Dozens of interns attended the second annual Labor-Ally Intern Gathering Tuesday night, representing a dozen different unions and allied organizations. Although the event was scheduled to end at 8 pm, many interns stayed over an hour later discussing international worker’s issues and how unionism is a part of the solution. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union hosted this year’s gathering, which was organized by Christian Berk, the 2016 Rutgers Goldstein intern at the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO. One of the Rutgers Goldstein Intern’s main focuses is to network area labor interns and plug them into actions and events in the DC labor movement over the summer. Dr. Coralie Farlee, who funds the Goldstein Internship, attended the event and talked with other interns about her decades of experience fighting for social justice. Read more below | |
