VA... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 1st PG-MoCo COPE Meeting This Morning The first-ever joint meeting of the combined Prince George's & Montgomery County Committee On Political Education (COPE) is at 10a this morning... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 Labor In The News: Elevator Constructors Host Cardin Tri-County COPE volunteer Karen Fennell and Elevator Constructors Local 10 Business Manager Jim Lowery are among the union activists featured in an IAM video about U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) more...
- Dec 8, 2011 Occupiers Launch Hunger Strike for DC Voting Rights Three Occupy DC activists began a hunger strike for DC democracy Thursday. more...
- Dec 7, 2011 "Take Back the Capitol" to Shut Down K Street Today The 4-day "Take Back the Capitol" occupation continues today as thousands swarm K Street, the lobbying center for the world's most powerful corporations... more...
- Dec 7, 2011 CSA News You Can Use: Great Finance Resource America Saves is a campaign coordinated by the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and is dedicated to helping individuals save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. Click here for access to their newsletter and to download valuable information to help you and your members. The... more...
- Dec 7, 2011 History Comes Alive at Mock Trial Samuel Gompers was admonished for proselytizing, Frances Perkins called the event life changing, the Fire Chief was almost held in contempt for calling Max Blanck a liar and in the end the factory owners were found not guilty, despite the gruesome workplace deaths of 146 women... more...
- Dec 7, 2011 Correction DC JWJ Winter Cabaret is on Saturday night, not Friday, as reported in our 12/5 piece. more...
- Dec 7, 2011 Bad Day for K Street Lobbyists It was not a good day to be a DC lobbyist. Despite a steady rain, bands of activists roamed downtown Washington, massing outside lobbyist offices to chant "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!" more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Walmart in Lead for 2011 "Scrooge of the Year" With just four days left to vote, Walmart is leading a crowded field for this year’s Jobs with Justice "Scrooge of the Year" award... more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Labor Photo: "Take Back the Capitol" Launches Today protesters will head to congressional offices to "Take Back the People's House"; tomorrow thousands will take over K Street at noon to "Make Wall Street Pay..." more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Williams Honored by Labor Heritage Foundation Honorees at Thursday’s Labor Heritage Foundation "Evening of Labor Honors" include Metro Council President Jos Williams, a longtime supporter of labor arts and culture... more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Council Minutes Posted Draft minutes from last month's Metro Washington Council Delegate and Executive Board meetings are now available on the Council's website... more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Correction In our December 1 article, "DC Workers Support Massive UK Public Sector Strike," we neglected to mention that DCNA President Margaret Shanks accompanied NNU's Karen Higgins to deliver a letter of solidarity to the British embassy... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 This Just In: Dozens of Occupy DC Protesters Arrested Dozens of Occupy DC protestors were arrested yesterday after they put up a 15-foot-tall wood shelter at their McPherson Square encampment to provide a warm gathering place as winter weather set in... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Thousands Pitch Tents on Mall to "Take Back The Capitol" Thousands of people are arriving in DC today to participate in a 4-day "Take Back The Capitol" mobilization that includes a massive tent city on the Mall... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Labor Chorus Sings to Packed House The DC Labor Chorus presented its annual evening of Favorite & Sacred Songs last Saturday to packed auditorium of nearly 200 labor supporters, friends and activists... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Listening to Occupy DC "The reason I joined Occupy was because I was looking for what I saw in Wisconsin" said James Ploesner last Friday at the K Street Busboys & Poets... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Teamsters History Tour Link Updated The sign-up link for the December 15 Teamster history tour has been fixed; our apologies for the technical snafu... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 No Holiday for Hunger With the holiday season fast approaching, the Community Services Agency (CSA) is accepting donations of non-perishable food and gift cards for needy working families... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Labor Quiz: Banned by the Letter Carriers The National Association of Letter Carriers operates a 500-apartment retirement community in Central Florida, Nalcrest, for its retirees... more...
- Dec 2, 2011 Firefighters Douse Chief's Plan for Cuts, Schedule Changes A controversial proposal by DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe would have "devastating" effects on DC firefighters, says their union... more...
- Dec 2, 2011 DC Labor Chorus Sings "Favorite and Sacred Songs" Saturday The DC Labor Chorus' annual Concert of Favorite and Sacred Songs -- set for this Saturday at 7:30p -- "is not the usual solemn holiday presentation of sacred songs," says Chorus Director Elise Bryant... more...
- Dec 2, 2011 MD/DC State Fed Endorses Marriage Equality Saying that "The labor movement has a long and proud history of standing for justice for all workers," the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed the issue of marriage equality for same-sex couples at its recent convention... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 DC Council Urged to Pass Workplace Fraud Bill Workplace fraud -- the misclassification of employees as independent contractors -- "hurts workers, employers who play by the rules, and taxpayers," said Metro Council President Jos Williams... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 Songs and Solidarity The DC Labor Chorus' annual Concert of Favorite and Sacred Songs this Saturday is dedicated to the Occupy DC/Occupy Wall Street movement and features songs of particular significance to members of the chorus... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 DC Workers Support Massive UK Public Sector Strike Chanting "No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts" as they circled outside the British Embassy in Northwest DC, over 100 area workers rallied Wednesday in a show of solidarity with striking public sector workers in Britain... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 Rodmen Get the Ball Rolling Rodmen Local 201 has registered the first "Bowling for Gold" team for the 2012 Community Services Agency annual Bowling Tournament... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Forum Today Examines Attacks on NLRB, Workers' Rights The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)--the key agency in ensuring workers' rights--is facing an unprecedented assault from partisan politicians and the 1 percent... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Solidarity Noontime Rally with Striking Nurses & Public Workers in the UK Nurses will rally in front of the UK Embassy at noon today in solidarity with British nurses and public workers... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Voting for DC's Scrooge of the Year Who's the Scroogiest of all? DC Jobs with Justice needs help awarding the 2011 Scrooge of the Year, given annually to a person or company that has done the most "dastardly deeds" to DC workers... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Teamsters History Tour DC Labor Walk is offering a special opportunity to get a guided tour of the new historical exhibits at the Teamsters headquarters building, while supporting the Metro Council's Community Services Agency... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Today's Labor History Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 Community Slams Walmart, Gray for "Sham" Agreement Community activists with the Respect DC campaign called last week's "community partnership" with Walmart "a failure of leadership" by DC Mayor Vincent Gray, noting that the agreement is not enforceable and included no significant concessions from Walmart... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 MD/DC AFL-CIO Votes Strong Support for Occupy DC The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO approved a resolution calling on its members to treat Occupy encampments in the District and Baltimore as they would a formal picket line at the state fed's recent 28th biannual convention... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 On The Line Tomorrow: Assault on the NLRB & Solidarity with UK Strikers The unprecedented assault on the National Labor Relations Board is the topic of a forum tomorrow morning at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 Labor Quiz: Powderly's Knights The 1880's labor organization headed by Terrence Powderly was the Knights of St. Crispin, the Knights Templar or the Knights of Labor? more...
- Nov 28, 2011 IAM 1759 Welcomes Local 1747 Members, Wins Website Award In local Machinist news, IAM Local 1747 has merged with Local 1759... more...
- Nov 28, 2011 IBEW 26 Food Drive Underway IBEW Local 26 is conducting their annual food drive through December 16... more...
- Nov 23, 2011 AFL-CIO Helps Keep Occupy DC Warm Contributions of cold-weather clothing, sleeping bags and air mattresses from AFL-CIO staff were delivered to Occupy DC last Friday by the AFL-CIO’s Eddie Acosta. Other needs include weatherizing/warm materials, laptops, printing access and more. Click here for the latest... more...
- Nov 23, 2011 Washington Teachers Help Feed Hungry Washington Teachers’ Union president Nathan A. Saunders presented a check and canned food items last week in support of WHUR-FM Howard University Radio’s annual Food 2 Feed Drive. “WTU is pleased to support this great cause for those in need,” said Saunders. “Our teachers... more...
- Nov 23, 2011 Walmart Workers Want a Say About Working on Thanksgiving Black Friday has finally become Black Thanksgiving, leaving some retail workers with no time for turkey. “Retail workers go above and beyond for their customers during the holiday season and take pride in their work,” says the UFCW. But with stores like Walmart pushing back Black... more...
- Nov 22, 2011 DCNA RN Thomas Honored Registered Nurse Deborah Thomas -- a long-standing member of the District of Columbia Nurses Association (DCNA) -- has been honored by The Washingtonian Magazine as a 2011 Excellence in Nursing Award recipient. Thomas ( left ), Diabetes Educator at Howard University Hospital, has served... more...
- Nov 22, 2011 Hip-Hop Video Raps Walmart's DC Plans With Walmart’s announcement last week that it plans to open two more stores in the District – bringing the total to six – Head-Roc’s "Keep DC Walmart Free!" video is a timely reminder of the giant retailer’s pattern of low wages and firing employees who show... more...
- Nov 22, 2011 Daycon Strikers Not Forgotten The 14 remaining Daycon strikers ( Daycon Loses Another Round, Owes Workers Over $1 Million ) have not been forgotten. The Community Services Agency today delivered food and funds for all 14 Teamsters Local 639 members and their families, don ated by AFGE 2782 members at the Census... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 CSA Annual Holiday Basket Project Hits the Ground Running The Community Service Agency (CSA)’s annual holiday basket project is off to a great start with donations already in from OPEIU Local 2 members who organized a food drive at the National Electrical Benefits Fund in Rockville. CSA accepts donations of... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 Labor Quiz: Name the Teamster Horses There are two horses on the Teamster logo; what are their names? Power and Strength; Thunder and Lightning; Equality and Dignity. Click here to vote and you could be next week’s winner! Last Week's Quiz: A whopping 61 percent of Ohioans voted Nov. 8 in favor of public... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 Occupy DC Labor Committee Brings Movements Together After weeks of collaboration between local labor and occupiers at McPherson Square, a new tent on the square marks a next step in building connections between the Occupy movement and the local labor community. Occupiers, union members and local activists interested in developing the... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 Postmaster's USPS Cuts to be Protested Today Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s plan to cut hundreds of thousands of US Postal Service jobs and institute dramatic cuts to postal service -- including elimination of Saturday delivery -- are the target of a protest today by workers, labor allies and Occupy DC activists. While... more...
- Nov 18, 2011 Occupy DC & Labor Demand Infrastructure Investment Protestors massed on the Key Bridge last night to demand jobs and investment in rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure... more...
- Nov 18, 2011 This Weekend's Labor History 31 men died on Lake Michigan with the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley during one of the worst storms in the lake’s history... more...
- Nov 18, 2011 Hotel Workers Picket Hay-Adams for Contract Patrons of the posh Hay-Adams hotel were confronted last night with a militant picket-line by hotel workers fed up with working for over a year without a new contract... more...
- Nov 17, 2011 Community Cool to Gray/Walmart Proposal for 2 More Stores in DC DC community groups reacted with dismay and consternation to yesterday's surprise announcement by Mayor Vincent Gray of two more proposed Walmart sites in the District... more...
