http://www.dclabor.org Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:26:51 CST en-us http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100505 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100505 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Wisconsin-style unionbusting has come to DC. Howard University Hospital has declared an impasse in negotiations and, effective this Thursday, is moving to implement their final contract offer... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100507 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100507 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Plans for Friday's noontime and evening Occupy CPAC rallies include street theater, music, puppets, and a whole lot more... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100509 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100509 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Calling him "one of Washington's most active advocates for immigrant rights," the Washington Post on January 31 profiled SEIU 32BJ Capital Area District Chair Jaime Contreras... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100487 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100487 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Who is this man and why is he so happy? That's Safeway CEO Steve Burd, and when he's not pretending to stock the supermarket produce section he's pulling down a cool $11 million in pay... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100489 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100489 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST "The gap between the rich and the poor in DC is growing," says the DC Fair Budget Coalition, "and safety net programs have been cut drastically when people need them the most..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100478 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100478 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Archivist Lynda DeLoach shows Hon'ble Union Minister for Labour & Employment for India Mallikarjun Kharge and National Labor College Dean Daniel Katz an archival image of U.S. labor leader Walter Reuther's 1956 visit to India... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100480 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100480 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Leaflet Aveda and Occupy CPAC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100482 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100482 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Print Craft's "We Goto Bowl" team took first place in last Sunday's CSA "Bowling for Gold" tournament, rolling an impressive 3389 total for the three frames... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100456 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100456 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Jews United for Justice, a strong supporter and advocate for the local labor community, wants your input for its next Maryland campaign... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100458 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100458 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST With workshops like "Return of Big Labor: What Can We Learn from Wisconsin & Ohio," and "Taking back Wall Street: The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street," the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) descends on the nation's capital February 9-11... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100460 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100460 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Now you can be thoughtful and save money too. Union members can have an extra-special Valentine's Day this year with a 20% discount on flowers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100425 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100425 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST It's been a struggle of more than a year, but the campaign by 38 workers at EMD Sales in Baltimore paid off on January 26 when they ratified their first collective bargaining agreement after joining UFCW Local 400 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100427 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100427 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Team photos from this year's "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament are now available online in the Council's photo archives, which also include albums of photos of the bowling and golf tournaments and Evening with Labor from previous years... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100429 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100429 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST DC Jobs with Justice welcomes incoming Executive Director Nikki Daruwala this week http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100388 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100388 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST Newly-elected officers at SEIU Local 400 were sworn into office January 28 by Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100390 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100390 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST "A few weeks back you informed us about a Georgetown professor who wrote a book about air traffic controllers and President Reagan," writes Union City reader Charles Moore at WTU Local 6... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100370 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100370 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Sometimes it just takes a cup of hot chocolate to make the difference. That's what DC Jobs with Justice believes, especially when it comes to DC's day laborers who brave the cold early mornings to try to get work... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100372 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100372 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST If you've been waiting to win the lottery so you'll have time to develop creative ideas and practical strategies for working people, Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor's brand-new 2012 Kalmanovitz Fellowship could be just the ticket... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100359 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100359 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Occupy DC protesters are urging area supporters to join them at noon today as they resist eviction threats by the National Park Service... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100361 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100361 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Montgomery County violated its own collective bargaining law when it refused last fall to bargain on eight topics, County Labor Relations Administrator Jerome Barrett ruled last week... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100363 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100363 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST From the Bricklayer's "Bowling Stones" to the United Mine Workers' "Coal Strikers," nearly 100 teams from across the metro area labor community came together to strike down pins and raise money for the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund yesterday at the 20th annual Bowling for Gold bowling tournament... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100365 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100365 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The towering statue of General James Birdseye McPherson astride his horse was pressed into service as a giant tent pole Monday, as a huge blue tarp bearing the words "Tent of Dreams" billowed in the late January breeze, suspended from McPherson's bronze shoulders... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100342 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100342 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Defying public opinion, the Indiana state House Wednesday passed a "right to work" (RTW) for less bill by 55-41... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100344 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100344 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Giant and Safeway checkout clerks are taking to the streets for a new contract. Or at least, photos of the UFCW 400 members are... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100346 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100346 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST "Members of the Occupy movement and homeowners are coming together to guarantee our right to housing through collective action," Occupy DC activist Rob Wohl tells Union City, "just like the labor movement does for workplace rights and fair wages"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100348 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100348 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Whether you favor musicals like Newsies and How to Succeed in Business, old favorites like The Grapes of Wrath and On the Waterfront... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100327 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100327 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST In celebration of the recent Martin Luther King holiday, the Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund is sponsoring its annual "What Would Martin Do?" forum at Howard University today at 3p... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100329 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100329 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST With so-called "Right to Work" legislation actively being moved in the Indiana House and Senate, the DC-area labor movement is swinging into action... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100331 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100331 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Because union membership entitles workers to exclusive discounts, Union Plus has created a special New Year's Resolution Page to help make sticking to New Year's resolutions easier and more affordable... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100317 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100317 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: verdana; ">Arbitrator Herbert Fishgold has ordered Montgomery County to restore 60 hours of compensatory leave to 80 long-term employees who the County claimed&nbsp;</span></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: verdana; ">had been credited with the leave in '�error.'� In his January 18 decision, Fishgold ruled that the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100318 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100318 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: verdana; ">Hailing the decision by Dutch pension fund ABP to divest itself of Walmart "a giant step," UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt&nbsp;<em>(at left)</em>&nbsp;said on January 13 that '�in an era when global capital has amassed greater power over every sphere of our lives than ever before, it is absolutely critical that workers maximize our economic clout.'� Along with... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100309 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100309 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Battles as close as your local Safeway or Giant and as far away as Indiana were hot topics at last night's Metro Council delegate meeting... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100311 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100311 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST There's lots to do this week in the local labor movement, starting with today's Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC-DC) picket at the Capital Grille in Friendship Heights... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100313 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100313 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST In what was described by her colleagues as "a deep and tragic loss," longtime Newspaper Guild Local 32035 activist Darlene Meyer has died at age 64... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100302 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100302 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Kick off the New Year at 2012's first Metro Council Delegate Meeting tonight at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100304 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100304 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Downtown Verizon store managers were reminded Friday of the ongoing struggle for a fair contract for Verizon workers when community members tried to deliver an open letter to two local stores... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100306 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100306 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Time is running out to apply for this year's Union Plus Scholarship Program: applications are due by midnight on Tuesday January 31... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100283 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100283 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST To train local teachers to speak out effectively for education, the Washington Teachers Union is launching "Teachers as Leaders"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100285 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100285 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and the 1971 film Joe Hill currently lead the list of films Union City readers would most like to see in this year's DC Labor FilmFest... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100287 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100287 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST From a union member burned out of his house to Daycon strikers still out of work, the metro DC labor community dug deep to support families in need this past holiday season... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100273 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100273 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST There are just a few lanes left to bowl alongside "Team Hardcore" (Teamsters 639), "Gutterdusters" (AFGE 631), "Circuit Breakers and Live Wires" (IBEW), and many more at the January 29 "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100275 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100275 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The Prince George's and Montgomery County COPE will have their second shared meeting today at 10a at UFCW Local 400... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100277 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100277 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST With education costs skyrocketing, the annual Ashcraft & Gerel scholarship program is a chance for family members of DC building and construction trades workers to stay in school... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100260 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100260 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST With more than a million signatures turned in yesterday in Madison, WI to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, local plans are ramping up for a major action at next month's Conservative Political Action Conference in DC, where Walker is to be the keynote speaker... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100262 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100262 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Eight Building Futures Grads employed as electrical helpers in City projects are still going strong! http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100264 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100264 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The 2012 DC Labor FilmFest is nearly ten months away but organizers are already hard at work putting together the twelfth annual celebration of work, workers and worker's issues... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100253 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100253 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The warmth of solidarity was never more evident than last night in Annapolis as several hundred labor activists gathered closely together in sub-freezing temperatures for a jobs rally at the State Capitol... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100255 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100255 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The District continues to be on the leading edge of the immigrant rights issue as members of labor, faith, civil rights, and community groups packed the Wilson Building on January 6 to support legislation limiting local enforcement of federal laws governing the detention of undocumented migrants... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100257 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100257 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The phrase "Bread and Roses" refers to: a poem; a textile strike; or a film? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100236 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100236 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST On Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 300,000-member Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO will join faith and civil rights leaders for an MLK Day Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality at 6p in Annapolis... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100238 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100238 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST NABET-CWA has reached a tentative agreement with NBC Universal on a new contract covering some 2,500 broadcast technicians, newswriters, building, air conditioning and plant maintenance personnel, staging services personnel, and couriers at NBC News and NBC Sports operations... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100240 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100240 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Protesters rallied outside the World Bank building in Washington, D.C., on Monday in support of Nigeria's nation-wide strike opposing the soaring price of fuel... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100243 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100243 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Delhaize America's decision last week to close 126 stores, including six Bloom Supermarkets and one Bottom Dollar Food store in Northern Virginia "demonstrates the failure of Delhaize's low-road approach to doing business in America," said UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100228 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100228 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Free buses are leaving from Bowie for Monday's Rally for Jobs, Justice, and Equality in Annapolis, courtesy of ACE-AFSCME Local 2250... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100230 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100230 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Spots are still available for this year's "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament on January 29... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100232 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100232 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST For the most up-to-date guide to shopping union, check out the Metro Council's Online Labor Shop. The Union Shop's listings have just been updated... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100219 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100219 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Leaders of the Metro Council, Musicians Local 161-710 and the American Guild of Musical Artists met with members of Local 161-710 Monday night to discuss local solidarity... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100221 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100221 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Applications for the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program are due by January 31. The program provides $150,000 in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100205 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100205 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Demanding that Giant and Safeway "share the fruits of our labors," UFCW Local 400 stewards and activists are mobilizing for the start of bargaining tomorrow on a new contract affecting 17,000 workers in the metro Washington area... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100207 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100207 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The Washington Teachers' Union collected food and toys last December for the Central Union Mission, which will distribute them to children and families in need... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100209 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100209 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Mark your calendar now for two big don't-miss actions coming up in the local labor scene. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO is planning a Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100196 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100196 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Federal workers have already contributed more than enough. That was AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman's response Friday to the 0.5 percent pay increase for civilian federal employees proposed by the White House as part of its 2013 budget proposal... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100198 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100198 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST "D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe is pushing to impose a work schedule that would dramatically increase work hours and decrease recovery periods for firefighters" wrote Ed Smith, President of Fire Fighters Local 36, in response to a Washington Post article praising Ellerbe's new schedule proposal... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100200 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100200 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST How did Fannie Sellins, a union organizer of garment workers and miners, die? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100176 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100176 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST The December Delegates meeting draft minutes -- featuring updates from CSA, COPE, and a visit from members of the Occupy DC Labor Committee -- are now available on the DC Labor website... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100179 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100179 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST With the start of a new year, it's a great time to review your family's finances. Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) presents "A Financial Fresh Start for 2012: Prepare for Your Overall Financial Health and Success"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100181 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100181 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST This wraps up our review of some of the local labor movement's highlights from the past year. "It's a brand new year," says Council President Jos Williams, "and we're looking forward to seeing even more solidarity in 2012 as we continue the struggle for workers locally and across the globe..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100170 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100170 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Roll in the New Year at the twentieth annual "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100173 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100173 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Verizon Strikers, "Main Street" Sit-In, Office Cleaners Rally, and Occupy DC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100159 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100159 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST UFCW Local 400's Chuck Miller stopped by just before Christmas to pick up $450 collected by AFL-CIO and Community Services Agency staff, as well as food to take to a member in West Virginia whose entire house burned down... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100161 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100161 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST Calling it "an opportunity to reflect upon the inspiration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while articulating a renewal of our hope, and our determination to act upon the promise of our future..." the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO is planning a Rally... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100162 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100162 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST John McKee, Jr, the longtime former Business Manager of Plumbers Local 5, passed away on Monday, December 26... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100164 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100164 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST From Wisconsin solidarity to the Verizon strike, Occupy DC and a host of local struggles, 2011 was a banner year for the metro area labor movement... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100158 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100158 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CST From Wisconsin solidarity to the Verizon strike, Occupy DC and a host of local struggles, 2011 was a banner year for the metro area labor movement. As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of solidarity in 2012, we're taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive and remember some of the highlights of the past year... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100049 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100049 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST To help record numbers of struggling families receive the food and nutrition they need over the holidays, the UFCW International Union, Local 400 and the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP teamed up with Smithfield and Kroger to deliver 120,000 servings of protein to the Central Virginia Food Bank in Richmond last week... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100051 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100051 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Last chance at a pair of free tickets to the January 3, 7:30p performance of Billy Elliot the Musical! http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100053 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100053 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director Mackenzie Baris is going national. Baris '" who has led the local JwJ since shortly after it was founded in 2002, will be the Northeast Regional Organizer for national Jobs with Justice... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100038 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100038 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST A landmark agreement between Kroger supermarkets and 14 UFCW locals -- including Local 400 -- is set to improve and secure pension funds for more than 170,000 retired and active UFCW members... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100040 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100040 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST If your local organized a significant number of new members this year you could be in the running for the 2011 Organizing Award at the upcoming Evening With Labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100041 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100041 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Sometimes a meal is the best gift of all. Members of the DC chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists this holiday season raised cash and provided $1,120 worth of gift cards... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100043 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100043 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST For a chance at a pair of free tickets to the January 3 7:30p performance of Billy Elliot the Musical, email us by noon this Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100045 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100045 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Karon Yeatman, wife of Elevator Constructor Local 10's Sonny Yeatman, has passed. The viewing will be held this Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100031 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100031 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Last week's labor history tour at the Teamsters raised nearly $400 for the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund, which helps out needy families and is especially necessary during these tough economic times... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100033 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100033 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST It's not often that you see picket lines onstage, much less at the august Kennedy Center, but Billy Elliot the Musical brings the class struggle of the bitter 1994/95 miners' strike in England to vivid life... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100035 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100035 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "DC residents are sick and tired of being used as a bargaining chip" said Ilir Zherka, Executive Director of DC Vote at Friday's rally outside the U.S. Capitol... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100009 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100009 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST It's been a rough year for the 1%. So much so that a collection was taken up Friday for the "Verizon Needy Executives Fund" in front of the L Street Verizon store... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100011 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100011 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Saying that "Teachers, social workers, clerks, and all types of workers who provide vital services to the people of DC have suffered while a tiny minority continue to watch their wealth skyrocket," DC AFSCME Local 2401 President Sabrina Brown recently delivered supplies to Occupy DC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100013 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100013 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Need a New Year's resolution? Finish your degree at the National Labor College! http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100015 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100015 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Who wrote labor's anthem, "Solidarity Forever"? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100017 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/100017 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST In our report on the IPS World Bank demo last Friday, we did not mean to minimize the effort... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99992 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99992 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST With another possible government shutdown looming, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), warns that the cost to Americans could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, "not to mention a restriction in services vital to the public..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99994 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99994 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The fatcat in front of the World Bank was hard to miss. Twelve feet tall, bright orange and wearing a well-tailored suit, it squeezed a worker in its paw... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99998 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99998 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Holiday carolers serenaded Verizon board member Rodney Slater yesterday with new words to an old favorite: "On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, Verizon gave to me..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99977 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99977 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Concerned over the fate of the two occupations in DC... Metro Council President Jos Williams has sent letters supporting Occupy DC to President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and District Mayor Vincent Gray... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99979 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99979 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST A few slots are still available for tonight's Teamsters history tour with Teamsters historian Karin Jones... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99981 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99981 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "The one in need next time could be you." That was the lesson of a skit at the annual United Way charitable giving campaign December 8 at the IBEW, put on as a collaboration between management and labor at the union... