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- Jul 21, 2014 Metro Workers -- and a Big Camel -- to Protest at WMATA This Morning Metro workers, supporters and a 15-foot inflatable camel will rally outside of WMATA headquarters early this morning to denounce WMATA Chair Tom Downs for blocking transit progress in D.C. and for his dual role as Chair of the Board of Advisors at Veolia Transportation. “It’s time... more...
- Jul 1, 2014 Building Trades Restructuring Takes Effect Goodbye WBCTC, hello CHOICE. The Washington DC Building Trades Council (WBCTC) has been restructured and, as of July 1, is now C.H.O.I.C.E., the Community Hub for Opportunities in Construction Employment. C.H.O.I.C.E is an alliance of 28 local unions in the greater Baltimore and Washington,... more...
- Jun 30, 2014 High Court Legalizes Some -- But Not All -- "Free Riders" In a decision that will harm unions, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to legalize “free riders” in cases where state or local governments and individuals jointly employ caregivers. Public workers employed only by governments are another matter. But the court also turned... more...
- Jun 23, 2014 Labor-to-Labor Primary GOTV In addition to a professional phonebank GOTV campaign today and tomorrow to get union members that did not take advantage of "Early Voting" out to vote on Election Day, Tuesday , June 24th "we will ask union members to contact the campaign of their choice to volunteer," says... more...
- Jun 17, 2014 DC Jobs With Justice Celebrates 12th Annual Former Metro Washington Council Assistant Legislative/Political Coordinator Alya Solomon (left) was among those honored at the June 12 DC Jobs with Justice “I’ll Be There Awards.” Also recognized were Reverend Graylan Hagler, Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC, and Youth-Led... more...
- Jun 11, 2014 Local Walmart Worker Faces Tough Choices "I recently had to choose between paying the electric bill and covering my daughter Tikia's graduation fees," writes local Walmart worker Gail Todd (left) in Salon . "I wish I could say this was the first time that I was deciding between bills, but this is a constant... more...
- Jun 11, 2014 Labor on the Move: Jeff Guido & Rod Easter Hired as Reps for CHOICE Jeff Guido and Rod Easter have joined Stephen Courtien as the field staff representatives for CHOICE, Community Hub for Opportunities in Construction Employment, the new building and construction trades organization for the national capital region ( Mark Coles Tapped to Lead New Capital... more...
- May 21, 2014 May Metro Council Meeting Highlights: MontCo Endorsements & Affiliate Updates The Metro Washington Council voted Monday night to make no recommendation in the Montgomery County Executive race, as well as in County Council Districts 2 and 4 and the County Sheriff race. The vote frees Council affiliates to act as they see fit in those races. The Metro Council endorsed... more...
- May 1, 2014 Mother Jones Launches DC LaborFest The first annual DC LaborFest kicks off today, May 1 -- celebrated around the world as International Worker's Day -- with a mid-day May Day wreath-laying in honor of legendary labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones' 184th birthday. more...
- Apr 2, 2014 Labor On The Move: Mark Coles Tapped to Lead New Capital Region Building and Construction Trades Organization Mark Coles has been named Executive Director of CHOICE, the new building and construction trades organization for the national capital region. Coles (right) formerly served as the Business/Legislative Representative for the Washington DC Building and Construction Trades... more...
- Feb 25, 2014 Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO Takes "No Position" in DC Mayor's Race, Two DC City Council Races, Endorses Graham, McDuffie, Thompson and Mendelson, along with Strauss, Lancaster & Allen After extensive debate and discussion, the Executive Board and delegates of the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO voted Monday night to take no position in the upcoming DC mayoral primary, freeing Council affiliates to endorse the candidate of their choice. In DC City Council... more...
- Oct 30, 2013 Halloween Treats, No Tricks! When the little ghosts and goblins come a-knocking on Halloween night, why not supply them with union treats made right! Here’s a brief list supplied by UnionPlus with choices of candy products made by members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International... more...
- Oct 23, 2013 Area Unions Endorse MGM National Harbor The Gaming Employment Opportunities Coalition for National Harbor (GEOC) yesterday endorsed MGM National Harbor’s bid to develop and operate a casino (left) in Prince George’s County. UNITE HERE Local 25, the Washington DC Building Trades Council, Teamsters Local 639, Operating... more...
- Oct 18, 2013 McAuliffe, Weingarten, Cohen & Wise at Saturday’s NoVA Labor Walk CWA President Larry Cohen, Iron Workers President Walter Wise and AFT president Randi Weingarten will be joining Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe tomorrow to kick off NoVA Labor’s weekly walk. Doors open at 8a sharp. "The choice couldn't be starker," Weingarten told Union City.... more...
- Sep 10, 2013 Labor Sec. Perez Rouses AFL-CIO With Pro-Worker Stemwinder New Labor Secretary Tom Perez pretty much tossed out his script at the AFL-CIO Convention in Los Angeles on Tuesday, bringing cheering delegates to their feet with a rousing and heartfelt speech pledging worker protections, promising that labor and the administration would do it together and... more...
- Sep 8, 2013 AFL-CIO Leadership Pledges Support for Local Movement "I've got your back," new State Federation/Central Labor Council Advisory Committee Chair Randi Weingarten (President of the AFT) promised a packed room of local activists at Saturday's "Building a Movement for Shared Prosperity" meeting with hundreds of state federation, area and central labor... more...
- Sep 8, 2013 Trumka Strongly Defends Including Outside Groups In Labor Movement AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is strongly defending his plans to include outside groups – environmentalists, civil rights groups, women’s rights advocates, immigrants’ groups and more – in the labor movement, despite criticism from many unions. A group of unions, led by the Building... more...
- Jun 24, 2013 Union Summer Students Join PG Taxi Driver Struggle Dozens of Union Summer recruits joined Prince George's County taxi drivers at a high-spirited demonstration Friday in front of -- and inside -- the Gaylord National Hotel and Resort at National Harbor... more...
- Jun 11, 2013 Labor on the Move: Fred Azcarate to Head USAction In a sign of how organized labor is trying to spread its roots more broadly in the progressive movement, Fred Azcarate is taking the helm at USAction.. more...