- Nov 17, 2011 Marches & Teach-In at Occupy DC Today Despite evictions in New York, Oakland and Portland in recent days, the Occupy movement continues to mobilize against Wall Street greed, with several local actions planned in conjunction with the 2-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and the AFL-CIO's National Day of Action... more...
- Nov 17, 2011 Give to the Max Day Nets $1,400 for CSA Two dozen donors contributed $1,400 to the Community Services Agency during last Wednesday's first Give to the Max Day... more...
- Nov 16, 2011 2012 Labor Books Catalog Now Available The just-released 2012 edition of the UCS Labor Books Catalog -- from local labor publisher Union Communication Services -- provides a well-stocked toolbox of books, pamphlets and more, offering scores of classic and new titles on topics ranging from negotiating and grievance handling to... more...
- Nov 16, 2011 CWA Begins 2-Day March to Occupy DC This morning at 7a members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) will set out on a two-day march from the Verizon store in the Chesapeake Complex in Silver Spring, MD to Occupy DC at McPherson Square... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Prince George's County Council Poised to Lead Area in Progressive Economic Development Laws Two bills are up for a vote tomorrow by the Prince George's County Council that will connect economic development to jobs for County residents... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Labor Art Click here to download the November calendar from movement artist Ricardo Levins Morales... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Online The DC Labor FilmFest's popular Working Lunch videos are now available online for easy viewing wherever you are... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Philip Levine, U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine will read some of his poems about work and workers today at 1p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Occupy DC Focuses on Jobs, Education and Infrastructure this Thursday All roads lead to Occupy DC this Thursday... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 Labor Quiz: Ohioans on the Right to Bargain What percentage of Ohioans voted in favor of the state’s public employees having collective bargaining rights? Was it 61 percent, 52 percent or 39 percent? more...
- Nov 14, 2011 Norton Labor Fundraiser The annual Labor Fundraiser for DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will be held next Thursday, November 17... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 National Magazine Features Local Activists The September issue of National Nurse -- "The Voice of National Nurses United" -- features cover shot of Metro Council President Jos Williams DCNA's Sandra Falwell, a DC Registered Nurse and member of the Council's Executive Board, and Virginia AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays, with other area... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 "Scrooge" Award Nominations Open The race for this year's DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) Scrooge Award is sure to be a close one. The award -- given to the person or company that did the most "dastardly deeds" to working people in Washington, DC this year -- could go to anyone... more...
- Nov 11, 2011 UFCW and Smithfield Salute Veterans Just in time for Veterans Day, UFCW and Smithfield delivered 120,000 servings -- 30,000 pounds -- of protein to the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington on November 4 to help local veterans and their families... more...
- Nov 11, 2011 SEIU Shows Flag for Occupy DC In the latest show of labor support for Occupy DC, a contingent of SEIU staffers marched down from the union's Dupont Circle headquarters last Thursday... more...
- Nov 11, 2011 DSA Hosts Justice & Jobs Discussion Rep. John Conyers (D., MI), founding member of Congressional Black Caucus, and SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina head up a discussion tonight on "Economic Justice and Good Jobs For All: A Progressive Vision" at 7p... more...
- Nov 10, 2011 IBEW 26 Apprentices Give Back to Community Construction is more than just a job for IBEW Local 26's Apprenticeship Club, it's also a way to give back to the community... more...
- Nov 10, 2011 Ohio Results Show Voter Focus on Jobs Cincinnati Fire Fighters (IAFF) member Doug Stern says Tuesday's overwhelming rejection of Gov. John Kasich's (R) attempt to eliminate collective bargaining rights of workers shows that "the focus of government should be on creating sustainable middle class jobs, rather than pushing a partisan... more...
- Nov 10, 2011 DC Circulator Workers Join OPEIU 2 Road supervisors, mechanics, payroll and customer service clerks employed at the DC Circulator voted overwhelmingly to join OPEIU Local 2 on November 4... more...
- Nov 9, 2011 Police Ramp Up Presence at Occupy DC; Williams Affirms Labor Support for Movement Occupy DC appeared to enter a new phase yesterday when a march in solidarity with local construction workers was met with a significantly increased police presence... more...
- Nov 9, 2011 CSA Urges "Give to the Max" Today "Today’s the day!" says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. Give to the Max Day, that is... more...
- Nov 8, 2011 CSA: "Doers, not Talkers" Michael Grace supports the Community Services Agency because they're "Doers, not talkers," and Renee Weitzner says she's "Happy to give as you do sooo much!" more...
- Nov 8, 2011 Posting Enabled for DC Labor Calendar Got a labor event coming up? Get listed! Now you can submit your DC-area labor event right on the Metro Council’s calendar more...
- Nov 8, 2011 Labor College Scholarships Available to Trades Members A total of $13,500 in new scholarships is now available through the Building Trades President's Award to members of eligible building trades unions who enroll and register in any of the online degree completion programs at the National Labor College more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Norton Labor Fundraiser Set The annual Labor Fundraiser for DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is set for Thursday, November 17... more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Labor On The Move: Savoy Elected President of CWA 2336 Brenda Savoy was elected President of CWA Local 2336 on October 18... more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Labor in the News: AFSCME & WTU Federal Union Workers Join Occupy Protesters and D.C. Educators Rated 'Effective' Can Still Lose Jobs... more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Give to the Max for CSA "Thanks so much for all that you do to help people during their times of need," Julie Windsor wrote to the Community Services Agency more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Labor Quiz Labor Quiz: Who was Addie L. Wyatt? more...
- Nov 4, 2011 "Tax Wall Street" Thousands Demand at U.S. Treasury Thousands of activists rallied outside the U.S. Treasury yesterday to demand a tax on Wall Street more...
- Nov 4, 2011 Political Leaders, Students Join Sheraton Crystal City Boycott Chanting "Don't check in, check out!" two dozen students and workers picketed the Sheraton Crystal City last night more...
- Nov 4, 2011 NoVA's Final Push for Pro-Labor Candidates With less than a week remaining before the 2011 elections, NoVA Labor is doing "all we can to make sure our members and their families get out and vote for the pro-Labor candidates," reports NoVA Labor President Dan Duncan... more...
- Nov 4, 2011 How to Help Protect Worker Rights in Ohio You don't have to go to Ohio to help fight for collective bargaining rights there... more...
- Nov 3, 2011 Labor Photo: Donating to Occupy DC It was bright and sunny yesterday when AFSCME Council 26’s Carl Goldman (pictured at left) and Fern Finley stopped by Occupy DC to drop off 100 AFSCME rain slickers, but occupier Justin Rodriguez was happy to accept them more...
- Nov 3, 2011 November 9 is "Give to the Max" Day "Thank you SO much!" single mother "T", a member of AFSCME 2250, wrote to the Community Services Agency... more...
- Nov 3, 2011 Council Reps Attend Obama Jobs Meeting "Whatever executive authority I have to strengthen this economy and bring back jobs, I'm going to use" President Obama told representatives from the Metro Washington Council on Tuesday more...
- Nov 3, 2011 CWA and Occupy Team Up and Take On Verizon At 5p last night a crowd of red-clad CWA members gathered in Freedom Square. They were joined by activists from Freedom Plaza and, soon after, a large group from McPherson Square who were on their way back from a solidarity march against police brutality in Oakland... more...
- Nov 2, 2011 Labor Photo At Tuesday's march by AFGE members who work at the federal Bureau of Prisons, who rallied to speak out against retaliation for filing EEOC complaints. - photo by Johnnie Walker more...
- Nov 2, 2011 DC Labor Walk Set for Saturday The DC Labor Walk has been rescheduled for this Saturday from 2-4p downtown more...
- Nov 2, 2011 March Links CWA Verizon Struggle with DC Occupations CWA will partner with occupiers at Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square today for a solidarity march against Verizon... more...
- Nov 1, 2011 BOP Workers Battle Retaliation AFGE members who work at the Federal Bureau of Prisons will rally today to speak out against retaliation for filing EEOC complaints... more...
- Nov 1, 2011 Metro Council Committed to Supporting Occupy DC With the Occupy movement continuing to spread across the country and around the world -- despite attempts by many local authorities to shut it down -- the Metro Washington Council is "committed to continuing to actively support the local Occupy movement," Council President Jos Williams wrote to... more...
- Nov 1, 2011 Help CSA Support Workers in Need When "N" was diagnosed with breast cancer and had her hours cut at the grocery store, she turned to the Community Services Agency for help as she fell behind on her rent... more...
- Oct 31, 2011 DC Occupy Movement Gains Strength Over Weekend "Robin Hood was right! Tax the rich tonight!" Occupy DC activists braved rain, sleet, and the season's first snow Saturday to take the message of the "Robin Hood Tax" through downtown DC... more...
- Oct 31, 2011 Japanese Workers Visit Local 400 UFCW Local 400 hosted a delegation of workers from Japan recently. The workers, from the Japanese Federation of Service and Distributive Workers Union (JSD), were on a two-week tour visiting labor unions across the United States... more...
- Oct 31, 2011 Labor Quiz: An Arresting Leader Which female labor leader was arrested 49 times over the course of her career? Was it Evelyn Dubrow, Mother Jones or Delores Huerta? more...
- Oct 28, 2011 Last Chance to Catch "Captivating" Mother Jones This is the last weekend to catch OBIE-award winner Kaiulani Lee's "absolutely captivating performance" as labor icon Mother Jones... more...
- Oct 28, 2011 'DC Labor Walking Tour: Great Moments In 99% History' "With very few exceptions there are no statues, or monuments, or plaques" to labor history in the nation's capital, Chris Garlock, Mobilizer for the Metro Washington Council, told the Huffington Post on Thursday... more...
- Oct 28, 2011 DC Nurses Hit Streets to Support Arrested Nurses in Chicago DC nurses took to the rainy streets of Washington Thursday in solidarity with occupiers and nurses arrested earlier this week in Occupy Chicago... more...
- Oct 28, 2011 Robin Hood Comes to DC The "Robin Hood" tax -- a 1% financial transaction tax designed to take small change from bankers to support those in need -- is the starring attraction of tomorrow's Occupy DC action... more...
- Oct 27, 2011 CREA Local 75 Latest Council Affiliate Congressional Research Employees Association (CREA) Local 75 is the latest affiliate of the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO more...
- Oct 27, 2011 'Union Apprenticeship Set Me on the Right Path' Cory McCray "learned hard work, dedication and commitment" as an IBEW apprentice in Baltimore more...
- Oct 27, 2011 Elevator Constructor Apprentices Score High Elevator Constructor union apprentices posted an impressive 81% pass rate earlier this month on the Mechanics Exam more...
- Oct 26, 2011 Strategic Research Training Offered An introductory training on strategic corporate research taught by seasoned researchers and campaigners will take place November 14-16 at the National Labor College... more...
- Oct 26, 2011 UNION VOICE: That was No Bugle Playing "I don't want to be a stickler but I watched a video of the Walmart event..." more...