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99968 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99968 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Recognizing the importance of digital communication, Utility Workers Union's (UWUA) Gary Ruffner and Stewart Acuff brought UWUA-donated tech supplies to Occupy DC yesterday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99970 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99970 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST When 12,000 U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike 30 years ago, President Ronald Reagan threatened that if they were not back on the job in 48 hours, they would be fired... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99972 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99972 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Bringing back live orchestral accompaniment to The Washington Ballet's popular performances of "The Nutcracker" ballet, the Washington Ballet Orchestra has returned to its seasonal home at the Warner Theater... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99944 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99944 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "Thank you, thank you, thank you," said Merle Munroe, clasping SEIU 400 President Sonny Reed's hand in both of hers, "I don't know how we would make it without your love and support..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99946 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99946 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "This is our fight too," said Bob Gaydos yesterday as the United Mine Workers of America Deputy Director of Organizing unloaded a trailer full of $2,000 worth of food and winter clothing into the willing arms of occupiers at both McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99947 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99947 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST After a close race, union-busting telecom giant Verizon was declared the 2011 "Scrooge of the Year," at the DC Jobs with Justice Winter Cabaret last Saturday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99950 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99950 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Find out how the horses on the Teamster logo got their names and lots of other fascinating Teamster labor history at Thursday's guided tour of the new historical exhibits at the Teamsters headquarters building... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99951 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99951 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Calling the Labor Heritage Foundation "a resource for labor culture in all of its manifestations," Metro Council President Jos Williams accepted the LHF's 2011 Union Leadership Award last Thursday night... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99924 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99924 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Helping keep Occupy DC environmentally friendly, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) President Bill Dougan and Office Manager Amy Burns donated a brand new tool kit and circular saw last Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99926 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99926 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The Community Services Agency's Building Futures program got another boost this week when the Marpat Foundation awarded it $30,000 for 2012 to bolster pre- apprenticeship work with DC residents in Wards 7 and 8... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99927 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99927 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Billy Elliot the Musical -- based on the 2000 labor fave film Billy Elliot -- is coming to town for a series of holiday performances... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99929 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99929 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Who or what is the sabo-tabby? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99905 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99905 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Holding white carnations high above their heads to symbolize the nation's millions of jobless workers more than 2,000 union, faith and community activists gathered yesterday to demand that Congress act now to extend this unemployment insurance... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99907 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99907 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The District's affordable housing crisis is so bad that the current amount of affordable housing would need to be tripled just to address existing housing needs, according to the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99909 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99909 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST With Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's call for closing thousands of post offices, reducing deliveries to five days a week from six, and cutting the agency's work force by more than 100,000... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99911 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99911 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The DC Labor Walk's December 15 Teamsters History Tour is the perfect holiday gift for the labor history fan in your life... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99885 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99885 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Occupy DC will start a hunger strike at noon today demanding voting rights for DC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99888 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99888 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "I am college educated and a military veteran as well but neither seems to make a difference in today's depressed job market," says Peter, from Keysville, VA... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99890 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99890 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The first-ever joint meeting of the combined Prince George's & Montgomery County Committee On Political Education (COPE) is at 10a this morning... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99892 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99892 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Tri-County COPE volunteer Karen Fennell and Elevator Constructors Local 10 Business Manager Jim Lowery are among the union activists featured in an IAM video about U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99897 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99897 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Three Occupy DC activists began a hunger strike for DC democracy Thursday. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99871 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99871 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The 4-day "Take Back the Capitol" occupation continues today as thousands swarm K Street, the lobbying center for the world's most powerful corporations... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99873 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99873 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST America Saves is a campaign coordinated by the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and is dedicated to helping individuals save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. <a href="http://www.americasaves.org/join">Click here</a> for access to their newsletter and to download valuable information to help you and your members. The current edition of the newsletter includes useful articles like '�Don't Increase Debt During the Holidays,'� '�Retirement Advice from Experts,'� and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99875 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99875 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Samuel Gompers was admonished for proselytizing, Frances Perkins called the event life changing, the Fire Chief was almost held in contempt for calling Max Blanck a liar and in the end the factory owners were found not guilty, despite the gruesome workplace deaths of 146 women... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99877 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99877 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/95306/pid/538">DC JWJ Winter Cabaret</a> is on Saturday night, not Friday, as reported in our 12/5 piece. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99880 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99880 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST It was not a good day to be a DC lobbyist. Despite a steady rain, bands of activists roamed downtown Washington, massing outside lobbyist offices to chant "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!" http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99847 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99847 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST With just four days left to vote, Walmart is leading a crowded field for this year's Jobs with Justice "Scrooge of the Year" award... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99849 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99849 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Today protesters will head to congressional offices to "Take Back the People's House"; tomorrow thousands will take over K Street at noon to "Make Wall Street Pay..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99851 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99851 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Honorees at Thursday's Labor Heritage Foundation "Evening of Labor Honors" include Metro Council President Jos Williams, a longtime supporter of labor arts and culture... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99853 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99853 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Draft minutes from last month's Metro Washington Council Delegate and Executive Board meetings are now available on the Council's website... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99854 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99854 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST In our December 1 article, "DC Workers Support Massive UK Public Sector Strike," we neglected to mention that DCNA President Margaret Shanks accompanied NNU's Karen Higgins to deliver a letter of solidarity to the British embassy... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99824 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99824 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Dozens of Occupy DC protestors were arrested yesterday after they put up a 15-foot-tall wood shelter at their McPherson Square encampment to provide a warm gathering place as winter weather set in... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99826 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99826 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Thousands of people are arriving in DC today to participate in a 4-day "Take Back The Capitol" mobilization that includes a massive tent city on the Mall... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99828 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99828 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The DC Labor Chorus presented its annual evening of Favorite & Sacred Songs last Saturday to packed auditorium of nearly 200 labor supporters, friends and activists... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99830 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99830 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST "The reason I joined Occupy was because I was looking for what I saw in Wisconsin" said James Ploesner last Friday at the K Street Busboys & Poets... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99832 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99832 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The sign-up link for the December 15 Teamster history tour has been fixed; our apologies for the technical snafu... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99834 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99834 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST With the holiday season fast approaching, the Community Services Agency (CSA) is accepting donations of non-perishable food and gift cards for needy working families... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99836 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99836 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The National Association of Letter Carriers operates a 500-apartment retirement community in Central Florida, Nalcrest, for its retirees... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99797 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99797 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST A controversial proposal by DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe would have "devastating" effects on DC firefighters, says their union... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99799 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99799 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The DC Labor Chorus' annual Concert of Favorite and Sacred Songs -- set for this Saturday at 7:30p -- "is not the usual solemn holiday presentation of sacred songs," says Chorus Director Elise Bryant... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99801 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99801 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Saying that "The labor movement has a long and proud history of standing for justice for all workers," the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed the issue of marriage equality for same-sex couples at its recent convention... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99772 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99772 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Chanting "No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts" as they circled outside the British Embassy in Northwest DC, over 100 area workers rallied Wednesday in a show of solidarity with striking public sector workers in Britain... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99774 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99774 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Workplace fraud -- the misclassification of employees as independent contractors -- "hurts workers, employers who play by the rules, and taxpayers," said Metro Council President Jos Williams... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99776 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99776 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST The DC Labor Chorus' annual Concert of Favorite and Sacred Songs this Saturday is dedicated to the Occupy DC/Occupy Wall Street movement and features songs of particular significance to members of the chorus... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99778 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99778 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST Rodmen Local 201 has registered the first "Bowling for Gold" team for the 2012 Community Services Agency annual Bowling Tournament... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99748 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99748 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)--the key agency in ensuring workers' rights--is facing an unprecedented assault from partisan politicians and the 1 percent... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99751 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99751 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Nurses will rally in front of the UK Embassy at noon today in solidarity with British nurses and public workers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99753 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99753 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Who's the Scroogiest of all? DC Jobs with Justice needs help awarding the 2011 Scrooge of the Year, given annually to a person or company that has done the most "dastardly deeds" to DC workers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99755 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99755 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST DC Labor Walk is offering a special opportunity to get a guided tour of the new historical exhibits at the Teamsters headquarters building, while supporting the Metro Council's Community Services Agency... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99757 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99757 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99731 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99731 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Community activists with the Respect DC campaign called last week's "community partnership" with Walmart "a failure of leadership" by DC Mayor Vincent Gray, noting that the agreement is not enforceable and included no significant concessions from Walmart... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99733 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99733 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO approved a resolution calling on its members to treat Occupy encampments in the District and Baltimore as they would a formal picket line at the state fed's recent 28th biannual convention... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99735 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99735 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The unprecedented assault on the National Labor Relations Board is the topic of a forum tomorrow morning at the AFL-CIO... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99737 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99737 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The 1880's labor organization headed by Terrence Powderly was the Knights of St. Crispin, the Knights Templar or the Knights of Labor? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99714 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99714 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST In local Machinist news, IAM Local 1747 has merged with Local 1759... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99716 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99716 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST IBEW Local 26 is conducting their annual food drive through December 16... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99687 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99687 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Contributions of cold-weather clothing, sleeping bags and air mattresses from AFL-CIO staff were delivered to Occupy DC last Friday by the AFL-CIO's Eddie Acosta. </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana">Other needs include... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99689 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99689 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Washington Teachers' Union president Nathan A. Saunders presented a check and canned food items last week in support of WHUR-FM Howard University Radio's annual Food 2 Feed Drive. '�WTU is pleased to support this great cause for those in need,'� said Saunders. '�Our teachers are not only committed to our students, but also to their communities. I call upon other union leaders to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99690 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99690 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Black Friday has finally become Black Thanksgiving, leaving some retail workers with no time for turkey. '�Retail workers go above and beyond for their customers during the holiday season and take pride in their work,'� says the UFCW. But with stores like Walmart pushing back Black Friday opening times to 10 p.m.&nbsp; on Thanksgiving, retail workers who don't have a union... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99681 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99681 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>With Walmart's announcement last week that it plans to open two more stores in the District '" bringing the </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana">total to six '" Head-Roc's <a href="https://owa.aflcio.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=19bf4d57294e4757a49c13dfa53e2174&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dwHhaYiVtfIs"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99683 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99683 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>The 14 remaining Daycon strikers (<a href="https://owa.aflcio.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=19bf4d57294e4757a49c13dfa53e2174&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dclabor.org%2fht%2fdisplay%2fArticleDetails%2fi%2f95021" target="_blank">Daycon Loses Another Round, Owes Workers Over $1 Million</a>) have not been forgotten. The Community Services Agency today delivered food and funds for all... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99685 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99685 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Registered Nurse Deborah Thomas -- a long-standing member of the District of Columbia Nurses Association (DCNA) -- has been honored by The Washingtonian Magazine as a 2011 Excellence in Nursing Award recipient. Thomas (<em>left</em>), Diabetes Educator at Howard University Hospital, has served in many capacities on the </span></span><span... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99672 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99672 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's plan to cut hundreds of thousands of US Postal Service jobs and institute dramatic cuts to postal service -- including elimination of Saturday delivery -- are the target of a protest today by workers, labor allies and Occupy DC activists. While </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99674 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99674 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>After weeks of collaboration between local labor and occupiers at McPherson Square, a new tent on the square marks a next step in building connections between the Occupy movement and the local labor community. Occupiers, union members and local activists interested in developing the relationship between the two movements recently created the Occupy DC Labor Committee, which... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99676 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99676 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana">The Community</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana">Service Agency (CSA)'s annual holiday </span></span><span... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99678 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99678 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>There are two horses on the Teamster logo; what are their names? Power and Strength; Thunder and Lightning; Equality and Dignity. <a href="https://owa.aflcio.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=19bf4d57294e4757a49c13dfa53e2174&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.surveymonkey.com%2fs%2fS9P6KDK" target="_blank"> Click here</a> to vote and you could be next week's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99660 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99660 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Protestors massed on the Key Bridge last night to demand jobs and investment in rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99662 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99662 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Patrons of the posh Hay-Adams hotel were confronted last night with a militant picket-line by hotel workers fed up with working for over a year without a new contract... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99663 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99663 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST 31 men died on Lake Michigan with the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley during one of the worst storms in the lake's history... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99644 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99644 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST DC community groups reacted with dismay and consternation to yesterday's surprise announcement by Mayor Vincent Gray of two more proposed Walmart sites in the District... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99646 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99646 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Despite evictions in New York, Oakland and Portland in recent days, the Occupy movement continues to mobilize against Wall Street greed, with several local actions planned in conjunction with the 2-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and the AFL-CIO's National Day of Action... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99648 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99648 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Two dozen donors contributed $1,400 to the Community Services Agency during last Wednesday's first Give to the Max Day... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99632 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99632 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST This morning at 7a members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) will set out on a two-day march from the Verizon store in the Chesapeake Complex in Silver Spring, MD to Occupy DC at McPherson Square... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99634 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99634 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The just-released 2012 edition of the UCS Labor Books Catalog -- from local labor publisher Union Communication Services -- provides a well-stocked toolbox of books, pamphlets and more, offering scores of classic and new titles on topics ranging from negotiating and grievance handling to organizing, health and safety, labor law and labor history... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99614 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99614 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST All roads lead to Occupy DC this Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99615 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99615 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine will read some of his poems about work and workers today at 1p at the AFL-CIO... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99616 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99616 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Two bills are up for a vote tomorrow by the Prince George's County Council that will connect economic development to jobs for County residents... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99617 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99617 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The DC Labor FilmFest's popular Working Lunch videos are now available online for easy viewing wherever you are... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99618 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99618 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Click here to download the November calendar from movement artist Ricardo Levins Morales... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99593 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99593 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The race for this year's DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) Scrooge Award is sure to be a close one. The award -- given to the person or company that did the most "dastardly deeds" to working people in Washington, DC this year -- could go to anyone... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99596 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99596 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The annual Labor Fundraiser for DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will be held next Thursday, November 17... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99598 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99598 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The September issue of National Nurse -- "The Voice of National Nurses United" -- features cover shot of Metro Council President Jos Williams DCNA's Sandra Falwell, a DC Registered Nurse and member of the Council's Executive Board, and Virginia AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays, with other area activists at the September 1 sit-in in front of Rep. Eric Cantor's office in Virginia... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99599 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99599 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST What percentage of Ohioans voted in favor of the state's public employees having collective bargaining rights? Was it 61 percent, 52 percent or 39 percent? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99584 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99584 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Rep. John Conyers (D., MI), founding member of Congressional Black Caucus, and SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina head up a discussion tonight on "Economic Justice and Good Jobs For All: A Progressive Vision" at 7p... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99585 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99585 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST In the latest show of labor support for Occupy DC, a contingent of SEIU staffers marched down from the union's Dupont Circle headquarters last Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99586 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99586 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Just in time for Veterans Day, UFCW and Smithfield delivered 120,000 servings -- 30,000 pounds -- of protein to the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington on November 4 to help local veterans and their families... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99557 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99557 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Road supervisors, mechanics, payroll and customer service clerks employed at the DC Circulator voted overwhelmingly to join OPEIU Local 2 on November 4... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99559 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99559 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Construction is more than just a job for IBEW Local 26's Apprenticeship Club, it's also a way to give back to the community... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99568 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99568 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Cincinnati Fire Fighters (IAFF) member Doug Stern says Tuesday's overwhelming rejection of Gov. John Kasich's (R) attempt to eliminate collective bargaining rights of workers shows that "the focus of government should be on creating sustainable middle class jobs, rather than pushing a partisan political agenda"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99540 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99540 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Occupy DC appeared to enter a new phase yesterday when a march in solidarity with local construction workers was met with a significantly increased police presence... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99542 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99542 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST "Today's the day!" says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. Give to the Max Day, that is... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99509 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99509 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Michael Grace supports the Community Services Agency because they're "Doers, not talkers," and Renee Weitzner says she's "Happy to give as you do sooo much!" http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99515 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99515 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Got a labor event coming up? Get listed! Now you can submit your DC-area labor event right on the Metro Council's calendar http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99517 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99517 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST A total of $13,500 in new scholarships is now available through the Building Trades President's Award to members of eligible building trades unions who enroll and register in any of the online degree completion programs at the National Labor College http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99494 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99494 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST The annual Labor Fundraiser for DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is set for Thursday, November 17... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99496 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99496 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Brenda Savoy was elected President of CWA Local 2336 on October 18... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99498 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99498 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Federal Union Workers Join Occupy Protesters and D.C. Educators Rated 'Effective' Can Still Lose Jobs... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99500 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99500 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST "Thanks so much for all that you do to help people during their times of need," Julie Windsor wrote to the Community Services Agency http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99502 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99502 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST Labor Quiz: Who was Addie L. Wyatt? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99477 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99477 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT Thousands of activists rallied outside the U.S. Treasury yesterday to demand a tax on Wall Street http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99479 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99479 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT Chanting "Don't check in, check out!" two dozen students and workers picketed the Sheraton Crystal City last night http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99481 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99481 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT With less than a week remaining before the 2011 elections, NoVA Labor is doing "all we can to make sure our members and their families get out and vote for the pro-Labor candidates," reports NoVA Labor President Dan Duncan... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99483 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99483 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT You don't have to go to Ohio to help fight for collective bargaining rights there... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99465 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99465 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT At 5p last night a crowd of red-clad CWA members gathered in Freedom Square. They were joined by activists from Freedom Plaza and, soon after, a large group from McPherson Square who were on their way back from a solidarity march against police brutality in Oakland... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99467 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99467 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT It was bright and sunny yesterday when AFSCME Council 26's Carl Goldman (pictured at left) and Fern Finley stopped by Occupy DC to drop off 100 AFSCME rain slickers, but occupier Justin Rodriguez was happy to accept them http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99469 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99469 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT "Thank you SO much!" single mother "T", a member of AFSCME 2250, wrote to the Community Services Agency... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99471 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99471 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT "Whatever executive authority I have to strengthen this economy and bring back jobs, I'm going to use" President Obama told representatives from the Metro Washington Council on Tuesday http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99450 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99450 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT CWA will partner with occupiers at Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square today for a solidarity march against Verizon... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99452 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99452 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT At Tuesday's march by AFGE members who work at the federal Bureau of Prisons, who rallied to speak out against retaliation for filing EEOC complaints. <span style="font-style: italic;">- photo by Johnnie Walker</span> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99454 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99454 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT The DC Labor Walk has been rescheduled for this Saturday from 2-4p downtown http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99425 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99425 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT AFGE members who work at the Federal Bureau of Prisons will rally today to speak out against retaliation for filing EEOC complaints... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99428 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99428 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT With the Occupy movement continuing to spread across the country and around the world -- despite attempts by many local authorities to shut it down -- the Metro Washington Council is "committed to continuing to actively support the local Occupy movement," Council President Jos Williams wrote to Council affiliates yesterday http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99430 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99430 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CDT When "N" was diagnosed with breast cancer and had her hours cut at the grocery store, she turned to the Community Services Agency for help as she fell behind on her rent... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99411 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99411 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "Robin Hood was right! Tax the rich tonight!" Occupy DC activists braved rain, sleet, and the season's first snow Saturday to take the message of the "Robin Hood Tax" through downtown DC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99413 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99413 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT UFCW Local 400 hosted a delegation of workers from Japan recently. The workers, from the Japanese Federation of Service and Distributive Workers Union (JSD), were on a two-week tour visiting labor unions across the United States... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99415 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99415 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Which female labor leader was arrested 49 times over the course of her career? Was it Evelyn Dubrow, Mother Jones or Delores Huerta? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99365 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99365 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT DC nurses took to the rainy streets of Washington Thursday in solidarity with occupiers and nurses arrested earlier this week in Occupy Chicago... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99367 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99367 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT This is the last weekend to catch OBIE-award winner Kaiulani Lee's "absolutely captivating performance" as labor icon Mother Jones... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99369 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99369 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "With very few exceptions there are no statues, or monuments, or plaques" to labor history in the nation's capital, Chris Garlock, Mobilizer for the Metro Washington Council, told the Huffington Post on Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99374 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99374 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The "Robin Hood" tax -- a 1% financial transaction tax designed to take small change from bankers to support those in need -- is the starring attraction of tomorrow's Occupy DC action... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99331 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99331 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Elevator Constructor union apprentices posted an impressive 81% pass rate earlier this month on the Mechanics Exam http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99333 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99333 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Congressional Research Employees Association (CREA) Local 75 is the latest affiliate of the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99335 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99335 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Cory McCray "learned hard work, dedication and commitment" as an IBEW apprentice in Baltimore http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99301 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99301 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT After more than a year of negotiations, 250 members of UFCW 1994 have won a new contract at the Prince George County Memorial Library System... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99303 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99303 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT An introductory training on strategic corporate research taught by seasoned researchers and campaigners will take place November 14-16 at the National Labor College... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99306 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/99306 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "I don't want to be a stickler but I watched a video of the Walmart event..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95398 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95398 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The Kaiser Thrive Awards are to Kaiser employees as the Academy Awards are to actors, a great achievement and honor. One of the stars who made Kaiser thrive over the years was Local 400 Executive Board member Jaki Bradley... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95400 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95400 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Longtime union - and gay rights - activist Peggy Shorey will receive the President's Award at the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club 35th Anniversary Leadership Awards this Thursday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95402 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95402 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT From the Labor Hall of Fame to Joe Hill's ashes, worker's history is around just about every corner in the nation's capital. This Saturday this history will come to life in a Worker's Walking Tour of downtown DC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95404 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95404 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Electing Debs? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95365 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95365 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Members of IBEW Local 26 recently participated in the largest solar power installation in the metro Washington... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95369 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95369 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT DC Jobs with Justice lead organizer Mackenzie Baris has won a $1,000 prize as one of three finalists for the first-ever Berger-Marks Foundation's $10,000 Edna Award for social justice... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95371 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95371 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Hasan Kalan Solomon was born on Monday, Oct. 3rd at 4:43p... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95350 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95350 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT A bright yellow tent in the middle of McPherson Square marks a new presence at Occupy DC: National Nurses United (NNU)... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95353 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95353 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Run, don't walk to this Sunday's union matinee performance of Can't Scare Me, the Story of Mother Jones... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95355 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95355 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Despite high winds threatening to blow fliers in every direction, AFGE Local 32 held its annual Union Fair at Rawlins Park in downtown DC yesterday to encourage union members to participate in the ongoing Combined Federal Campaigns... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95363 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95363 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Walmart Chairman Rob Walton and other corporate leaders got a surprise last Thursday when Respect DC and Occupy K St showed up at their $1000 a plate dinner at Union Station... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95334 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95334 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Gather at McPherson Square at 5:30p tonight to participate in a surprise action on Walmart... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95336 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95336 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Financial issues can be confusing; there aren't many places working folks can get straight information about investing and financial security. The National Labor College (NLC) has partnered with the AFL-CIO to produce "NLC Invest"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95338 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95338 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "Labor-themed film may soon be getting a new lease on life," reports Angelica Das of American University's Center for Social Media on CSM's blog today... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95348 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95348 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Now in its eighteenth day, Occupy D.C. is holding its ground and becoming a stop for national activists... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95312 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95312 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "I came to (Walmart) through 'welfare to work' and now it's welfare AND work," Girshreila Green told Metro Council delegates Monday night http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95314 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95314 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "Can't Scare Me, the Story of Mother Jones" -- written and performed by OBIE Award winner Kaiulani Lee -- continues its run at the Atlas Performing Arts Center theater with a special union matinee this Sunday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95316 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95316 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Shawna Bader-Blau has been named the Solidarity Center's new executive director... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95295 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95295 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Labor historian Joe McCartin launches his new book, "Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America" tonight at Georgetown University with a discussion followed by a book signing and reception... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95297 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95297 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT This year's DC Labor FilmFest wraps up tonight with screenings of the crowd-pleasing MADE IN DAGENHAM... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95299 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95299 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The Metro Washington Council literally took to the streets yesterday as the Council's Executive Board and Delegate meetings were held at an SEIU 1199 rally, at Freedom Plaza and at Occupy DC... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95301 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95301 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Hats and coats, tarps and tents. These are some of the items occupiers in McPherson Square need most as the days get shorter and the temperature drops... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95272 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95272 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Don't miss the special FREE matinee performance this afternoon of Can't Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95274 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95274 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest continues today with screenings of Inside Job, The Company Men, The Whistleblower, and Moon... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95276 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95276 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT A new report from the D.C. Inspector General (IG) finds that local healthcare contractor VMT misused $2.7 million in city funds and calls on District officials to recoup the money... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95278 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95278 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT An update on the ongoing DC occupations and reports from two Walmart workers highlight tonight's Metro Council Delegate Meeting (6:30p at the AFL-CIO)... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95280 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95280 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The 2011 DC Labor FilmFest continues tonight with a screening of Inside Job, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95285 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95285 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Less than 24 hours before their contract expired, area office cleaners Sunday night won a tentative agreement with wage increases... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95234 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95234 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Leaders in labor, education, civil rights, and clergy from across the country will join Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN), Saturday at a march and rally for jobs and justice that connects the occupation at Freedom Plaza to the new Martin Luther King memorial http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95236 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95236 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest launches tonight at AFI's Silver Theater in Silver Spring, MD, with yet another great line-up of films about work and workers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95238 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95238 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Public servants have become popular targets for right-wing budget-cutters but the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation wants to celebrate "the extraordinary service and commitment of public employees who -- often working behind the scenes -- provide outstanding service to the residents of Washington, DC." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95220 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95220 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "We don't work, we don't eat!" The chants echoed off the downtown buildings as upwards of a thousand drenched but still defiant office cleaners and their supporters marched up I Street through the rain last night... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95222 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95222 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Highly-placed sources in DC Mayor Vincent Gray's office now say the Mayor is "actually very close" on a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA)... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95224 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95224 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Friday marks the official opening of the 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest with screenings of Up in the Air (5:15p) and a special 35th-anniversary screening of All the President's Men (7:30p)... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95197 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95197 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Occupy DC activists will connect with local union members this afternoon in a major solidarity march linking three ongoing campaigns. The march kicks off at 3:30p at Freedom Plaza... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95199 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95199 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT More than 150 labor union members and leaders, community activists, unemployed workers and religious leaders gathered... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95200 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95200 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Marshals are needed for this Saturday's National Action Network MLK Civil Rights March & Rally... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95202 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95202 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Calling it an "innovative solution" to the threat big box stores pose to the quality of life and living standards in Montgomery County, retail and grocery workers represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 have announced their strong support for County Council President Valerie Ervin's Big Box Community Empowerment Bill... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95203 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95203 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The recent spate of attacks on working families have extended to area public school employees. The Association of Supervisory and Administrative School Personnel (ASASP) reports that they've recently filed 30 grievances and a Demand for Arbitration... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95205 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95205 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT "I love movies and I love the labor movement..." http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95162 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95162 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Citing her "impeccable public integrity and judgment," the Metro Washington Council's Jos Williams will testify in support of Elizabeth "Betty" Noel at today's D.C. City Council confirmation hearing for Noel's appointment to the D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates Pepco, Washington Gas and Verizon... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95164 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95164 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Upcoming labor actions at the ongoing Occupy DC occupation include a labor history teach-in today at 11a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95165 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95165 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT When forty students at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Southeast DC passed a tough math and reading test they got a special reward last month, thanks to AFSCME Council 20 and Destiny-Pride... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95167 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95167 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The 2011 DC Labor FilmFest kicks off today with a free noontime screening of Working Lunch: 9 Short Films About Labor at Public Citizen... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95136 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95136 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Over a thousand protestors shut down the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon, chanting "Where are the jobs?" mockingly beneath the big "JOBS" banner across the Chamber's headquarters on H Street and Connecticut Avenue... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95138 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95138 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Volunteer at this year's DC Labor FilmFest... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95141 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95141 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Saying that Mayor Vincent Gray has failed to deliver a promised Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Walmart, dozens of community groups and residents took their demands to the DC Council on Wednesday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95143 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95143 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Another Working Lunch screening has just been added to this year's DC Labor FilmFest line-up http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95148 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95148 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The Occupy D.C. movement got a large infusion of protesters on Thursday as the small crowd that has steadfastly held McPherson Square was bolstered by over 1,000 new protesters who set up a new camp on Freedom Plaza... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95110 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95110 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT As Occupy Wall Street-inspired protests continue to spread across the country, Occupy DC -- now in their sixth day -- is headed to Freedom Plaza today to participate in a large-scale gathering and occupation in the nation capital. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95113 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95113 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Giant and Safeway shop stewards, members of UFCW Local 400, attended their second seminar Tuesday, September 27 to discuss the upcoming round of bargaining in the spring of 2012. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95115 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95115 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Occupy D.C. entered its fourth day of protests Wednesday with new ideas, hopes and a developing plan for survival. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95092 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95092 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Like its New York City model, OccupyDC has started small. About 30 protestors were in McPherson Square on Tuesday afternoon on Day 3 of the local occupation... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95094 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95094 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Over 800 young workers from around the world, including several from the metro DC area, gathered in Minnesota this past week for the AFL-CIO's second Next Up Young Worker Summit... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95096 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95096 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT '�Many Hands Make a Stronger Community. Each One Help One.'� This is the mantra of the Combined Federal Campaign, the United Way Campaign and the DC One Fund Campaign, all of which are in full swing at area worksites now. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95076 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95076 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Downtown DC rents run $80 a square foot and more, but the people who clean those offices often don't even make that much in a day's work. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95078 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95078 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT The OccupyWallStreet movement has arrived in DC. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95049 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95049 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Federal Aviation Administration workers furloughed earlier this year (4,000 FAA Workers Furloughed 7/22 UC) learned Friday that they'll receive back pay for the two weeks they were out of work. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95051 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95051 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>ATU Local 689 Recording Secretary Anthony Garland was appointed President of the CAN-AM Conference at the recently-held annual Conference meeting. His term will run until 2013, reports Local 689.</span></span> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95053 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95053 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CDT Now you can see for yourself what all the fuss in Maine was about. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95019 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95019 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT CWA & IBEW's two-week strike in August showed Verizon and Verizon Wireless that it could not keep stonewalling at the bargaining table. Jobs with Justice is ramping things up with a national Day of Action today, including a noon leafleting/demo at the F Street Verizon Wireless store in downtown DC. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95021 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95021 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Daycon now owes its workers over a million dollars. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95023 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95023 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT If you'd like to volunteer to help the United Way decide funding priorities next year, here's your chance. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95024 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95024 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT '�I have been attending the DC Labor FilmFest for 7 or 8 years now,'� writes Beverly in response to our '�Favorite Things about the DC Labor FilmFest'� <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DFGRJDT">contest</a>, '�and thoroughly enjoy the variety of films and shorts that are both thought-provoking and enjoyable. I always look forward to attending as many films as I can during FilmFest week, and enjoy introducing others to the world of labor films. Keep up the good work!'� Adds... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95003 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95003 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Turns out shoppers don't like being turned into involuntary checkout clerks after all. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95005 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/95005 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Community allies will join CWA members and other union members tomorrow at the F Street Verizon Wireless store as part of a national Day of Action for Verizon. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94956 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94956 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT With streets barricaded by police for blocks around the "Save America's Postal Service" protest site at 14th & F NW, Michael Wilson declared '�It's clear that a crime is being committed.'� http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94960 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94960 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT With a 12 under par score, the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust team (photo: Chuck Graham, Chang Suh, Lesyllee White and Joe Barilotti) edged out the Tyrone Conard team (10 under; Tyrone Conard, Steve Donovan, Curtis Sims & Nate James) to take first place in Monday's 16th annual Community Services Agency golf tournament. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94940 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94940 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT With the future of the Postal Service at stake, all four postal unions '" united as "Save America's Postal Service" -- are joining together, along with their supporters in the labor movement, today at 4p with rallies in every Congressional district in the country, including a number in the metro Washington area... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94942 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94942 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Union golfers took over the all-union Enterprise golf course yesterday in Mitchelville, MD as they enjoyed a gorgeous fall day and raised much-needed funds for the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94944 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94944 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT What's your favorite thing about the annual DC Labor FilmFest? http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94918 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94918 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)'s recent decision to sell to Bloomberg should have no immediate effect on employees '�since under our contract any buyer is required to honor the collective bargaining agreement,'� reports Newspaper Guild Local 30325, '�but what happens later could depend on the strength of the union.'