- Jun 4, 2013 Coalition Rallies in Support of "One City, One Market" DC Health Exchange The coalition supporting the the DC Health Benefit Exchange (HBX) rallied yesterday on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building. The coalition -- which includes the Metro Washington Council -- urged support for the “Better Prices, Better Quality, Better Choices for Health Coverage... more...
- May 7, 2013 Georgetown Adjuncts Unionize Part-time faculty at Georgetown University overwhelmingly voted in a union on May 3... more...
- Apr 30, 2013 DC May Day: Celebrations, Marches, Movies & Music As millions of workers around the world celebrate International Workers' Day today, here’s what’s happening in DC. Celebrate May Day at the AFL-CIO : Area activists and allies are invited to join the AFL-CIO’s May Day celebration (link) on Wednesday, May 1st from 6-8pm. “We are... more...
- Mar 19, 2013 Perez 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... more...
- Oct 31, 2012 Union-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... more...
- Oct 12, 2012 DC 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... more...
- Jun 29, 2012 Trades Push for Vote on National Harbor Resort Casino With thousands of jobs and millions in revenue at stake, gaming supporters are pushing the Maryland Assembly to bring a National Harbor casino to a vote soon... more...
- Jun 28, 2012 "Full Speed Ahead" After Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Act The chants of "We love Obamacare" in front of the U.S. Supreme Court erupted into wild cheers shortly after 10a Thursday morning as word spread like wildfire that the Court had upheld Obama's Health Care Act... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 "Days of Action" Set for Workers' Rights in the Americas In 1996 a group of armed thugs showed up at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Carepa, Colombia, where influential labor leader Isidro Segundo Gil worked... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 Giant Workers Say "A Deal is a Deal" Giant supermarket workers last week were in the Netherlands drumming up awareness of Giant parent company Ahold's broken promises to workers here in the US... more...
- Sep 16, 2011 Time Running Out to Support Labor FilmFest Time’s almost up to let the world know you support the DC Labor FilmFest by taking an ad in the FilmFest program guide. more...
- Aug 24, 2011 Labor FilmFest Ad Deadline Extended The August 19 deadline for ads in this year’s DC Labor FilmFest Program Guide has been extended until Friday, September 2. Don’t miss this chance to support one of the world’s only film festivals dedicated to workers and their issues. Email Chris Garlock at cgarlock@dclaborarchives.org... more...
- Apr 18, 2011 CSA's "News You Can Use": Books Behind Bars “Most people in prison usually get out someday and return to the community,” says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. “Anything we can do to help them prepare for re-entry while they are still inside is a worthwhile venture.” McKirchy – citing recent... more...
- Apr 14, 2011 Scott Walker To Appear At "Kochapalooza" On Hill Today Worker and union allies plan to expose the money and influence connection between the Koch brothers and this morning’s 9:30A Capitol Hill appearance (Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154) by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who’s testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform... more...
- Mar 8, 2011 Online Shop-In At Powell's Books Today Union workers at Powell’s Books are organizing a shop-in today “to show Powell's that our brothers and sisters across the country are there for us and invested keeping good union jobs going,” says ILWU Local 5, which represents workers at Portland, OR-based Powell's, “the best... more...
- Feb 11, 2011 Workers' Unhealthy Choice Every time one of Mario’s children is sick, he has to make a choice: “miss a day of pay or take care of my child.” The fifty-year old chef who worked his way up from dishwasher over the course of a 20-year career gets no sick days at the restaurant in Virginia where he works. And with... more...
- Feb 9, 2011 DC Joins Worldwide Call For Democracy In Egypt Their country's flags snapping in the frigid wind, Egyptian and American activists -- including more than fifty local trade unionists -- gathered Tuesday night in front of the White House to support the Egyptian people's ongoing struggle for freedom and democracy. "Egypt Egypt will be free,"... more...
- Jan 21, 2011 Union Voice: Readers Write: No Rioting After All “Rioting?” writes Nick Unger in response to an item in Tuesday’s Labor History referring to “Twenty rioting strikers shot.” “In boss-speak, rioting is a synonym for demonstrating. It might be a poor choice of words.” Further research in the New York Times archives by David... more...
- Jan 12, 2011 MD Unions Strategize, Prepare For "More Attacks" "In light of today's economic losses in the state and around the country we will face not only more attacks on working people and their unions, but we will face more serious attacks on formerly blue or purple states that are now controlled by Republicans,” said Maryland State and District of... more...
- Dec 17, 2010 Labor Cares, Labor Shares The Metro Council’s Community Services Agency (CSA) is the union choice for charitable giving, helping union members in need throughout the year. You can support CSA through your worksite United Way, Combined Federal, DC ONE Fund and Maryland Charity Campaigns; “with payroll deduction it's... more...
- Dec 15, 2010 Labour Photo Of The Year Contest The third annual LabourStart Labour Photo of the Year contest is now underway. Click here to make your choice from the five finalists, selected from hundreds submitted from around the world. You can also see the 2009 and 2008 winners. Deadline for voting is midnight December 31. –... more...
- Dec 10, 2010 Holiday Time Is Union Time! Shopping takes on a lot of meanings during the holidays, but UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt – whose members work at many area retail stores – likes to keep it simple. “Union members should buy union whenever possible,” McNutt says. “The economy needs spending that supports... more...
- Dec 7, 2010 Activists To Rally For Progressive Taxes At DC Council Today With the DC City Council set to decide how to close the city’s $188 million budget gap today, community activists – led by DC Jobs with Justice, Empower DC and Save Our Safety Net – will rally on the steps of the Wilson Building at 9A to “demand that the City Council make the better... more...
- Dec 6, 2010 "Raise My Taxes, Please" "I am one of the District's high-income earners, one of the thousands of professionals with a household income of more than $200,000 a year," says Barbara Kagan. "A moderate increase in my taxes is no more than a daily cup of coffee. But it will mean a lot more to this city." In her recent... more...
- Oct 27, 2010 "Better Choices Campaign" Looks To Fund DC Forward With District services already slashed past the bone and "down to the marrow" according to Council Chair – and putative Mayor – Vince Gray, labor advocates and their allies are launching a campaign tonight to preserve important public services during the budget crisis. “A... more...