- Oct 26, 2011 PG County Library Workers Win Contract After more than a year of negotiations, 250 members of UFCW 1994 have won a new contract at the Prince George County Memorial Library System... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Local 400 Member and Team Receive Two Kaiser Awards The Kaiser Thrive Awards are to Kaiser employees as the Academy Awards are to actors, a great achievement and honor. One of the stars who made Kaiser thrive over the years was Local 400 Executive Board member Jaki Bradley... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Pride at Work ED Shorey to be Honored Longtime union - and gay rights - activist Peggy Shorey will receive the President’s Award at the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club 35th Anniversary Leadership Awards this Thursday... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Washington Worker's Walking Tour From the Labor Hall of Fame to Joe Hill's ashes, worker's history is around just about every corner in the nation's capital. This Saturday this history will come to life in a Worker's Walking Tour of downtown DC... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Labor Quiz Electing Debs? more...
- Oct 24, 2011 IBEW Local 26 Harnesses the Power of the Sun Members of IBEW Local 26 recently participated in the largest solar power installation in the metro Washington... more...
- Oct 24, 2011 JWJ's Baris Finalist for Edna Award DC Jobs with Justice lead organizer Mackenzie Baris has won a $1,000 prize as one of three finalists for the first-ever Berger-Marks Foundation's $10,000 Edna Award for social justice... more...
- Oct 24, 2011 Labor on the Move: Metro Washington Council Welcomes Hasan Kalan Solomon Hasan Kalan Solomon was born on Monday, Oct. 3rd at 4:43p... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Nurses Aid Occupy DC A bright yellow tent in the middle of McPherson Square marks a new presence at Occupy DC: National Nurses United (NNU)... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Federal Workers Seek to Give Back at AFGE Local 32 Union Fair Despite high winds threatening to blow fliers in every direction, AFGE Local 32 held its annual Union Fair at Rawlins Park in downtown DC yesterday to encourage union members to participate in the ongoing Combined Federal Campaigns... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Mother Jones Play "A Win For Labor!" Run, don't walk to this Sunday's union matinee performance of Can't Scare Me, the Story of Mother Jones... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Flashmob Confronts Walmart Chairman Rob Walton Walmart Chairman Rob Walton and other corporate leaders got a surprise last Thursday when Respect DC and Occupy K St showed up at their $1000 a plate dinner at Union Station... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 CSA'S "News You Can Use": NLC Offers "Toolkit" for Investing Financial issues can be confusing; there aren't many places working folks can get straight information about investing and financial security. The National Labor College (NLC) has partnered with the AFL-CIO to produce "NLC Invest"... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 Labor Film Organizers Join Forces "Labor-themed film may soon be getting a new lease on life," reports Angelica Das of American University's Center for Social Media on CSM's blog today... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 Walmart Flashmob Action Planned Tonight by Occupy DC & Respect DC Gather at McPherson Square at 5:30p tonight to participate in a surprise action on Walmart... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 Occupy DC: Visitors in the Square Now in its eighteenth day, Occupy D.C. is holding its ground and becoming a stop for national activists... more...
- Oct 19, 2011 Walmart Workers Speak Out "I came to (Walmart) through 'welfare to work' and now it's welfare AND work," Girshreila Green told Metro Council delegates Monday night more...
- Oct 19, 2011 Discount Tix for "Stunning" Mother Jones Play "Can't Scare Me, the Story of Mother Jones" -- written and performed by OBIE Award winner Kaiulani Lee -- continues its run at the Atlas Performing Arts Center theater with a special union matinee this Sunday... more...
- Oct 19, 2011 Labor On The Move: Bader-Blau Named Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau has been named the Solidarity Center's new executive director... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 "Collision Course" PATCO Book Launches Tonight Labor historian Joe McCartin launches his new book, "Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America" tonight at Georgetown University with a discussion followed by a book signing and reception... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 Labor FilmFest Final Screenings Tonight This year's DC Labor FilmFest wraps up tonight with screenings of the crowd-pleasing MADE IN DAGENHAM... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 Metro Council Meetings Hit the Streets The Metro Washington Council literally took to the streets yesterday as the Council's Executive Board and Delegate meetings were held at an SEIU 1199 rally, at Freedom Plaza and at Occupy DC... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 How To Help Occupy DC Hats and coats, tarps and tents. These are some of the items occupiers in McPherson Square need most as the days get shorter and the temperature drops... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 Free Tix for Mother Jones Play Today Don't miss the special FREE matinee performance this afternoon of Can't Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Weekend Line-Up The 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest continues today with screenings of Inside Job, The Company Men, The Whistleblower, and Moon... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Misused by D.C. Healthcare Contractor VMT A new report from the D.C. Inspector General (IG) finds that local healthcare contractor VMT misused $2.7 million in city funds and calls on District officials to recoup the money... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 Walmart, Occupy DC Highlight Tonight's Delegate Meeting An update on the ongoing DC occupations and reports from two Walmart workers highlight tonight's Metro Council Delegate Meeting (6:30p at the AFL-CIO)... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Continues The 2011 DC Labor FilmFest continues tonight with a screening of Inside Job, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 New 4-Year Contract for DC-Metro/Baltimore Office Cleaners Protects 12,000 Good Jobs Less than 24 hours before their contract expired, area office cleaners Sunday night won a tentative agreement with wage increases... more...
- Oct 14, 2011 11TH DC Labor FilmFest Launches Tonight The 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest launches tonight at AFI's Silver Theater in Silver Spring, MD, with yet another great line-up of films about work and workers... more...
- Oct 14, 2011 Nominations Open for "Distinguished DC Government Employee" Award Public servants have become popular targets for right-wing budget-cutters but the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation wants to celebrate "the extraordinary service and commitment of public employees who -- often working behind the scenes -- provide outstanding service to the residents of... more...
- Oct 14, 2011 From Freedom Plaza to the MLK Memorial Leaders in labor, education, civil rights, and clergy from across the country will join Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN), Saturday at a march and rally for jobs and justice that connects the occupation at Freedom Plaza to the new Martin Luther King memorial more...
- Oct 13, 2011 Downtown March Links Worker Struggles "We don't work, we don't eat!" The chants echoed off the downtown buildings as upwards of a thousand drenched but still defiant office cleaners and their supporters marched up I Street through the rain last night... more...
- Oct 13, 2011 Great Films -- and Some Controversy -- at 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Friday marks the official opening of the 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest with screenings of Up in the Air (5:15p) and a special 35th-anniversary screening of All the President's Men (7:30p)... more...
- Oct 13, 2011 Mayor Gray Apparently "Close" to CBA Highly-placed sources in DC Mayor Vincent Gray's office now say the Mayor is "actually very close" on a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA)... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Occupy DC to March to NLRB, Verizon and Building Cleaner's Rally Today Occupy DC activists will connect with local union members this afternoon in a major solidarity march linking three ongoing campaigns. The march kicks off at 3:30p at Freedom Plaza... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Marshals Needed for MLK Civil Rights March & Rally Marshals are needed for this Saturday's National Action Network MLK Civil Rights March & Rally... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Grocery Workers Support MontCo Big Box Community Empowerment Bill Calling it an "innovative solution" to the threat big box stores pose to the quality of life and living standards in Montgomery County, retail and grocery workers represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 have announced their strong support for County Council President Valerie... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 ASASP Battling Attacks on School Employees The recent spate of attacks on working families have extended to area public school employees. The Association of Supervisory and Administrative School Personnel (ASASP) reports that they've recently filed 30 grievances and a Demand for Arbitration... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 FilmFest Viewers Speak: "I love movies and I love the labor movement..." more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Labor Photo: Praying for Jobs More than 150 labor union members and leaders, community activists, unemployed workers and religious leaders gathered... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 Noel Backed for PSC Appointment Citing her "impeccable public integrity and judgment," the Metro Washington Council's Jos Williams will testify in support of Elizabeth "Betty" Noel at today's D.C. City Council confirmation hearing for Noel's appointment to the D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates Pepco,... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 AFSCME Council 20 Celebrates DC Student Achievements When forty students at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Southeast DC passed a tough math and reading test they got a special reward last month, thanks to AFSCME Council 20 and Destiny-Pride... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Free Screenings Kick Off Today The 2011 DC Labor FilmFest kicks off today with a free noontime screening of Working Lunch: 9 Short Films About Labor at Public Citizen... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 Occupy DC Labor Actions Upcoming labor actions at the ongoing Occupy DC occupation include a labor history teach-in today at 11a... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Occupy DC Shuts Down Chamber of Commerce Over a thousand protestors shut down the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon, chanting "Where are the jobs?" mockingly beneath the big "JOBS" banner across the Chamber's headquarters on H Street and Connecticut Avenue... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Free Tees & Tix for Labor FilmFest Volunteers Volunteer at this year’s DC Labor FilmFest... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Gray Fails to Deliver Walmart CBA; DC Residents Shift Focus to Council Saying that Mayor Vincent Gray has failed to deliver a promised Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Walmart, dozens of community groups and residents took their demands to the DC Council on Wednesday... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Free Noontime Screenings Kick Off 11th Annual Labor FilmFest Next Week Another Working Lunch screening has just been added to this year's DC Labor FilmFest line-up more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Occupy DC: Day 6; Report from Freedom Plaza The Occupy D.C. movement got a large infusion of protesters on Thursday as the small crowd that has steadfastly held McPherson Square was bolstered by over 1,000 new protesters who set up a new camp on Freedom Plaza... more...
- Oct 6, 2011 UFCW 400 Mobilizing Members Early for '12 Contract Talks Giant and Safeway shop stewards, members of UFCW Local 400, attended their second seminar Tuesday, September 27 to discuss the upcoming round of bargaining in the spring of 2012. more...
- Oct 6, 2011 Report from McPherson Square, Day 4 Occupy D.C. entered its fourth day of protests Wednesday with new ideas, hopes and a developing plan for survival. more...
- Oct 6, 2011 Occupy DC to Take Over Freedom Plaza Today As Occupy Wall Street-inspired protests continue to spread across the country, Occupy DC -- now in their sixth day -- is headed to Freedom Plaza today to participate in a large-scale gathering and occupation in the nation capital. more...
- Oct 5, 2011 OccupyDC: Report from McPherson Square Like its New York City model, OccupyDC has started small. About 30 protestors were in McPherson Square on Tuesday afternoon on Day 3 of the local occupation... more...
- Oct 5, 2011 The Compassion of Individuals, The Power of Community “Many Hands Make a Stronger Community. Each One Help One.” This is the mantra of the Combined Federal Campaign, the United Way Campaign and the DC One Fund Campaign, all of which are in full swing at area worksites now. more...
- Oct 5, 2011 Metro DC Represents at "Next Up" Young Worker Summit Over 800 young workers from around the world, including several from the metro DC area, gathered in Minnesota this past week for the AFL-CIO's second Next Up Young Worker Summit... more...
- Oct 4, 2011 OccupyDC to Take Over Freedom Plaza This Week The OccupyWallStreet movement has arrived in DC. more...
- Oct 4, 2011 Office Cleaners Ready to Walk Downtown DC rents run $80 a square foot and more, but the people who clean those offices often don't even make that much in a day's work. more...
- Oct 3, 2011 Maine Labor Mural on Display at AFL-CIO Now you can see for yourself what all the fuss in Maine was about. more...
- Oct 3, 2011 Local 689's Garland to Lead Can-Am Conference ATU Local 689 Recording Secretary Anthony Garland was appointed President of the CAN-AM Conference at the recently-held annual Conference meeting. His term will run until 2013, reports Local 689. more...
