Apr 5, 2013BWI Picket Supports Retail and Food Workers
Baltimore-area activists braved unseasonably chilly weather Wednesday afternoon to show their support for retail and food workers at BWI...
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Apr 4, 2013Labor in the News: D.C. Administrative Law Judges Organize
Citing a "chilled work environment that is unduly stressful, demeaning, and counterproductive," a group of city administrative law judges is seeking to organize for the first time, reported Mike DeBonis in the Washington Post earlier this week...
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Apr 2, 2013FREE NATS TICKETS!
The Metro Council has a free pair of tickets (courtesy DC Mayor Gray) to Wednesday night's 7:05p game between the Nats and the Miami Marlins...
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Apr 2, 2013Labor Photo: MD Labor History Marker Unveiled
Retired Community College of Baltimore County labor studies professor Bill Barry at the March 23 unveiling of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 historical marker...
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Mar 29, 2013Labor In The News: Hagler on DC's Big Box Living Wage Bill
Reverend Graylan Hagler (left), executive director of Faith Strategies, discussed the DC Council measure that would require big box retailers to pay a "living wage" on Bruce DePuyt’s NewsTalk WJLA show on March 25; click here and scroll down to Part 2 of the show for the 6:51-minute...
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Mar 29, 2013Baltimore Unions Call on Casino Developers to Create Good Union Jobs
"It was a mess from the beginning," says Baltimore Building and Construction Trades Council president Rod Easter of the Horseshoe Casino project that will be built along Russell Street, near M&T Stadium and Camden Yards, in Baltimore. Despite members of a host of unions having worked...
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Mar 29, 2013Solidarity Center Report: Worker Updates from Nigeria, Bangladesh
After decades in which few women were part of union leadership in the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), more union women are running for office while also making concrete gains in establishing family-friendly polices at the national and local union levels. In...
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Mar 28, 2013Asbestos Workers Demand Unpaid Wages at Maryland Masonic Homes
Employees of
asbestos remediation firm Asbestos Specialists Inc. (ASI) on Tuesday protested
at the front gate of the Maryland Masonic Homes – where ASI is doing work -- to
demand their employer return nearly a million dollars in wrongfully withheld
back wages. The Department of Labor has...
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Mar 28, 2013Continuing Resolution, Continuing Struggle
Calling the continuing resolution on the budget passed by
Congress “a mixed blessing,” AFGE reports that “While it prevents a government
shutdown, it leaves most agencies without the funding they need to hire, train
and retain new workers; to invest in new research or programs that...
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Mar 28, 2013Labor In The News: Federal Workers Turn to Local Union Leaders
“At the Department of Housing and
Urban Development one morning last week, AFGE Local 476 President Eddie Eitches
(right) walked
the corridors, trying to buck up HUD workers with word of new concessions wrung
from the agency,” writes Washington
Post reporter Steve Hendrix in his...
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Mar 27, 2013Slots Open For Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program
DC metro
area residents interested in getting into good-paying construction jobs can apply now for the next Building Futures class. The 6-week
pre-apprenticeship training program runs May through June and offers a
combination of classroom and hands-on activities with an orientation to the...
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Mar 27, 2013Local Unions Go Social
Over 70 Metro Council affiliates have websites, and
over a dozen are on Facebook, too. There are even a handful of locals -- and
local presidents! -- on Twitter. A full list of local unions’ websites and
social media is available at dclaborarchives.org
under " Affiliate Social Media ."...
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Mar 27, 2013Why Marriage Equality Matters to America's Unions and Working Families
This week,
the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in cases that could lead to
marriage equality for same-sex couples, an issue of particular importance to
working families and America's union members. "Working people believe in
equality and fairness and that’s why we are happy to...
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Mar 27, 2013Evening With Labor Reception & Dance Photos Posted
From DC
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton dancing the electric slide alongside local labor
activists to a veritable Who’s Who of area political, labor, community and
faith leaders schmoozing, the 2013 Evening with Labor Facebook photo album – where we posted award-winner photos
last week...
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Mar 26, 2013MD Labor Tracks Bills in Annapolis
The Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO and its affiliates are tracking over a hundred bills in Annapolis this legislative session...
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Mar 26, 2013This Poem Could Save A Life
Calling it "one of the most reach out and slap me in the face poems I have ever read," IUEC Local 10's Tammie Harris has posted "I Chose to Look the Other Way" on Local 10's website...
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Mar 25, 2013Labor Quiz: OSHA Inspections
Some 130 million workers are employed in OSHA-covered workplaces across the United States. Given the number of state and federal OSHA inspectors on the job, if every workplace were to be inspected, it would be how long between each visit?
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Mar 25, 2013"No Closures, No Cuts!" Say Postal Service Workers
Chanting "No closures, No cuts!" hundreds of letter carrriers and their supporters rallied Sunday afternoon in front of the General Mail Facility in Gaithersburg...
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Mar 22, 2013At Long Last, Maryland Marks 1877 B&O Railroad Strike
Baltimore finally gets credit for the city's key role in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877: a history marker will be unveiled on March 23 at 10:30am in front of the Camden Yards...
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Mar 21, 2013Nurses Advocate for Patients at DC Health Fair
Saying that "Our community is concerned about the patient care crisis in the District's hospitals," Donna Lawrence, a nurse at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, joined her fellow NNU nurses...
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Mar 21, 2013350 Push for Paid Sick Days at 12th Labor Seder
The focus of this year's Labor Seder was winning paid sick days for area workers, and anyone questioning why servers and kitchen workers especially need paid sick days need only hear Woong Chang's gripping story...
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Mar 20, 2013Labor Photo: Wings Iron Workers Picket JBG
Striking iron workers picketed Tuesday morning outside the Chevy Chase headquarters of JBG, the local real estate development company...
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Mar 20, 2013Metro Council Meeting Features Singing and Streetheat
Monday's Labor Council meeting got off to a rousing start with the DC Labor Chorus leading delegates in high-spirited renditions of some of the social justice favorites...
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Mar 19, 2013Eric Bunn Elected NVP at AFGE
Eric Bunn Sr., was elected National Vice President (NVP) of the 14th District of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) last Saturday...
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Mar 19, 2013Perez DOL Nomination Hailed
President Obama's choice of Tom Perez to lead the Department of Labor is being hailed by local and national labor leaders alike...
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Mar 19, 2013Building Futures Grads "Moving Forward"
"Keep moving forward, not backwards," urged Class Valedictorian Ollie Thomas at the Community Services Agency Building Futures pre-apprenticeship program graduation...
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Mar 18, 2013Sequestration Day of Action Set for Wednesday
As part of a national day of action around the sequestration, working families will gather at 12 noon this Wednesday March 20th to call on Congress to repeal sequestration immediately...
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Mar 15, 2013Tickets Available for Sunday's Labor Seder
Singing, food, discussion and action, it must be the annual Labor Seder. This year's seder will highlight the crucial need for Paid Sick Days for all workers in our city...
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Mar 14, 2013"No Confidence" in Chief, Say DC Fire Fighters
DC fire fighter's dissatisfaction with their boss flared up last Monday night when the DC Fire Fighters union's board of directors passed a vote of "no confidence"...
