“NoVA Labor Day at Washington Spirit was a big success!” reports NoVA Labor president Virginia Diamond. Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the metro DC area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League. “The enthusiasm of the hundreds of union members and their families was off the charts, both for our Washington Spirit team -- which won 2-1! -- and for the candidates who came to speak at the tailgate. Attorney General Mark Herring, Delegates Wendy Gooditis and David Reid, and county supervisors Sylvia Glass and Rodney Lusk spoke about the importance of moving Virginia forward.” At the game they announced all the unions who were there, and talked about the fight of the Women's Soccer Players' League for equal pay. Moose Jaw played bluegrass music.
photo (bottom right): Lou Spencer, Plumbers Local 5, joined SMART Local 100, IBEW Local 26, and Steamfitters Local 602 to grill and serve burgers and hot dogs. The AFL-CIO’s Office of the President last Friday announced the following team “who will serve in our executive offices and help us carry out the federation’s agenda”: Chris Neff, Chief of Staff, Julie Greene Collier, Deputy Chief of Staff, Isaac Gobern, Assistant to the President, Belinda Boyce, Special Assistant to the President for Protocol and Strategic Operations, John Paul Smith, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer, Mack Harrell Jr., Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer.
“There was always a lot of talk. But I just left that alone and worked." Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold -- mother of MWC Board member George Farenthold -- died September 26 at 94. An esteemed lawyer, politician, educator, and activist, she tirelessly pursued justice throughout her life. photo by Alan Pogue. Read more here in The Washington Post: Frances ‘Sissy’ Farenthold, lodestar for Texas liberals, dies at 94 This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Feathers and Pennies - the 1888 Matchgirls and us. Last week's show: Rich Trumka on “Art is why they remember our struggles.”
165 Wobblies indicted for protesting World War 1. -1917 - David Prosten. |