Elected officials -- including Congressman-elect Jamie Raskin and former Maryland Governor and Presidential candidate Martin O'Malley, who famously sang “Joe Hill” a cappella at the 2014 Evening With Labor dinner --will join labor and community leaders at the Renters Alliance 2016 Building Community Celebration on December 8 at the Silver Spring Civic Center. Click here for tickets. "The number one expense of all union workers is their housing, and more and more union members are renting their homes," said Gino Renne, president of UFCW Local 1994 which represents about 8000 public employees. "The Renters Alliance is working to help union members and everyone who lives in rental housing pursue their rights to quality, affordable and well maintained homes. We support them and urge others to do so as well."