Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO

TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR

2/15/2019

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Union City Radio: 7:15a; WPFW-FM 89.3

Arise: Union City Radio edition
Fri, February 15, 9am – 10am
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online
Robyn Leigh Muncy on "The Strange Career of 'the Working Class' in US Political Culture Since the 1950s" and Paul Buhle on "Eugene Debs: A Graphic Biography." Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon host.

UPCOMING
Labor music: The ULiNERS
Sat, February 16, 8:30pm – 11:30pm
New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770

NoVA Lox & Bagels Discussion Group
Sun, February 17, 12pm – 2pm
4536 B John Marr Drive, Annandale, VA

Evening with Labor ticket deadline extended

2/15/2019

If you've been meaning to reserve your tickets for this year's Evening With Labor dinner, the deadline for doing so has just been extended to next Friday, February 22. Click here to download the ticket order form; complete and return to [email protected]. The dinner -- which celebrates metro-area labor solidarity and achievement -- is set for Saturday, March 2 at Martin's Crosswinds (free parking!). Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) DC Chair Herb Harris heads up the list of winners of the 2019 Evening with Labor awards, other awardees include SEIU local 722 (Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award), AFSCME/NUHHCE 1199 (DC COPE Award and Golden Picket Sign), The Washington-Baltimore News Guild (Organizing Award), IATSE 22 (Organizing Award), and National Nurses United (Golden Picket Sign), as well as the brand-new Joslyn N. Williams Vanguard Award.
photo: MWC president Jackie Jeter at the 2018 Evening with Labor; click here for more photos; photo by Chris Langford

Union leaders react to federal budget deal

2/15/2019

While leaders of two federal workers’ unions welcomed yesterday’s budget deal averting another government shutdown, 32BJ SEIU Vice President Jaime Contreras said he was “deeply disappointed that a final deal did not include back pay for the thousands of federally-contracted workers who lost pay during President Trump's ill-fated 35 day-long shutdown.” And AFSCME president Lee Saunders called President Trump’s decision to declare a state of emergency to build a border wall “an abuse of power.” AFGE president J. David Cox Sr. added that “Many employees are still waiting to be fully paid for the 35 days the government was closed, and they are still digging out of the massive backlogs and work that wasn’t done while they were locked out of their jobs.”

Today’s Labor Quote: Susan B. Anthony

2/15/2019

"Join the union, girls, and together say: Equal Pay for Equal Work!"

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