� http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94921 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94921 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT David Boundy has been named the Director of the AFL-CIO's new Campaigns Department, responsible for coordinating the mobilization work of the more than 12 million members of the AFL-CIO. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94876 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94876 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT For the third time in a week, area office cleaners rallied Thursday night to ask for their chance at sharing in the American Dream. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94853 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94853 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Area office cleaners have hit the streets in recent days to demand their chance at sharing in the American Dream. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94828 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94828 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Enthusiasm was high at Monday night's Metro Council meeting, as delegates fresh off the summer break heard reports on the ongoing battle for a contract at Verizon... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94830 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94830 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT The topic of African Americans in organized labor is a focus of The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the Black Middle Class panel discussion (2-4p at the Convention Center). http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94831 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94831 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Longtime AFL-CIO staffer James Parks (l) is retiring. Parks '" a frequent byline on AFL-CIO Now blog posts -- has been at the AFL-CIO for 21 years... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94835 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94835 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong><a href="https://owa.aflcio.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=a64c9e35588746daa16c239f47c9cd80&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2funionjobs.com%2fstaff%2fnlc%2fNLC-38.html" target="_blank">Academic Advisor</a>&nbsp; (posted September 13)<br> National Labor College</span></span> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94851 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94851 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Labor-endorsed candidate Derrick Leon Davis won big in Tuesday's Special Election to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Leslie Johnson, wife of former County Executive Jack Johnson... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94821 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94821 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT A Town Hall meeting is being held tonight in Silver Spring to help organize for real, progressive solutions. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94838 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94838 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Monday was a big day for DC resident Gloria Morrison. The newly-minted Building Futures graduate (photo) celebrated her first day on the job as a Sheet Metal apprentice... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94806 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94806 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT As the clock ticked toward a Friday midnight deadline, the Senate passed the FAA authorization (HR 2887) which extended FAA programs for four months by a vote of 92 to 6. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94782 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94782 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT The store manager at the Laurel Walmart got an unexpected surprise Wednesday during the regular morning meeting with store employees. One of the workers stood up and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94784 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94784 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Time's almost up to let the world know you support the DC Labor FilmFest by taking an ad in the FilmFest program guide. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94786 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94786 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Metro Council President Jos Williams (l), Council Trustee Fred Allen (center) and Community Services Agency Client Services Coordinator Sylvia Casaro celebrate their birthdays Thursday at the Council/CSA offices. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94768 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94768 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Hotel workers across the country are now actively organizing against oppressive employer policies. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94770 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94770 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT William C. Doherty (l), 84, who directed the AFL-CIO's outreach to trade unions in Latin America for 35 years, died Aug. 28, reports The Washington Post. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94780 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94780 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT (Updated 7P 9/15): Minutes ago, the Senate passed the FAA authorization (HR 2887) which extends FAA programs for four months by a vote of 92 to 6. In recent days Senator Tom Coburn had placed a hold on the bill... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94757 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94757 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">MCGEO/UFCW 1994 members who work in the Prince George's County Memorial Library System have voted overwhelmingly '" 109-8 -- to ratify an agreement with the library, reports Local 1994. '�Congratulations to all and a special thanks to a fantastic bargaining team!'�</span></font> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94758 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94758 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Small business owners, labor leaders, and workers will unite this morning (11a in Lafayette Park) to speak out against Congressional proposals to impose E-Verify, an "error-ridden government computer database" created to determine a person's authorization to work in this country, upon virtually every employer in the country. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94760 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94760 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT If you missed the recent inaugural West Virginia Mine Tour, there's another scheduled for September 25-27. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94741 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94741 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Local worker advocates are pushing the DC Department of Employment Services to enforce payment of a living wage to employees of direct care providers in the city. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94743 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94743 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT The OPEIU Local 2 Unit at National Electrical Benefit Fund had a $5 foot-long hot dog lunch on August 17 to raise funds for the Metro Council's Community Services Agency. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94745 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94745 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Small business owners, labor leaders, and workers will unite to speak out against Congressional proposals to impose E-Verify, an error-ridden government computer database created to determine a person's authorization to work in this country, upon virtually every employer in the country. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, September 14; 11a; Lafayette Park, H street between 15th and 16th Streets, NW</span> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94723 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94723 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Verizon workers got a taste of international solidarity when delegates from UNI -- the global union for skills and services workers -- turned out at last Wednesday's demo at the L Street Verizon Wireless store. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94725 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94725 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Time's running out to sign up for golf teams and reserve tee signs at this year's 16th annual Community Services Agency Golf Tournament, set for Monday, September 26. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94693 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94693 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic;">by Daniel Duncan</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">After escaping downtown DC following the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, my wife and I headed straight to Fairfax Hospital to donate blood, but so many others had the same idea that the hospital had run out of parking spaces and was asking folks to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94695 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94695 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-style: italic;">by Edward C. Smith</span><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 11, 2001, will forever be remembered as the saddest day in the history of the American fire service.</span> As fire fighters during the 9/11 attacks, we knew the loss of life to first responders and civilians would be staggering, but no one was prepared for the final count of 343 fire fighters and thousands of civilians. Some of our members were called over... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94680 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94680 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Literally hundreds of contributions large and small poured into the Metro Council's Community Services Agency after the 9/11 attacks as the CSA and affected unions struggled to cope with the massive effects on local workers '" who lost their livelihoods in an instant -- and their families. Here's a small sample of some of the inspiring outpouring of support... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94682 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94682 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Celebrate Labor: Where Art and Politics Meet opens tonight at VisArts at Rockville. The show presents the work of Maine artist Judy Taylor, whose 11-panel Labor Mural was removed in March from the headquarters of Maine's Department of Labor by Republican Governor Paul LePage. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94665 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94665 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT by John A. Boardman: When the images of the towers appeared on TV on the morning of 9/11 and we watched the smoke billowing out of the Pentagon we had no idea what was ahead. Our immediate concern was for the members who worked in the cafeterias at the Pentagon. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94667 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94667 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Postal workers from around the world with march and leaflet to support CWA workers at Verizon at 5p today (watch our website for weather updates). http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94668 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94668 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT The DC Employment Justice Center (EJC) has been joined by several new staffers, including new Executive Director Barbra Kavanaugh. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94646 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94646 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT The awful events and aftermath of 9/11 -- 10 years ago this Sunday -- presented the Metro Washington Council's Community Services Agency with many challenges... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94648 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94648 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT Plan to join postal workers from around the world tomorrow at a 5p march and leaflet to support CWA workers at Verizon. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94624 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94624 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hundreds of activists demanding a '�Main Street Contract'� staged a sit-in outside House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R., VA 7) Richmond district office Thursday. Another group was blocked from attending a "Citizen's Advisory Council Meeting" Wednesday night by police and private security.&nbsp; <br><br>Chanting '�Hey hey ho ho, Cantor's lies have got to go'� and singing '�This Land is Your Land,'� the labor,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94626 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94626 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Friday, 9/2: </span><a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/94592/pid/538"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">F-Street Verizon Wireless Store Leafleting</span></a><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">1p; F Street Verizon Wireless... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94598 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94598 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT "We don't want to wait until someone is injured or killed," ATU Local 1764 President Wayne Baker told Union City Monday as his members picketed outside Metro headquarters in downtown DC. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94600 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94600 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has reopened the application intake for the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program (EHLP)... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94603 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94603 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT You be the judge! Help the DC Labor FilmFest finalize Working Lunch, the FilmFest's annual compilation of short labor videos. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94544 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94544 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">VMT Long Term Care Management, a controversial D.C. contractor that operates multiple healthcare businesses, is facing serious scrutiny both online and on the street. VMTwatch.org went live Tuesday with a comprehensive look at the problems at VMT, which manages a D.C.-owned nursing home, runs a publicly funded home healthcare agency, and operates a troubled education center in the District. The launch of VMTwatch.org came on the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94567 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94567 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Verizon Wireless leafleting is back! While CWA and IBEW members at Verizon Communications have returned to work while their unions proceed with contract bargaining with Verizon, CWA is conducting '�informational leafleting'� at Verizon Wireless stores to maintain pressure for a fair contract settlement.&nbsp; The next leafleting will be on Monday, August 29 at noon at both the <a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94568 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94568 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">U.S. employers must now post notices informing workers about their legal rights to form a union and bargain on contracts, the National Labor Relations Board said yesterday. Unions and labor-rights groups cheered the news, while the Chamber of Commerce and its allies '" which had vociferously opposed the new rule '" complained bitterly. '�It's almost like an invitation to non-union employees to start thinking about joining... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94498 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94498 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;The week-long celebration of the new <a href="http://www.mlkmemorial.org/">Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial</a> continues this Friday with a national symposium on jobs, justice and the American dream sponsored by the AFL-CIO and The King Center. <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/c/18/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=4206">Click here</a> to RSVP for the live webcast Friday beginning at... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94500 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94500 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The August 19 deadline for ads in this year's DC Labor FilmFest Program Guide has been extended until Friday, September 2. Don't miss this chance to support one of the world's only film festivals dedicated to workers and their issues. Email Chris Garlock at <a href="mailto:cgarlock@dclabor.org">cgarlock@dclabor.org</a> today to reserve space for your ad or <a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94502 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94502 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The National Labor College's<a href="http://www.nlc.edu/programs-unionskills.html"> Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program</a> includes Secretary Treasurers LM-2 Requirements (September 19-23) and New Union Staff (October 23-28). LM-2 Requirements is five-day workshop designed to provide effective tools, with&nbsp; hands-on time in the computer lab for union members, officers and staff to develop proficiency with Quick... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94459 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94459 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT As reported in Saturday's Alert, 45,000 striking Verizon workers will return to work Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94461 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94461 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT Finding irony '" and perhaps a whiff of hypocrisy '" in the Chinese design of the new Martin Luther King Memorial, Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & D.C. has launched a Facebook campaign called '�Don't Tarnish the Dream.'� http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94463 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94463 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dedication Week for King Memorial: Huge crowds of area residents and visitors are expected to mingle with dignitaries, congressional leaders and the diplomatic corps this week at events marking the dedication of the <a href="http://www.mlkmemorial.org/">Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial</a>. Tuesday is DC Residents' Day as Mayor Vincent Gray and the Mayor's Host Committee '" which includes Metro Council... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94452 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94452 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT Thanks to labor unity and public support for bargaining rights, striking Verizon workers will return to work on Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured, report CWA and IBEW. All pickets and demonstrations have been canceled, including today's planned picketing at the Verizon Center in downtown DC. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94392 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94392 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2">Local CWA </font><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">members and supporters, including National Nurses United, and Jews United for Justice picketed the Verizon Wireless store on L St. in DC today from Noon until 1. </span></font><br><font size="1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">-Caption and Photo by Matthew Fournier</span></font><br> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94375 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94375 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2">This year's Labor in the Pulpits/Labor on the Bimah program will kick off Labor Day weekend and continue through September. The program offers a way for congregations to raise working people's issues during their worship services as well as celebrating working people in their communities and offering prayers of support. Some congregations will be inviting union members and other workers to speak to them, including members... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94348 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94348 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Blasting Verizon's national ad campaign calling for the elimination of 50 years of negotiated contracts, CWA President Larry Cohen yesterday rallied over 300 '�loud and proud union members and their families'� yesterday at the Broad Run High School in Ashburn VA, reports NOVA Labor President Dan Duncan. Cohen '�said this was clear battle to save America's middle class,'� adds Duncan. Also speaking at the rally were CWA 2222... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94356 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94356 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">With hot dogs grilling nearby, the sun peeping through the clouds and a cool breeze in the trees above, the mood was more festive than fiery at Tuesday's noontime rally by striking Verizon workers in Silver Spring. Metro Council President Jos Williams soon had the crowd of several hundred CWA 2108 and 2336 members fired up, though, their chants of '�One day longer'� echoing past the giant inflatable rat and across Columbia Pike to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94288 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94288 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2">APWU Nation's Capital and Southern MD Local President Dena Briscoe '" were featured in a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-service-long-a-gateway-to-middle-class-is-facing-major-job-cuts/2011/08/12/gIQADpXZDJ_story.html">Washington Post story</a> yesterday on the Postal Service's proposed job cuts. '�Briscoe had not yet completed her senior year at Ballou High School when her stepfather drove her to the local... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94290 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94290 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Members from UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO left Gaithersburg, Maryland Friday bound for Birmingham, AL in a truck loaded with household goods, furniture and supplies for victims of tornados that tore through that region earlier this year. '�We're grateful for the generosity of our members, their neighbors, friends and family who donated thousands of dollars worth of goods to replace what was lost and help our brothers and sisters get back... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94277 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94277 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT Verizon strikers and their supporters -- including area students -- turned out in force at the F Street Verizon Wireless store in downtown DC on Saturday, August 13. Here are a few snapshots of the mid-day action, from the Metro Council's Rick Powell (top right, bottom right, bottom left) and the AFL-CIO's Scott Reynolds (top left). <br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Got strike photos? Send 'em in -- along with your report(s) from DC-area Verizon picket lines... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94214 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94214 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On Tuesday, red-clad picketers marched outside the Verizon Wireless store on F Street, NW in Washington, DC to urge Verizon to settle a fair contract that will give workers more benefits instead of taking them away. Almost 45,000 workers are on strike throughout the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The workers on strike include field technicians, service representatives, operators and other support... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94216 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94216 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The Metro Washington Council on Wednesday endorsed Derrick Leon Davis <span style="font-style: italic;">(second from right)</span> to replace Leslie Johnson as Prince George's County District 6 Council member in the September 20 Special Election. Davis '�will stand with working families to keep the doors of Prince George's County Hospital open,'� said Metro Council President Jos Williams <span style="font-style:... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94218 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94218 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/94195/pid/538">Register now</a> for the 16th annual Community Services Agency Golf Tournament, set for Monday, September 26, at the all-union Enterprise Golf Course, which features a banquet afterwards at the historic Newton White Mansion. '�Funds collected for the tournament benefit the Community Service Agency's Emergency Assistance fund,'� says CSA Executive... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94220 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94220 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The recent 5th Annual Labor Night at the Nats raised much-needed funds for the Community Services Agency of the Metro Washington Council (MWC) AFL-CIO. The event was sponsored by the MWC and the Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. The following locals purchased 50 or more tickets and received on-screen recognition at a recent Nats game: Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689; American Federation of Government Employees... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94189 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94189 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT Union leaders spent the entire day Monday discussing all the issues that are on the New York/New England table and the Mid Atlantic table. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94145 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94145 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT More than 45,000 workers '" members of CWA and IBEW -- struck Verizon Communications on Sunday. A major local rally is set for noon today at Verizon's Chesapeake Complex in Silver Spring, MD (13100 Columbia Pike). '�Verizon forced us into this strike,'� CWA 2108 President Les Evans said. '�They're making billions but are trying to roll back half a century of advances. This is about busting the union.'� When the contract expired at midnight Saturday, nearly 100 concessionary company proposals... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94019 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94019 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">With just four days left until their contract at Verizon expires, CWA members throughout the region continue to mobilize, with 91% voting to approve strike authorization. With Verizon's new CEO Lowell McAdam taking over August 1, the locals were conducting an <a href="http://action.cwa-union.org/c/11/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2597">email campaign</a> to urge him to build '�a productive relationship with Verizon's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94020 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94020 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">IBEW 1900 reached 3-year tentative agreement at Washington Gas' Frederick unit, after negotiating since June. The agreement included wage increases '�along with job and retirement security for all three years for both the physical and clerical units,'� the local reported. '�In addition new classifications were created to allow individuals to progress up to a lead position in both of the respective units which breaks a 20 year... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94021 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94021 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was all based on a challenge. "He told me I couldn't do the job, and so I looked at him and asked that he give me the same chance he gave the guys. That was back in 1982." Mary Battle has certainly proven she can do the job: after nearly three decades as a cement mason, Battle was recently unanimously elected as the first female Business Manager of Operative Plasterers &amp; Cement Masons Local 891. Plasterers are building... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93981 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93981 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Labor Night At Nats A Grand Slam: Heat, humidity and another loss by the Washington Nationals didn't dampen the spirit of solidarity at Friday night's annual Labor Night at the Nats baseball game. Almost 6,000 metro-area union members filled the stands at Nationals Park for the 5th annual Labor Night at the Nats, winning the Nationals Spirit Award for Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO President Jos Williams <span... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93984 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93984 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">With contract expiration just over a week away, thousands of Verizon workers rallied in New York City Saturday, including many from the metro Washington area. CWA members in late July overwhelmingly authorized a strike against Verizon, as -- with their contract expiring at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday Aug. 7 -- contract negotiations continued on behalf of about 35,000 CWA-represented workers. Despite being one of the most profitable... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93985 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93985 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hundreds of labor leaders, rank and file workers, students, religious leaders, community activists, and will gather in Washington this week for the Jobs with Justice National Conference where they'll strategize about how to build a powerful movement of working people to defeat the corporate agenda. The conference runs Aug. 5th to 7th at the Omni Shoreham hotel and features plenary session discussions among national labor leaders,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93881 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93881 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Far below the debt ceiling debate, a grassroots effort to raise the wages of hundreds of thousands of area working poor is catching fire across Maryland. Progressive Maryland's (PM) </span><a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://www.raisemaryland.org/%20">Raise Maryland</a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> campaign '" launched in January '" is drawing support from a broad coalition of faith,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94013 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/94013 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">After securing a highly sought-after spot in the General Motors-sponsored "Train the Trainer" program in Chicago last April, IBEW Local 26 Assistant Director Ralph Neidert has finished the first round of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training (EVITP) for JATC 26. '�We are very proud to bring this dynamic new training to Local 26 and pleased to be able to continually keep our members on the cutting edge of the electrical... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93927 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93927 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The AFL-CIO is joining MoveOn to sponsor a rally to Save the American Dream <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93896/pid/538">today at noon</a> on the east side of the U.S. Capitol steps. '�In the past few days, it's become increasingly clear that congressional Republicans are willing to crash our entire economy just to keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires, corporate jet owners and oil... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93933 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93933 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'�Everything stops. No work. No pay.'� That's how Ralph Randall (below) defines a furlough and Randall ought to know: he's one of the nearly 900 area Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers who have been furloughed since 12:01 Saturday morning. Randall '" a program management analyst at the FAA for 30 years -- joined some two dozen fellow AFSCME leaders at an AFSCME Council 26 leadership training session Tuesday... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93934 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93934 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Join Sheraton Crystal City workers <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93729/pid/538"><a href="../../../display/EventDetails/i/93729/pid/538">this afternoon</a></a> at 4:30p at the Sheraton Crystal City <span style="font-style: italic;">(r)</span> as they stand with HEI Hotels workers across the country for a National HEI Hotel Workers Day of Action and demand a fair... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93899 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93899 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT It took 18 long months, but Metro employees have finally won their agreed-upon wage increase. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93900 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93900 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Two hundred workers at the Family Services Foundation (FSF) are now "proud brothers and sisters" in SEIU Local 500. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93901 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93901 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong></strong>The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP) deadline has been extended to July 27 and may be extended further. The program is for homeowners at least 90 days behind on their mortgage payments who are unemployed, underemployed, or have a medical condition. To apply, <a data-cke-saved-href="http://findehlp.com/documents/EHLP_FullSet_Forms_R3_Fillable.pdf"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93879 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93879 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Verizon is apparently taking its' negotiating cues from Republicans in Congress, who a frustrated President Obama last weekend accused of being unable to '�say Yes to anything.'� After Verizon rejected union proposals on Friday, CWA modified its' demands and returned Saturday only to have them rejected again. '�We are ready to talk when they are ready to negotiate,'� CWA said. The union '" including area CWA locals -- is holding a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93883 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93883 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT After more than three months of negotiations, Newspaper Guild Local 32035 has reached a tentative agreement on a two-year contract with The Washington Post. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93866 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93866 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2">Both major teachers' unions '" the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) -- will rally with education reformers in Washington this Saturday for the <a href="http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org">Save Our Schools March &amp; National Call to Action</a>. The rally '" which aims at '�putting the public back in public schools!'� -- begins at noon at the Ellipse, followed by a march on the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93868 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93868 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Despite the challenges of training and placing workers during the worst economic times in recent memory, the Metro Council's Community Services Agency Building Futures pre-apprenticeship training program '" which recently won a $900,000 grant <span style="font-style: italic;">(</span><a style="font-style: italic;"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93860 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93860 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Some 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees -- including nearly 900 in the metro Washington area -- were furloughed Saturday. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93784 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93784 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Corrections workers in our nation's prisons are fed up with facing threats from both prisoners and bosses. The American Federation of Government (AFGE) Employees Council of Prison Locals called on Attorney General Eric Holder and the United States Congress in July to hold Bureau of Prisons (BOP) leadership accountable for failure to make changes to the climate of retaliation... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93806 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93806 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">DC area union members and their older dependents can save themselves from what most sufferers call "excruciating" pain and possible vision damage by getting vaccinated against shingles.&nbsp; Many union health plans cover the cost of the shot and CVS and Safeway Pharmacies can give the shot without a prescription from a doctor, if the eligible adult has proof of age. National Writers Union member Carolyn Jacobson, who focuses... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93808 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93808 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">NABET/CWA Local 31's office is moving to Lanham. The local's new address -- as of August 1 -- is 4483-B Forbes Blvd in </span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lanham, MD 20706; their new phone is <a href="tel:301-459-4999" value="+13014594999" target="_blank">301-459-4999</a> and the new fax is <a href="tel:301-459-4975"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93814 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93814 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Accusing the world's largest retailer of being '�the number one contributor to poverty,'� the Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition on Wednesday expressed its dismay that Walmart was included in a recent White House ceremony recognizing retailers that want to expand into underserved areas. '�We applaud the first lady's commitment to addressing childhood obesity and expanding access to healthy food,'� said Mackenzie Baris,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93823 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93823 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Contract negotiations between CWA and Verizon continued on Wednesday as the August 6 expiration date nears. Following a morning session analyzing Verizon's latest proposal, the bargaining team from CWA Union Region 2 '" which covers CWA locals in Maryland, DC and Virginia -- joined with about 100 CWA and IBEW members in a sea of red at the Verizon headquarters building in Philadelphia for a noontime rally to '�let the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93777 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93777 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Local Wal-Mart Flash Mobbed. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93779 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93779 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jenna Gold </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(r)</span><span style="font-style: italic;">,</span> Job Development Coordinator for Community Services Agency's G</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93745 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93745 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"><span style="color: black;">Next week educators, teachers and parents from across the country will converge on DC '�to reclaim schools as places of learning, joy, and democracy.'� <a href="http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/">The Save Our Schools March &amp; National Call to Action</a></span><a href="http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93698 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93698 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">With the clock continuing to tick down toward the August 6 expiration of contracts covering 45,000 Verizon workers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, area CWA locals are taking strike authorization votes. CWA 2107 and 2108 vote tomorrow night and Local 2222 sent out ballots earlier this month. '�It is imperative that we vote '�Yes'� and send a strong message to the companies that we will not tolerate their take-back... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93699 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93699 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The Washington Teachers Union Summer Movie Series features a screening of <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93697/pid/538"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"></span> this afternoon at 1:15 at the Benning Road/Dorothy Height Public Library. The screening comes in the wake of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93700 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93700 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Time's running out to get your tickets to the Metro Washington Council's Labor Night at the Nats! Deadline is this Wednesday to order tickets for the fifth annual event, coming up July 29. Labor Night at the Nats benefits the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund, which helps area families in crisis. This year the Nationals will play the New York Mets. Tickets are $10 per person; order 50 or more to get your... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93701 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93701 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More on 1994</span>: '�I was wondering if you could tell me where I could find more information about what is happening with UFCW/MCGEO Local 1994 in Montgomery County,'� writes Lizzie.<br><span style="font-style: italic;">Best bet is 1994's </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mcgeo.org/">website</a><span style="font-style: italic;">; all our... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93737 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93737 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Connie Knox, a life-long Newspaper Guild member who had just stepped down as the union's international chair just a week ago, has died. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93670 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93670 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Former SuperFresh workers represented by United Food &amp; Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 ratified a new contract last night and went to work as their old store in Washington reopened under the Fresh &amp; Green's banner as a unique, natural foods supermarket/restaurant hybrid. '�I couldn't be more pleased that our members will stay employed, keep their health benefits, maintain their retirement security, and continue... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93672 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93672 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The Fourth Solidarity Forum for Workers Rights and Respect will be held at 7p <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93668/pid/538">tonight</a> at the University of Maryland (UMD) at College Park campus. The event is hosted by the Black Faculty and Staff Association BSFA, which earlier this year issued a 56-page report (available on the BSFA... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93646 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93646 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's why <span style="font-style: italic;">Washington Post </span>workers will hit the street outside the Post <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93541/pid/538">today</a>. While Post Publisher Katherine Weymouth collected a generous 16.4% raise last April, as well as a tidy $1.5 million bonus, she's offering a paltry $800 lump... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93647 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93647 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT IBEW Local 26 Vice-President Larry R. Greenhill, Sr., received the Truman Award from the Charles County Democratic Central Committee last Saturday night. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93648 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93648 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT "Mockumentarian" Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap/The Simpsons) will appear at Monday's special panel discussion and one-night-only free screening of The Big Uneasy. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93671 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93671 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'�A lot of workers are angry,'� said <span style="font-style: italic;">Washington Post</span> reporter Fredric Kunkle, as dozens of Washington Post employees picketed outside Post headquarters on 15th Street NW Thursday during lunch, banging cowbells and thumping drums. '�We have seen many of our colleagues pushed or shoved out the door.'� The Post workers '" members of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild/CWA... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93629 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93629 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'�In-person customer service is the single greatest asset union supermarkets offer,'� said UFCW 400 President Tom McNutt on Monday in response to Albertson LLC's* decision to eliminate self-checkout systems from all stores by the end of August. '�When you buy groceries, there's nothing like the efficiency, quality service, professionalism and smile of a Local 400 cashier member serving your needs at the cash register. It's the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93630 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93630 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The differences, similarities and common challenges facing the American and Chinese labor movements were the focus of a free-wheeling discussion yesterday between a visiting delegation of Chinese labor leaders, government officials, and academics and the Solidarity Center and the Metro Council. Of particular interest to the visitors was the question of the current status of the American labor movement and the ongoing attacks on... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93631 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93631 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Join Newspaper Guild members this </span><a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93541/pid/538">Thursday</a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> as they protest attempts by the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Verdana;">Washington Post </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">to severely cut contract job... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93632 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93632 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong></strong>Draft minutes of the June delegate Council meeting minutes have been posted: <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950" href="../../../d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950" target="_blank">click here</a> to review.</span></span> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93636 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93636 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Calling them '�an empty façade,'� '�hypocritical'� and '�political theater,'� UFCW/MCGEO President blasted a trio of Montgomery County collective bargaining bills yesterday at a packed Council hearing. The bills -- 18-11, 19-11 and 20-11 '" would '�turn the collective bargaining process into a three-ring circus,'� Renne warned County Council-members. He called the bills '�a waste of the County's resources and an... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93614 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93614 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">'�First they change the rules, then they ignore the arbitrators, now the Council is trying to hack away at collective bargaining once again,'� reports UFCW/MCGEO Local 1994. The local is planning to show their opposition at a public hearing today by the Montgomery County Council on their proposed changes to collective bargaining rules.&nbsp; '�Late last year the County Council amended the Collective Bargaining Law to make it... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93615 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93615 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'�All I want is a decent job,'� said Shonda Sheen. '�I want to work. I love to work. I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen to my mother. I have a home to pay off.'� Sheen,&nbsp; of Yellow Springs, Ohio, was laid off in December 2009 and is about to run out of unemployment benefits. Because of state budget cuts, she also could soon lose the health care nurse who helps care for her mother who has dementia. At the last... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93616 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93616 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Now you can easily share <span style="font-style: italic;">Union City</span> stories using your favorite social media networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, My Space and dozens more! Look for the "sharethis" link at the top of each archived news article on the Metro Washington Council's <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/Articles/pagesize/10/pagetop/0/pid/525">website</a> and simply click on the icon that best suits your social media needs. <br> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93600 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93600 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT The cupboard is empty. The need for help for area workers is higher than ever but the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund has been drained, reports CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. '�No contribution is too large or too small,'� says McKirchy, '�but all are tax-deductible!'� Among those in need of help are members of Teamsters Local 639 '�who have been out on strike for over 15 months against Daycon, which refuses to negotiate and return the strikers to work despite... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93601 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93601 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Don't let former comedian Al Franken's presence fool you, <a href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93574">'�The Jobs Crisis '" Moving to Action: A Dialogue Between Workers and Policymakers'�</a> is no laughing matter. Especially after unemployment rose in June for the fourth consecutive month. Sen. Franken (D., MN) joins commentator Bob Herbert, economist Heather Boushey, Rep. Sander Levin (D. MI?), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and others for a discussion... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93602 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93602 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Washington has a long history of women migrating to this area do to domestic work. In the early 1900's, African-American women from Mississippi, Georgia and the Carolinas came here to work as care workers for families. These early home care workers '" many of whom trained at the Nannie Helen Burroughs National Training School for Women where the motto was '�Work, Support Thyself'� -- were concerned about benefits, training, a career ladder, and organizing. A century later, Washington's home... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93570 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93570 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Facing growing pressure to hit financial targets and working conditions that need improvement, CVS pharmacists in the Washington, DC area have tripled their membership in Local 400 in recent months. '�I think in the past, people thought the union is some person who goes to CVS and makes decisions for us,'� says Emanuel Njoku, a Local 400 member and 18-year CVS pharmacist who currently works at store #0452 in Greenbelt and is one of many member activists working to sign up their coworkers.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93571 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93571 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P>'�There's definitely a trend of movies about the workplace,'� director Seth Gordon told Union City in a recent interview. Gordon directed the new black comedy Horrible Bosses which opens tonight. The film stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as '�average suburban working Joes,'� said Gordon, '�trapped and victimized by the people they work for in ways that are truly heinous and profound until they just can't take it any more.'� Although Gordon denies there's any social... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93564 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93564 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>The national Caring Across Generations Campaign -- initiated by Jobs with Justice, the National Domestic Worker Alliance and other partner groups -- will kick off with a free local event in Washington on July 12 at the Washington Hilton. The campaign is focusing on winning better public policy for home care workers and helping them organize. '�Every eight seconds someone in our... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93567 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93567 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Longtime labor educator and activist <strong>Elise Bryant</strong> is retiring from the National Labor College. As of early September, Bryant says '�I will be transitioning to a new adventure and will bid farewell to my full time worklife at the National Labor College.'� Bryant called her nearly 14-year career at the NLC '�an amazing ride -- full of exceptional learning... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93568 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93568 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong> The latest free monthly <a href="https://owa.aflcio.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c5ff47c02d5d49939804bb54120ea15b&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com%2fRLMA%2f15496%2fpdf%2fcal201107.pdf" target="_blank"> calendar</a> from movement artist Ricardo Levins Morales is now available, plus he's now offering a <a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93544 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93544 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT The free ride ended for thousands of state employees on July 1 when AFSCME Maryland's historic '�fair share'� agreement with the state went into effect. The new law allows AFSCME to collect fees from nonmembers -- who the union has long been legally required to represent -- and is expected to net the union millions more annually.&nbsp; '�Having more resources available at our disposal means stronger protection of our current benefits, protection from future attacks, and it means we will... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93546 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93546 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Deadline for the Berger-Marks Foundation's Edna Award is July 15. The Edna will award $10,000 to a young woman leader in the social justice movement, spotlighting '�significant contributions to social justice and bestow a significant honor to a young woman whose leadership has already fueled social change,'� says the Berger-Marks Foundation. The award is named after Edna Berger, the foundation's namesake and an early organizer at The Newspaper Guild-CWA. The foundation is accepting... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93530 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93530 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Corporate America's role in redefining the labor movement and worker's rights is the focus of <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93463/pid/538">Koch Party</A>&nbsp;tonight at Busboys &amp; Poets. This monthly series is designed to raise awareness around issues traditionally championed by organized labor, in this case, the impact of corporate money on worker's rights. Andy Kroll, staff writer at... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93532 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93532 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">There's still time to join area union members at the Metropolitan Washington Council's 5th annual Labor Night at the Nats, coming up July 29. The family event benefits the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund, which helps area families in crisis. This year the Nationals will play the New York Mets. Tickets are just $10 per person; order 50 or more to get your local's name on the big screen! <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93538 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93538 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <font color="#1f497d">'�We had a wonderful group representing labor'� in Monday's &nbsp;Dale City Independence Day Parade, reports Northern Virginia Labor Federation President Dan Duncan. More than 50 union members and their families celebrated the Fourth of July by marching in the parade, including members of AFT, CWA, IAFF, IBEW, IUOE, OPEIU, SIU, SMWIA and UFCW. UAW-made pickups sported '�We Are One'� signs and Duncan says that '�We were very well received,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93489 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93489 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>The Montgomery County Council yesterday passed legislation imposing reduced disability benefits for police officers. George Leventhal&nbsp; was the only '�No'� vote on Bill 45-10, which the Metro Washington Council in an Action Alert blasted earlier this week as '�anti-labor, anti-union and anti-public worker'� and an&nbsp; attack on collective bargaining and Montgomery... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93491 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93491 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT Humor is the latest weapon in the battle over collective bargaining rights. The AFL-CIO recently released three funny short <a href="http://collectivebargainingfacts.com/">videos</a> showing what happens when workers don't get a voice at the bargaining table. In <span style="font-style: italic;">Negotiatin' Like It's 1999</span> workers literally run into a closed door when they try to negotiate, while in <span style="font-style: italic;">Why Is Everyone So Down... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93493 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93493 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:verdana"><strong></strong>Sixteen-year-old Tony Nguyen (r) is DC Jobs with Justice's 2011 Summer Benjamin Banneker Fellow.&nbsp; A Vietnamese American from the District, Nguyen starts his senior year at Woodrow Wilson High School this year.&nbsp; In his work with DC JWJ so far, he's been involved with Labor in the Pulpits, the Respect DC Campaign and the Caring Across Generations... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93445 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93445 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Area labor activists can celebrate the nation's birthday and promote the union movement at the Dale City (VA) Independence Day parade and festivities next Monday, July 4. '�This is a fun time for one and all,'� says NOVA Labor President Dan Duncan. '�Wear your union shirts and caps and bring your local's banner!'� Meet at 9a in Mapledale Plaza in front of the Giant on Dale Blvd, 5469 Mapledale Plaza. For more information, contact Ernest Cardwell at 240-508-2090. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93447 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93447 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT The UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO '�Unity Team'� '" led by President Gino Renne -- swept nominations at Local 1994 in mid-June and were elected by acclamation to serve a three-year term beginning this December. "The new leadership team stands ready to continue to fight to defend the economic interests of our members and their families, to advocate for safe and fair workplaces and healthy and just communities," they said. Renne also serves as 1st Vice-President of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93456 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93456 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Eight hundred thousand federal workers could end up furloughed if Congress fails to move forward on an increase of the debt ceiling. That's according to a study conducted by George H.W. Bush former Treasury undersecretary Jay Powell who crunched the numbers with assistance from Bill Clinton's former budget director Alice Rivlin and retired Senate Budget Committee Chairman Republican Pete Domenici. "This is the height of irresponsibility," said AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93428 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93428 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Open hands and clenched fists. The 40,000 members of UFCW Local 400 are offering one and threatening the other as they prepare for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93430 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93430 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Just a month after completing the Building Futures training program in May, Anthony Evans is now working full time as a Plumber... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93432 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93432 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Michael Podhorzer will be the new political director for the 12 million-member AFL-CIO, driving one of the largest independent... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93418 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93418 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT A Newspaper Guild official representing Washington Post employees expressed concern earlier this month about the paper potentially moving away from using professional journalists. "The Post very clearly is trying to make it much easier to lay people off and pay them less severance or even re-classify jobs and by reclassifying jobs, paying you less, at their total discretion. That is what we are really fighting against," said Fredrick Kunkle, co-chair of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93421 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93421 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT As tough as last year was for local workers, it would have been far worse without the efforts of the <A href="http://www.dcejc.org/">Employment Justice Center</A>&nbsp;(EJC). The EJC secured almost $700,000 in back pay and damages on behalf low-wage workers in the D.C. metro area, educated almost 500 workers about their rights and responsibilities on the job, conducted over 1,300 intakes at its Workers' Rights Clinic and launched DC's first Carrotmob to reward businesses for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93398 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93398 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT DC Jobs with Justice celebrated their 9th annual '�I'll Be There Awards'� last Thursday in a packed Samuel Gompers room at the AFL-CIO. The crowd of over 100 came out to honor labor and community activists, including artist and activist Head-Roc, who wrote a song in support of workers at Giant Foods; immigrant rights' organizer Sarahi Uribe of the National Day Labor Organizing Network; students at University of Maryland who have been organizing in support of striking Daycon workers; and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93332 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93332 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P>The Metro Council's Community Services Agency Building Futures &nbsp;pre-apprenticeship training program has won a $900,000 grant as part of the Jobs for the Future consortium. '�This is a big deal,'� said CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy, '�we will get nearly $1 million over three years in partnership with the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region and Wider Opportunities for Women to keep our pre-apprenticeship training program going.'� The U.S. Department... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93344 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93344 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <STRONG>Some 44,000 airport screeners across the country have won representation by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).</STRONG> AFGE won the right to negotiate on behalf of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers by besting&nbsp; a rival union, the National Treasury Employees Union, 51 percent to 49 percent, in mail balloting results announced June 23.