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Mar 13, 2013Clear Channel Lease for New WPFW Office Sparks Opposition
Long-simmering frustrations at WPFW boiled over again this week when it was discovered that an 8-year, million-dollar sub-lease is being negotiated with Clear Channel Communications in a downtown Silver Spring office building...
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Mar 13, 2013New Immigration Doc Premieres in DC This Week
Harvest of Empire, a new documentary that reveals the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the modern immigration crisis premieres in the DC area this week...
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Mar 12, 2013DC Teachers Demonstrate Solidarity with WHUT Workers
WHUT-TV discovered what solidarity means when the Washington Teachers last week refused to participate in a prescreening event of a documentary on DC schools because of NABET-CWA Local 31's ongoing dispute with the station...
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Mar 12, 2013HUD Union President Speaks Out on Sequestration
Eddie Eitches, President of AFGE 476 -- which represents workers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- spoke recently with Federal News Radio's "Inside Government"...
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Mar 11, 2013Labor on the Move
New Executive Directors at DC Jobs with Justice & DC Vote; Moch Steps Down from Labor Heritage Foundation...
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Mar 8, 2013Appellate Court Sides With Unions, Limits MontCo County Exec’s Authority
The Maryland Court
of Special Appeals in Annapolis on Tuesday upheld the Montgomery County Labor
Relations Administrator’s ruling that the Montgomery County Executive violated
the County Code when he refused to include an interest arbitrator’s award as
part of his budget submission in...
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Mar 8, 2013Victory for Howard Dining Workers as Real Food Real Jobs Movement Picks up Steam
Spurring on the DC food service workers’ fight for greater
access to fresh, healthy food and good, sustainable jobs using fresh-cooked ingredients,
Howard University workers employed by Sodexo celebrated another victory of DC’s
Real Food Real Jobs movement earlier this week. Following on...
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Mar 8, 2013Eye Contact Key to Success, Hospitality Professional Tells Students
“Always
maintain good eye contact and have reasonable goals for the next five years,”
advised hospitality professional from National Harbor Karen Culpepper, who took
part in Hospitality Express 4 Success mock interviews with program participants
this past Monday. The program is a...
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Mar 8, 2013Solidarity Center Report: International Women’s Day
Working women contribute 66 percent
of the world’s work and produce 50 percent of the food, they earn 10 percent of
global income and own 1 percent of property, a 2011 United National Development
Program report finds. But as we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8,
a...
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Mar 7, 2013Labor Scholarships & Grants Update
WTU Scholarships for DC Students; Ashcraft Offers $5,000 to Trades Scholars; Union Plus LaborCorps Education Grants
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Mar 6, 2013Correction: Wage Theft a Bigger Problem
Yesterday's report on the wage theft hearing in DC incorrectly stated that the DC Employment Justice Center calculated unpaid wages in DC totaling $260,000...
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Mar 6, 2013Iron 5 Teams Tops in CSA Bowling Pledges
Iron Workers Local 5 Teams 1 and 2 were the CSA Bowling for Gold team pledge winners, with $2,408.50 in pledges collected per team for the agency's Emergency Assistance Fund...
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Mar 5, 2013Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel Engineers Vote in Union
After a lengthy battle lasting months, the operations and maintenance staff at the Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel in DC last week voted overwhelmingly to join IUOE Local 99...
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Mar 4, 2013AFGE 17 Wins District 14 Organizing Awards
AFGE Local 17's outstanding organizing work last year resulted in two awards recently from the American Federation of Government Employees...
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Mar 4, 2013Evening with Labor is Right Around the Corner
With food, music, and the annual awards ceremony, this year's Evening with Labor promises to be packed with local labor and political leaders...
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Mar 1, 2013Labor On The Stage: "DC Trash" Opens Tonight
Called a "treasure" of the 2012 DC Fringe Festival, Ron Litman's one-man show "DC Trash" starts a four-show run tonight as a part of the Atlas Intersections festival...
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Feb 28, 2013"We Feed DC, We Are DC" Rally Today
"Howard students are like my nieces and nephews," says Local 23 member Alphonso Carmack, who works at Howard University...
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Feb 28, 2013Federal Unions Prep Members for Sequestration Impact
As the clock ticked down this week towards implementation of significant spending cuts on Friday, unions at federal agencies throughout the region held meetings with their members about the impact of the sequestration...
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Feb 27, 2013CWA Reaches Tentative Agreement with AT&T Mobility
Over the weekend CWA reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility. The contract would cover 22,000 customer service representatives, technicians and retail store workers...
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Feb 27, 2013Building Futures Lives Up to Name for Grad
For Germaine Wells, the CSA's Building Futures program has lived up to its name, helping her establish a new future not only as an electrician, but also as a spokesperson for the life-changing program...
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Feb 27, 2013Unions Back Justice Dept. In Defending Voting Rights Act
Arlene Holt Baker doesn't want to go back to the 1950s, when her mother, a domestic worker making $5 a week, couldn't buy her shoes because she was saving money to pay the poll tax..
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Feb 26, 2013Metro Council Takes "No Position" in DC At-Large Race
Highlights of last night's well-attended Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO's meeting included a decision to take no position in the April 23 DC City Council At-Large race -- leaving affiliates free to act as they wish...
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Feb 26, 20132013 Directory Published
The brand-new 2013 Metro Council Directory of Affiliates was released at last night's Council meeting, with copies distributed to the Executive Board and delegates...
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Feb 25, 2013Council Meeting Tonight
Tonight's Council meeting (6:30p at the AFL-CIO) features a sneak-peek at the 2012 year-in-review slideshow...
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Feb 25, 2013Union Voice/Readers Write: Sign of the Times
Kevin Carroll, a 5th year apprentice at IBEW Local 26 and COPE volunteer, sent this pro-labor 1956 GOP poster to the IBEW's Jerry Lozupone...
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Feb 22, 2013DC Laborers Join Hersey Protest Over Unsafe Work
Several metro DC- area laborers union workers trekked up to Hershey, PA on Tuesday to join a protest of hazardous working conditions at an old Hershey Chocolate factory...
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Feb 22, 2013Council Meeting Monday
This Monday's Council Meeting will be the first chance to get the hot-off-the-presses 2013 Metro Council Directory...
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Feb 19, 2013Elevator Constructors Celebrate 2012 Graduates
Elevator Constructors Local 10 celebrated its 2012 class of 22 newly-minted mechanics at a graduation dinner on February 9 at the local's union hall...
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Feb 19, 2013Johnson Funeral Service Today
The funeral service for Gloria Johnson will be held today at 11a at Peoples Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland; viewing is from 9:30–11a...
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Feb 19, 2013Friday's the deadline!
Demonstrate your support for the Metro Council's 36th annual Evening with Labor with an ad in the program book...
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Feb 15, 2013Gloria Johnson Funeral Service Set for Tuesday, Feb. 19
The funeral service for Gloria Johnson will
be held Tuesday, February 19 at 11a at Peoples Community Baptist Church (31
Norwood Road) in Silver Spring, Maryland; viewing is from 9:30–11a.
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Feb 14, 2013THIS JUST IN: Gloria Johnson Passes
Gloria Johnson, one of the most prominent labor leaders in the United States and a long-time advocate for women's and civil rights, passed away early yesterday morning...
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Feb 14, 2013Countdown to the 2013 Directory
The 2013 Metro Council Directory going to print tomorrow, so today is the last chance to make any changes...