- Oct 8, 2010 Washington Hospital Nurses Join NNU Registered nurses in Washington D.C.’s largest civilian hospital, Washington Hospital Center, have voted to join National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of RNs. Nearly 1,600 WHC nurses who have been in the independent organization Nurses United of... more...
- Sep 24, 2010 Free Food & More At Maryland GOTV Rally Tonight Free food and plenty of face time with elected officials highlight tonight’s Maryland GOTV rally kicking off at 6P at the ATU 689 union hall. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (r), Lt. Governor Anthony Brown (l) and a host of labor-endorsed Maryland politicians will schmooze with... more...
- Jun 29, 2010 Washington Hospital Nurses Reject Contract Nurses at Washington Hospital Center overwhelmingly rejected management's proposed contract last weekend. The 987-21 vote -- the largest turnout in the union's history -- sent "a strong message to WHC management that we will not accept continued staffing shortages or reductions in benefits and... more...
- Jun 15, 2010 Writing Locally “Continue hounding unions for news items,” wrote one Union City reader in our recent bi-annual reader survey. “We don't always remember to share our struggles and victories.” The daily publication – “useful info, easy to read, colorful and attractive!” according to one... more...
- Apr 20, 2010 Council Takes "No Position" In PG County Exec Race The Metro Washington Council voted last night to take “no position” in the Prince George’s County Executive Race after neither leading candidate – Rushern Baker and Michael Jackson --garnered the two-thirds majority necessary to win endorsement. “This vote leaves our affiliates free... more...
- Mar 12, 2010 Vote Now For Labor Video Of The Year Last week, Hollywood had its Oscars. “Now it's our turn,” says LabourStart’s Eric Lee, announcing that voting has begun to choose the first-ever global Labour Video of the Year . “Our distinguished panel of judges has selected a shortlist of six films out of more than 200... more...
- Mar 10, 2010 Maryland Public Library Employees Fight For Choice For A Voice Library workers from across Maryland went to Annapolis Tuesday, March 9 to protest the hiring of "union avoidance" and lobby firm of Alexander & Cleaver by several Maryland counties to oppose legislation granting collective bargaining rights to county library systems. The librarians,... more...
- Mar 10, 2010 Maryland Public Library Employees Fight For Choice For A Voice Library workers from across Maryland went to Annapolis yesterday to protest the hiring of "union avoidance" and lobby firm of Alexander & Cleaver by several Maryland counties to oppose legislation granting collective bargaining rights to county library systems. The librarians, represented... more...
- Feb 19, 2010 NLRB Chair Liebman: 'Political Paralysis' Sours Hopes For Labor Law Reform By Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer “Political paralysis” in Washington, exemplified by the Senate filibuster that killed an Obama administration nomination to the National Labor Relations Board “makes it hard to be... more...
- Feb 5, 2010 DC Nurses See Power In New National Union The recent formation of the largest nurses’ union in the country has local nurses enthusiastic about the potential for big changes here and across the nation. The California Nurses Association, the United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association merged in December to form... more...
- Jan 26, 2010 Labor In The News: Fed Union Workers Up Slightly in ’09; National Labor College Curriculum Changes With the Economy Fed Union Workers Up Slightly in ’09: The percentage of union members in the federal workforce essentially stayed flat in 2009 compared with the previous year, although the number of union members on the federal payroll grew slightly, according to figures released Friday by the Bureau of... more...
- Dec 11, 2009 JUFJ's Thinking Jewishly: 8 Ways To Have A "Kosher" Hanukkah Traditionally, Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of hope, renewal, and possibility in the face of adversity. The story of Hannukah tells us that oil found by the beleaguered Maccabees in the Second Temple lasted eight times longer than expected, and the oil then kept the eternal light... more...
- Dec 9, 2009 "Up In The Air" Scores As Great Labor Film One of the year’s best films – and a strong Oscar contender – is also a terrific labor film. Up In The Air – which just hit local theaters last Friday -- boasts near-perfect acting from stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Jason Bateman and sharp direction by Jason Reitman in a... more...
- Dec 7, 2009 JUFJ's "Thinking Jewishly": Green & Just Giving Just in time for the gift-giving season, Jews United for Justice offers the Green and Just Celebrations Guide, a little booklet with a big mission: to work for the day when every dollar that socially conscious families in our area spend on celebrations will be spent in a way that reflects... more...
- Oct 7, 2009 Baltimore City Council Supports Union Elections For Hospital Workers Baltimore’s City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night endorsing “free and fair union elections for all hospital and nursing home workers in every facility throughout the city,” reports SEIU 1199 Communications Director Stacey Mink. The resolution said that unionized... more...
- Sep 30, 2009 DC JwJ's "Talkin' Justice": Labor-Community Oppose Hartsock Confirmation, Call For Mayor To Follow The Law Labor and community allies opposed to the confirmation of interim director of DC Department of Parks and Recreation Ximena Hartsock (l) will pack DC City Council this Friday for the confirmation hearing. "Hartsock is responsible for closing the DPR childcare programs, acting on behalf of Mayor... more...
- Sep 25, 2009 Financiers Charged With "Crimes Against Working Families" Found guilty of "crimes against working families," proxies for the financial industry were placed under citizens arrest yesterday by workers and community activists. Charging that the Financial Services Roundtable – a group of 90 companies in the finance and insurance industry meeting at the... more...
- Sep 23, 2009 DC JwJ's "Talkin' Justice": Rally To Protest Bailout-Bandits One year after the government bailed out Wall Street, activists plan to protest a meeting of the Financial Services Roundtable Thursday in Washington. DC Jobs with Justice, unions and consumer protection groups are organizing a demonstration tomorrow at noon outside the meeting of the... more...
- Sep 17, 2009 Convention Highlights Selected stories about the ongoing AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh, PA from the AFL-CIO Now blog Obama: We Need Strong Unions for a Strong Economy : President Barack Obama had a strong, inspiring message for delegates to the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention: We're going to make this... more...