&nbsp; In all, 17,350 workers cast votes. "We're going to do everything we can to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93346 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93346 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT One table was bare, the other overflowing with food. At one table sat dozens, while at the other was just one person. The setting was Freedom Plaza, as over 200 DC residents gathered across the street from the Wilson Building to demand that DC Mayor Vincent Gray negotiate a strong, enforceable Community Benefits Agreement with Walmart. Seated at the long table full of empty plates, community members jeered a costumed Walmart representative at a nearby table laden with food. Speakers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93300 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93300 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Performances by women's a cappella group SongRise and performance artist Quique Aviles highlight tonight's 9th annual DC Jobs with Justice "I'll Be There" Awards from 5:30-7:30p at the AFL-CIO. Labor and community leaders to be honored for their exceptional solidarity include Sarahi Uribe of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, renowned artist and activist Head-Roc, the Drop Daycon! Coalition at the University of Maryland and UFCW 400 members Knetra Byrd, Franklin Carter, and Eric... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93302 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93302 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Dozens of Washington Post Guild members protested in front of the Post Wednesday against the company's offer of an $800 lump sum for a two year contract and cuts in layoff and outsourcing protection. The Guild contract expired on June 7. Contract talks continue. <BR><EM>- report/photo by Rick Ehrmann</EM> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93304 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93304 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Over 100 took advantage of the opportunity to talk directly to union leaders and members at Monday night's ATU 689 Town Hall meeting. Questions '�ran the gamut from farecard issues and why busses are late, to the perception that some bus operators are rude,'� Local 689 Political &amp; Legislative Director Lateefah Williams told Union City. '�Others expressed positive sentiments about our members,'� Williams added. '�One woman said that she appreciates the professional job that our members... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93306 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93306 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT If you're looking to equip member activists and member organizers with basic organizing skills, check out the upcoming AFL-CIO Organizing Institute's 3-day union member organizer training. The July 15-17 training will be held in Washington at AFL-CIO headquarters. $125 per participant includes training materials and the costs of meals for the weekend. Email Gail Tapscott at <A href="mailto:gtapscot@aflcio.org">gtapscot@aflcio.org</A> for details and sponsorship forms;... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93286 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93286 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Activists will rally today&nbsp; '" 2p on Freedom Plaza -- to demand '�a seat at the table'� as DC Mayor Vincent Gray prepares to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement with Walmart. '�How can it be a true Community Benefits Agreement if the deal is negotiated without community input?'� asks Rev. Howard Finley, a leader in the Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition. More than 40 neighborhood, labor, community and religious activists and leaders have worked together for the past six... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93291 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93291 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT UFCW Local 400 rank-and-file members Kinetra Byrd, Eric Marshall (r), and Franklin Carter are among the honorees at Thursday's 9th annual I'll Be There Awards. The three workers '�have been incredibly active in the Walmart: Respect DC campaign'� says DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director Mackenzie Baris. Thursday's event will feature performances by women's a cappella group SongRise and performance artist Quique Aviles, as well as wine, beer and light fare. In addition to speaking out at... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93294 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93294 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT '�We couldn't have done it without you!'� exclaimed Washington Hospital Center nurse Geri Lee (at right in photo) at Monday's Metro Council meeting. '�Thanks to this Council's support we won our contract,'� Lee '" joined by fellow National Nurses United members and RNs Dru Gist, Lori Marlowe and Alicia Rucker (l-r) -- told the Council delegates. '�I'd never seen the kind of outpouring of support that we did during this struggle, with so many of you showing up at our rallies and picket lines.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93296 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93296 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO honored James Bestpitch (Western MD CLC), Loretta Carr (Delmarva Peninsula CLC), Gwend Johnson (CWA and CBTU) and Charles '�Boots'� Buttiglieri (CWA) at the June 17 '�Salute to Leadership'� at the National Labor College. <EM>Photo by Alicia Paige<BR></EM> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93270 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93270 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93272 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93272 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Although the practice of learning a trade by working alongside a master craftsman has been around for </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93240 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93240 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT If you have questions for Metro workers or their union, here's your chance. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, which represents over 10,000 front-line employees of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), is hosting a public Town Hall discussion tonight at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC (9th and G Streets, NW) from 6-8p. The Town Hall will give the riding public an opportunity to meet with union officers and members, giving riders and union... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/93244 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/93244 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT Hundreds of communications workers were joined by local and global allies as they rallied outside the German Embassy in downtown DC last Friday. Circling the sidewalk in front of the embassy for over an hour and chanting '�Union busting is disgusting!'� the workers demanded that the German government '" which holds a 30% stake in T-Mobile's owner, Deutsche Telekom '" take action to support their organizing efforts and to stop DT's '�union busting'� efforts in the United States. '�We're here... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93249 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93249 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT UFCW Local 400 members sporting their gold and blue union colors made an appearance on the June 17 TODAY Show (watch for them around the 3-minute mark) when they helped unload a Smithfield truck at the Covenant House of West Virginia in Charleston, WV. Featured as part of Al Roker's Lend a Hand Roadtrip Tour, Covenant House '" founded in 1981 -- is a safety net, advocate, and safe haven in times of crisis for those in need, whether they're homeless, hungry, need help with a gas bill or just... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93253 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93253 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT The Respect DC campaign is rallying this Wednesday to demand that Mayor Gray give the community a seat at the table in negotiations with Walmart over a city-wide Community Benefits Agreement. The demo is scheduled for 2P at Freedom Plaza in front of the Wilson Building (see Calendar for details) http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93217 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93217 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93216" width=300 height=225><BR>American and Japanese transit workers learned about each other's labor movements during a recent visit.&nbsp; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 hosted a delegation of Japanese transit union leaders on May 31 at Local 689's union hall in Forestville, MD. Local 689 Recording Secretary... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93192 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93192 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93191" width=240 height=300><BR>At a rally commemorating the 21st annual Justice for Janitors Day, dozens of DC area office cleaners were joined by labor and community allies - including Maryland State Senator Victor Ramirez - in McPherson Square in downtown DC last night to "ramp up efforts to secure fair wages, family... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93193 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93193 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Draft minutes from the May Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Executive Board and Delegate meetings are now available for download on the <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950">Metro Council's website</A>.&nbsp;Mark your calendars for this month's meeting, scheduled for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89736/pid/538">Monday, June 20</A>&nbsp;at 6:30P at the AFL-CIO; watch Union City for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93176 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93176 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93173" width=300 height=247><BR>Saying that Verizon owes millions of dollars in unpaid taxes - thereby robbing states and cities of vital funds - dozens of District residents and workers rallied and marched through Downtown DC yesterday to demand that the global telecommunications giant be heldaccountable. As rush hour... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93179 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93179 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93178" width=300 height=238><BR>Workers, members and supporters of SEIU Local 32BJ will rally in McPherson Square <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93075/pid/538">today at 4:30P</A>&nbsp;to celebrate Justice for Janitors Day and to fight for a fair contract for area janitors. The... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93148 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93148 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=203 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93147" width=300 align=right><BR>The namesake of the Gloria T. Johnson Awards attended this year's luncheon last Sunday, speaking out eloquently and forcefully about the impact of the current attacks on the American labor movement. Gloria Johnson, one of the most prominent labor leaders in the United States and a long-time... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93149 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93149 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>With almost ten events and actions scheduled, this week is shaping up to be an extra- busy one for metro-area activists. See below for highlights or <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/Events/pid/538">click here</A>&nbsp;to see the complete line-up of activities on the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO's website.<BR><STRONG>- TUESDAY: Rally &amp; March To "Make Verizon Pay Its Fair Share":</STRONG> OurDC community/labor coalition... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93152 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93152 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=315 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93151" width=400 align=left> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93155 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93155 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np1qYnApKWo"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=287 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93154" width=400 align=right></A><BR>The IBEW's <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np1qYnApKWo">Workplace Democracy: Corporate Style</A>&nbsp;has won the 2011 LabourStart Labour Video of the Year contest, narrowly edging out <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93128 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93128 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=219 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93127" width=300 align=right><BR>Area workers and labor allies will hold a '�silent and somber'� protest outside the Newseum - where CBS is hosting a town hall meeting with GOP members '" at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93102/pid/538">12:30P today</A>&nbsp;to protest the GOP's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93131 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93131 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=192 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93130" width=300 align=right><BR>In the midst of Washington's second heat wave of the summer, unions representing the District of Columbia's emergency medical technicians, paramedics, fire fighters and registered nurses last Friday urged Mayor Vincent Gray to ensure that the city's ambulances are in working order and have... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93132 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93132 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR><A href="http://thisisourdc.org/">OurDC</A>&nbsp;-- a coalition of community groups, neighborhood associations, faith organizations and workers united to bring good jobs to the District '" is holding a rally and march to '�Make Verizon Pay Its Fair Share'� tomorrow, June 14th at 5P in Farragut Square.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93135 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93135 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=227 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93134" width=350 align=right><BR>More than two dozen labor history fans turned out for Friday's edition of the Washington Worker's Walking Tour, including Minority Outreach Conference attendees and local activists. Metro Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock led the Tour, which included the AFL-CIO lobby murals,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93138 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93138 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=376 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93137" width=200 align=right><BR>The <A href="http://www.bergermarks.org/">Berger-Marks Foundation</A>&nbsp;will sponsor four emerging union women activists to attend the <A href="http://smlr.rutgers.edu/labor-and-employment-relations/content/unionsummer">2011 UALE Northeast Regional Summer School for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93089 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93089 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=215 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93086" width=300 align=right><BR>Charging that the American Water Company is demanding huge rate hikes from customers and steep concessions from employees '" while showering top executives with lucrative pay packages '" dozens of workers and community members rallied outside the nation's largest for-profit water utility in... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93092 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93092 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93091" width=200 align=right><BR>Workers and members of SEIU Local 32BJ will rally in McPherson Square Park at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93075/pid/538">4:30P next Wednesday, June 15</A>&nbsp;to celebrate Justice For Janitors Day and to fight for a decent contract for area... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93095 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93095 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=270 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93094" width=250 align=right><BR>T-Mobile USA workers will be joined by local and global allies as they rally outside the German Embassy at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92936/pid/538">12P next Friday, June 17</A>&nbsp;to show Deutsche Telekom management and its largest... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93098 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93098 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=300 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93097" width=200 align=right><BR>'�This year more than ever is a critical time shore up our networks and enhance our ability to really impact and reach the communities that have been hardest hit economically and politically,'� says the Labor Heritage Foundation's Darryl Moch, who notes that the LHF's Great Labor Arts... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93101 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93101 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=180 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93100" width=237 align=right><BR>Help celebrate '�another year of victories on behalf of working people in the DC Metro area'� at the DC Employment Justice Center's Labor Day Breakfast, scheduled for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92889/pid/538">September 15 at the Renaissance Mayflower... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93053 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93053 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=336 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93052" width=235 align=right><BR>As part of a national week of action to hold the American Water Company accountable for '�steep employee cuts and consumer rate hikes,'� area union members and community allies will rally outside the nation's largest for-profit water utility this morning in <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93056 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93056 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=182 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93055" width=200 align=right><BR>The deadline to submit ads for DC Jobs with Justice's annual '�I'll Be There'� Awards '" scheduled for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92666/pid/538">June 23 at the AFL-CIO</A>&nbsp;'" is 5P this Friday, June 10. '�We hope you will consider attending... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93059 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93059 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=151 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93058" width=150 align=right><BR>Enjoy live music, a slide show featuring the Iraqi workers' movement, and hear resident reggae DJs of Ras Hall Restaurant at a fundraiser for US Labor Against The War, scheduled this <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93037/pid/538">Friday between 8:30P and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93062 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93062 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=177 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93061" width=200 align=right><BR>The DC Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) will honor Jackie Jeter (Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, at right), Dr. Lorretta Johnson (Executive Vice President, American Federation of Teachers) and Sheila Love (DC Metro Chapter CLUW President Emeritus, in memoriam) for their labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93065 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93065 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=413 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93064" width=300 align=right><BR>Local labor band The U-Liners will perform a special concert at the Takoma Community Center Auditorium on <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/93034/pid/538">Sunday, June 12</A>&nbsp;to celebrate art and activism. Cover charge is $10 per person; proceeds... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93066 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93066 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>A little bit of Wisconsin came to Capitol Hill last week when Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) '" the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee '" held a hearing on the use of '�official time'� for union activity by federal employees, reports Library of Congress Professional Guild President Saul Schniderman. '�The long-standing practice of union stewards and officers using '�official time' to handle grievances and other representational activity is... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93069 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93069 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://ultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com/RLMA/15496/pdf/cal201106.pdf"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=297 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93068" width=200 align=right></A><BR>The June calendar from labor artist and activist Ricardo Levins Morales is now available for free download. <A href="http://ultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com/RLMA/15496/pdf/cal201106.pdf">Click here... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93019 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93019 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=376 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93016" width=250 align=right><BR>Thousands of nurses and health care reform activists from across America brought their fight for a healthier nation to Washington yesterday, holding demonstrations outside the White House, the US Chamber of Commerce and the US Capitol to make sure their message is heard loud and clear. '�Hey... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93020 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93020 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Labor and community allies will rally against the American Water Company '" the largest for-profit water utility in the US '" in Alexandria, Virginia this Thursday to demand accountability for '�steep employee cuts and consumer rate hikes,'� reports the Utility Workers Union of America. The action '" which is co-sponsored by SEIU Local 32BJ and the AFL-CIO '" is part of a national effort to '�fight back against demands by American Water to impose substantial takeaways in... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93023 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93023 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=330 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93022" width=250 align=right><BR>The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital will host a '�Teach In'� on the west lawn at the US Capitol this <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92864/pid/538">Thursday between 12P and 9P</A>&nbsp;to fight for DC's statehood. '�Since 1801,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93026 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93026 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=215 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93025" width=300 align=right><BR>There are just a few spaces left for Friday's Washington Workers' Walking Tour; don't miss out! <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92536/pid/538">Click here now to register</A>&nbsp;for the 2-hour walking tour of downtown DC '" led by Metro Washington... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93029 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93029 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=232 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93028" width=200 align=right><BR>Saying that education is the key to getting a good job '" one with a good income and health care '" this year the United Way is focusing its National Day of Action on getting involved in issues related to education. '�Today, 6,000 young people nationwide will drop out of school,'� says the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93032 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93032 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=224 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93031" width=400 align=right><BR>'�Many, many thanks to all who contributed to the book drive,'� says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy, who told Union City that last week, over 350 books were delivered to the Correctional Education Libraries in Maryland. '�This was a great success!'� adds... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92993 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92993 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=279 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92990" width=300 align=right><BR>Charging that the American Red Cross (ARC) is threatening blood safety and violating workers' rights, hundreds of nurses, donor collection staff and labor allies rallied outside the ARC's downtown office on E Street NW at noon yesterday. The demonstrators circled the sidewalk for over an... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92996 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92996 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=159 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92995" width=400 align=right><BR>Hundreds of registered nurses from across America will rally outside the White House, the US Chamber of Commerce and on Capitol Hill today to call for a new '�Main Street Contract for the American People.'� The mass demonstration '" sponsored by National Nurses United (NNU) and the Labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92999 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92999 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=309 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92998" width=200 align=right><BR>Tonight's <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92787/pid/538">casual organizing mixer&nbsp;</A>'" co-sponsored by Drink With Labor and Busboys &amp; Poets '" kicks off at 6P at BB&amp;P's 5th and K location. '�Meet fellow organizers, labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93002 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/93002 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=184 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/93001" width=350 align=right><BR>Hundreds of people from Appalachia and across the nation are marching in West Virginia to demand an end to mountaintop removal, the strengthening of labor rights, sustainable job creation in Appalachian communities, and the preservation of Blair Mountain. The June 4-11 <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92958 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92958 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=195 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92957" width=320 align=right><BR>Citing ongoing threats to blood safety and workers' rights violations, striking nurses and donor collection staff who work for the American Red Cross (ARC) in Philadelphia and South Jersey will rally outside the ARC's <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92961 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92961 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=222 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92960" width=223 align=right><BR>Hundreds of registered nurses and healthcare reform activists will rally outside the US Chamber of Commerce and on Capitol Hill tomorrow to call for a new '�program for rebuilding American communities with jobs, healthcare, education, and other urgent needs, funded through a fair tax policy... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92964 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92964 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=464 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92963" width=300 align=right><BR>Meet fellow organizers, labor activists and other progressive workers at a casual organizing mixer '" co-sponsored by Drink With Labor '" this <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92787/pid/538">Tuesday, 6P at Busboys &amp; Poets</A>&nbsp;(5th... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92965 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92965 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Fed up with steep rate hikes, immense cuts to employee benefits and '�big executive pay days'� at the American Water Company, workers and community allies will rally against the United States' largest for-profit water utility in Alexandria, Virginia this Thursday to demand accountability. The action is part of a national effort to '�fight back against demands by American Water to impose substantial takeaways in contract negotiations and threaten the job security of workers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92915 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92915 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=345 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92914" width=280 align=right><BR>Striking nurses and donor collection staff who work for the American Red Cross (ARC) in Philadelphia and South Jersey will rally outside the ARC's Downtown headquarters at 12P on <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92890/pid/538">Monday, June... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92918 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92918 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=200 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92917" width=200 align=right><BR>Hundreds of registered nurses from across America will gather outside the White House, picket the US Chamber of Commerce, and rally on Capitol Hill on <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92895/pid/538">Tuesday, June 7</A>&nbsp;to call for a new '�Main... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92922 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92922 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>There's just one week left to sign up for the June 10 <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92536/pid/538">Washington Worker's Walking Tour</A>&nbsp;where Metro Washington Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock - who usually helps local and national activists make history on DC's streets '" will lead a 2-hour walking tour of downtown DC to reveal labor's often-untold story of protest and resistance. '�From the Labor Hall of Fame... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92925 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92925 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=417 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92924" width=300 align=left> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92882 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92882 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92881" width=300 align=right><BR>Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams (center) is among those being honored by the Peggy Browning Fund, which is hosting its annual awards presentation this <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92462/pid/538">Thursday, June 2, 5:30P at the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92885 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92885 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=217 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92884" width=350 align=right><BR>After being wounded in three separate attacks while serving in Iraq, Marine Jeromye Rogers found it difficult to navigate the steep steps on his front porch without aggravating his injuries. However, through the Washington DC Building Trades Council's collaboration with <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92839 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92839 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=231 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92847" width=300 align=right><BR>A new community-labor coalition called Good Jobs Better Baltimore recently '�turned the tables'� on Baltimore Gas &amp; Electric, serving the company with a '�very special turn-off notice,'� reports <A href="http://www.1199seiu.org/media/news.cfm?nid=2401">1199SEIU United... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92841 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92841 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=334 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92849" width=300 align=right><BR>Local unions across the metro area have always been actively involved in activities that benefit the communities in which union members live. '�We want to highlight your local union's story!'� says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. '�Send us information about... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92817 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92817 Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=191 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92816" width=300 align=right><BR>If you found asbestos in a home, wouldn't you tell the people who live there right away? Not if you're management at Summit Park nursing home in Catonsville, Maryland. Officials at the Baltimore-area facility had known since at least January there was asbestos in the home, but they kept the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92820 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92820 Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=200 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92819" width=200 align=right><BR>A contest sponsored by Annapolis-based Union Communication Services '" which supplies Union City's daily labor history items '" is offering $2,500 in prizes for videos, graphics, cartoons and songs speaking to the theme, "Unions Now, More Than Ever." Submissions can be made in three... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92793 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92793 Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=281 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92792" width=200 align=right><BR>DC restaurant worker Liana Estona was recently awarded $6 million in damages in her sexual harassment case against her former employer, La Carbonara Restaurant and its owner, Fekeru Bekele, reports the <A href="http://www.dcejc.org/">DC Employment Justice... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92796 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92796 Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=464 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92795" width=300 align=right><BR>Busboys &amp; Poets and Drink with Labor are teaming up for an organizing mixer June 7. The latest installment of B&amp;P's monthly Bread &amp; Roses Labor Series will be held at the <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92787/pid/538">5th &amp; K... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92797 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92797 Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>A memorial gathering to honor activist Joe Flynn '" who recently passed away (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/92554">In Memoriam: Joe Flynn, Tireless Activist</A>,&nbsp;5/11 UC) '" will be held on Thursday, June 9, from 7'"9P at Glen Echo Park (bumper car pavilion) in Bethesda, Maryland. <A href="http://www.glenechopark.org/directions.htm">Click here</A>&nbsp;for directions and parking information.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92783 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92783 Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92782" width=300 align=right><BR>This year, the Labor Heritage Foundation's annual arts celebration '" scheduled for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90284/pid/538">Friday June 17 to Sunday June 19</A>&nbsp;at the National Labor College '" promises to empower participants with... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92786 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92786 Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MetroDClabor#grid/user/C4B99EF41ABF6D67"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=216 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92785" width=400 align=right></A><BR>'�I do Local 2 new member -- and not so new -- orientation meetings in our shops,'� writes OPEIU Local 2's Lou Wolf. '�For years I had been using an old 15 min video but someone suggested you might... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92751 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92751 Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=174 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92750" width=278 align=right><BR>Adding financial insult to economic injury, federal workers may be forced to contribute more to their own pensions at the same time their wages have been frozen. Federal pensions have become an easy political target for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle looking to score points with voters... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92754 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92754 Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=218 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92753" width=400 align=right><BR>Nearly 5,000 Maryland independent home care providers have achieved another victory in a campaign for dignity that began in 2008 when they voted to join AFSCME Council 67. Recently, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed into law the providers' right to collectively bargain with the state,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92733 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92733 Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=147 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92732" width=297 align=right><BR>Frustrated Montgomery County workers are calling on County councilmembers to '�respect the collective bargaining process" after the Council voted Thursday to proceed with unilateral budget cuts after the workers had offered over $14 million in cost savings. Supporters are <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92736 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92736 Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=267 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92735" width=200 align=right><BR>Reserve your ad in the 2011 DC Labor FilmFest program book by close of business today to save 20% and receive a free 2010 FilmFest T-shirt! Email <A href="mailto:cgarlock@dclabor.org">cgarlock@dclabor.org</A> to reserve space in the FilmFest program book and <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92682 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92682 Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=195 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92681" width=200 align=right><BR>Area union members and health care reform activists will rally outside the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Tyson's Corner '" where Coventry Health Care executives are meeting '" at 7:30A tomorrow to tell Big Insurance, '�We need an economy and health care that works for the middle class, seniors and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92700 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92700 Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=220 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92699" width=300 align=right><BR>As a follow-up to the National Workers' Rights hearing in November 2009, Saturday's DC Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing '" scheduled to begin at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91926/pid/538">10:30A at the National Education... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92703 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92703 Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92702" width=300 align=right><BR>This year, DC Jobs with Justice's annual '�I'll Be There'� awards '" which honors individuals and organizations for '�exceptional solidarity work in the Metro DC area'� while raising funds to support DC JwJ '" is scheduled for <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92706 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92706 Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=263 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92705" width=350 align=right><BR>The Executive Board Monday night accepted '" with regret '" the resignation of UFCW Local 400's <STRONG>Mark Federici</STRONG>, who is now the local's Secretary-Treasurer. '�Mark has been a steadfast brother during his years of service on the Board and his incisive input has been... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92679 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92679 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92678" width=300 align=right><BR>This year, Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams (right) is among those being honored by the Peggy Browning Fund, an organization that '�educates and inspires the next generation of advocates for workplace justice through fellowships, workers' rights conferences, networking and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92685 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92685 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.nlc.edu/educational-programs/union-skills-classes"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=198 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92684" width=300 align=right></A><BR>Seeking to equip labor leaders with the skills to become '�effective advocates for sustainable workplaces,'� the National Labor College recently announced the first course in the Green Workplace... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92686 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92686 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>CBTU-DC chapter President Gwend Johnson lost her daughter, Shelia C. Brown (Mazyck) last week. Cards and acknowledgements may be sent to Gwend at: 6871 Red Maple Court,District Heights, MD 20747. '�Please keep Gwend in your thoughts and prayers,'� says Metro Council President Jos Williams.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92660 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92660 Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=187 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92659" width=280 align=right><BR>DC city workers might be forgiven for thinking they now work for Wisconsin, where public workers continue to battle attacks on their livelihoods and rights. While Mayor Vincent Gray has proposed levying a small tax on residents making over $200,000 a year to help balance the budget, Ward 3... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92663 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92663 Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=200 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92662" width=300 align=right><BR>Last week, a diverse group of workers from across the country gathered in New York City for the 2011 annual Excluded Worker Congress, where people who have traditionally been denied labor rights and benefits '" by law or practice '" met to collaborate on expanding and enforcing workers'... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92633 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92633 Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=151 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92632" width=226 align=right><BR>University of Maryland students staged a sit-in Friday to demand that the school dump Daycon, the local cleaning contractor that's repeatedly been found guilty of violating federal labor laws. The 22 students '" members of the UMD's Drop Daycon coalition -- hung a banner reading "UMD Drop... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92638 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92638 Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=226 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92637" width=240 align=right><BR>Members of the US Postal Service's largest union '" the American Postal Workers Union '" voted last Wednesday to accept a new contract that includes a 3.5 percent raise and cost-of-living adjustments over four years (<A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92639 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92639 Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Don't miss tonight's Metro Washington Council delegate meeting, jam-packed with the latest updates on the local labor movement. Reports from the Community Services Agency, Union City and COPE highlight tonight's meeting. Draft minutes from the April Executive Board and Delegate meetings are also now available for download on the Metro Council's website; <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950">click here</A>.&nbsp;All are welcome: see you... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92642 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92642 Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92641" width=400 align=right><BR>Seventy shop stewards attended the <A href="http://www.iuoelocal99.org/">International Union of Operating Engineers Local 99's</A>&nbsp;training at the National Labor College last Thursday, spending the day honing their skills and learning new ways to guide their coworkers on... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92593 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92593 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=249 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92592" width=280 align=right><BR>Area labor leaders will be featured guests on both WPFW and WAMU today. Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO President Jos Williams will have his regular chat about the latest local labor news and updates with WPFW 89.3's Gloria Minott at <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92596 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92596 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=249 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92595" width=250 align=right><BR>DC and South Africa are connected by the struggle to hold Walmart accountable. DC's Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition will visit the Embassy of South Africa <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92590/pid/538">this morning at 11A</A>&nbsp;to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92599 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92599 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=182 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92598" width=200 align=right><BR>Today at 5P is the deadline to donate books to area prison libraries through the Community Services Agency (CSA). The CSA's effort will help overcome budget shortfalls and prepare inmates for re-entry into the community. Books can be dropped off at the CSA office (888 16th Street NW, Suite... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92602 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92602 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=388 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92601" width=300 align=right><BR>You can help feed a hungry person tomorrow. And you don't even have to leave your house. The 19th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is set for this Saturday, May 14. '�This is the one day in the year when letter carriers take control of the conversation about hunger... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92603 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92603 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Don't miss Monday's Metro Washington Council delegate meeting, jam-packed with the latest updates on the local labor movement. Reports from the Community Services Agency, Union City and COPE highlight Monday's meeting. Draft minutes from the April Executive Board and Delegate meetings are also now available for download on the Metro Council's website; <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950">click here</A>.&nbsp;All are welcome: see you... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92578 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92578 Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=323 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92577" width=250 align=right><BR>Remember to leave your bags of non-perishable food by your mail boxes this Saturday as letter carriers conduct their annual food drive. '�In every corner of this country, there are people and families who are hungry, including children,'� says National Association of Letter Carriers... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92581 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92581 Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=150 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92580" width=200 align=right><BR>Outraged Washington Post newsies are demanding raises after Post publisher Katharine Weymouth (right) collected a hefty 16.4 percent pay increase despite the company's recent 66 percent plunge in profits. '�It's amazing how [Weymouth] can accept a 16.4 percent salary increase plus over a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92584 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92584 Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=227 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92583" width=250 align=right><BR>The deadline to donate books to area prison libraries (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/92254">Preparing Inmates For Re-Entry</A>&nbsp;4/27 Union City) is this Friday, May 6 at 5P. "We've had a great response so far," says Community Services Agency... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92545 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92545 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=377 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92544" width=250 align=right><BR>Health care for every American got a boost yesterday when labor leaders and activists announced support for the American Health Security Act, a single-payer, universal health care system. '�At a time when states and cities are seeking to cut workers' hard won benefits, the American Health... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92548 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92548 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=124 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92547" width=400 align=right><BR>The Montgomery County Council voted yesterday to reject County Executive Ike Leggett's budget recommendations on healthcare and retirement, '�sending us back to the bargaining table,'� reports UFCW Local 1994/MCGEO. '�All three of the Montgomery County Government unions (Local 1994, the FOP,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92551 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92551 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=231 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92550" width=280 align=right><BR>From the Labor Hall of Fame to Joe Hill's ashes, worker's history is around just about every corner in our nation's capital, if you know where to look. <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92536/pid/538">Click here</A>&nbsp;to sign up for the June 10... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92554 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92554 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=354 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92553" width=250 align=right><BR>The D.C. area lost one of its most tireless fighters for social justice with the recent death of Joe Flynn (at left). Flynn, 88, has been a constant figure at demonstrations for decades, along with Rose Marie his wife of 59 years. An active member of the Gray Panthers of Metropolitan... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92522 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92522 Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92519" width=300 align=right><BR>Nurses at Washington Hospital Center voted Friday and Saturday to ratify a new contract with their employer. The new agreement, which covers 1,650 RNs in Washington's largest hospital, includes a new staffing matrix that will increase the number of nurses at the bedside and a new... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92525 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92525 Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=383 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92524" width=300 align=right><BR>Charging that public education is under attack by '�an unholy alliance of right-wing billionaires,'� hundreds of teachers, students, parents and education rights activists rallied outside the Washington Marriott at noon yesterday, chanting '�Say no to vouchers- save our schools'� and waving... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92528 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92528 Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=266 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92527" width=400 align=right><BR>Joining together to prepare for what will likely be a challenging round of bargaining with Giant and Safeway early next year, 330 stewards gathered May 5 to prepare for the upcoming negotiations and commit themselves to mobilizing members to join together in solidarity. '�We've got to stand... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92531 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92531 Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/91804"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=386 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92530" width=300 align=right></A><BR>America's favorite pastime and the American labor movement combine for one of the local labor community's most fun events of the year. Don't miss out on this year's annual Labor Night at the Nats, scheduled for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92491 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92491 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=202 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92490" width=300 align=right><BR>Controversial former DC schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, governors Scott Walker and Tom Corbett are the target of community and education activists from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92435/pid/538">today's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92494 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92494 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=266 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92493" width=400 align=right><BR>Downtown Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance workers are taking their fight for a union to the streets again this week, with noontime demonstrations planned for Tuesday and Wednesday outside Downtown BID's headquarters on H street, NW. '�Since the SAMs voted for the Machinists union in July... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92497 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92497 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=155 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92496" width=300 align=right><BR>This Wednesday, area union members and community allies plan to pack the Prince George's County Council's hearing to support ratification of an agreement that would provide a 2% cost of living allowance to county workers. '�After months of delays, the Prince George's County Council does not... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92500 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92500 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.rlmarts.com/products/calendar/"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=307 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92499" width=200 align=right></A><BR>The May calendar from labor artist and activist Ricardo Levins Morales is now available for free download. <A href="http://www.rlmarts.com/products/calendar/">Click here</A>&nbsp;now to get your free calendar... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92453 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92453 Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92452" width=300 height=209><BR>This Saturday, you can enjoy an evening of soul-warming labor music while supporting homeless women. The DC Labor Chorus' annual Spring Concert '" '�Songs of Struggle and Joy,'� scheduled for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91440/pid/538">8P this... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92456 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92456 Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92455" width=200 height=200><BR>Labor, community and education activists will protest a '�right-wing education trifecta'� on Monday as former DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee (r), Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Pennsylvania Governor&nbsp; Tom Corbett appear at the American Federation for Children, an '�ultra-right-wing... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92459 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92459 Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92458" width=250 height=250><BR>The deadline for saving 20% on your ad in the DC Labor FilmFest Program Guide has been extended. Reserve space by 5P on Friday, May 20 in the popular FilmFest Guide and get a 20% Earlybird Discount. '�We're working on a great line-up of films for this year's Labor FilmFest and your ad in the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92425 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92425 Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=200 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92424" width=300 align=right><BR>Registered nurses at Washington Hospital Center, the District of Columbia's largest medical center, reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night on a new contract with the hospital, National Nurses United, which represents the 1,700 WHC RNs, announced yesterday (UC Twitter followers got this... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92428 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92428 Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=367 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92427" width=250 align=right><BR>While on a family trip to Colorado last weekend, Union City Managing Editor Chris Garlock (l) and his labor historian dad Jon (r) visited the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Monument">Ludlow Massacre Monument</A>&nbsp;on May Day. Nineteen people '" mostly women... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92403 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92403 Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92402" width=200 align=right><BR>Saying that Montgomery County residents '�should not have to choose between education and other vital services,'� UFCW Local 1994 last week applauded the Montgomery County Council and President Valerie Ervin in not seeking a waiver under the state's Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92406 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92406 Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=307 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92405" width=250 align=right><BR>Mark your calendar for the annual National Association Of Letter Carriers Food Drive. The Community Services Agency is encouraging union and community members to donate a sturdy bag of non-perishable items -- canned foods, pasta, rice, cereal, etc -- to be collected by letter carriers as... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92409 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92409 Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=177 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92408" width=250 align=right><BR>A little girl making a mess out of cake baking. A cartoon with a menacing dog - and a lamb. And stirring images of the protests against anti-union laws in Wisconsin. What do these have in common? They're three of the five finalists in the second annual <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92412 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92412 Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=224 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92411" width=300 align=right><BR>Was Casey Jones (r) a scab? That's what a Union City reader wondered after seeing our March 11 UCS Today in Labor History item marking the birth of the fabled railroad engineer. The question arose because of Wobblie leader and songwriter Joe Hill's song "Casey Jones'"The Scab," which begins:... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92349 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92349 Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92348" width=200 height=310><BR>Busboys and Poets is hosting its monthly '�Bread &amp; Roses'� Labor Series at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92301/pid/538">6P tonight</A>,&nbsp;an evening of labor-related poetry, film shorts from the finalists of the "LabourStart" Video... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92350 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92350 Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Workers at two Giant warehouses okayed a new contract last weekend. Workers at Giant's fresh meat, poultry, seafood and produce warehouse '" members of Teamsters Local 730 - voted 144 to 3 late last week to accept a new agreement that includes raises, a $50,000 buyout bonus payment for those currently eligible to retire and a signing bonus.&nbsp; Workers in Giant's dry warehouse voted 241 to 19 in favor of the agreement on Sunday. <EM><FONT size=1>'" Roger... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92353 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92353 Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92352" width=322 height=194><BR>All three speakers at Friday night's Northern Virginia Labor Federation Volunteer Recognition Dinner called on union members to pay attention to what elected officials and candidates say -- and do -- as Virginia heads into another election cycle. Noting that '�Wisconsin is not an... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92356 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92356 Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92355" width=260 height=337><BR>This year, the DC Labor Chorus' annual Spring Concert '" <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91440/pid/538">scheduled this Saturday at 8P</A>&nbsp;- will raise funds for the Bethany Women for Praise, a choral group affiliated with the Bethany Women's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92331 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92331 Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=341 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92328" width=250 align=right><BR>'�Hey hey, ho ho- union busting has got to go!'� yelled dozens of Downtown Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance workers (SAMs) as they picketed outside the Downtown Business Improvement District Corporations office on H Street NW last Friday. Thumping water barrels and shaking rattle cans, the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92336 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92336 Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92333" width=350 align=right><BR>In an emotional ceremony, punctuated by several standing ovations, the U.S. Labor Department inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame 1,300 Memphis sanitation workers last Friday whose 1968 strike over the right to join a union and collective bargaining was Martin Luther King's last campaign.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92337 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92337 Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>The <A href="http://www.bergermarks.org/">Berger-Marks Foundation</A>&nbsp;has announced the Edna Award, which will award $10,000 to a young woman leader in the social justice movement. The new award will spotlight '�significant contributions to social justice and bestow a significant honor to a young woman whose leadership has already fueled social change,'� says the Berger-Marks Foundation. "The Edna Award is given to a woman who has made an extraordinary... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92290 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92290 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=193 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92289" width=290 align=right><BR>Citing frustration with pay and sick leave issues, Downtown Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance workers (SAMs) '" who voted for a union nearly two years ago '" will rally outside the Downtown Business Improvement District's (BID) <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92293 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92293 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=185 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92292" width=300 align=right><BR>Truck drivers at Giant Food, represented by Teamsters Local 639, voted on Wednesday to endorse a new four-year contract by a 159 to 1 margin. The agreement, which covers nearly 200 drivers, maintains contract language that keeps the driving jobs in the Washington, DC area. '�The work can not... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92294 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92294 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Labor leaders, union members and activists will celebrate <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91925/pid/538">International Workers Day</A>&nbsp;at the National Labor College today and tomorrow. The event features '�fun, free food, games, face painting and more,'� says the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO, which is organizing the festivities. '�Bring your family, friends and children,'� they urge. '�Tour the National Labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92297 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92297 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=303 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92296" width=250 align=right><BR>A recent worksite screening of '�Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman'� at Union Privilege '�was a great success!'� reports Jennifer Wright Dorr. The 20-minute film about legendary labor organizer Mary '�Mother'� Jones (right) -- whose birthday was May 1 -- '�was very powerful for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92298 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92298 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>The deadline to donate books to area prison libraries (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/92254"><EM>Preparing Inmates For Re-Entry</EM></A><EM>&nbsp;4/27 Union City</EM>) has been extended to next Friday, May 6 at 5P. The Community Services Agency is coordinating the book drive to help overcome budget shortfalls and prepare inmates for re-entry into the community. Books can be dropped off at the CSA office... