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Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Chesapeake Bay CLUW Meeting: Mon, November 23, 7pm – 9pm DC COPE committee: Tue, November 24, 2pm – 4pm Register here Missed yesterday's Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here; Metro Washington Council president Dyana Forester reports on the latest on efforts by DC school unions to keep students safe; plus why postal workers took to the streets across the country this week and the final episode of Tales of the Resistance! With the balance of power in the U.S. Senate at stake, the AFL-CIO is coordinating online phonebanks for the upcoming Georgia special election. “The Metro Washington Council is participating in this critical Labor-to-Labor program and I urge all our affiliates to pitch in for this effort,” said MWC Political Director David Stephen. Click here to sign up; once you fill out the survey, a calendar for the MWC group phone banking will be sent out as well as your personal login information. The easy-to-access online phonebank will focus on turning out union members in Georgia for the Senate runoff election in support of Democrats Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock. “Please share this with your union leadership and all of your local’s members,” urges Stephen, “This is our opportunity to make a difference.” Since the pandemic began back in March, the Community Services Agency has assisted over 700 DC-area union members with rental, utility and food assistance. "This is double what CSA usually provides over a year,” says CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote. That’s why LiUNA Local 11’s recent $1,500 contribution was especially appreciated, DuCote says. The Laborers’ support extends beyond financial assistance; the local partners with CSA’s Building Futures Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program to place graduates into its apprenticeship program. CSA is a critical part of the metropolitan Washington labor community,” said Julio Palomo, Business Manager of the Baltimore Washington Laborers District Council, LiUNA, and a former CSA board member. “It's important that locals do all they can to build CSA’s capacity to serve members.” CSA is still collecting contributions for its Holiday Basket program: send checks payable to CSA, or gift cards, to CSA, 815 16th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006. Or give online. Locals wanting to adopt families for Christmastime should contact [email protected]. Maryland Democratic Party Executive Director Eva Lewis, and Maryland delegates Jheanelle Wilkins (photo) and Julian Ivey were the featured guests at last Thursday’s Metro Washington Council Montgomery and Prince George's County COPE. The upcoming legislative session in Maryland was the main topic of discussion as Lewis, Wilkins and Ivey briefed the COPE attendees on their legislative agenda and then participated in a discussion about labor’s priorities. The DC COPE committee meet’s tomorrow (see Calendar, above); discussion items include: Collective Action Resolution on Presidential Election, Public Sector Workers Comp Bill, Displaced Workers Bill, strategy for 2021 legislative calendar, local involvement in the Georgia Senate runoff. |