- Oct 3, 2011 Furloughed FAA Workers to Get Back Pay Federal Aviation Administration workers furloughed earlier this year (4,000 FAA Workers Furloughed 7/22 UC) learned Friday that they'll receive back pay for the two weeks they were out of work. more...
- Sep 30, 2011 F Street Verizon Store Target of National Day of Action Today CWA & IBEW’s two-week strike in August showed Verizon and Verizon Wireless that it could not keep stonewalling at the bargaining table. Jobs with Justice is ramping things up with a national Day of Action today, including a noon leafleting/demo at the F Street Verizon Wireless store in downtown... more...
- Sep 30, 2011 Daycon Loses Another Round, Owes Workers Over $1 Million Daycon now owes its workers over a million dollars. more...
- Sep 30, 2011 United Way Seeks Volunteer Grant Reviewers If you’d like to volunteer to help the United Way decide funding priorities next year, here’s your chance. more...
- Sep 30, 2011 Labor FilmFest "Thought-provoking and enjoyable" “I have been attending the DC Labor FilmFest for 7 or 8 years now,” writes Beverly in response to our “Favorite Things about the DC Labor FilmFest” contest , “and thoroughly enjoy the variety of films and shorts that are both thought-provoking and enjoyable. I always look forward to... more...
- Sep 29, 2011 Self-Checkout Lanes Checking Out Turns out shoppers don’t like being turned into involuntary checkout clerks after all. more...
- Sep 29, 2011 F Street Verizon Store Target of National Day of Action Tomorrow Community allies will join CWA members and other union members tomorrow at the F Street Verizon Wireless store as part of a national Day of Action for Verizon. more...
- Sep 28, 2011 Hitting The Street for the Postal Service With streets barricaded by police for blocks around the "Save America’s Postal Service" protest site at 14th & F NW, Michael Wilson declared “It’s clear that a crime is being committed.” more...
- Sep 28, 2011 AFL-CIO HIT Wins CSA Golf Tourney With a 12 under par score, the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust team (photo: Chuck Graham, Chang Suh, Lesyllee White and Joe Barilotti) edged out the Tyrone Conard team (10 under; Tyrone Conard, Steve Donovan, Curtis Sims & Nate James) to take first place in Monday’s 16th annual Community... more...
- Sep 27, 2011 Postal Unions Rally Today With the future of the Postal Service at stake, all four postal unions – united as "Save America’s Postal Service" -- are joining together, along with their supporters in the labor movement, today at 4p with rallies in every Congressional district in the country, including a number in the... more...
- Sep 27, 2011 Teeing Off to Help Area Needy Union golfers took over the all-union Enterprise golf course yesterday in Mitchelville, MD as they enjoyed a gorgeous fall day and raised much-needed funds for the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund. more...
- Sep 27, 2011 Speak Out on the DC Labor FilmFest What's your favorite thing about the annual DC Labor FilmFest? more...
- Sep 26, 2011 As Bloomberg Acquires BNA, Guild Looks to Build Strength The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)’s recent decision to sell to Bloomberg should have no immediate effect on employees “since under our contract any buyer is required to honor the collective bargaining agreement,” reports Newspaper Guild Local 30325, “but what happens later could depend... more...
- Sep 26, 2011 Labor On The Move: Boundy to Direct AFL-CIO’s New Campaigns Department David Boundy has been named the Director of the AFL-CIO’s new Campaigns Department, responsible for coordinating the mobilization work of the more than 12 million members of the AFL-CIO. more...
- Sep 23, 2011 MD Delegate Gutierrez Joins MontCo Office Cleaners At Silver Spring Rally For the third time in a week, area office cleaners rallied Thursday night to ask for their chance at sharing in the American Dream. more...
- Sep 22, 2011 Office Cleaners Rally For Good Jobs, Strong Communities Area office cleaners have hit the streets in recent days to demand their chance at sharing in the American Dream. more...
- Sep 21, 2011 Fall Labor Season Kicks Off at Council Meeting Enthusiasm was high at Monday night’s Metro Council meeting, as delegates fresh off the summer break heard reports on the ongoing battle for a contract at Verizon... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 Labor On The Move: Parks Retires Longtime AFL-CIO staffer James Parks (l) is retiring. Parks – a frequent byline on AFL-CIO Now blog posts -- has been at the AFL-CIO for 21 years... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 HIRING HALL WEEKLY ROUND UP Academic Advisor (posted September 13) National Labor College Campaign Communications Specialist on the Health team (posted September 16) Service Employees International Union (International Positions), SEIU Communications Manager WTU Local 6;... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 Labor Delivers Big Win in Prince George's Special Election Labor-endorsed candidate Derrick Leon Davis won big in Tuesday's Special Election to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Leslie Johnson, wife of former County Executive Jack Johnson... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 African Americans in Organized Labor The topic of African Americans in organized labor is a focus of The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the Black Middle Class panel discussion (2-4p at the Convention Center). more...
- Sep 20, 2011 Taking Back the Budget Debate A Town Hall meeting is being held tonight in Silver Spring to help organize for real, progressive solutions. more...
- Sep 20, 2011 Building Futures Program Helps DC Resident Land Job Monday was a big day for DC resident Gloria Morrison. The newly-minted Building Futures graduate (photo) celebrated her first day on the job as a Sheet Metal apprentice... more...
- Sep 19, 2011 FAA Shutdown Averted As the clock ticked toward a Friday midnight deadline, the Senate passed the FAA authorization (HR 2887) which extended FAA programs for four months by a vote of 92 to 6. more...
- Sep 16, 2011 Time Running Out to Support Labor FilmFest Time’s almost up to let the world know you support the DC Labor FilmFest by taking an ad in the FilmFest program guide. more...
- Sep 16, 2011 Union Cakes Make Birthdays Sweeter Metro Council President Jos Williams (l), Council Trustee Fred Allen (center) and Community Services Agency Client Services Coordinator Sylvia Casaro celebrate their birthdays Thursday at the Council/CSA offices. more...
- Sep 16, 2011 Laurel Walmart Workers -- and Friends -- Confront Manager The store manager at the Laurel Walmart got an unexpected surprise Wednesday during the regular morning meeting with store employees. One of the workers stood up and... more...
- Sep 15, 2011 Check It Out Before You Check In Hotel workers across the country are now actively organizing against oppressive employer policies. more...
- Sep 15, 2011 In Memoriam: Bill Doherty, AIFLD William C. Doherty (l), 84, who directed the AFL-CIO’s outreach to trade unions in Latin America for 35 years, died Aug. 28, reports The Washington Post. more...
- Sep 15, 2011 FAA Shutdown Seems Averted (Updated 7P 9/15): Minutes ago, the Senate passed the FAA authorization (HR 2887) which extends FAA programs for four months by a vote of 92 to 6. In recent days Senator Tom Coburn had placed a hold on the bill... more...
- Sep 14, 2011 Labor & Workers Speak Out Against E-Verify Small business owners, labor leaders, and workers will unite this morning (11a in Lafayette Park) to speak out against Congressional proposals to impose E-Verify, an "error-ridden government computer database" created to determine a person’s authorization to work in this country, upon virtually... more...
- Sep 14, 2011 Second West Virginia Mine Tour Scheduled If you missed the recent inaugural West Virginia Mine Tour, there’s another scheduled for September 25-27. more...
- Sep 14, 2011 UFCW 1994 PG Library Members OK Agreement MCGEO/UFCW 1994 members who work in the Prince George's County Memorial Library System have voted overwhelmingly – 109-8 -- to ratify an agreement with the library, reports Local 1994. “Congratulations to all and a special thanks to a fantastic bargaining team!” more...
- Sep 13, 2011 CSA's News You Can Use: Creative Fundraising The OPEIU Local 2 Unit at National Electrical Benefit Fund had a $5 foot-long hot dog lunch on August 17 to raise funds for the Metro Council’s Community Services Agency. more...
- Sep 13, 2011 Mark Your Calendar: Speak Out Against E-Verify on Wednesday Small business owners, labor leaders, and workers will unite to speak out against Congressional proposals to impose E-Verify, an error-ridden government computer database created to determine a person’s authorization to work in this country, upon virtually every employer in the country.... more...
- Sep 13, 2011 DC Dept of Employment Services Pressed on Living Wage Enforcement Local worker advocates are pushing the DC Department of Employment Services to enforce payment of a living wage to employees of direct care providers in the city. more...
- Sep 12, 2011 Fore! Last Call for CSA Tourney Sign-Up Time’s running out to sign up for golf teams and reserve tee signs at this year’s 16th annual Community Services Agency Golf Tournament, set for Monday, September 26. more...
- Sep 12, 2011 Verizon Workers Get Global Support at L Street Demo Verizon workers got a taste of international solidarity when delegates from UNI -- the global union for skills and services workers -- turned out at last Wednesday's demo at the L Street Verizon Wireless store. more...
- Sep 9, 2011 Remembering 9/11: Doing Our Job by Daniel Duncan After escaping downtown DC following the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, my wife and I headed straight to Fairfax Hospital to donate blood, but so many others had the same idea that the hospital had run out of parking spaces and was asking folks to return the next day. The... more...
- Sep 9, 2011 Remembering 9/11: A Sad Day for Fire Fighters by Edward C. Smith September 11, 2001, will forever be remembered as the saddest day in the history of the American fire service. As fire fighters during the 9/11 attacks, we knew the loss of life to first responders and civilians would be staggering, but no one was prepared for the final... more...
- Sep 8, 2011 Remembering 9/11: An Outpouring of Support Literally hundreds of contributions large and small poured into the Metro Council’s Community Services Agency after the 9/11 attacks as the CSA and affected unions struggled to cope with the massive effects on local workers – who lost their livelihoods in an instant -- and their families.... more...
- Sep 8, 2011 Art/Labor Show Featuring Banned Maine Muralist Opens Tonight Celebrate Labor: Where Art and Politics Meet opens tonight at VisArts at Rockville. The show presents the work of Maine artist Judy Taylor, whose 11-panel Labor Mural was removed in March from the headquarters of Maine's Department of Labor by Republican Governor Paul LePage. more...
- Sep 7, 2011 Remembering 9/11: The Effect on Local 25 by John A. Boardman: When the images of the towers appeared on TV on the morning of 9/11 and we watched the smoke billowing out of the Pentagon we had no idea what was ahead. Our immediate concern was for the members who worked in the cafeterias at the Pentagon. more...
- Sep 7, 2011 Postal Workers March & Leaflet Verizon Today Postal workers from around the world with march and leaflet to support CWA workers at Verizon at 5p today (watch our website for weather updates). more...
- Sep 7, 2011 Labor On The Move: New Staffers at EJC The DC Employment Justice Center (EJC) has been joined by several new staffers, including new Executive Director Barbra Kavanaugh. more...
- Sep 6, 2011 Remembering 9/11: A Community Responds The awful events and aftermath of 9/11 -- 10 years ago this Sunday -- presented the Metro Washington Council's Community Services Agency with many challenges... more...
- Sep 6, 2011 Postal Delegates to Support Verizon Workers Tomorrow Plan to join postal workers from around the world tomorrow at a 5p march and leaflet to support CWA workers at Verizon. more...