- Sep 8, 2009 Obama To Address AFL-CIO Convention President Barack Obama will address the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh on Tuesday Sept. 15, the White House press secretary formally announced on Aug. 31. Obama’s address will again mark the change in the relationship between organized labor and the Oval Office occupant. Union... more...
- Sep 3, 2009 Free Choice "Victory Is In Sight" ”What’s at stake is power and the very conscience of our country,” declared AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka (r) last night at the Employee Free Choice Act fundraiser atop the AFL-CIO. “We’ve gotten the ball down to the 5-yard line. Now we need to get it across the... more...
- Sep 2, 2009 Great View, Great Music, Great Cause Rain, shine “or even September sleet,” tonight’s Employee Free Choice Act fundraiser is on! ”We waited eight long years to see a friend across Lafayette Park, and to celebrate we’re opening our 8th-floor balcony for the first time in years,” says AFL-CIO Online Mobilization... more...
- Sep 1, 2009 Kennedy & The Free Choice Act The late Senator Edward Kennedy “wasn’t just a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act,” says the AFL-CIO. “He helped create it, and he was the first to introduce it in the Senate.” The battle to win a voice on the job for American workers continues with a major fundraiser... more...
- Aug 19, 2009 Communicating International Solidarity Union City has been participating in the 3-day LabourStart conference this week at the AFL-CI O, discussing the latest online communications strategies and technologies to reach workers worldwide. LabourStart is an online news service maintained by a global network of volunteers which serves... more...
- Aug 7, 2009 AFL-CIO Balcony Fundraiser To Go Ahead "Rain Or Shine" “As promised, we have rescheduled the Employee Free Choice Act balcony fundraiser,” says the AFL-CIO’s Scott Reynolds. The new date is Wednesday, September 2 at 6P. “This will be a great way to kick off our Labor Day activities and celebration; rain or shine!” adds Reynolds. The... more...
- Aug 5, 2009 Health Care Reform Heats Up Through August The AFL-CIO has officially kicked off its Thirty Day Campaign to get Congress to “side with working families - not insurance companies - on health care reform,” reports AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. “Please join us for a meeting to discuss field plan roll-out and message... more...
- Jul 31, 2009 They Marched For Justice Northern Virginia hotel workers heated things up yesterday afternoon in their ongoing struggle to form a union. More than 150 workers and labor activists chanted “No contract, no peace!” to the thumping of drums as they marched outside the Sheraton Crystal City, demanding a free and fair... more...
- Jul 9, 2009 Al Franken Joins Senate, Co-Sponsors Employee Free Choice Act Hundreds of cheering labor activists enthusiastically welcomed freshly-minted U.S. Senator Al Franken (r) to the AFL-CIO Tuesday night, where he announced that his first act after being sworn in earlier that day had been to sign on as a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act. Franken,... more...
- Jul 8, 2009 NoVa Labor Chows Down With Pols At July 4 Picnic More than 200 union members and their families enjoyed ribs, burgers and hot dogs while mingling with labor-endorsed candidates at the Northern Virginia Labor Federation's 3rd annual July 4 picnic in Annandale, VA. Joining in the festivities were State Senator Creigh Deeds (at left, with Don... more...
- Jun 23, 2009 Creativity Hits The Streets The annual Conference on Creative Organizing and the Great Labor Arts Exchange wrap up today with two great events. At noon, they’ll bring puppets, street theatre and more creative organizing to downtown DC’s Lafayette Park in an action to “bring attention and energy to issues... more...
- Jun 18, 2009 Kick Off Summer With Union Gear With summer starting officially this Sunday, now’s the time to stock up on t-shirts, buttons and more for the season. The Union Shop Online has tons of great t-shirts, summer reading for kids and adults, even union-made Scrabble and classic videos for summer evenings. And of... more...
- Jun 9, 2009 Sheraton Crystal City Union Supporter Fired Doing its part to illustrate the need for the Employee Free Choice Act, the HEI Sheraton Crystal City Hotel has fired another worker who’s been an outspoken union supporter. According to UNITE HERE Local 25, the firing fits a pattern of HEI laying off or disciplining union activists at each... more...
- May 22, 2009 Green Light For Free Choice Act Reception The AFL-CIO Balcony Reception for the Employee Free Choice Act – which was previously rescheduled due to inclement weather – is going ahead as planned on Tuesday, May 26. Step out on the AFL-CIO balcony to hear great music and help ramp up labor’s push to pass the Employee Free Choice... more...
- May 21, 2009 Metro Council Meeting Highlights Two healthcare activists, a sheriff and a sportsman kicked off Monday’s Metro Washington Council meetings. Vinnie DeMarco of the Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition and Katie Gjertson (r, with Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams) of the AFL-CIO’s Turn Around America Health... more...
- May 20, 2009 White House Leadership On Free Choice The Employee Free Choice Act “would essentially say…that if a majority of workers at a company want a union then they can get a union without delay,” said President Obama last week. Give Obama a wave of thanks from the 8th-floor balcony of the AFL-CIO next Tuesday, May 26 as Executive... more...
- May 15, 2009 Cleaning Up, The Union Way Now you can keep your office clean the union way. From A.B.M. to USSI, there are more than two dozen area cleaning contractors whose workers are represented by SEIU 32BJ, reports Area Director Jaime Contreras. “This is a great Employee Free Choice Act story,” Contreras adds, noting that... more...
- May 12, 2009 Record Turnout For NoVa Volunteer Dinner More than 450 union members, families and friends gathered at the Sheraton Tyson Premiere Friday evening to celebrate the Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation's Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner. Keynote speaker OPEIU President Michael Goodwin fired up the crowd in support of the Employee... more...
- May 12, 2009 Free Choice Act Reception Rescheduled The AFL-CIO Balcony Reception For The Employee Free Choice Act scheduled for last night was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The reception will be held on Tuesday, May 26th from 6-8P. Click here to RSVP. more...
- May 8, 2009 Best Seats In The House Get your tickets now for the best seats in the House of Labor as we enter the home stretch in the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act. Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker hosts a special fundraising event for the Turn Around America Fund Monday at 6:30P on the 8th-floor balcony of... more...
