click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Coalition to Repeal Right to Work Fri, September 24, 7pm – 8pm Coalition of more than 50 organizations who support workers' right to organize. Member-to-Member Lit Drop Walk in VA Sat, September 25, 9am – 2pm 4536 John Marr Dr, Annandale, VA 22003, USA (map) Due to covid precautions we will gather outdoors and we will not be serving lunch. Individually wrapped breakfast snacks and water will be provided. Questions Contact Bob Zabel. [email protected] 317-489-2501 Fairfax County NAACP and the Building Trades Unions virtual job fair Sat, September 25, 12pm – 3pm Co-sponsored by the Fairfax County NAACP and the Building Trades Unions. Learn how to become a union electrician, plumber, carpenter, painter, HVAC technician, and more. For more information contact [email protected]. NoVA Labor Night at the Washington Spirit Sun, September 26, pre-game 2:30pm – 5:00pm; game 5pm – 8pm Segra Field, 42095 Loudoun United Drive, Leesburg, VA (map) Refreshments, music and speeches from labor-endorsed candidates at 3 pm, game at 5 pm. Come out with your families to support our women's professional soccer team (who are union members!) and our labor-endorsed political candidates. Union sponsorships available - this is a fundraiser for NoVA Labor. Contact [email protected] for more information or call 703-627-5510. Missed this week’s Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here. This week's show: Sneak attack on worker rights; Oreo’s OK again; Womxn’s Labor Leadership Symposium. “Proud to have so many Local 25 members on the ground in Virginia knocking doors for Terry McAuliffe and Democrats up and down the ballot,” UNITE HERE Local 25 posted on Facebook last week. “We need more union jobs, affordable healthcare, and affordable housing in Virginia -- and we know that Gov. McAullife will deliver them once he wins!” NoVA Labor’s Member-to-Member Lit Drop Walks continue tomorrow starting at 9a; see Calendar (above) for details. Photographer Bruce Guthrie has posted his photos of Richard Trumka’s last trip to the AFL-CIO on August 14. They’re free for non-commercial use with attribution, and if you recognize specific people (or other things) in the pictures which he hasn’t labeled, please identify them or fill in any other descriptions you can. Just click the little pencil icon underneath the file name (just above the picture). You can also click here for a slideshow version.
Workers who risked their health to provide essential services during the pandemic joined with actors, global union leaders and policymakers in a first-ever worldwide gathering to share their experiences and demand a response that urgently and effectively protects all people, and especially the most marginalized. "COVID-19 has taught us about the importance of workers in all sectors and recognize that they deserve dignified work and they are important in the world economy,” said actor Yalitza Aparicio. “Governments know about this. But, what are they doing about it?” Aparicio was among dozens of speakers during the September 8–10 Essential For Recovery virtual summit who pointed to the need for action to ensure decent wages, rights and social protections like paid sick leave so workers deemed “essential” during the pandemic will not be left behind after the crisis passes. Find out more at Solidarity Center. |