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Feb 14, 2013Fundraiser Planned for AFM Member
A Concert/Fundraiser is being held for AFM 161-710 member Ron Sipes, an oboist who suffered a massive stroke in late 2012...
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Feb 14, 2013Eitches Wins Re-Run Election at AFGE 476
Eddie Eitches has won re-election as President of AFGE 476. The election, originally held in November 2011, was rerun on January 10...
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Feb 13, 2013"Hell No" to Cuts, Say Government Workers
When the crowd exuberantly took up AFGE President J. David Cox's war-cry of "Not 'no' but 'hell, no!'" with the Capitol dome gleaming in the bright sun behind him, the noontime rally took on a sharper edge of anger and frustration...
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Feb 13, 2013Last Chance for 2013 Directory Corrections
It's almost here! The 2013 Metro Council Directory -- updated with the latest info on the local labor movement -- is just about to go to press...
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Feb 11, 20131994 MCGEO Members Urge Baker to "Save the Library"
Calling on Prince
George’s County Executive Rushern Baker to “save the library,” over 30 members
of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO packed the room at last week’s Prince George’s County
town hall. There has been talk of across-the-board cuts to all Prince George’s
County departments and...
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Feb 11, 2013Federal Workers Prepare for Possible Sequestration & Furloughs
With
sequestration – and possible furloughs – looking more and more likely, federal worker
unions and their members across the metro area are mobilizing and preparing.
More than 1,500 AFGE and AFSCME members and their supporters – including Sen.
Charles Schumer (D., NY), Rep. Chris...
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Feb 11, 2013AT&T Mobility Workers Mobilize for Contract
Area CWA locals were stepping up
mobilization efforts as negotiations with AT&T Mobility went down to the
wire over the weekend. Strike authorization ballots were due back by the end of
last week “to send the message ‘We will stand up for what we think is fair’ to
management,”...
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Feb 7, 2013Guild Rallies for Contract at Bloomberg-BNA
About 75 Newspaper Guild members rallied outside the Arlington, VA, headquarters of Bloomberg-BNA yesterday, calling for a fair contract with no take backs...
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Feb 5, 2013Patient Protection Act Proposed for DC Hospitals
Registered nurses joined with District of Columbia Council members and community supporters in a press conference yesterday to announce the introduction of the Patient Protection Act to dramatically improve care in DC hospitals to protect patients...
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Feb 5, 2013Wage Theft and Debt Focus of Two Wednesday Demos
Popular Georgetown seafood restaurant Tackle Box and the "Common Ground Summit" on Capitol Hill will be the target of noontime demonstrations tomorrow...
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Feb 5, 2013Bowling Tourney Team Photos Posted
From the Bowling Stones to the Gutter Cleaners, AFL-CIO to Teamsters, photos of all the teams at the recent Bowling for Gold Tournament have now been posted...
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Feb 4, 2013Salvadoran Unionist Speaks on Battle Against Privatization
Jaime Rivera from the Electrical Sector Workers Union and the Federation of Public Sector Workers of El Salvador speaks at noon today at the AFL-CIO about the fight of public sector workers in El Salvador...
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Feb 4, 2013A Civil Right to Organize
"Our democracy is corrupted," says CWA President Larry Cohen in the latest issue of Poverty & Race. "Money is not speech. Corporations are not people..."
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Feb 1, 2013Iron 5's Martin Wins Top Labor Award
Iron
Workers Local 5 Business Manager Kendall Martin heads up the 2012 Evening With
Labor Award winners, winning the JC Turner Award “for his extensive support of
Metro Council and Community Service Agency events,” said Council President Jos
Williams. “Kendall can always be counted on...
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Feb 1, 2013Dwight Bowman Memorial Tomorrow
The
memorial service for AFGE 14th District National Vice President Dwight Bowman will be held Saturday, February 2 at 10a at the Maple Springs Baptist Church in Capitol Heights, MD;
click here for complete details . Bowman, who died unexpectedly on January
16, had been an AFGE...
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Jan 31, 2013AU Workers Celebrate Landmark Victory
In a landmark agreement, American University workers and Bon Appétit Management Company on Monday signed a new union contract that significantly improves working conditions and paves the way for increased worker participation in campus sustainability efforts. “We got everything we asked...
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Jan 31, 2013Union-Made Super Bowl Party
Show your solidarity on Super Bowl Sunday by not only
cheering on your favorite NFL Players Association (NFLPA) members of the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore
Ravens, but also buying union-made-in-America food and drinks for your party.
Check out these ...
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Jan 31, 2013Labor Pledges Solidarity With Obama's Call for Road Map to Citizenship
Some 20 union leaders were on hand for President Obama’s immigration speech on Tuesday, to pledge their support for the historic push for immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship and to stress that immigration reform is a working family issue that...
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Jan 30, 2013UnionPlus Scholarship Deadline This Thursday
Over the past 20 years, union members and their children
have received over 3.4 million Union Plus scholarship dollars, with cash awards
ranging from $500 to $4,000 for undergraduate and graduate students. This
Thursday at noon is the deadline for applying for this year’s...
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Jan 30, 2013Union Voice/Readers Write: Union Wedding
"I am a union-side labor lawyer, and I am getting
married in the Spring," writes Matthew Stark Rubin at Bredhoff &
Kaiser. "We are hoping to hire some folks to help serve food. We
would prefer if they were unionized, of course! Are there any DC-area
locals representing...
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Jan 30, 2013Printcraft "Let's Do It Again" Wins Top Team Honors at CSA Bowling Tourney
With a
score of 3,311, the Printcraft “Let’s Do it Again” team (photo) took top honors
– and $150 each -- at last Sunday’s Bowling for Gold tournament, the
Community Services Agency’s annual benefit for its Emergency Assistance Fund.
“Congratulations to team members CJ...
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Jan 29, 2013More Great Labor Stuff
If you like our daily labor history feature from Union Communication Services (UCS) you'll also enjoy the free UCS weekly newsletter...
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Jan 28, 2013Labor Quiz: Colored National Labor Union
The nation's first Black labor convention was held in Washington, D.C., with 214 delegates forming the Colored National Labor Union...
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Jan 25, 2013Bowman Memorial Service Details
The memorial service for AFGE 14th District National Vice President Dwight Bowman will be held on Saturday, February 2, at 10a at the Maple Springs Baptist Church...
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Jan 23, 2013Teachers' Union Responds to DCPS School Closings
WTU plans to continue "fervently advocating for teachers, students and families" after DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson last week announced the final school consolidation and reorganization plan...
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Jan 23, 2013Labor in the News: Fed Workers on Obama 2nd Term
What policies the administration actually pushes during its second term depend not only on the president but also "to a large extent, on us: the unions, the broad progressive movement and working people in general"...
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Jan 23, 2013Bowman Memorial Service Planned
A memorial service for Dwight Bowman (AFGE District 14 National Vice President) is being planned for February 2...
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Jan 22, 2013GOP Effort to Freeze Fed Pay "Unconscionable"
"It is amazing the lengths that the Tea Party Republicans will go to shill for the 1 percent," AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman told Government Executive last week
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Jan 22, 2013In Memoriam: NALC's Vincent R. Sombrotto
Vincent R. Sombrotto, 89, a towering figure in the history of the National Association of Letter Carriers and one of the most significant U.S. labor leaders of recent decades, died Jan. 10...