- May 6, 2009 Free Choice From The 8th Floor Last week the DC corporate lobbyists who just days ago smugly declared to the beltway media, "game over" for the Employee Free Choice Act were rocked back on their heels with the defection of moderate GOP Sen. Arlen Specter to the Democratic Party. Join Executive Vice President Arlene Holt... more...
- May 5, 2009 Walmart Workers Hold Historic Organizing Meeting With Congress Nearly 100 Walmart workers from across the country met with Congressional leaders last Wednesday for a national organizing meeting to brief Senators about wages, benefits and the Employee Free Choice Act. As part of their campaign for a union voice on the job, the workers urged lawmakers to... more...
- May 4, 2009 Activists March On White House For Immigration Reform Thousands of workers, labor allies and community activists marched through the streets of downtown DC Friday beating drums, blowing whistles, and chanting “Together, united we’ll never be defeated.” Demanding that Congress pass comprehensive immigration reform, the Employee Free Choice... more...
- Apr 28, 2009 Activists Counter IMF/World Bank With "People's Platform" As delegates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank met in Washington DC over the weekend, dozens of global justice activists, academics and students gathered at St Stephens church on Saturday afternoon for the People's Economic Forum. Though the sunny weather could not dispel... more...
- Apr 23, 2009 Environmental Community Supports Employee Free Choice The Sierra Club supports the Employee Free Choice Act because it’s “right for workers, right for America and because it is simply the right thing to do,” said Club President Allison Chin earlier this year. “But we also know that companies that treat their workers right are much more... more...
- Apr 20, 2009 Republic Strikers Launch "New Wave Of Worker Resistance" Workers who staged and won a six-day sit-in strike at Republic Windows and Doors last December spoke of a “new wave of worker resistance” at a DC Jobs with Justice community forum in Northwest DC last Thursday. “The victory we achieved at Republic Windows and Doors is a victory for all... more...
- Apr 20, 2009 Hotel Workers Continue Fighting For Union Hotel workers hit the streets again outside the Sheraton Hotel in Northern Virginia last Thursday, beating drums and shouting “Yes we can” as rush-hour drivers honked their horns in support. The rally was the latest in a series of demonstrations where NoVa Hotel workers – including... more...
- Apr 17, 2009 CSA's "News You Can Use": LEARN Work/Family The Labor Project for Working Families has launched LEARN WorkFamily , a free online labor education and resource network to help unions build a family friendly workplace culture. “In these tough economic times when our working families are making impossible choices between family... more...
- Apr 15, 2009 Republic Workers Call For "Resistance And Recovery" DC Jobs with Justice is hosting a community forum this Thursday on “Resistance and Recovery,” featuring workers who staged and won a six-day sit-in strike at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago. The forum will tell the story of how the action by United Electrical members, combined with... more...
- Apr 13, 2009 Unions Step Up Mass Mobilization For Employee Free Choice Act The nation’s unions stepped up their mass mobilization to pressure Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, working over the 2-week legislative recess to lobby lawmakers for the pro-worker bill. And they unveiled a new round of commercials - including the hard-hitting “ GREED... more...
- Apr 13, 2009 Showing Support For Wal-Mart Workers “The photos keep coming in, and our movement to support Wal-Mart workers looks stronger than ever,” reports David Nassar at Wal-Mart Watch. “Last week I asked you to submit pictures of yourselves holding up a sign that says ‘I Support CHANGE for Wal-Mart Workers.’ The response has... more...
- Apr 3, 2009 Solidarity Key Ingredient For Bakers' New Contract Saying that “solidarity works!” Bakers Local 118 President Al Haight credits UFCW Local 400 and Teamsters 639 with providing the muscle to break through stalled contract negotiations with Giant and Safeway. The resulting contract proposal was approved by the Bakers yesterday. After eight... more...
- Apr 1, 2009 "You Can Win": SF Activist On Cesar Chavez “Despite overwhelming odds, if you know what you’re doing, you can win; that’s the lesson and legacy of Cesar Chavez,” said Randy Shaw (r) yesterday at the Department of Labor. Shaw, author of “ Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the... more...
- Mar 30, 2009 Teamsters Rally To Support US Foodservice Workers Hundreds of Teamsters rallied Friday in front of the National Restaurant Association (NRA) to denounce the organization’s anti-worker and anti-union lobbying activity and raise awareness of the plight of thousands of workers across the country who work at U.S. Foodservice. Chanting “Shame... more...
- Mar 25, 2009 Students And Workers Push Congress For Action While many of their fellow-students partied their spring breaks away on sunny beaches, hundreds of young activists marched on the Capitol yesterday to demand that Congress invest in America’s future workforce. “We’re students united; we’ll never be defeated,” chanted the students and... more...
- Mar 24, 2009 March Heats Up 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... more...
- Mar 11, 2009 Hill Battle Set For Employee free Choice “Thanks to my union, I work with the most highly trained people in the industry and I know I will come home safe every night,” lineman apprentice Deborah Kelly (l) testified Tuesday in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in support of the Employee Free Choice Act,... more...
- Mar 10, 2009 Labor Updates President Barack Obama told the AFL-CIO Executive Council last week that he intends to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. “To me, and to my administration,” Obama said, “labor unions are a big part of the solution. We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that... more...
- Mar 10, 2009 Bringing The Battle For Free Choice To Boss HQ Chanting “Employ free choice, without it no voice,” hundreds of workers joined labor allies and community groups from across the country yesterday at a spirited rally outside the US Chamber of Commerce headquarters in downtown Washington. “This rally is about the freedom to choose,”... more...
- Mar 9, 2009 Chamber Of Commerce Targeted Today Workers, religious leaders, and community allies will rally outside the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon to push for “an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.” Saying that “Corporate CEOs and lobbyists are spending millions of dollars to stop President... more...
- Mar 6, 2009 Activism On The March It’s called March for a reason. This month continues to come in like an activist lion, with a full slate of marches, rallies, blitzes and Capitol Hill hearings. Things kick off this weekend with Employee Free Choice Act Postcard blitzes coordinated by DC Jobs with Justice Saturday at the... more...