- Sep 1, 2011 Labor Day Weekend Round-Up Friday, 9/2: F-Street Verizon Wireless Store Leafleting 1p; F Street Verizon Wireless Store, 1314 F Street NW Friday, 9/2: Rock in Labor Day with Tom Morello & Joe Uehlein! 7:30p; The Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA Saturday/Sunday, 9/3-4: Labor in... more...
- Sep 1, 2011 Activists Stage "Main Street" Sit-In at Majority Leader Cantor's Office Hundreds of activists demanding a “Main Street Contract” staged a sit-in outside House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R., VA 7) Richmond district office Thursday. Another group was blocked from attending a "Citizen’s Advisory Council Meeting" Wednesday night by police and private... more...
- Aug 30, 2011 Metro & Verizon Streetheat Targets "We don't want to wait until someone is injured or killed," ATU Local 1764 President Wayne Baker told Union City Monday as his members picketed outside Metro headquarters in downtown DC. more...
- Aug 30, 2011 Vote for Your Favorite Labor Video You be the judge! Help the DC Labor FilmFest finalize Working Lunch, the FilmFest's annual compilation of short labor videos. more...
- Aug 30, 2011 CSA's News You Can Use: HUD Mortgage Emergency Loan Program Re-Opened! The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has reopened the application intake for the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program (EHLP)... more...
- Aug 26, 2011 Local Healthcare Contractor Faces Scrutiny VMT Long Term Care Management, a controversial D.C. contractor that operates multiple healthcare businesses, is facing serious scrutiny both online and on the street. VMTwatch.org went live Tuesday with a comprehensive look at the problems at VMT, which manages a D.C.-owned nursing home, runs a... more...
- Aug 26, 2011 THIS JUST IN: Bosses Must Tell Workers About Union Rights, Board Says U.S. employers must now post notices informing workers about their legal rights to form a union and bargain on contracts, the National Labor Relations Board said yesterday. Unions and labor-rights groups cheered the news, while the Chamber of Commerce and its allies – which had vociferously... more...
- Aug 26, 2011 Verizon Leafleting Returns Verizon Wireless leafleting is back! While CWA and IBEW members at Verizon Communications have returned to work while their unions proceed with contract bargaining with Verizon, CWA is conducting “informational leafleting” at Verizon Wireless stores to maintain pressure for a fair contract... more...
- Aug 24, 2011 MLK Memorial Week Continues with AFL-CIO Symposium The week-long celebration of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial continues this Friday with a national symposium on jobs, justice and the American dream sponsored by the AFL-CIO and The King Center. Click here to RSVP for the live webcast Friday beginning at 9am and... more...
- Aug 24, 2011 Labor FilmFest Ad Deadline Extended The August 19 deadline for ads in this year’s DC Labor FilmFest Program Guide has been extended until Friday, September 2. Don’t miss this chance to support one of the world’s only film festivals dedicated to workers and their issues. Email Chris Garlock at cgarlock@dclaborarchives.org... more...
- Aug 24, 2011 NLC Union Skills Program Offers New Union Staff, LM2 Classes The National Labor College’s Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program includes Secretary Treasurers LM-2 Requirements (September 19-23) and New Union Staff (October 23-28). LM-2 Requirements is five-day workshop designed to provide effective tools, with hands-on time in the computer lab for... more...
- Aug 22, 2011 Agreement on Verizon Bargaining Reached As reported in Saturday’s Alert, 45,000 striking Verizon workers will return to work Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured. more...
- Aug 22, 2011 Local Craftsmen Object to Chinese Construction of MLK Memorial Finding irony – and perhaps a whiff of hypocrisy – in the Chinese design of the new Martin Luther King Memorial, Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & D.C. has launched a Facebook campaign called “Don’t Tarnish the Dream.” more...
- Aug 22, 2011 Dedication Week for King Memorial Dedication Week for King Memorial: Huge crowds of area residents and visitors are expected to mingle with dignitaries, congressional leaders and the diplomatic corps this week at events marking the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial . Tuesday is DC Residents' Day as... more...
- Aug 20, 2011 Agreement on Verizon Bargaining Reached; Picketlines/Rallies Canceled Thanks to labor unity and public support for bargaining rights, striking Verizon workers will return to work on Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured, report CWA and IBEW. All pickets and demonstrations have been canceled, including today’s planned picketing at... more...
- Aug 18, 2011 CWA Pickets Verizon on L-Street Local CWA members and supporters, including National Nurses United, and Jews United for Justice picketed the Verizon Wireless store on L St. in DC today from Noon until 1. -Caption and Photo by Matthew Fournier more...
- Aug 17, 2011 Congregations Gear Up for Labor Day Programs This year’s Labor in the Pulpits/Labor on the Bimah program will kick off Labor Day weekend and continue through September. The program offers a way for congregations to raise working people’s issues during their worship services as well as celebrating working people in their communities... more...
- Aug 16, 2011 CWA Leader Rallies Strike Support in NOVA Blasting Verizon's national ad campaign calling for the elimination of 50 years of negotiated contracts, CWA President Larry Cohen yesterday rallied over 300 “loud and proud union members and their families” yesterday at the Broad Run High School in Ashburn VA, reports NOVA Labor President... more...
- Aug 16, 2011 Verizon Strikers Rally- and Picnic- in Silver Spring With hot dogs grilling nearby, the sun peeping through the clouds and a cool breeze in the trees above, the mood was more festive than fiery at Tuesday’s noontime rally by striking Verizon workers in Silver Spring. Metro Council President Jos Williams soon had the crowd of several hundred CWA... more...
- Aug 15, 2011 Area Postal Workers Reveal Impact of Proposed Job Cuts APWU Nation's Capital and Southern MD Local President Dena Briscoe – were featured in a Washington Post story yesterday on the Postal Service’s proposed job cuts. “Briscoe had not yet completed her senior year at Ballou High School when her stepfather drove her to the local U.S. Postal... more...
- Aug 15, 2011 UFCW/MCGEO 1994 Aids Alabama Tornado Victims Members from UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO left Gaithersburg, Maryland Friday bound for Birmingham, AL in a truck loaded with household goods, furniture and supplies for victims of tornados that tore through that region earlier this year. “We’re grateful for the generosity of our members, their... more...
- Aug 13, 2011 "Can You Hear Us Now?" Snapshots from Saturday's DC Verizon Demo Verizon strikers and their supporters -- including area students -- turned out in force at the F Street Verizon Wireless store in downtown DC on Saturday, August 13. Here are a few snapshots of the mid-day action, from the Metro Council's Rick Powell (top right, bottom right, bottom left) and the... more...
- Aug 10, 2011 Verizon Strikers: "No Contract, No Peace!" On Tuesday, red-clad picketers marched outside the Verizon Wireless store on F Street, NW in Washington, DC to urge Verizon to settle a fair contract that will give workers more benefits instead of taking them away. Almost 45,000 workers are on strike throughout the New England and Mid-Atlantic... more...
- Aug 10, 2011 Council Endorses Davis in PG County Council Race The Metro Washington Council on Wednesday endorsed Derrick Leon Davis (second from right) to replace Leslie Johnson as Prince George’s County District 6 Council member in the September 20 Special Election. Davis “will stand with working families to keep the doors of Prince George’s... more...
- Aug 10, 2011 Register Now for Council Golf Tourney Register now for the 16th annual Community Services Agency Golf Tournament, set for Monday, September 26, at the all-union Enterprise Golf Course, which features a banquet afterwards at the historic Newton White Mansion. “Funds collected for the tournament benefit the Community Service... more...
- Aug 10, 2011 Labor Night at the Nats Recognition The recent 5th Annual Labor Night at the Nats raised much-needed funds for the Community Services Agency of the Metro Washington Council (MWC) AFL-CIO. The event was sponsored by the MWC and the Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. The following locals purchased 50 or more tickets... more...
- Aug 9, 2011 VERIZON STRIKE UPDATE Union leaders spent the entire day Monday discussing all the issues that are on the New York/New England table and the Mid Atlantic table. more...
- Aug 7, 2011 Verizon Workers Strike; Noontime DC Rally Today More than 45,000 workers – members of CWA and IBEW -- struck Verizon Communications on Sunday. A major local rally is set for noon today at Verizon’s Chesapeake Complex in Silver Spring, MD (13100 Columbia Pike). “Verizon forced us into this strike,” CWA 2108 President Les Evans said.... more...
- Aug 3, 2011 IBEW 1900 Reaches Agreement at Washington Gas Frederick Unit IBEW 1900 reached 3-year tentative agreement at Washington Gas’ Frederick unit, after negotiating since June. The agreement included wage increases “along with job and retirement security for all three years for both the physical and clerical units,” the local reported. “In addition new... more...
- Aug 3, 2011 Labor Profile: Mary Battle Takes Up Challenge at Cement Masons It was all based on a challenge. "He told me I couldn't do the job, and so I looked at him and asked that he give me the same chance he gave the guys. That was back in 1982." Mary Battle has certainly proven she can do the job: after nearly three decades as a cement mason, Battle was recently... more...
- Aug 3, 2011 4 Days Until Verizon Contract Expires With just four days left until their contract at Verizon expires, CWA members throughout the region continue to mobilize, with 91% voting to approve strike authorization. With Verizon’s new CEO Lowell McAdam taking over August 1, the locals were conducting an email campaign to urge him to... more...
- Aug 1, 2011 Jobs With Justice Conference This Week in DC Hundreds of labor leaders, rank and file workers, students, religious leaders, community activists, and will gather in Washington this week for the Jobs with Justice National Conference where they’ll strategize about how to build a powerful movement of working people to defeat the corporate... more...
- Aug 1, 2011 Verizon Workers Rally in New York With contract expiration just over a week away, thousands of Verizon workers rallied in New York City Saturday, including many from the metro Washington area. CWA members in late July overwhelmingly authorized a strike against Verizon, as -- with their contract expiring at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday... more...
- Aug 1, 2011 Labor Night At Nats A Grand Slam Labor Night At Nats A Grand Slam: Heat, humidity and another loss by the Washington Nationals didn’t dampen the spirit of solidarity at Friday night’s annual Labor Night at the Nats baseball game. Almost 6,000 metro-area union members filled the stands at Nationals Park for the 5th annual... more...
- Jul 29, 2011 Working to Increase Maryland's Minimum Wage Far below the debt ceiling debate, a grassroots effort to raise the wages of hundreds of thousands of area working poor is catching fire across Maryland. Progressive Maryland’s (PM) Raise Maryland campaign – launched in January – is drawing support from a broad coalition of faith,... more...
- Jul 29, 2011 Electrical Workers Jumpstart Electric Vehicle Training After securing a highly sought-after spot in the General Motors-sponsored "Train the Trainer" program in Chicago last April, IBEW Local 26 Assistant Director Ralph Neidert has finished the first round of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training (EVITP) for JATC 26. “We are very proud to bring... more...
- Jul 28, 2011 Blow the Whistle on HEI Hotels Join Sheraton Crystal City workers this afternoon at 4:30p at the Sheraton Crystal City (r) as they stand with HEI Hotels workers across the country for a National HEI Hotel Workers Day of Action and demand a fair process to decide whether to form a union. Photo Courtesy of... more...
