A tentative agreement has been reached in the UAW strike in Dublin, VA. "UAW Local 2069 financial secretary Eric Reeves was notified at 1:00AM (Friday morning) that picketing will be suspended and the strike lines need to be emptied," reports NoVA Labor's Ginny Diamond. Operations at the Volvo plant will begin with regular 3rd shift operations on Sunday night May 2nd. Further details will be forthcoming. NoVA labor's solidarity rally has been canceled. 
photo: NoVA Labor walks UAW picket line in Dublin VA last week.

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AFL-CIO Week of Action on the PRO Act: Apr 26 – May 1, 2021
This is the national AFL-CIO's week of action on the PRO Act. Please call Senator Warner at 202-224-2023 or 703-442-0670 and ask him to co-sponsor the bill.

Film: HAYMARKET: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle: Apr 28 – May 2, 2021
Click here to register for the May 1 8p ET discussion and click here for free registration for the film, which you can watch at your convenience (ends May 2!).

Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class: Apr 28 – May 1, 2021
Register for free.

Labor Committee for Affordable Housing: Fri, April 30, 3pm – 4pm
Special guest Professor Louise Howells, teaches law at UDC Law School.

Film: Union Time: Fighting for Workers' Rights: Fri, April 30, 6pm – 8pm
FREE; register here

Coalition to Repeal "Right to Work": Fri, April 30, 7pm – 8pm

Unions United: Building Worker Solidarity: Sat, May 1, 10:00am – 11:30am
Learn about labor history, get a report on the pro-labor bills that passed this legislative  session, and discuss how union members can build solidarity and express our collective power.

May Day Immigrant Justice March: Sat, May 1, 11am – 1pm
Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest, Black Lives Matter Plz NW, Washington, DC, USA (map)
Sponsored by CASA, NAKASEC, Make The Road New York, National Domestic Workers Alliance, CARACEN-Central American Resource Center

PRO Act Rally: Tell Senator Warner to Support the PRO Act: Sat, May 1, 11:30am – 1:00pm
Windmill Hill Park 500 S Lee St Alexandria, VA 22314 (map)
Organized by Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America, Our Revolution and Virginia Justice Democrats. RSVP HERE.

March on May Day: Sat, May 1, 3pm – 5pm
Malcolm X Park (16th and Euclid St NW) by the Joan of Arc statue (map)

Mark Dudzic "Redeployment" Party: Sat, May 1, 7pm – 8pm
The Labor Campaign for Single Payer organizer (and DC Labor FilmFest Co-Chair) is "redeploying" to chair the Campaign.
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On this May Day weekend’s labor calendar (see above), there are a number of great labor events (highlighted in yellow), including the May Day Immigrant Justice March at 11am and an online discussion of the film HAYMARKET: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle at 8pm; you can also click here for complete details on all the events this weekend. Got more labor events? Email us at [email protected]