- Mar 4, 2009 March Roars In With JwJ Citywide Free Choice Blitz DC Jobs with Justice is blitzing the city this week for the Employee Free Choice Act, as volunteers collect Free Choice Act postcards at Metro stations and in front of supermarkets across the District. "This is a great opportunity for union and community members to work together to win better... more...
- Feb 27, 2009 The Outlook At The NLRB: An Interview With Board Chairman Wilma Liebman WASHINGTON (PAI) - Her board is short-handed and the law it administers is 74 years old, but Wilma Liebman (right), designated as the new chair of the National Labor Relations Board, looks forward to a future where workers’ rights - and how to ensure them - are once again at the top of the... more...
- Feb 25, 2009 Council Delegates Elect '09-'11 leadership Metro Council delegates unanimously elected the 2009-11 Executive Board officers at the Council’s February Delegate Meeting Monday night at the AFL-CIO. Elected to his 9th term as President of on of the nation’s largest Labor Councils, Jos Williams thanked the delegates and affiliates... more...
- Feb 11, 2009 Full Plate For Metro Labor Caucus At this week's Metro Labor Caucus meeting, Council affiliates discussed the status of their bills and hearings next week on the House side, including those dealing with "Shift Breaks" and "Fair Share" -- which would allow non-union State employees within a bargaining unit to pay a... more...
- Feb 6, 2009 MD Gov Supports Fair Share The union movement in Maryland has gained renewed support as Gov. Martin O'Malley introduced the Fair Share Act into the state Senate on January 26. Long sought by the state's public employee unions, the measure would authorize them to negotiate and collect a "fair-share" fee from non-members... more...
- Feb 5, 2009 Free Choice Battle Heats Up On Chilly Capitol Hill "It may be cold as hell out here," said Senator Tom Harkin (D., IA) at Wednesday's Capitol Hill rally, "but we're going to turn up the heat until we pass the Employee Free Choice Act this year!" Thousands of bundled-up labor activists cheered loudly, waving signs saying "It's Time Our Economy... more...
- Feb 4, 2009 Workers Demand Voice At Capitol Rally Today The voices of millions of workers will be heard today when thousands of workers and labor allies deliver more than a million cards and petitions demanding swift passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. The noontime rally is part of labor's push to turn around the economy and make it work for... more...
- Feb 4, 2009 Wearing Free Choice On Your Lapel The Northland Poster Collective's new Employee Free Choice Act buttons don't beat around the bush, demanding a voice at work with slogans like "End Employer Bullying", "A Cure for Depre$$ion" and "For a FAIR SHAKE!" And at just $1 each, you can get enough for union colleagues as well as... more...
- Feb 3, 2009 Harkin, Miller & Steelworkers Set For Free Choice Rally Wednesday Senator Tom Harkin (D., IA) and Representative George Miller (D., CA) - the Members of Congress who will be leading the fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate and House - have been confirmed for Wednesday's Capitol Hill mid-day rally supporting the Act. They'll be... more...
- Feb 2, 2009 Website Of The Week The AFL-CIO has launched the most comprehensive site to date on the Employee Free Choice Act . Visitors to the site will find an impressive array of resources to use for talking to union members and others about Employee Free Choice. Among them are: stories from workers who were harassed or... more...
- Jan 30, 2009 Gaylord Workers Hope To Win Voice With A Stroke of Their Pens Anyone in Congress wondering whether American workers need the Employee Free Choice Act need look no farther than the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, a few short miles from the U.S. Capitol Building. On Friday, 1,400 workers hope to gain a voice on the job simply by signing... more...
- Jan 30, 2009 Union Communicators Wanted The AFL-CIO is currently hiring field communicators to help promote the Employee Free Choice Act in key states by driving public opinion and marshaling community and union member support. Field communicators will work through local bodies of the AFL-CIO as part of the larger member mobilization... more...
- Jan 28, 2009 Local Union Highlights At Monday night's Metro Washington Council Delegate's Meeting, affiliates reported: union-busting by a contractor at the US Geological Survey in VA against IUOE Local 99 members; the UDC Faculty Association says that UDC looks to be digging their heels in and refusing to negotiate; ATU... more...
- Jan 26, 2009 Free Choice Ads Feature Local workers Two new nationally broadcast TV ads feature local workers who say it's time for change in the workplace. The ads , from American Rights at Work, stress that restoring workers' freedom to form unions and bargain for better pay, benefits and security is crucial to make the economy work for all.... more...
- Jan 26, 2009 AFL-CIO Sends 'To-Do' Ideas To Obama Gathering ideas from unions, analyses and experts, the AFL-CIO sent a 16-page "to do list" memo to the new Obama administration. The list submitted before the Democrat's inauguration, outlined a wide range of legislative and administrative moves the federation contended would help workers.... more...
- Jan 15, 2009 Labor Allies Organize MLK/Inaugural Events In addition to the Metro Council’s neighborhood clean-up , NoVa Labor’s demonstration and the DC Labor Chorus’ Ball , labor allies are organizing MLK and Inaugural events. FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO VOTING RIGHTS: Jews United for Justice (JUFJ) is hosting an MLK National Day of... more...
- Jan 8, 2009 Stopping A Deadly Killer Cervical cancer, which will kill almost 4,000 women this year, can be prevented. January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month , and as part of its campaign to raise awareness about how to prevent this deadly disease, the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) is teaming up this weekend... more...
- Jan 6, 2009 '09 Council Meetings Set January’s Metro Washington Council delegate meeting will be Monday, January 26 ; stay tuned for the location. Help get 2009 off to a great union start and get all the latest local labor news! Although we cannot confirm or deny rumors about possible attendance by a certain new neighbor of the... more...
- Dec 23, 2008 Labor 2008: The Year In Headlines The election, the election, the election…and the economy. Or maybe, by the end of the year, it was: The economy, the economy, the economy and the election. Actually, it was both. As reflected in the headlines of the year in Press Associates Union News Service, the economy and the... more...