- Jul 28, 2011 AFSCME Locals Strategize Against Attacks on Federal Workers “Everything stops. No work. No pay.” That’s how Ralph Randall (below) defines a furlough and Randall ought to know: he’s one of the nearly 900 area Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers who have been furloughed since 12:01 Saturday morning. Randall – a program... more...
- Jul 28, 2011 Rally at Capitol Today to Save the American Dream The AFL-CIO is joining MoveOn to sponsor a rally to Save the American Dream today at noon on the east side of the U.S. Capitol steps. “In the past few days, it’s become increasingly clear that congressional Republicans are willing to crash our entire economy just to keep tax breaks for... more...
- Jul 27, 2011 CSA's News You Can Use: Emergency Homeowner Loan Program Extended The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP) deadline has been extended to July 27 and may be extended further. The program is for homeowners at least 90 days behind on their mortgage payments who are unemployed, underemployed, or have a medical condition. To apply, click here and... more...
- Jul 27, 2011 200 Family Services Foundation Workers Join SEIU 500 Two hundred workers at the Family Services Foundation (FSF) are now "proud brothers and sisters" in SEIU Local 500. more...
- Jul 27, 2011 Court Upholds Metro Worker Wage Increase It took 18 long months, but Metro employees have finally won their agreed-upon wage increase. more...
- Jul 26, 2011 Post Workers Win Tentative 2-Year Pact After more than three months of negotiations, Newspaper Guild Local 32035 has reached a tentative agreement on a two-year contract with The Washington Post. more...
- Jul 26, 2011 Area CWA Locals Call for Mobilization Against Verizon Verizon is apparently taking its’ negotiating cues from Republicans in Congress, who a frustrated President Obama last weekend accused of being unable to “say Yes to anything.” After Verizon rejected union proposals on Friday, CWA modified its’ demands and returned Saturday only to have... more...
- Jul 25, 2011 Damon & Dreyfuss to Speak at Education Rally Saturday Both major teachers’ unions – the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) -- will rally with education reformers in Washington this Saturday for the Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action . The rally – which aims at “putting the... more...
- Jul 25, 2011 CSA Job Training Program Poised for Greater Impact Despite the challenges of training and placing workers during the worst economic times in recent memory, the Metro Council’s Community Services Agency Building Futures pre-apprenticeship training program – which recently won a $900,000 grant ( CSA's Building Futures Program Wins Major... more...
- Jul 22, 2011 4,000 FAA Workers Furloughed Some 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees -- including nearly 900 in the metro Washington area -- were furloughed Saturday. more...
- Jul 21, 2011 AFGE Decries Retaliatory Tactics, Discrimination In Federal Prisons Corrections workers in our nation’s prisons are fed up with facing threats from both prisoners and bosses. The American Federation of Government (AFGE) Employees Council of Prison Locals called on Attorney General Eric Holder and the United States Congress in July to hold Bureau of Prisons... more...
- Jul 21, 2011 CSA'S News You Can Use: Have You Gotten Your Shingles Shot? DC area union members and their older dependents can save themselves from what most sufferers call "excruciating" pain and possible vision damage by getting vaccinated against shingles. Many union health plans cover the cost of the shot and CVS and Safeway Pharmacies can give the shot... more...
- Jul 21, 2011 Labor On The Move: NABET/CWA Local 31 NABET/CWA Local 31’s office is moving to Lanham. The local's new address -- as of August 1 -- is 4483-B Forbes Blvd in Lanham, MD 20706; their new phone is 301-459-4999 and the new fax is 301-459-4975 . To get the latest contact info on all Metro Council affiliates anytime online;... more...
- Jul 21, 2011 Walmart Called "#1 Contributor to Poverty" Accusing the world’s largest retailer of being “the number one contributor to poverty,” the Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition on Wednesday expressed its dismay that Walmart was included in a recent White House ceremony recognizing retailers that want to expand into underserved... more...
- Jul 21, 2011 As Verizon Negotiations Continue, CWA Mobilizes Contract negotiations between CWA and Verizon continued on Wednesday as the August 6 expiration date nears. Following a morning session analyzing Verizon’s latest proposal, the bargaining team from CWA Union Region 2 – which covers CWA locals in Maryland, DC and Virginia -- joined... more...
- Jul 20, 2011 Laurel Walmart Flash-Mobbed Local Wal-Mart Flash Mobbed. more...
- Jul 20, 2011 Labor On The Move: CSA's Jenna Gold & DC EJC's Sally Abrahamson Jenna Gold (r) , Job Development Coordinator for Community Services Agency’s G SA Building Futures Project, will move to part-time in August as she pursues her post graduate degree in policy, planning and business at George Washington University. Sally Abrahamson (l)... more...
- Jul 19, 2011 Week of Actions Planned in DC to "Save Our Schools" Next week educators, teachers and parents from across the country will converge on DC “to reclaim schools as places of learning, joy, and democracy.” The Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action -- endorsed by both the AFT and NEA -- seeks to organize “to... more...
- Jul 18, 2011 UNION VOICE: Readers Write More on 1994 : “I was wondering if you could tell me where I could find more information about what is happening with UFCW/MCGEO Local 1994 in Montgomery County,” writes Lizzie. Best bet is 1994's website ; all our affiliate websites are available on our Affiliate Websites page. more...
- Jul 18, 2011 Wednesday Deadline for Labor Night at the Nats Tix Time’s running out to get your tickets to the Metro Washington Council's Labor Night at the Nats! Deadline is this Wednesday to order tickets for the fifth annual event, coming up July 29. Labor Night at the Nats benefits the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund, which... more...
- Jul 18, 2011 Teachers Fighting Back On Screen and in the Streets The Washington Teachers Union Summer Movie Series features a screening of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman this afternoon at 1:15 at the Benning Road/Dorothy Height Public Library. The screening comes in the wake of Friday’s firing of more than 200 DC teachers, and in... more...
- Jul 18, 2011 Area CWA Locals Prepare for Contract Battle with Verizon With the clock continuing to tick down toward the August 6 expiration of contracts covering 45,000 Verizon workers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, area CWA locals are taking strike authorization votes. CWA 2107 and 2108 vote tomorrow night and Local 2222 sent out ballots earlier this... more...
- Jul 18, 2011 IN MEMORIAM: Connie Knox, life-long Newspaper Guild member Connie Knox, a life-long Newspaper Guild member who had just stepped down as the union's international chair just a week ago, has died. more...
- Jul 15, 2011 UMD Workers Battle Abuse at College Park Forum Tonight The Fourth Solidarity Forum for Workers Rights and Respect will be held at 7p tonight at the University of Maryland (UMD) at College Park campus. The event is hosted by the Black Faculty and Staff Association BSFA, which earlier this year issued a 56-page report (available on the BSFA... more...
- Jul 15, 2011 Fresh & Green's Workers Ratify Contract; Former SuperFresh Opens in DC Former SuperFresh workers represented by United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 ratified a new contract last night and went to work as their old store in Washington reopened under the Fresh & Green’s banner as a unique, natural foods supermarket/restaurant hybrid. “I... more...
- Jul 14, 2011 Harry Shearer to appear at Free Screening of "Mockumentarian" Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap/The Simpsons) will appear at Monday's special panel discussion and one-night-only free screening of The Big Uneasy. more...
- Jul 14, 2011 Larry Greenhill Sr. Honored with Truman Award IBEW Local 26 Vice-President Larry R. Greenhill, Sr., received the Truman Award from the Charles County Democratic Central Committee last Saturday night. more...
- Jul 14, 2011 Post Workers Hit Street Today in Protest Here’s why Washington Post workers will hit the street outside the Post today . While Post Publisher Katherine Weymouth collected a generous 16.4% raise last April, as well as a tidy $1.5 million bonus, she’s offering a paltry $800 lump sum payment and no increase over the next two... more...
- Jul 14, 2011 Post Workers Put Down Pens, Pick Up Picket Signs “A lot of workers are angry,” said Washington Post reporter Fredric Kunkle, as dozens of Washington Post employees picketed outside Post headquarters on 15th Street NW Thursday during lunch, banging cowbells and thumping drums. “We have seen many of our colleagues pushed or shoved out... more...
- Jul 13, 2011 June Minutes Posted Draft minutes of the June delegate Council meeting minutes have been posted: click here to review. more...
- Jul 13, 2011 Posties to Protest Attack on Job Protections Join Newspaper Guild members this Thursday as they protest attempts by the Washington Post to severely cut contract job protections. Bargaining began on May 4th; the Guild contract, now expired, contains protections against the effects of outsourcing and provides for largely... more...
- Jul 13, 2011 International Solidarity Explored by Visitors from China The differences, similarities and common challenges facing the American and Chinese labor movements were the focus of a free-wheeling discussion yesterday between a visiting delegation of Chinese labor leaders, government officials, and academics and the Solidarity Center and the Metro Council.... more...
- Jul 13, 2011 MontCo Bargaining Bills Derided as "Political Theater" Calling them “an empty façade,” “hypocritical” and “political theater,” UFCW/MCGEO President blasted a trio of Montgomery County collective bargaining bills yesterday at a packed Council hearing. The bills -- 18-11, 19-11 and 20-11 – would “turn the collective bargaining... more...
- Jul 13, 2011 McNutt Urges Other Grocers to Follow Albertson's Lead and Eliminate Self-Checkouts “In-person customer service is the single greatest asset union supermarkets offer,” said UFCW 400 President Tom McNutt on Monday in response to Albertson LLC's* decision to eliminate self-checkout systems from all stores by the end of August. “When you buy groceries, there’s nothing... more...
- Jul 12, 2011 Attacks on Bargaining Rights Seen in MontCo “First they change the rules, then they ignore the arbitrators, now the Council is trying to hack away at collective bargaining once again,” reports UFCW/MCGEO Local 1994. The local is planning to show their opposition at a public hearing today by the Montgomery County Council on their... more...
- Jul 12, 2011 Jobs Crisis Forum: The Time for Excuses Is Over. Create Jobs Now “All I want is a decent job,” said Shonda Sheen. “I want to work. I love to work. I’m scared. I don’t know what’s going to happen to my mother. I have a home to pay off.” Sheen, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, was laid off in December 2009 and is about to run out of unemployment... more...
- Jul 12, 2011 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 best... more...
- Jul 11, 2011 DC Home Care Worker's Deep Roots Washington has a long history of women migrating to this area do to domestic work. In the early 1900’s, African-American women from Mississippi, Georgia and the Carolinas came here to work as care workers for families. These early home care workers – many of whom trained at the Nannie Helen... more...
- Jul 11, 2011 The Jobs Crisis: Moving to Action Don’t let former comedian Al Franken’s presence fool you, “The Jobs Crisis — Moving to Action: A Dialogue Between Workers and Policymakers” is no laughing matter. Especially after unemployment rose in June for the fourth consecutive month. Sen. Franken (D., MN) joins commentator Bob... more...
- Jul 11, 2011 CSA Emergency Assistance Fund Drained The cupboard is empty. The need for help for area workers is higher than ever but the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund has been drained, reports CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. “No contribution is too large or too small,” says McKirchy, “but all are... more...