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Jan 22, 2013Labor Quiz: CEO's Pay Raise
Pay for the average private-sector nonsupervisory worker rose just 5.7 percent from 1978 to 2011, according to the Economic Policy Institute...
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Jan 17, 2013UFCW 400, CSA to Help Magruder's Workers as Independent Grocer Closes
UFCW Local 400 will provide active and intensive assistance to its members working at Magruder's following the small, independent chain's decision to close its four grocery stores and one liquor store after 138 years...
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Jan 17, 2013Dwight Bowman Passes
Dwight Bowman, AFGE National Vice President and a longtime member of the Metro Washington Council's Executive Board, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning...
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Jan 17, 2013In Memoriam: SEIU's Norman Gleichman
Norman Gleichman, Deputy General Counsel at Service Employees International Union, drowned while swimming in Akumal, Mexico, where he was on vacation with his family...
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Jan 16, 2013THIS JUST IN
AFSCME is rallying at the Capitol Hilton this Friday...
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Jan 16, 2013Laborers Picket Corinthian Over Harassment
Anyone looking for the Arlington offices of Corinthian Contractors yesterday would have been well-advised to look for dozens of Latino laborers chanting "Si se puede"...
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Jan 16, 2013Transit Workers to Flyer Metro Saturday
As visitors and locals flock to the nation's capital for Barack Obama's second Inauguration next Monday, ATU Local 689 members and allies will leaflet Metro travelers on the importance of public transit...
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Jan 16, 2013Historian: Labor Movement in Tradition of Abolitionists
Like the abolitionists, "The labor movement has to talk more about ways to radically change and improve the current system. Labor should be both inside and outside," said Columbia University professor Eric Foner...
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Jan 14, 2013In Memoriam: Stan Gordon Dies; Service Tomorrow
Stan Gordon, died yesterday morning. A member of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Gordon was an Executive Director of AFSCME Council 26 in the 1970's...
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Jan 14, 2013Labor Quiz: Empire State Building
How many workers were employed in the construction of New York’s Empire State building? About 3,400; about 5,000; about 6,100?
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Jan 10, 2013Williams Joins Airports Authority Board
In a unanimous vote, the DC City Council yesterday confirmed Metro Council President Jos Williams to serve on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors...
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Jan 9, 2013IBEW 26 Members Shine on Silver Line Project
More than 200 IBEW Local 26 members have been working to complete Phase I of the Silver Line and bring Metro even farther out into the Virginia suburbs, improving access to Dulles Airport...
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Jan 9, 2013AFSCME Members Win New Management at MVA
Facing a hostile work environment -- and even workplace violence -- AFSCME 3655 members at the MVA recently turned to their local union and its parent Council -- AFSCME Council 3...
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Jan 8, 2013Federal Workers Facing "Perfect Storm"
Federal workers face a "perfect storm" in the next couple of months. The new Congress sworn in last Thursday may well be "particularly rough on federal agencies and their workers"...
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Jan 8, 2013Free Labor Film Screening Tonight
The Busboys & Poets Bread & Roses Labor Series presents a free screening of "Brothers on the Line" tonight at 6p, with Q&A with director Sasha Reuther...
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Jan 7, 2013UFCW 1994 Asks MontCo IG to Investigate Ervin for Possible Ethics Violations
UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO on Friday asked Montgomery County Inspector General Edward Blansitt to investigate possible ethics violations and conflict of interest in County Councilmember Valerie Ervin's dealings with real estate investor and developer Chris McGoff...
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Jan 7, 2013Opera Chorus Concert Benefits Needy Artists
The Washington National Opera Chorus' annual AGMA Relief Benefit Concert will celebrate the music of the United States during Inauguration and MLK weekend...
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Jan 7, 2013Last Chance To Update 2013 Directory
The 2013 Metro Council Directory of Affiliates will be going to print soon, but there’s still time to make edits and updates...
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Jan 7, 2013Labor Quiz: John L. Lewis Speaks
Labor legend John L. Lewis, a longtime president of the UMWA and a driving force in the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations had a way with words...
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Jan 4, 2013Area Unions Brighten Children's Holidays
Thousands of dollars' worth of toys and financial contributions helped make the holidays brighter for many area children this season, thanks to donations from SAG-AFTRA's Washington-Mid Atlantic Local...
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Jan 4, 2013Labor Quiz: The Largest Unions?
According to annual filings with the U.S. Department of Labor, the nation's three largest unions are? You could be next week's winner of a labor music CD!
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Dec 21, 20122012: DC Labor's Year In Review (November/December)
As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of solidarity in 2013, we’re taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive and remembering some of the highlights of the past year... Nov 3: NOVA Labor Begins Final Push for 2012 GOTV (right) : “Oh yes, I’ll be out...
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Dec 21, 2012DCNA to Hold Holiday Picket at HUH
With Howard University Hospital management continuing to delay contract negotiations, DCNA will hold a holiday picket in front of the hospital on December 24...
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Dec 20, 20122012: DC Labor's Year In Review (September/October)
As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of
solidarity in 2013, we’re taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive
and remembering some of the highlights of the past year... Sept 11: DC Teachers Support Striking Chicago Teachers :...
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Dec 20, 2012Firefighters Keep District Kids Warm
1,000 kids in DC will stay warm this winter thanks to a partnership between the DC Firefighters union and Operation Warm, a nonprofit that supports communities by handing out new winter coats...
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Dec 19, 2012CSA and AFT Give Back
Staffers at the AFT who sponsor a book club at the national union, signed on with the Community Services Agency to "adopt a family" for the holidays...
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Dec 19, 20122012: DC Labor's Year In Review (July/August)
Local 1900 Works to Keep the Lights On in Storm Aftermath... Shoppers Workers Ratify Strong New Contract... DC Residents Protest Discrimination by African American Museum Contractor... Parents Say School Librarians Not Expendable...
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Dec 18, 2012Rally Against Cuts Today on Capitol Hill
Union and community members will rally on Capitol Hill today to tell Congress not to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs working families depend on...
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Dec 18, 2012Local 400 Wishes Ahold Happy Holidays
With a giant holiday garland made of 5,000 signed "solidarity postcards," Ahold workers came together last week to speak out at Ahold's US headquarters in Carlisle, PA...
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Dec 18, 20122012: DC Labor's Year In Review (May/June)
Civista Nurses to Strike Over Staffing Issues... Hotel Workers Cheer In New Contract... Workers at Jefferson Hotel Resist "Aggressive" Management, Vote to Join IUOE 99... Building Futures Opens with Inspiration...
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Dec 17, 2012Delegate Meeting Tonight
The last Metro Council Delegate Meeting of 2012 is tonight at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO...
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Dec 17, 2012Fight Against Cuts to hit Capitol Hill Tuesday
With negotiations on the fiscal showdown coming down to the wire and vital services at risk, workers will come together on Tuesday to fight back...
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Dec 17, 20122012: DC Labor's Year In Review (March/April)
Verizon Workers say Contract "Due" after 9 Months... Raising Voices for Health Care at the Supreme Court... Giant, Safeway Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract... Firefighters & Cops Join Teachers in Budget Protest...
