Coming Up This Week
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Thursday: Verizon Shareholder Meeting Day of
Action
CWA members across the country -- still without a contract with
Verizon -- will take action on the day Verizon holds their shareholder meeting
as part of the Shareholder
Spring; join Local 2108 for their “WTF”
("Where's the Fairness?") action or Local 2222 for a cookout.
Thursday: DC JwJ Workers’ Rights Board hearing “Women: The
Backbone of Our Economy”
Jobs with
Justice hosts a panel on the issues facing working women today, followed by a
board of experts offering next steps and suggestions for action
Saturday: Labor 2012 Kick Off/International Worker's Day/Cinco
De Mayo
The MD/DC AFL-CIO will kick off Labor 2012 with a
celebration of International Worker's Day and Cinco de Mayo with friends,
family, elected officials, and labor leaders and the National Labor
College.