March Heats Up

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

As the mercury begins to rise, the action heats up for district activists. Today: Students & Workers March For Free Choice Act; a symposium explores how the immigration system is failing and highlights the challenges facing immigrant workers under the H-2B visa program; a seminar discusses workplace rights and how to exercise them on the job; and a workshop provides activists with creative organizing techniques using the arts for social change. Thursday: ACLU Bill of Rights Luncheon recognizes Professor Nadine Strossen for over 18 years of service to the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area. Friday: US Foodservice workers rally to protest their employer's repeated attempts at union-busting and workers at the Crystal City Sheraton will rally to demand justice for a fired co-worker and their right to a card-check system.
- photo courtesy New York Times