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The Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO is calling on Montgomery County elected officials to oppose the privatization of the Department of Liquor Control. In a recent letter to the officials, Council President Jos Williams called the proposed move “a bad deal for taxpayers and bad social policy.” Warning of “a potential negative impact to the County’s AAA bond rating by elimination of this County Department,” Williams urged the legislators to reject the privatization effort...
Donald Trump holds a narrow lead in DC Jobs With Justice’s 2014 Scrooge of the Year competition for the person or company who did the most dastardly deeds to working people in the past year. “But the race is still wide open,” says JWJ Executive Director Nikki Lewis, “The decision is in your hands!” National Nurses United on Tuesday called on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other states to follow the landmark mandatory safeguards just established by California to protect nurses, other health workers, and the public from the threat of the deadly Ebola virus. At a press conference in front of Department of Labor, NNU said that it will press for legislation and regulation in other states... - photo by Rick Reinhard |