Coming Up This Week

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)This week is full of local action. Here are a few highlights; check the labor calendar for the latest upcoming events.

Tuesday:
Unite Here Picket at HEI Sheraton Crystal City
Hotel workers and students rally together to end exploitative working conditions at HEI Hotels like the Sheraton Crystal City

Bread & Roses: Paid Sick Days for All
Local restaurant workers will share “what every diner should know about the people who feed us” and information about the ongoing Paid Sick Days campaign

Anti Racism and the Struggle to Close the SOA: A Talk with Theresa El-Amin
School of the Americas Watch will host a discussion with Theresa El-Amin, the director of the Southern Anti Racism Network, about her her cross-race and cross-class organizing in Columbus, GA to close the School of the Americas

Friday:
DC JwJ Screening: "Igual Que Tu"
DC JwJ will screen "Igual Que Tu" ("The Same As You"), a film by Ellie Walton that puts a human face on the issues of gentrification and immigration in the nation’s capital