- Dec 22, 2008 Labor 2008: A PAI Special Report A PAI SPECIAL REPORT: THE YEAR IN HEADLINES -- THE ELECTION AND THE ECONOMY By Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)--The election, the election, the election…and the economy. Or maybe, by the end of the year, it was: The economy, the economy, the economy and the... more...
- Dec 19, 2008 Obama Taps Solis For Top Labor Post After much speculation, President-elect Barack Obama selected Represenative Hilda Solis (D-CA) Thursday to fill the Labor Secretary post. "We are glad to see that President-elect Obama has appointed someone with a history of working with labor," AFGE Local 12 - which represents workers at... more...
- Dec 19, 2008 Working Towards Better Health Labor will participate for the first time in the upcoming Health and Fitness Expo. The DC Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and the Community Services Agency (CSA) will have a booth at the 16th Annual NBC 4 Health and Fitness Expo on January 10-11, 2009 – an event that... more...
- Dec 17, 2008 "Giving Workers The Choice On Unions" "Although most workers would like to join a union, very few ever get the chance to vote. In fact, employers have been stifling the efforts of workers to lawfully organize a union through elections," wrote Jaime Contreras, Capital Area Director of SEIU Local 32BJ , in a Friday op-ed in... more...
- Dec 11, 2008 Hotel Workers Boycott Hilton If rush-hour commuters somehow overlooked the noisy demonstration outside the Crystal City Hilton last night, they couldn't miss the huge "BOYCOTT" projected on the hotel's wall just below the red neon Hilton sign. On the sidewalk below, hundreds of hotel workers and their supporters... more...
- Dec 8, 2008 Local Labor Activist Vetted For Labor Secretary Post Longtime DC labor activist Mary Beth Maxwell is on President-Elect Obama’s shortlist for Labor Secretary, reports Jonathan Weisman on the Wall Street Journal website . “Some labor leaders from both the AFL-CIO and Change to Win…back her as a consensus choice, citing her efforts” to... more...
- Nov 17, 2008 Labor Gears Up for Free Choice Battle "We do not have the luxury of taking a post-election break and waiting until January to gear up," the AFL-CIO Executive Council said last week. "With the full support and engagement of every affiliate union, every state federation, every local labor council and every local union, our campaign... more...
- Nov 7, 2008 Labor in the News: EFCA and Obama, DC Day Laborers, New DC Employment Chief, & Other Voices on School Reform Labor & Bosses Face Off Over Employee Free Choice : "Bolstered by exit polling data showing that union members played a pivotal role in President-elect Barack Obama's victory, the AFL-CIO served notice yesterday that it views the election results as ratification of organized labor's... more...
- Nov 6, 2008 Sweeney: Union Voters Were the Firewall That Stopped McCain "It was like nothing I've ever seen before," said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney at a post-election press briefing on Wednesday. "Over 250,000 union volunteers visited 3.9 million union households and distributed more than 2 million leaflets. The result is that union households turned out in... more...
- Nov 6, 2008 Renewing the Fight for the Free Choice Act "One of the most remarkable stories of this campaign season is how corporate-funded front groups tried - and failed - to use the Employee Free Choice Act as a wedge issue," reports Mary Beth Maxwell, American Rights at Work Executive Director. "They spent nearly $20 million dollars to smear... more...
- Oct 21, 2008 Labor in the News (10/21/08) DC Unions Throw Support Behind DC City Council Candidate Michael Brown : Labor unions joined DC City Council At-Large candidate Michael Brown outside his headquarters last week to throw their support behind his campaign, reported Nikita Stewart on the Washington Post website Thursday .... more...
- Oct 6, 2008 Labor Updates (10/06/08) Congress Approves Major Federal Funding Boost for Metro : Metro workers celebrated the passage of federal legislation Thursday that would provide $1.5 billion for the Metro system over the next ten years. "The funding would help address the urgent capital improvement needs affecting our... more...
- Sep 4, 2008 NoVA Picnic Draws Record Crowd The Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation hosted “the largest Labor Day picnic the Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation has hosted in the nearly 20 years of doing so,” reports NoVa’s Dan Duncan. “About 300 people attended, including Labor-endorsed Congressional candidates Gerry... more...
- Aug 21, 2008 Labor Updates (8/21/08) Helping Norma Rae : Crystal Lee Sutton – the woman whom the movie "Norma Rae" was based on – is fighting for her life. Ill with meningioma (a brain tumor), her health insurance – which initially denied her coverage – covers so little that her husband must work two jobs to help pay... more...
- Aug 7, 2008 Wal-Mart Telling Workers How to Vote As if Wal-Mart’s business model of poverty wages, unaffordable healthcare, discrimination, and rabid unionbusting wasn’t bad enough. Now the anti-worker retail giant is holding mandatory meetings telling employees not to vote for Democrats who are supportive of the Employee Free Choice Act,... more...
- Jul 18, 2008 Finding a Place for Labor in 2008 Local labor activists will meet Saturday at 11:30A for a discussion on making a working class agenda a priority during the 2008 elections and a potential Obama presidential administration. “Come prepared to discuss getting the message out on working families and how to build membership,... more...
- Jun 19, 2008 Virginia Activists Mobilize Labor activists in Northern Virginia begin a weeklong Million-Member Mobilization walk campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) this Saturday from 9A-1P. The walks are part of an AFL-CIO nationwide canvassing initiative to gather one million signatures urging the new President and... more...
- Jun 5, 2008 Area Activists to Rally at McCain Fundraisers With the primary season finally over, energized area labor activists will turn their attention to Republican presidential nominee John McCain Monday at fundraisers in Virginia and the District of Columbia. “McCain’s stands on working family issues like health care, the Employee Free Choice... more...
- May 6, 2008 DC Hits Road for Justice Last Thursday night 15 DC Jobs with Justice members and leaders piled into two vans and embarked on an overnight road trip to Providence, Rhode Island where more than a thousand labor, community, student, and religious activists from across the United States and around the world gathered for the... more...
- Feb 8, 2008 CSA Helps to Build Futures The Community Service Agency’s (CSA) Building Futures Program “makes you like a top draft choice out there in the workforce,” said Daryl McNeil following a four-hour math tutorial course that will help him to pass the application test for a spot in a union construction... more...