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Dec 17, 2012Labor Quiz: Short-Circuit City
Electronics retailer Circuit City in 2003 fired 3,900 of its most experienced sales people because they were making too much in commissions...
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Dec 14, 20122012: DC Labor's Year In Review (January/February)
Hundreds Gather at Annapolis Jobs Rally... Labor Community Supports Those in Need... Hundreds Turn Out to "Defend Occupy DC"... "Bowling for Gold" a Shining Success...
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Dec 13, 2012MD COPE Report: Local Labor Says No to Cuts
"Labor will not support cuts to vital programs that are a safety net for the most vulnerable" Tri-County COPE's Bill Grooms (IUOE 77) told staffers in Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer's Waldorf office...
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Dec 13, 2012Activists "Won't Tolerate" Walmart Practices
In the wake of the November 24th deadly fire that killed 112 workers in a Bangladeshi supply factory making items for Walmart, this Friday activists will call on Walmart to change its practices...
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Dec 12, 2012Worker and Union-friendly Holiday Gifts
With the holiday season at hand, Union Communication Services suggests area activists "consider gifting your friends and loved ones with books about the labor movement and working people"
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Dec 11, 2012This Just In: Anita Bonds Elected
Anita Bonds was elected an interim DC City Council Member at a meeting of the DC Democratic State Committee last night...
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Dec 11, 2012Caroling Against Budget Cuts
"Oh fiscal cliff, oh fiscal cliff, we don't have to fall off you!" dozens of unions and community members caroled yesterday outside Congressman Chris Van Hollen's Rockville office...
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Dec 10, 2012NEBF Donates to CSA Holiday Basket Program
Over 200 items were collected by staff and OPEIU Local 2 members at the National Electrical Benefit Fund for the Community Service Agency’s Holiday Basket program
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Dec 7, 2012Labor Photos: IBEW Photo Contest
From atop a snowy power pole overlooking Monumental Mountain in western Washington State to welding conduit brackets in a darkened tunnel in Hamilton, Ohio, the IBEW photo contest is back...
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Dec 7, 2012Solidarity Center News
Tunisian Unionists Attacked; Burma Labor Leader Urges Corporate Social Responsibility
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Dec 6, 2012"Food Justice is Worker Justice"
DC food service workers
will join the Health Affordable Food for All (HAFA) coalition this Saturday,
December 8 for the DC Food Future Summit . An afternoon session on “Food
Justice is Worker Justice” will highlight UNITE HERE Local 23’s Real Food Real Jobs...
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Dec 6, 2012Christmas Tree Sales Support Injured Firefighters
This year, your Christmas tree can support local injured firefighters and burn
victims. Proceeds from the Christmas trees on sale outside the Sixth
Engine Restaurant – which is housed in one of the oldest firehouses in the
District – go to the DC
Firefighters Burn Foundation ....
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Dec 6, 2012Choosing a Union Hotel Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
UNITE HERE’s
brand-new Union Hotels Guide app makes it a snap to find and book a
union hotel around metro DC or anywhere in the country. Just download the free
app to your iPhone or iPad, search for the city you’ll be visiting and click on
the green pins for union hotels while the red...
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Dec 6, 2012"Candlelight Campaign Against Cuts" Actions Target Hoyer and Van Hollen
Labor and community allies are mobilizing for local Candlelight Campaign
Against Cuts actions Monday at 4p at the Rockville , Greenbelt and Waldorf district offices of Congressman Steny Hoyer and
Congressman Chris Van Hollen. “Working people need more economic security, not
less,”...
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Dec 5, 2012Union Files Charges Against WPFW Management
WPFW management was hit with two charges last Friday as the union representing workers there demanded back pay and documentation from the local Pacifica station...
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Dec 4, 2012Bricks Collecting "Toys for Tots"
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local #1 DC, MD, VA is participating in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program...
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Dec 4, 2012Labor Quiz: Rising Income
Between 1972 and 2010, the earnings of the typical male worker, adjusted to 2010 dollars, have risen by a total of $165, $980 or $1,724 per year?
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Dec 3, 2012Voting Opens for "Scrooge of the Year" Award
Two of the nominees for DC Jobs with Justice's 2012 Scrooge of the Year are so heartless they're not even human. And the others we’re not so sure of either...
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Dec 3, 201225% Off Tix to "Les Miserables"
Union City readers can save 25% off performances of Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical, Les Miserables, returning to Washington for a special holiday engagement December 13-30 at The National Theatre...
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Nov 30, 2012DC Labor Chorus Doubles Up This Weekend
After
being forced to turn people away from an overflowing theater last year, the DC
Labor Chorus is doubling up this Saturday, offering two performances of their
annual Concert of Favorite and Sacred Songs this Saturday in
Takoma Park, MD. Inspired by the striking Walmart workers, the...
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Nov 30, 2012Solidarity Center News: Bangladesh Workers, Global Migrants, Need Voice at Work
The tragic
deaths of more than 111 garment workers in Bangladesh highlights the need for a
solution that’s now lacking in that nation’s factories: the ability of workers to be able to assert their rights , organize unions
with their co-workers, raise safety concerns and demand better...
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Nov 30, 2012In Memoriam: Baseball Labor Pioneer Marvin Miller
Marvin
Miller (right) ,
the labor leader who built the Major League Baseball Players Association into
sports’ most powerful union, died Monday. He was 95. Imagine a time when a
professional baseball player was technically "owned" for life by his
team and couldn't play for any other team...
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Nov 30, 2012Elevator Constructors Give Lift to Local "Wounded Warriors"
The life
of a local soldier injured in the line of duty has been eased a bit, thanks to
the installation of a home elevator by area elevator constructors and their
contractors. It was “especially gratifying to know that we had real experienced
pros on the case,” said John Raffetto,...
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Nov 29, 2012IBEW Leads United Way Labor Division
"I want to thank the IBEW and its generous staff for helping us work efficiently and productively to alleviate some of the problems facing residents of our area;..."
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Nov 26, 2012Hundreds Target MD Walmarts on Black Friday
With word that Walmart would open for Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving evening, action in Maryland began last Thursday night when dozens of local activists greeted shoppers at stores in Capitol Heights, Baltimore and Columbia, MD, to show their solidarity...
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Nov 26, 2012CSA Holiday Basket Drive Underway
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers on Monday dropped off food donated by staff at the Bricklayer's Union during their annual food drive...
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Nov 26, 2012"T-Mobile Girl" to Host JwJ Winter Cabaret?
DC Jobs with Justice Winter Cabaret MC Julia Kann isn’t guaranteeing a return appearance of "T-Mobile Girl"but she does promise that the Cabaret will be "a perfect party to end the year."
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Nov 21, 2012$11,000 NALC 3825 Contribution Highlights Council Meeting
In addition to an exciting report from Monday afternoon's walkout at Walmart, a highlight of Monday night's Council meeting was the presentation of an $11,000 check to the Community Service Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund by NALC Branch 3825 President Ken Lerch...
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Nov 21, 2012Labor in the News: "Singular" Safeway Cashier
"I'm only still here because of my customers. They become your family" says Nita Robinson, a UFCW Local 400 member and shop steward at a Safeway...
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Nov 21, 2012Labor Photo: Ms. Minnie Hangs Up Her Ladle
Minnie Allen, affectionately known as Ms. Minnie, retired last week from the Library of Congress food service, where she’s worked for 30 years...
