AG Dept Workers Organize
Wednesday, March 30, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Volunteer organizers passed out leaflets yesterday to workers at the US
Department of Agriculture, where an organizing drive is now underway. After
workers reported that Ag Dept supervisors were discouraging employees from
getting involved in the union, AFSCME Council 26 protested to Departmental
officials and supervisors have now been warned against intimidating and
interfering with union organizing efforts. In today’s high-profile leafleting,
volunteer organizers marched through areas of the Dept of Ag South Building
where employees of the USDA's Office of Operations work, freely talking to
workers and distributing a pro-union leaflet. Stay tuned for updates on the
campaign.