- Jan 17, 2008 Recognizing Our Heroes The many union members who quietly go the extra mile at their workplaces and communities are the backbone of our movement. Now there’s a new way to recognize these “unsung heroes.” The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region is accepting nominations for the 11th Annual... more...
- Jan 11, 2008 Wynn's Record Lauded "What would you say to an employer who wanted to throw out a worker with an exemplary record after 15 years?" Metro Council President Jos Williams asked the crowd of union members packed into the IBEW Local 26 lobby Thursday morning. “Hell no!” they roared back. "Well, Al Wynn has an... more...
- Dec 12, 2007 Paid Sick Days Battle Goes Online Workers are being invited to join Rep Rosa DeLauro (D- CT) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D- MA) this Friday to give brief personal video testimonies about the importance of paid sick days for all workers. The video testimonies will be featured in an online rally on the National Partnership for... more...
- Dec 7, 2007 World Labor Leaders Gather in DC The world's top labor leaders will gather in Washington next week for an unprecedented 2-day conference on Global Workers' Rights. On Monday, December 10 and Tuesday December 11, the AFL-CIO will host more than 200 trade union leaders from the United States and 63 countries around the world in... more...
- Nov 9, 2007 Sweeney: Off-Year Election Results Show Unionists Energized for 2008 By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)--Off-year election results in state and municipal races on Nov. 6 show union voters are already energized for 2008, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney says. And they also show unionists and the country want “a clear... more...
- Nov 8, 2007 Demo Targets Bush Board In the wake of the recent deluge of anti-worker decisions, the Bush-dominated National Labor Relations Board will be the target of a major rally on Thursday, November 15. The Bush Board recently released over 60 decisions, “the vast majority of which are virulently anti-worker and... more...
- Nov 7, 2007 Paid Sick Days Rally Wakes up DC City Hall Shaking pill bottle noisemakers and chanting “What do we want? Paid sick days! When do we want them? Now!,” dozens of supporters of the Paid Sick and Safe Days Act rallied early Tuesday morning outside the Wilson Building to demand that the DC City Council pass the act. Activists with... more...
- Oct 16, 2007 Labor Updates (10/16/07) SMITHFIELD WALKS AWAY : Smithfield Foods abruptly ended talks with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union yesterday morning. The union had been engaged in lengthy talks with the meatpacking company to try to find a free and fair process for workers to vote for a union. "We will continue... more...
- Aug 22, 2007 Working America's "Bad Boss" Winners Announced A cancer victim cheated out of paid leave and a worker forced to stay - and work - in a burning building are this year’s winners in the 2nd annual “My Bad Boss” contest , sponsored by the AFL-CIO’s Working America. “Of the hundreds of stories we received, virtually all left you... more...
- Jun 27, 2007 Labor Updates (6/27/07) REPUBLICANS BLOCK FREE CHOICE : A group of Republicans denied workers a free choice to join a union Tuesday, when the 51-48 Senate vote in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act fell nine short of the sixty votes needed to vote on the full bill. Both Maryland Senators Barbara Milkulski (D-MD)... more...
- Jun 21, 2007 Labor Graduates Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will address over 100 newly-minted graduates at the 9th Annual National Labor College (NLC) graduation commencement this Saturday at 10A. “We are enormously privileged to have Senator Harkin address our students,” says Susan Schurman, NLC President. Harkin – son... more...
- Jun 20, 2007 Turning Up the Heat for the Right to Organize Despite sweltering heat – indexes topped 100 degrees – thousands of union activists and supporters gathered at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday afternoon to demand swift passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). With AFL-CIO and Change To Win signs intermingling, the labor movement united... more...
- Jun 19, 2007 Thousands Rally Today for Free Choice Dozens of Senators will join a huge crowd today at 2P at the US Capitol to support the Employee Free Choice Act. Debate on the bill – which would deal with worker harassment and firing for union activity, delays in the union election process and employer foot-dragging in negotiating a... more...
- Jun 19, 2007 In Their Own Words: Workers' Stories Debbie Fontaine operates forklifts and packs and moves boxes for shipping at the Rite Aid Distribution Center in Lancaster, CA…Greg Mendez is an office systems coordinator at New York’s Pace University… Bonny Wallace has been a nurse at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, OR for 20 years.... more...
- Jun 18, 2007 Workers, Religious Leaders Make Last Push for Employee Free Choice Act With a Senate vote expected this week on the Employee Free Choice Act – legislation that would help restore workers' freedom to form unions and bargain for better lives – over 100 “religious leaders across the country have signed a letter urging the US Senate to pass” the act, reports... more...
- Jun 14, 2007 Labor Updates (6/14/07) Hold the Date: Thousands of workers and labor activists will join Senators and labor and community leaders for a rally next Tuesday, June 19 at 2P to support the Employee Free Choice Act . The act – expected to receive a Senate vote soon -- will “help restore workers' freedom to form unions... more...
- May 18, 2007 Transportation Workers Rally Thousands of transportation workers – pilots, flight attendants and machinists – rallied Thursday on the Mall to protest the Bush administration’s anti-worker policies. Amid a sea of blue t-shirts proclaiming “Enough is Enough” beneath a bright blue sky, transportation union leaders... more...
- Apr 9, 2007 Labor Council Endorses Muriel Bowser in DC Ward 4 Special Election, Takes No Position in Ward 7 The Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO voted Thursday, April 4 to endorse the candidacy of Muriel Bowser for the Ward 4 Special Election. "Working families in the District will be well-represented with Muriel on the City Council," said MWC AFL-CIO President Jos Williams. "DC... more...
- Feb 21, 2006 Senate Hopefuls Pledge Labor Support Both U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin (D-MD 3) and former Congressman and former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume committed to working for the Employee Free Choice Act during February 15 interviews of U. S. Senate candidates conducted by the Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO in Annapolis. Both candidates... more...
- Feb 6, 2006 DC Residents Want Out of Iraq More than half the DC residents recently surveyed by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) want to withdraw U.S. troops and end the war in Iraq at the earliest possible date. Survey participants also chose funding Medicaid, no Medicaid child cuts and spending on welfare and... more...