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Nov 21, 2012New DC Institute Connects History with Activism
Talking with striking Verizon workers on a picketline at 3am during the 2011 strike, Dennis Serrette realized that the problem was much deeper than the telecom giant’s demands for givebacks...
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Nov 20, 2012MontCo Postal Workers Join Council
Montgomery County Area Local 3630 of the American Postal Workers Union is the latest area union to affiliate with the Metro Washington Council...
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Nov 20, 2012Union Voice/Readers Write: Of the ILA, ILWU & IBL
"The ILA's name has been the International Longshoremen's Association for as long as I can recall, dating into the 1930s and before," writes Dan Duncan of the Maritime Trades Department...
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Nov 20, 2012Walmart Strikes Spread to Metro DC
Fast-spreading Walmart strikes hit the DC metro area yesterday afternoon as workers walked out of a Walmart in Landover, MD...
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Nov 19, 2012Labor Quiz: Bread and Roses
The 1912 "Bread and Roses" strike involved which of the following: textile workers in Lawrence, MA...
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Nov 19, 2012Hotel Workers Urge Boycott of UPO Event at Marriott
Unite Here Local 25 is asking that the Metro Washington Council and its affiliates not participate in the January 12 Uniting People with Opportunities Martin Luther King Day breakfast...
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Nov 16, 2012Delegate Meeting Monday
The first post-election Metro Council Delegate Meeting will be held Monday at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO...
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Nov 16, 2012Union Voice/Readers Write: How Can I Designate Support for CSA & the Hurricane Fund?
“I want to make a United Way donation to the Community Services Agency and the Hurricane Fund,” writes Ken Kovack of the Steelworkers. “How do I designate the contribution?” For CSA, you can make a check payable to United Way and mail it to CSA at 888 16th St NW, Suite 520, WDC 20006,...
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Nov 13, 2012Working Families Say "No More Tax Cuts for the Rich!"
Less than 48 hours after the polls closed last week, working families in communities across the country called on their members of Congress to protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and to end George Bush's tax cuts for the richest 2 percent...
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Nov 13, 2012CSA's News You Can Use: The Best Way to Help Sandy's Victims
With hundreds of thousands of New York and New Jersey residents still in the dark and cold after the double whammy of Hurricane Sandy and last week's winter storm, the Community Services Agency and the AFL-CIO are urging financial support...
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Nov 9, 2012Discount Tix to "Woody Sez"
The celebration of Woody Guthrie's birthday centennial continues this month with "Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie" at Theater J...
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Nov 8, 2012LiUNA! Gets Out the Vote in NoVA
"In Northern Virginia alone, LiUNA! knocked on 40,000 doors for GOTV efforts to re-elect the President" reports Jaime Flores...
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Nov 7, 2012Mood at AFL-CIO Headquarters: Anticipation, Exhilaration, Glee
First there was anticipation, touched with a little bit of angst. Then there was exhilaration, as the electoral vote totals mounted for Democratic President Barack Obama mounted and as pro-worker U.S. Senate candidates won...
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Nov 6, 2012It's Election Day
Here's the run-down on our coverage today, voting and area labor GOTV efforts:
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Nov 6, 2012Standing With Workers, Responding To Sandy
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the power is still out for some areas of the East Coast, houses are flooded, and families are stranded and unable to communicate...
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Nov 6, 2012Election Day 2012: Moments from the Metro-Area GOTV Effort
Hundreds – perhaps
thousands – of labor activists hit the doors, polls and phones throughout the
metro Washington area yesterday to get out the working family vote for
labor-endorsed candidates and ballot initiatives. Union City’s Chris Garlock
and Julia Kann caught up with some of...
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Nov 5, 2012Labor in the News: MCFT's Joseph Monte
Joseph Monte, co-founder and president of two area education unions, is the subject of a profile in Sunday's Washington Post Magazine...
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Nov 5, 2012Labor Quiz: NFLPA
Which of the following players participated in the 1956 founding of the National Football League Players Association...
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Nov 5, 2012Labor GOTV Finish Line In Sight
It's all about getting out the vote now. The metro-area labor movement continues to hit the phones and doors today and tomorrow...
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Nov 3, 2012NOVA Labor Begins Final Push for 2012 GOTV
"Oh yes, I'll be out there Tuesday for President Obama," AFGE member Joan Findlay promised Labor-to-Labor canvasser Jackie Jeter this morning...
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Nov 3, 2012Hotel Workers Dial for Jobs
With 12,000 jobs at stake, including hospitality industry jobs, Unite Here Local 25 has mounted an impressive phone banking effort supporting Question 7...
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Nov 3, 2012Labor Photo: Firing Up the VA Labor Vote
"This phonebank is so great," enthused Iron Workers Local 5 President John Rayner Friday morning after a shift on the AFL-CIO phonebank..
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Nov 3, 2012Handy Labor Voter Guide
Whether you're on Facebook, Twitter, or a fan of a real piece of paper, the Metro Council has materials to help activists spread the word about area labor-endorsed candidates...
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Nov 3, 2012Union Retirees Hit Street, Phones for Obama
Over 100 Maryland, DC and Virginia retirees with the Alliance for Retired Americans have volunteered at the NoVA CLC for political action over the last two months...
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Nov 2, 2012Phonebanking Made Easy & Fun
"Phonebanking is so easy and fun," exclaimed Rolene McKnight, Metro Washington Council receptionist after Council staff did a shift on the AFL-CIO phonebank Thursday...
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Nov 2, 2012Play Shines Light on Battle for Worker Safety
An "inspirational story of survival and the fight to prevent other workers from being endangered," These Shining Lives is being performed at the Silver Spring Stage through November 17...
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Oct 31, 2012McNutt Elected UFCW 400 President
UFCW Local 400 members have elected Tom McNutt President, along with McNutt's "Proven Leadership" slate to a 3-year term...
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Oct 31, 2012Union-Made-in-America Halloween Treats
When the little ghosts and goblins come a'knocking on Halloween night, why not supply them with union treats made right...
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Oct 29, 2012Hospital Workers Prepare for Storm
“Hospitals are
gearing up for the possibility of employees not being able to leave or having
difficulty getting to work,” reports DCNA’s Sandra Falwell, a National Nurses United VP who works at
Children's National Medical Center (CNMC). “CNMC has offered sleeping
accommodations...
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Oct 29, 2012NSO Musicians Avoid Discord Heard at Other Orchestras
Musicians at the National Symphony Orchestra last month ratified a new 4-year agreement. The successful conclusion to negotiations was “actually quite remarkable in a year that has seen difficult orchestra negotiations in many major US orchestras,” reports AFM 161-710 president Ed...
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Oct 29, 2012CSA News You Can Use: How to Prepare for Hurricane Sandy's Impact and Aftermath
Hurricane Sandy, one of the largest hurricanes in decades, is slamming into the mid-Atlantic and northeast United States. Bill Hauenstein, AFL-CIO Community Services liaison for the Northeast region, provides useful links for union leaders, members and families preparing for and...
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Oct 28, 2012Labor Photo: Rallying for Gaming Jobs
Workers of all kinds -- construction workers, service workers, teachers, police and firefighters -- turned out last Friday to voice their support for Question 7...
