Metro Council Meeting Highlights

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

AFSCME 2910 won a dedicated smoking area outside on Library of Congress grounds…Musicians 161-710 finally got a contract -- 3 years, 2% per year -- at the National Theatre…IATSE 22 won arbitration at Strathmore Fine Arts Center to ensure payment for additional hours on artist Q&A post-performance answer sessions…ATU 1764 got contract for Metro Access workers…ATU 689 organized paratransit workers at First Transit in Fairfax County, VA…AFGE District 14 won Federal Labor Relations Authority decision to continue union representation of combined health services workers after the consolidation of Walter Reed, Ft. Belvoir and Bethesda Naval Hospital: service members across services will be able to access all sites and workers who were in various unions can maintain their union representation.
- Kathleen McKirchy