- Jul 11, 2011 IN MEMORIAM: Brian Benson, IATSE 22 Brian Benson (r), 58, a stagehand who was a past president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 22, died June 30 after a motorcycle crash in McLean. more...
- Jul 8, 2011 CVS Pharmacists Organize and Grow Facing growing pressure to hit financial targets and working conditions that need improvement, CVS pharmacists in the Washington, DC area have tripled their membership in Local 400 in recent months. “I think in the past, people thought the union is some person who goes to CVS and makes... more...
- Jul 8, 2011 "Horrible Bosses" Director Shares His Own Bad Boss Story “There’s definitely a trend of movies about the workplace,” director Seth Gordon told Union City in a recent interview. Gordon directed the new black comedy Horrible Bosses which opens tonight. The film stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as “average suburban working... more...
- Jul 7, 2011 DC Launch Set for Caring Across Generations Campaign The national Caring Across Generations Campaign -- initiated by Jobs with Justice, the National Domestic Worker Alliance and other partner groups -- will kick off with a free local event in Washington on July 12 at the Washington Hilton. The campaign is focusing on winning better public... more...
- Jul 7, 2011 Free July Calendar Download The latest free monthly calendar from movement artist Ricardo Levins Morales is now available, plus he’s now offering a button section along with the posters and note cards on his website . Check it out for “a mix of old workhorse buttons and brand new topical ones on the... more...
- Jul 7, 2011 LABOR ON THE MOVE: Bryant Moving on to "New Adventures" Longtime labor educator and activist Elise Bryant is retiring from the National Labor College. As of early September, Bryant says “I will be transitioning to a new adventure and will bid farewell to my full time worklife at the National Labor College.” Bryant called her nearly... more...
- Jul 6, 2011 Edna Award Deadline July 15 Deadline for the Berger-Marks Foundation’s Edna Award is July 15. The Edna will award $10,000 to a young woman leader in the social justice movement, spotlighting “significant contributions to social justice and bestow a significant honor to a young woman whose leadership has already fueled... more...
- Jul 6, 2011 "Fair Share" Law to Boost AFSCME MD Resources The free ride ended for thousands of state employees on July 1 when AFSCME Maryland’s historic “fair share” agreement with the state went into effect. The new law allows AFSCME to collect fees from nonmembers -- who the union has long been legally required to represent -- and is expected to... more...
- Jul 5, 2011 Labor Night at the Nats Still Available There’s still time to join area union members at the Metropolitan Washington Council's 5th annual Labor Night at the Nats, coming up July 29. The family event benefits the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund, which helps area families in crisis. This year the Nationals will... more...
- Jul 5, 2011 Koch Party Tonight Explores Impact of Corporate Cash on Worker Rights Corporate America's role in redefining the labor movement and worker's rights is the focus of Koch Party tonight at Busboys & Poets. This monthly series is designed to raise awareness around issues traditionally championed by organized labor, in this case, the impact of corporate... more...
- Jul 5, 2011 VA Labor on the March “We had a wonderful group representing labor” in Monday’s Dale City Independence Day Parade, reports Northern Virginia Labor Federation President Dan Duncan. More than 50 union members and their families celebrated the Fourth of July by marching in the parade, including... more...
- Jul 1, 2011 MontCo Cuts Disability Benefits for Police The Montgomery County Council yesterday passed legislation imposing reduced disability benefits for police officers. George Leventhal was the only “No” vote on Bill 45-10, which the Metro Washington Council in an Action Alert blasted earlier this week as “anti-labor,... more...
- Jul 1, 2011 Humor Latest Weapon in Battle for Workplace Rights Humor is the latest weapon in the battle over collective bargaining rights. The AFL-CIO recently released three funny short videos showing what happens when workers don’t get a voice at the bargaining table. In Negotiatin’ Like It’s 1999 workers literally run into a closed door when... more...
- Jul 1, 2011 LABOR ON THE MOVE: DC Jobs With Justice Summer Intern Tony Nguyen Sixteen-year-old Tony Nguyen (r) is DC Jobs with Justice’s 2011 Summer Benjamin Banneker Fellow. A Vietnamese American from the District, Nguyen starts his senior year at Woodrow Wilson High School this year. In his work with DC JWJ so far, he’s been involved with... more...
- Jun 30, 2011 Labor Joins Dale City July 4 Parade Area labor activists can celebrate the nation’s birthday and promote the union movement at the Dale City (VA) Independence Day parade and festivities next Monday, July 4. “This is a fun time for one and all,” says NOVA Labor President Dan Duncan. “Wear your union shirts and caps and bring... more...
- Jun 30, 2011 "Unity Team" Wins 3-Year Term at UFCW 1994 The UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO “Unity Team” – led by President Gino Renne -- swept nominations at Local 1994 in mid-June and were elected by acclamation to serve a three-year term beginning this December. "The new leadership team stands ready to continue to fight to defend the economic interests... more...
- Jun 30, 2011 800,000 Federal Workers Could Be Furloughed If Debt Ceiling Not Raised Eight hundred thousand federal workers could end up furloughed if Congress fails to move forward on an increase of the debt ceiling. That's according to a study conducted by George H.W. Bush former Treasury undersecretary Jay Powell who crunched the numbers with assistance from Bill Clinton's... more...
- Jun 29, 2011 Grocery Workers Prep for 2012 Bargaining Open hands and clenched fists. The 40,000 members of UFCW Local 400 are offering one and threatening the other as they prepare for bargaining next year with Giant and Safeway. The local took out a full-page ad in the June edition of Food World featuring a photo of hundreds of members “united... more...
- Jun 29, 2011 Training Program Helps Turn Dreams Into Real Jobs Just a month after completing the Building Futures training program in May, Anthony Evans is now working full time as a Plumber Helper for W.L. Gary Mechanical Contractors. An exemplary student, Evans had one of the highest math scores in the Building Futures class – a GSA-funded program of... more...
- Jun 29, 2011 LABOR ON THE MOVE: Podhorzer Named AFL-CIO Political Director Michael Podhorzer will be the new political director for the 12 million-member AFL-CIO, driving one of the largest independent campaign operations in the country, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka announced yesterday. “There’s no one better to direct the political work of the labor... more...
- Jun 28, 2011 Guild Concerned about Post Replacing Professional Journalists with Unpaid Bloggers A Newspaper Guild official representing Washington Post employees expressed concern earlier this month about the paper potentially moving away from using professional journalists. "The Post very clearly is trying to make it much easier to lay people off and pay them less severance or even... more...
- Jun 28, 2011 Employment Justice Center Battles for Local Workers As tough as last year was for local workers, it would have been far worse without the efforts of the Employment Justice Center (EJC). The EJC secured almost $700,000 in back pay and damages on behalf low-wage workers in the D.C. metro area, educated almost 500 workers about their rights... more...
- Jun 27, 2011 9th Annual JWJ Awards Raise $18K DC Jobs with Justice celebrated their 9th annual “I’ll Be There Awards” last Thursday in a packed Samuel Gompers room at the AFL-CIO. The crowd of over 100 came out to honor labor and community activists, including artist and activist Head-Roc, who wrote a song in support of workers at... more...
- Jun 24, 2011 44,000 TSA Workers Win AFGE Representation Some 44,000 airport screeners across the country have won representation by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). AFGE won the right to negotiate on behalf of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers by besting a rival union, the National Treasury... more...
- Jun 24, 2011 Walmart & DC: A Tale of Two Tables One table was bare, the other overflowing with food. At one table sat dozens, while at the other was just one person. The setting was Freedom Plaza, as over 200 DC residents gathered across the street from the Wilson Building to demand that DC Mayor Vincent Gray negotiate a strong, enforceable... more...
- Jun 24, 2011 Second Chance to See "Horrible Bosses" If you missed Thursday night’s free sneak peek of “Horrible Bosses,” here’s another chance! The DC Labor FilmFest has some free passes for another “Horrible Bosses” preview next Monday night, June 27. Click here now to enter a drawing for a free pair of tickets to the new film... more...
- Jun 24, 2011 CSA's Building Futures Program Wins Major Grant Award The Metro Council’s Community Services Agency Building Futures pre-apprenticeship training program has won a $900,000 grant as part of the Jobs for the Future consortium. “This is a big deal,” said CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy, “we will get nearly $1 million over three... more...
- Jun 23, 2011 Post Workers Protest Cuts & Outsourcing Dozens of Washington Post Guild members protested in front of the Post Wednesday against the company's offer of an $800 lump sum for a two year contract and cuts in layoff and outsourcing protection. The Guild contract expired on June 7. Contract talks continue. - report/photo by Rick Ehrmann more...
- Jun 23, 2011 Transit Workers Field Questions from Riders Over 100 took advantage of the opportunity to talk directly to union leaders and members at Monday night’s ATU 689 Town Hall meeting. Questions “ran the gamut from farecard issues and why busses are late, to the perception that some bus operators are rude,” Local 689 Political &... more...
- Jun 23, 2011 Organizing Institute to Host Union Member Training If you’re looking to equip member activists and member organizers with basic organizing skills, check out the upcoming AFL-CIO Organizing Institute’s 3-day union member organizer training. The July 15-17 training will be held in Washington at AFL-CIO headquarters. $125 per participant... more...
- Jun 23, 2011 Wine, Beer, Song & Solidarity at JWJ Awards Tonight Performances by women's a cappella group SongRise and performance artist Quique Aviles highlight tonight’s 9th annual DC Jobs with Justice "I'll Be There" Awards from 5:30-7:30p at the AFL-CIO. Labor and community leaders to be honored for their exceptional solidarity include Sarahi Uribe of... more...
- Jun 22, 2011 JWJ "I'll Be There Awards" Honor UFCW 400 Members UFCW Local 400 rank-and-file members Kinetra Byrd, Eric Marshall (r), and Franklin Carter are among the honorees at Thursday’s 9th annual I’ll Be There Awards. The three workers “have been incredibly active in the Walmart: Respect DC campaign” says DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director... more...
- Jun 22, 2011 WHC Nurses Credit Council with Helping to Win Contract “We couldn’t have done it without you!” exclaimed Washington Hospital Center nurse Geri Lee (at right in photo) at Monday’s Metro Council meeting. “Thanks to this Council’s support we won our contract,” Lee – joined by fellow National Nurses United members and RNs Dru Gist, Lori... more...
- Jun 22, 2011 State Fed Honors Leaders The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO honored James Bestpitch (Western MD CLC), Loretta Carr (Delmarva Peninsula CLC), Gwend Johnson (CWA and CBTU) and Charles “Boots” Buttiglieri (CWA) at the June 17 “Salute to Leadership” at the National Labor College. Photo by Alicia... more...
- Jun 22, 2011 Activists Rally Today to Demand a "Seat at the Table" Activists will rally today – 2p on Freedom Plaza -- to demand “a seat at the table” as DC Mayor Vincent Gray prepares to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement with Walmart. “How can it be a true Community Benefits Agreement if the deal is negotiated without community input?”... more...
- Jun 21, 2011 Celebrating a Century of Union Apprenticeship Programs Although the practice of learning a trade by working alongside a master craftsman has been around for centuries, modern registered apprenticeships have only been recognized in the United States for 100 years. U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis brought... more...