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Oct 28, 2012Labor Quiz: Uplifting Humanity
"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."
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Oct 28, 2012Safety Top Priority as First Responders Prep for
Metro-area first responders -- many of whom are union members -- worked diligently this weekend to make sure local services were ready to handle the effects of Hurricane Sandy...
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Oct 26, 2012Election "Crunch Time"
With less than two weeks to go, polling has the vote in swing state Virginia split in both the presidential and senatorial races...
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Oct 26, 2012Labor Photo: Rallying for Gaming Jobs
Workers of all kinds -- construction workers, service workers, teachers, police and firefighters – turned out Friday to voice their support for Question 7, which would expand gaming in the State of Maryland. Among those speaking out were Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker,...
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Oct 25, 2012AFGE Local 32 Hosts Second Annual CFC Agency Fair
Workers at the Office of Personnel Management learned about nearly two dozen local social service agencies at AFGE Local 32's Combined Federal Campaign Fair on Tuesday...
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Oct 25, 2012Labor Video: "Heavy Lifting"
If the short white-haired guy unloading baggage in this video looks familiar, that’s because he's U.S. Senator (D, MD) Ben Cardin...
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Oct 24, 2012Workers & Students Connect Farm to Table
Saying that real food and real jobs go hand in hand, more than 100 food service workers and students celebrated Food Day yesterday to promote their vision of a sustainable, healthy DC...
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Oct 23, 2012Pepco Workers OK New 4-Year Deal
IBEW 1900 membership overwhelmingly ratified a new 4-year deal with Pepco last Thursday. In addition to a 10.1% wage increase...
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Oct 23, 2012NoVA GOTV Labor Effort Continues to Build
The labor effort to get out the vote in Northern Virginia continued to build as nearly 200 union members participated in last Saturday's Labor to Labor precinct walks...
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Oct 23, 2012In Memoriam: "Rabble-Rouser" Jerry Tucker Dies
Lifelong "rabble-rouser" Jerry Tucker died last Friday. "Jerry would want us to take this moment to rededicate ourselves to the great crusade for social and economic justice..."
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Oct 22, 2012Green Jobs: Electrical Workers Construct Solar Arrays in Maryland
IBEW Local 26 members are building some cutting-edge green energy on the
rooftos of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in
Gaithersburg, MD. Made possible by the 2009 stimulus funds, highly skilled
electrical workers are building four solar arrays with all "Made in...
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Oct 22, 2012Respect DC Building to Black Friday
This year Walmart, the biggest store in
the US, may face a strike on the biggest shopping day of the year – Black
Friday. When workers walked out at 23 Walmarts across the country last week ( “Laurel
Walmart Workers Join National Strike,” UC 10/10/2012) , Respect
DC organizer Mike...
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Oct 22, 2012THIS JUST IN: NoVA GOTV Labor Effort Continues to Build
The labor effort to get out the vote in Northern Virginia continued
to build as nearly 200 union members participated in last Saturday’s Labor to
Labor precinct walks. Labor-endorsed US Senate candidate Tim Kaine, along with
AFGE President J. David Cox, rallied the group before they hit...
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Oct 19, 2012Kaine to Rally NoVA Volunteers Saturday
Tim Kaine, the labor-endorsed candidate for the US Senate in Virginia, will rally NoVA volunteers at this Saturday's Labor-to-Labor walks...
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Oct 19, 2012UFCW 400 Sweeps Local ILCA Awards
UFCW Local 400 won top awards in the International Labor Communications Association 2012 Labor Media Awards...
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Oct 19, 2012THIS JUST IN
Join the Corporate Reform Coalition today for a noontime "celebration" of the 100th Birthday of the US Chamber of Commerce. Those who can't be there in-person can participate by sending the Chamber a birthday card...
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Oct 18, 2012Iron 5 Keeps Riding in Battle Against Diabetes
The Iron Workers Local 5 Motorcycle Club has now raised a total of $179,000 for the research and treatment of diabetes, which afflicts 25.8 million children and adults in the U.S.
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Oct 18, 2012Labor Heritage Sponsors Dracula Contest
The Labor Heritage Foundation is sponsoring a "Dracula Contest" with tickets to the Washington Ballet's upcoming Kennedy Center production of Dracula as prizes...
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Oct 17, 2012Political Mobilization Main Focus of Council Meeting
Labor political activity in Maryland, the District and Virginia – including walks and phonebanks -- was the main focus of Monday night's Metro Washington Council meeting, with Election Day just a few weeks away...
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Oct 17, 2012Labor On The Move: ATU 689's Garland Retiring
A retirement party for Anthony "Wayne" Garland, ATU 689 Recording Secretary, will be held this Saturday, Oct 20 from 7p-1a at the ATU Local 689 union hall
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Oct 17, 2012Romney Trashman Video Most-Watched In U.S.
The YouTube video series featuring AFSCME members who provide services to Mitt Romney’s La Jolla community was the most-watched political video in the country last week...
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Oct 16, 2012Granholm, Boland & Thomas Fire Up NoVA Volunteers
More than 130 union members from 42 locals representing 25 international unions hit the streets across Northern Virginia Saturday after being pumped up by three inspirational speeches. “Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (photo) wowed the...
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Oct 16, 2012Trumka on the DC Labor FilmFest
“Art can certainly bring alive the struggles of the past,” said AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka last Friday, introducing the screening of “We Are Wisconsin” at the AFL-CIO. “By witnessing the stories of those struggles, we can learn from them. We can imagine similar...
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Oct 16, 2012CSA's News You Can Use: Supporting Your Community
Charitable giving campaigns are now underway all across the metro area, and whether you work for the federal or local government or in the private sector, you have the opportunity to support your community through the United Way, Combined Federal, or DC One Fund worksite campaigns. Hundreds of...
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Oct 12, 2012Weekend Labor-to-Labor
Don't miss these area labor-to-labor activities tomorrow, Saturday, October 13, all starting at 9am...
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Oct 12, 2012DC Labor FilmFest Kicks Off Today
This year's DC Labor FilmFest kicks off today with a line-up celebrating the dedicated and inspiring work by firefighters, teachers, and other public sector workers...
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Oct 12, 2012Trick-or-Treating for a Cause
This Halloween activists are celebrating -- and making a difference -- with the Paid Sick Days For All campaign and APALA-DC..
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Oct 11, 2012THIS JUST IN
Prep for tonight's vice presidential debate by dropping by the AFL-CIO's phonebank tonight...
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Oct 11, 2012Local Labor Takes a Stand with FOP
"What makes this issue so important to us as police officers who leave our homes to go out and protect the community is this is about our family,"...
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Oct 10, 2012Laurel Walmart Workers Join National Strike
The wave of Walmart strikes spread to the Washington area yesterday morning when over a dozen workers struck the Laurel Walmart as part of a national walkout...
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Oct 9, 2012Phonebank Prizes & Photo-Op With President Obama
In addition to getting their picture taken with President Obama*, volunteers at the AFL-CIO phonebank are now eligible for prizes. If unavailable in person, life-size 2-D image of President Obama will be substituted...
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Oct 8, 2012Pepco Workers Win New Deal
After extensive negotiations over the weekend, Pepco workers finally won a tentative contract, likely averting a strike...
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Oct 8, 2012Labor Quiz: What's a "Scab herder"?
A "scab herder" is: a non-union sheep-herder, someone who accompanies scabs into a struck workplace, or a disgusting personal habit...
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Oct 5, 2012NoVA Labor Donates Food to Hungry Students
To help alleviate hunger in local schools, NoVA Labor volunteers are asked to bring a canned or nonperishable food item when they show up for walks or phonebanks...
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Oct 4, 2012Georgetown Adjuncts Organizing
Georgetown University adjuncts are organizing to join their unionized colleagues in SEIU Local 500's Coalition of Academic Labor...
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Oct 4, 2012Labor FilmFest Going Viral
Area unions are helping get the word out about the DC Labor FilmFest -- and winning themselves free FilmFest passes!
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Oct 4, 2012Union Voice/Readers Write: Finding Woody
"I'd like to list the Woody Guthrie film you showed (at Busboys & Poets Tuesday night) in the Resources section of our bimonthly Poverty & Race..."
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Oct 3, 2012MontCo Job Safety Hearing Videos Posted
Videos from the September 21 Montgomery County Worker Safety and Health Commission hearings on immigrant worker job safety have been posted online...
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Oct 3, 2012Baker Pledges Cake For Top Phonebankers
AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker has pledged to personally bake a cake for the most active phone banker on the AFL-CIO phonebanks...
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Oct 2, 2012WHC Nurses Warn of Threat of "Taco Bell" Care
Washington Hospital Center visitors and patients were greeted yesterday morning by nurses who warned against the threat of "Taco Bell" healthcare...
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Oct 2, 2012Another Union to Picket Howard
A second union plans to picket Howard University this week. The DC Nurse’s Association has scheduled a picket next Tuesday...
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Oct 1, 2012"Howard 4" Make Noise At Opening Convocation
Howard University trustees, alumni and returning students received an unexpected 'welcome' from fired WHUT Channel 32 workers and their supporters...
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Oct 1, 2012Labor FilmFest Previews, Volunteers & Hosts
With the 12th annual DC Labor FilmFest coming up next week, check out free online previews of the FilmFest line-up to help decide which of the films to see...
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Oct 1, 2012Union Voice: Readers Write
"While the LA Times was wall-to-wall non-union for many years, the press operators were successfully organized by the Graphic Communications Conference of the Teamsters"
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Oct 1, 2012Labor Quiz: Nine Millionaires and a Plumber
"Nine Millionaires and a Plumber" refers to: Mitt Romney's "Kitchen Cabinet," Dwight D. Eisenhower's Cabinet, or Richard M. Nixon's "Watergate Gang"?
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Sep 28, 2012THIS JUST IN: Occupy DC to Celebrate 1-Year Mark
Occupiers from DC and the surrounding area are planning events all weekend to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the occupy camps in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza...
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Sep 28, 2012Pepco Workers Reject Contract
Pepco workers overwhelmingly rejected the company's "last, best and final" contract offer yesterday...
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Sep 28, 2012CSA Golf Tourney Photos Posted
Photos of the 2012 CSA Golf Tournament -- the 17th annual -- have been posted on the Metro Council's Facebook page...
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Sep 27, 2012DOE O&M Staff Join IUOE 99
Operations and maintenance staff at the United States Department of Energy in downtown DC voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining IUOE 99 during a late-night election...
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Sep 27, 2012DC Labor FilmFest Sneak Peeks
With tickets to the upcoming DC Labor FilmFest going fast, fans are getting free sneak-peeks at this year's line up through a labor film poster exhibit and FilmFest preview screenings...
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Sep 26, 2012Pepco Workers Expected to Vote Down Contract Today
Pepco workers are expected to vote down the utility's "last, best and final" contract offer today and IBEW 1900 hopes to return to the bargaining table and avoid a strike
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Sep 26, 2012September Meeting Material Available Online
Materials distributed at last week's Metro Council meeting are now available online, including the important upcoming political activities and resolutions approved by the Board and delegates
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Sep 26, 2012MontCo Hearing: Immigrant Workers Need Safer Jobs
While Montgomery County continues to be one of the wealthiest communities in the nation, "for immigrants, too often it's an endless succession of dangerous jobs at poverty wages"...
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Sep 25, 2012Low Scores, High Fundraising at CSA Golf Tourney
More than 100 area union golfers went for low scores while they raised funds during a perfect sunny and crisp fall day yesterday at the Community Services Agency's 17th annual golf tournament
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Sep 25, 2012"Run To Win!" Workshop Set for Saturday
Anyone interested in running for political office will want to sign up for the September 29 "Run To Win! 2014 and Beyond" daylong workshop...
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Sep 21, 2012Maryland Labor 2012 Events
A kick-off labor rally and walk for John Delaney -- Democratic candidate in Maryland's 6th Congressional District -- is set for Saturday, September 22 in Hagerstown, MD...
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Sep 21, 2012Metro Council Supports Worker Struggles Near And Far
Locked-out sugar workers in the Midwest, union workers at WPFW, OPEIU Local 2 members at SEIU headquarters, police officers in Montgomery County -- and the Robin Hood Tax Campaign -- all won the support of the Metro Washington Council at Wednesday night’s meeting...
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Sep 20, 2012After 13-Month Battle, CWA & IBEW Win Contract At Verizon
CWA and IBEW yesterday announced a tentative agreement with Verizon Communications that the union says "protects the job security and retirement security of 34,000 members from Virginia to Massachusetts."
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Sep 19, 2012Labor on the Move: Kathy Casavant Goes WILD
After three years of leading the AFL-CIO's Governance, Organizational and Leadership Development team, Kathy Casavant is leaving the AFL-CIO...
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Sep 18, 2012Custom-Sized FilmFest T-Shirts Fit the Bill
"Finally, a way to order a film fest T-shirt that actually fits" a grateful Carl Goldman (Executive Director, AFSCME Council 26) wrote...
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Sep 17, 2012NoVA Election Efforts Expanding
With less than two months to go, NoVA Labor President Dan Duncan says he’s "amazed at the wonderful number of volunteers donating their time and efforts"...
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Sep 17, 2012Union Voice/Readers Write: "Gets me oriented"
"I wanted to write to thank you for your outstanding work on Union City," writes AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research Director Glenn Perusek...
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Sep 17, 2012Labor Quiz: How Much Wealth?
The top 1 percent of Americans take in nearly a quarter of the nation's income every year...
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Sep 17, 2012Full-Court Press on Displaced Worker Bill Vote Tomorrow
From phone-banking and canvassing to ads on Facebook, as well as an online petition to Council members, 32BJ SEIU is "pulling out all the stops" to pass the Displaced Worker Protection Act...
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Sep 14, 2012AFL-CIO Election Phonebank Opens Monday
The AFL-CIO's 2012 election phone bank opens on Monday, September 17 and will run weekdays from 10a–6p through Election Day...
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Sep 14, 2012Locals Step Up for Community Service
Union members know what it means to struggle, so it's no surprise that they don't forget to reach out to those in need. The OPEIU Local 2 shop at the American Federation of Government Employees...
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Sep 13, 2012Custom-sized Labor FilmFest T-Shirts Available
DC Labor FilmFest t-shirts, usually only available in large or extra-large sizes, are available -- for a limited time -- in custom sizes this year...
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