- Jun 21, 2011 Walmart Ruling Sparks Demo at Supreme Court Tuesday The Supreme Court will be the focus of a rally Tuesday morning at 11a in the wake of Monday's Walmart ruling. “The highest court in our nation has turned its back on workers facing widespread injustices,” said UFCW Local 400 President Tom... more...
- Jun 20, 2011 LABOR IN THE NEWS: WV UFCW 400 Members on Today Show UFCW Local 400 members sporting their gold and blue union colors made an appearance on the June 17 TODAY Show (watch for them around the 3-minute mark) when they helped unload a Smithfield truck at the Covenant House of West Virginia in Charleston, WV. Featured as part of Al Roker’s Lend a Hand... more...
- Jun 20, 2011 TRANSIT UNION HOSTS TOWN HALL TONIGHT If you have questions for Metro workers or their union, here’s your chance. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, which represents over 10,000 front-line employees of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), is hosting a public Town Hall discussion tonight at the Martin Luther... more...
- Jun 20, 2011 "WE EXPECT BETTER" T-MOBILE WORKERS TELL GERMAN GOV'T Hundreds of communications workers were joined by local and global allies as they rallied outside the German Embassy in downtown DC last Friday. Circling the sidewalk in front of the embassy for over an hour and chanting “Union busting is disgusting!” the workers demanded that the German... more
- Jun 20, 2011 RESPECT DC CAMPAIGN TO RALLY FOR CBA ON WEDNESDAY The Respect DC campaign is rallying this Wednesday to demand that Mayor Gray give the community a seat at the table in negotiations with Walmart over a city-wide Community Benefits Agreement. The demo is scheduled for 2P at Freedom Plaza in front of the Wilson Building (see Calendar for details)
- Jun 17, 2011 U.S., Japanese Transit Workers Exchange Views American and Japanese transit workers learned about each other’s labor movements during a recent visit. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 hosted a delegation of Japanese transit union leaders on May 31 at Local 689’s union hall in Forestville, MD. Local 689 Recording Secretary... more...
- Jun 16, 2011 May Council Minutes Now Online Draft minutes from the May Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Executive Board and Delegate meetings are now available for download on the Metro Council’s website . Mark your calendars for this month’s meeting, scheduled for Monday, June 20 at 6:30P at the AFL-CIO; watch... more...
- Jun 16, 2011 "Justice For Janitors" Day Marked In DC At a rally commemorating the 21st annual Justice for Janitors Day, dozens of DC area office cleaners were joined by labor and community allies - including Maryland State Senator Victor Ramirez - in McPherson Square in downtown DC last night to "ramp up efforts to secure fair wages, family... more...
- Jun 15, 2011 DC Residents, Workers Demand That Verizon "Pay Its Fair Share" Saying that Verizon owes millions of dollars in unpaid taxes - thereby robbing states and cities of vital funds - dozens of District residents and workers rallied and marched through Downtown DC yesterday to demand that the global telecommunications giant be heldaccountable. As rush hour... more...
- Jun 15, 2011 Celebrating Justice For Janitors Day Workers, members and supporters of SEIU Local 32BJ will rally in McPherson Square today at 4:30P to celebrate Justice for Janitors Day and to fight for a fair contract for area janitors. The demo honors “the incredible organizing efforts of those janitors and cleaners who decided to... more...
- Jun 14, 2011 DC CLUW Honors Jeter, Johnson & Love The namesake of the Gloria T. Johnson Awards attended this year’s luncheon last Sunday, speaking out eloquently and forcefully about the impact of the current attacks on the American labor movement. Gloria Johnson, one of the most prominent labor leaders in the United States and a long-time... more...
- Jun 14, 2011 On The Line This Week With almost ten events and actions scheduled, this week is shaping up to be an extra- busy one for metro-area activists. See below for highlights or click here to see the complete line-up of activities on the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO’s website. - TUESDAY: Rally & March To... more...
- Jun 14, 2011 Labor Photo: Activists Protest GOP's Attack On Medicare more...
- Jun 14, 2011 IBEW Video On Workplace Democracy Wins Video Contest The IBEW’s Workplace Democracy: Corporate Style has won the 2011 LabourStart Labour Video of the Year contest, narrowly edging out Things To Know From Wisconsin and Refusal of Unsafe Work . Workplace Democracy was also a 2010 DC Labor FilmFest selection. Click here... more...
- Jun 13, 2011 Activists To Protest GOP's Attack On Medicare & Medicaid Today Area workers and labor allies will hold a “silent and somber” protest outside the Newseum - where CBS is hosting a town hall meeting with GOP members – at 12:30P today to protest the GOP’s plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid. “Bring your home-made signs and please join us to... more...
- Jun 13, 2011 DC First Responders Urge Mayor To Fix City's Ambulance Problem In the midst of Washington’s second heat wave of the summer, unions representing the District of Columbia’s emergency medical technicians, paramedics, fire fighters and registered nurses last Friday urged Mayor Vincent Gray to ensure that the city’s ambulances are in working order and... more...
- Jun 13, 2011 Rally/March Set To "Make Verizon Pay Its Fair Share" OurDC -- a coalition of community groups, neighborhood associations, faith organizations and workers united to bring good jobs to the District – is holding a rally and march to “Make Verizon Pay Its Fair Share” tomorrow, June 14th at 5P in Farragut Square. more...
- Jun 13, 2011 Labor Walk Draws A Crowd More than two dozen labor history fans turned out for Friday’s edition of the Washington Worker’s Walking Tour, including Minority Outreach Conference attendees and local activists. Metro Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock led the Tour, which included the AFL-CIO lobby murals,... more...
- Jun 13, 2011 Summer School For Union Women Sponsorships Available The Berger-Marks Foundation will sponsor four emerging union women activists to attend the 2011 UALE Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women . The sponsorship -- covering registration and some travel costs -- is part of the foundation’s “commitment to encourage the... more...
- Jun 10, 2011 Utility Workers Fight Torrent Of Greed At American Water Co. Charging that the American Water Company is demanding huge rate hikes from customers and steep concessions from employees – while showering top executives with lucrative pay packages – dozens of workers and community members rallied outside the nation’s largest for-profit water utility... more...
- Jun 10, 2011 "Justice For Janitors" Rally June 15 Workers and members of SEIU Local 32BJ will rally in McPherson Square Park at 4:30P next Wednesday, June 15 to celebrate Justice For Janitors Day and to fight for a decent contract for area janitors. “The current contracts between 32BJ and commercial office building cleaning companies... more...
- Jun 10, 2011 T-Mobile USA Workers To Rally For Bargaining Rights T-Mobile USA workers will be joined by local and global allies as they rally outside the German Embassy at 12P next Friday, June 17 to show Deutsche Telekom management and its largest shareholder, the German government, that “unions are united around the ‘We Expect Better’ global... more...
- Jun 10, 2011 Labor Heritage Foundation's Annual Arts Exchange Next Week “This year more than ever is a critical time shore up our networks and enhance our ability to really impact and reach the communities that have been hardest hit economically and politically,” says the Labor Heritage Foundation’s Darryl Moch, who notes that the LHF’s Great Labor Arts... more...
- Jun 10, 2011 Employment Justice Center's Labor Day Breakfast Honors Trumka, Ford Help celebrate “another year of victories on behalf of working people in the DC Metro area” at the DC Employment Justice Center’s Labor Day Breakfast, scheduled for September 15 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel . “On Labor Day 2011, the EJC will celebrate 11 years of successful... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 American Water Company's Greed Exposed Today As part of a national week of action to hold the American Water Company accountable for “steep employee cuts and consumer rate hikes,” area union members and community allies will rally outside the nation’s largest for-profit water utility this morning in Alexandria, Virginia... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 Last Call For Jobs With Justice "I'll Be There" Award Sponsors The deadline to submit ads for DC Jobs with Justice’s annual “I’ll Be There” Awards – scheduled for June 23 at the AFL-CIO – is 5P this Friday, June 10. “We hope you will consider attending this event and supporting it by purchasing an ad in our program book,” says DC... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 Friday Night Fundraiser Set To Benefit USLAW Enjoy live music, a slide show featuring the Iraqi workers’ movement, and hear resident reggae DJs of Ras Hall Restaurant at a fundraiser for US Labor Against The War, scheduled this Friday between 8:30P and 12:30A . “Ras Hall is a restaurant and lounge serving Ethiopian and... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 DC CLUW Luncheon Honors Jeter, Johnson & Love The DC Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) will honor Jackie Jeter (Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, at right), Dr. Lorretta Johnson (Executive Vice President, American Federation of Teachers) and Sheila Love (DC Metro Chapter CLUW President Emeritus, in memoriam) for their labor... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 U-Liners To Celebrate Art & Activism At June 12 Concert Local labor band The U-Liners will perform a special concert at the Takoma Community Center Auditorium on Sunday, June 12 to celebrate art and activism. Cover charge is $10 per person; proceeds will benefit Voices for a Sustainable Future, an organization that “brings together... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 Republicans Launch Attack On "Official Time" For Union Activity A little bit of Wisconsin came to Capitol Hill last week when Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) – the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee – held a hearing on the use of “official time” for union activity by federal employees, reports Library of Congress... more...
- Jun 9, 2011 Free June Calendar Download The June calendar from labor artist and activist Ricardo Levins Morales is now available for free download. Click here now to get your free calendar or click here to check out Morales’ website for his other artwork, including bookmarks, posters, notes and photographs. more...
- Jun 8, 2011 Nurses Demand New Agenda To Heal Nation Thousands of nurses and health care reform activists from across America brought their fight for a healthier nation to Washington yesterday, holding demonstrations outside the White House, the US Chamber of Commerce and the US Capitol to make sure their message is heard loud and clear. “Hey... more...
- Jun 8, 2011 Rally To Hold American Water Co. Accountable Labor and community allies will rally against the American Water Company – the largest for-profit water utility in the US – in Alexandria, Virginia this Thursday to demand accountability for “steep employee cuts and consumer rate hikes,” reports the Utility Workers Union of America. The... more...
- Jun 8, 2011 Statehood For DC "Teach In" Thursday The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital will host a “Teach In” on the west lawn at the US Capitol this Thursday between 12P and 9P to fight for DC’s statehood. “Since 1801, Congress has denied the people of Washington DC representation in the House of... more...
- Jun 8, 2011 Last Chance To Register For Workers' Walking Tour There are just a few spaces left for Friday’s Washington Workers’ Walking Tour; don’t miss out! Click here now to register for the 2-hour walking tour of downtown DC – led by Metro Washington Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock (at left, pointing) – featuring... more...
- Jun 8, 2011 Volunteers Sought For United Way's National Day Of Action Saying that education is the key to getting a good job – one with a good income and health care – this year the United Way is focusing its National Day of Action on getting involved in issues related to education. “Today, 6,000 young people nationwide will drop out of school,” says the... more...
- Jun 8, 2011 Prison Book Drive A "Great Success" “Many, many thanks to all who contributed to the book drive,” says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy, who told Union City that last week, over 350 books were delivered to the Correctional Education Libraries in Maryland. “This was a great success!” adds... more...
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