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92267 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92267 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=213 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92264" width=300 align=right><BR>Labor activists brought the plight of Deep South tobacco workers to the doorstep of the British Embassy yesterday. Calling British American Tobacco (BAT) a '�two-faced outlaw,'� dozens of labor rights activists rallied outside the Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue NW Wednesday, chanting '�Hey... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92270 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92270 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92269" width=300 align=right><BR>If the BID won't come to the SAMs, the SAMs will go to the BID. Bosses at the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) tried to duck their workers by canceling this morning's State of Downtown Report shindig, so the red-suited Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance workers, known as SAMs '"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92273 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92273 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=213 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92272" width=250 align=right><BR>Labor contributed to Vincent Orange's decisive election as an At-Large DC City Council member Tuesday. In addition to extensive District union voter identification efforts before the election, '�more than 150 union members turned out to work the polls and get out the vote'� for Orange on... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92276 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92276 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=216 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92275" width=300 align=right><BR>A Workers Memorial Day Symposium on '�OSHA after 40 Years; The Continued Fight for Safe Workplaces'� is the focus of today's <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92103/pid/538">Workers Memorial Day observance</A>&nbsp;at the National Labor College.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92251 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92251 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=210 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92250" width=290 align=right><BR>'�Horrific working conditions'� for farm workers who harvest tobacco are sparking demonstrations at British Consulates across the country today (Wednesday 4/27), <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/92139/pid/538">including a 12P demo</A> at the British... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92254 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92254 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=205 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92253" width=220 align=right><BR>Friday at 5P is the deadline to donate books to area prison libraries. The Community Services Agency is coordinating the book drive to help overcome budget shortfalls and prepare inmates for re-entry into the community. '�Most people in prison usually get out someday and return to the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92216 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92216 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=234 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92215" width=270 align=right><BR>Delegates at last night's meeting of the Metro Washington Council were riveted by nurse Geri Lee's (right) dramatic tale of how Washington Hospital Center management last week disrupted a union meeting in progress, banned the union from holding more meetings at the hospital and stopped... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92219 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92219 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92218" width=350 align=right><BR>'�Do what you love doing, be the best you can be in what you do, and make a career out of it. As simple as that'� That's the plain-spoken advice Rosella Scott (right) '" a long time instructor at the Cement Masons Local 891 Training Center -- offered at a recent early-morning hands-on... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92222 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92222 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=167 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92221" width=250 align=right><BR>In two separate demonstrations this week, area labor rights activists will rally to raise the standards and working conditions for farmworkers and downtown Maintenance/Safety/Hospitality (SAMs) workers, who work for DC's Downtown Improvement District (BID). On <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92187 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92187 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=223 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92186" width=270 align=right><BR>Calling him '�the kind of solid, well-tested and experienced leader our city needs in these challenging times," the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO has endorsed Vincent Orange in the DC At-Large City Council election, which will be held tomorrow in the District. Polls are open from... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92188 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92188 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Don't miss tonight's Metro Washington Council delegate meeting, jam-packed with the latest updates on the local labor movement. Reports from the Community Services Agency, Union City and COPE highlight tonight's meeting. Draft minutes from the March Executive Board and Delegate meetings are also now available for download on the Metro Council's website; <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950">click here</A>.&nbsp;All are welcome: see you... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92191 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92191 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=248 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92190" width=400 align=right><BR>Royal Ahold shareholders got an earful from angry DC-area unionists and their supporters in Amsterdam last week. Ahold owns Giant Foods and is planning to outsource grocery distribution work to a notoriously anti-union wholesaler, which would cost nearly 500 local union jobs. The Teamsters... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92194 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92194 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=163 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92193" width=158 align=right><BR>Because neither union received a majority of the votes in the first union election for Transportation Security Administration officers - which wrapped up on April 20 '" last week the FLRA called for a runoff election between AFGE and the NTEU, which is tentatively set for May 23-June 21 via... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92195 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92195 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>What do you call a worker who enjoys all the benefits of the union but refuses to pay his fair share of dues? Send in your suggested punchline in this new contest from Union Communication Services and you could be a winner! UCS will put the best responses up for a vote next week and the winner will get a labor music CD. Email your punchline to <A href="mailto:ucs@unionist.com">ucs@unionist.com</A> by midnight (EST) April 27.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92150 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92150 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=191 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92149" width=287 align=right><BR>You've seen the SAMs around town. They're the friendly folks in red caps who, seven days a week, offer directions, notify police when trouble arises, remove litter, trash and graffiti and more in the 138-block area between Union Station and the White House. But their boss isn't so friendly.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92155 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92155 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=230 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92152" width=347 align=right><BR>Citing concerns about Walmart's plans to open several stores in the District of Columbia, dozens of residents and community activists rallied and held a press conference outside Walmart's DC office in Chinatown yesterday afternoon, chanting '�Put it in writing,'� to the tune of Aretha... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92156 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92156 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Be the first to read the draft minutes from the March Metro Washington Council Executive Board and Delegate meetings! They're now <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950">available for download</A>&nbsp;on the Metro Council's website; email corrections to us at <A href="mailto:Streetheat@dclabor.org">Streetheat@dclabor.org</A> And be sure to mark your calendars for this month's meeting, scheduled for next <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92123 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92123 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=274 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92122" width=280 align=right><BR>District residents and community allies will '�up the ante in the battle over Walmart's aggressive expansion plans in the District'� today by <A href="http://www.respectdc.org/">delivering a proposal to Walmart's Washington office at 2P</A>&nbsp;that calls on the retail... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92124 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92124 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>'�Tis that time of year again- the voices of the DC Labor Chorus will raise on their own and in concert with the Bethany Women for Praise at Luther Place Memorial Church for our annual spring concert,'� reports the DC Labor Chorus, noting that the concert begins at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91440/pid/538">8P sharp on Saturday, May 7</A>.&nbsp;'�As in years past, this is our sole money maker for the year and we split the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92127 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92127 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=329 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92126" width=300 align=left> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92092 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92092 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=223 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92091" width=298 align=right><BR>Three Virginia grocery workers are in Amsterdam today to address the Ahold shareholders meeting. The workers will address the assembly on the unfair treatment they say employees at Ahold-owned Martin's stores in Richmond, VA., are being subjected to and demand that management stop the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92095 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92095 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=188 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92094" width=302 align=right><BR>More than 100 building trades workers turned out to boo Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA-10) at his press conference Monday afternoon opposing a Project Labor Agreement on Phase 2 of Metrorail construction to Dulles Airport. Chanting '�Frank's got to go'� and '�Cut Wolf's pay,'� the union protestors '"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92098 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92098 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92097" width=300 align=right><BR>'�I read your comment about the rumored dispute at Giant in today's issue (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/92008"><EM>Reader's Voice: No Giant Boycott</EM></A><EM>&nbsp;4/15</EM>),'� writes Gary Witlen of the Teamsters.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92076 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92076 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92073" width=300 height=257><BR>Chanting '�The youth are rising- no more compromising!'� thousands of fired-up young environmental and labor rights activists rallied, marched and blocked the streets of the nation's capital yesterday. '�There's a real connection between environ-mental injustice and economic injustice, which... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92079 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92079 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.photoshow.com/watch/jS9ug9ja"><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92078" width=300 height=274></A><BR>Union City roving correspondent Con Carbon sent in this lively video postcard on "<A href="http://www.photoshow.com/watch/jS9ug9ja">How to Clean a Labor Landmark</A>." </P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92082 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92082 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92081" width=150 height=221><BR>Working America's Robert Fox (right) is the new Chief Operating Officer at Greenpeace USA. '�I am very proud of what Working America has accomplished,'� said Fox, who served as Deputy Director of the AFL-CIO's community affiliate from its founding in 2003 until this month. '�I feel honored... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92041 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92041 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>The Metro Washington Council's April Executive Board and Delegate meetings '" originally set for today, April 18 '" have been rescheduled to Monday, April 25 to accommodate this year's Passover observances; watch Union City for further details.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92046 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92046 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=265 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92043" width=300 align=right><BR>Charging that the Washington Post is "burying the truth about education reform in the District," area teachers, parents and community allies rallied outside the newspaper's head-quarters on 15th Street NW on Friday morning, chanting '�We're not buying until the Post stops lying!'� '�The... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92049 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92049 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=235 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92048" width=250 align=right><BR>Thousands of young student activists on spring break will rally in Lafayette Park this morning. AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka will be among the speakers, and will address how workers and students can unite to create a powerful movement for change this year and beyond. Power Shift 2011 brings... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92052 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92052 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=197 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92051" width=250 align=right><BR>The Laborers are mobilizing area trades workers to oppose an attempt by Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf (right) to derail a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on the Dulles Rail Phase 2 project. Wolf -- who's holding a press conference today at 2P at 13873 Park Center Road, Suite 130, Herndon, VA... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92055 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92055 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=219 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92054" width=220 align=right><BR>Early voting is now open for the upcoming special election for the District's At-Large race, set for Tuesday, April 26. Voters can also request an absentee ballot online; <A href="http://www.dcboee.org/home.asp">click here</A>&nbsp;for details.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92058 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92058 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/prisoners-choosing-to-read/2011/03/25/AFv1FoYB_video.html"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=224 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92057" width=400 align=right></A><BR>'�Most people in prison usually get out someday and return to the community,'� says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. '�Anything we can do to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91993 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91993 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=251 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91984" width=350 align=right><BR>'�Wherever Scott Walker goes, he needs to know that we're going to be there waiting for him,'� said IFPTE President Greg Junemann at a demonstration outside yesterday's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at which the controversial Wisconsin governor appeared. '�The... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92004 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92004 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=323 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92003" width=250 align=right><BR>Rallying around the theme that "Biased Education Coverage Equals Corporate Profits'� the Washington Teachers Union is mobilizing a <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91941/pid/538">Furlough Day Protest</A>&nbsp;at the Washington Post today at 10:30A.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92005 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92005 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Progressive organizations and Members of Congress are staging a protest this morning against GOP plans to eliminate Medicare and Medicaid. Organizers are urging those concerned about the popular programs to join them at 11A in the House Triangle on the south side of the Capitol between the Capitol and House Office Buildings.&nbsp; Far from controlling health care costs, CBO estimates that the GOP budget being voted on today would increase health care costs because it... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92008 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/92008 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><STRONG><EM><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=237 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/92007" width=250 align=right><BR>Where Are The Madison Protestors?:</EM></STRONG> '�I work near the Madison Hotel and noticed that there are no longer protesters,'� writes UC reader Charles. '�Is this because the dispute was resolved or because the workers have become disheartened?'�... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91968 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91968 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=242 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91965" width=250 align=right><BR>Worker and union allies plan to expose the money and influence connection between the Koch brothers and this morning's 9:30A Capitol Hill appearance (Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154) by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who's testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91971 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91971 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=266 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91970" width=400 align=right><BR>Dozens of journalists, editorial and technical workers rallied outside the Associated Press' DC office on 13th Street NW at noon yesterday, chanting '�You can't spell cheap without AP,'� and '�We keep AP working!'� Since their contract expired in November 2010, the workers '" members of the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91974 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91974 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=323 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91973" width=250 align=right><BR>Saying that the Washington Post is '�burying the truth about education reform in DC,'� Washington-area teachers, parents and community allies plan to rally at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91941/pid/538">10:30A this Friday</A>&nbsp; to say '�We'll... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91950 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91950 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=194 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91949" width=290 align=right><BR>NABET-CWA Harrisburg, PA Local 213 merged with Washington, DC Local 31 last week. NABET-CWA Local 31 President Carl Mayers (at right) called the merger "a great opportunity to better serve our members in Harrisburg. We look forward to actively working with these new Local 31 members, to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91951 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91951 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>The Metro Washington Council's April Executive Board and Delegate meetings '" originally set for Monday, April 18 '" have been rescheduled to Monday, April 25 to accommodate this year's Passover observances; watch <EM>Union City</EM> for further details.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91954 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91954 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=210 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91953" width=350 align=right><BR>Seen a great short labor video lately? Nominate it for LabourStart's second annual <A href="http://www.labourstart.org/lvoty/2011/">Labour Video of the Year</A>&nbsp;competition! Last year's winner was the hilarious "<A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91936 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91936 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=145 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91935" width=190 align=right><BR>Here's a hot story that may not make the wire services: editorial and technical employees at The Associated Press will rally for a contract today at 12:30P at the AP's DC offices at 1100 13th St. NW. The workers are members of News Media Guild, CWA Local 31222, which has '�been in very tough... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91939 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91939 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=232 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91938" width=300 align=right><BR>More than 60 campus dining workers at Stevenson University have won union representation, choosing to join UNITE HERE Local 7. '�I've worked at Stevenson for 4 years and am so happy to have been part of winning the union,'� said Steven Golder, a cafeteria cook at Stevenson, which has two... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91905 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91905 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91902" width=300 align=right><BR>Picketlines and rallies by government workers in DC and across the country today were called off after Friday night's last-minute budget deal averted a threatened shutdown of the government. '�This was just Round 1,'� warned AFGE Political Director Bob Nicklas. '�Bigger fights are ahead over... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91910 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91910 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=207 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91907" width=253 align=right><BR>A record turnout of more than 330 celebrated Jews United for Justice's (JUFJ) milestone 10th anniversary Labor Seder last night at Adas Israel Congregation in Northwest DC. While area workers still have far to go to achieve justice, worker advocates like UNITE HERE's Tracy Lingo credited... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91913 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91913 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91912" width=300 align=right><BR>Workers at Georgetown University's Leo J. O'Donovan dining hall, Jesuit Residence Wolfington Hall, Cosi, Starbucks, and Dr. Mug '" all run by Aramark -- have joined UNITE HERE. '�We have a voice and we want to be heard,'� said Cathy Anderson. '�Now, we must stick together to push ahead and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91882 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91882 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=184 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91881" width=300 align=right><BR>From Bangladesh to Illinois to Maryland, Walmart's business model is based on a system that keeps workers in a cycle of low wages, no voice on the job, and dangerous working conditions, according to four Walmart workers who spoke at a '�Truth Tour'� forum at George Washington University's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91885 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91885 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=249 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91884" width=200 align=right><BR>Each year, the Labor Seder '" set for this <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91174/pid/538">Sunday, 5:30P at Adas Israel Congregation</A>&nbsp;- highlights a current workers' rights struggle and brings together the Jewish, progressive, and labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91888 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91888 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=215 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91887" width=150 align=right><BR>The DC Employment Justice Center has just released the 5th edition of its Workers' Rights Manual, the '�most comprehensive resource'� for DC employment law. '�The 5th edition of the Employment Justice Center's Workers' Rights Manual is a comprehensive guide to employment law in the District... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91863 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91863 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=183 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91860" width=244 align=right><BR>Facing a looming federal shutdown and significant pay cuts, federal workers and Montgomery County employees are urging area activists to take action immediately. '�AFSCME Council 26 and other federal workers' unions are fighting to stop hundreds of thousands of federal employees from being... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91866 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91866 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/91804"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=265 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91865" width=200 align=right></A><BR>The Nats play the New York Mets at the fifth annual <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91807/pid/538">Labor Night at the Nats</A>,&nbsp;scheduled for Friday, July 29 at 7P.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91867 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91867 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>The Metro Washington Council's April Executive Board and Delegate meetings have been <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89734/pid/538">rescheduled to April 25</A>&nbsp;to accommodate this year's Passover.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91870 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91870 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=277 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91869" width=350 align=left></P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91814 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91814 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=197 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91813" width=300 align=right><BR>Loudoun County Supervisors voted Monday night to limit the size of future '�Big Box'� stores in the Northern Virginia county, capping a 3-year effort by local labor and community activists concerned about the detrimental effect of such stores on local jobs and businesses. More than two dozen... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91819 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91819 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=179 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91816" width=200 align=right><BR>"The one good thing that's happened to me since my accident, aside from getting my ability to speak back, was my union,'� said Ride-On bus operator Theresa D'Antoine (right) Monday afternoon at a '�We Are One'� event at the National Labor College organized by UFCW locals 1994 and 400 to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91820 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91820 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>The Jewish, progressive, and labor communities will gather in shared commitment to social and economic justice at this Sunday's <A href="https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5483/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18745">Jews United For Justice Labor Seder</A>. </P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91825 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91825 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=203 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91822" width=250 align=right><BR>Union City was among the winners at this year's Front Page Awards, with Managing Editor Chris Garlock's '�Take Back Our Democracy'� shot (right) at a March demonstration against banks winning a '�Distinguished National News Photography'� award. The Front Page Awards honor the '�best of the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91791 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91791 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=302 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91784" width=400 align=right><BR>Chanting '�We are one!'� over a thousand activists marched through the streets of downtown Washington Monday -- the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- to show their solidarity with working people in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states '�where... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91792 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91792 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Ward 4 residents will present over 1,000 signatures to the DC City Council today from their neighbors opposing a Walmart in their community. Walmart's plans for a store in Ward 4 are '�insensitive to the damage it would do to this community," said Gerri Adams-Simons of Ward 4 Thrives, which blasted Walmart for doing '�nothing to address our concerns about poverty wages, the driving out of small businesses, and the traffic nightmare this will cause around the intersection of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91795 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91795 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=313 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91794" width=300 align=middle></P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91673 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91673 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91677" width=350 align=right><BR>Elevator Constructor Local 10 Business Manager Jim Lowery started out as an asbestos worker. When Lowery's asthma prompted his doctor to suggest a career change in 1985, Lowery, who was 27 at the time, applied to the Elevator Constructors apprenticeship program. "My wife's dad was an... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91702 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91702 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=277 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91701" width=250 align=right><BR>From a sermon to a major rally, book talk to teach-in and a whole lot more (17 events and counting!), the local labor movement is mobilizing around the national '�We Are One'� observances on Monday. <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91705 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91705 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=284 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91704" width=300 align=right><BR>After a 9-week struggle, workers at the Madison Hotel have finally achieved a tentative settlement. '�Through the steadfast efforts of members at the Madison hotel and Local 25 members across the city, and with the support of the labor community and our allies, I am happy to announce that... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91708 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91708 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91707" width=300 align=right><BR>AFGE Local 17 re-affiliated with the Metro Washington Council this week. '�Given the current wave of attacks on public workers, solidarity is more important than ever,'� said Local 17 President Bill Preston (left). '�The House of Labor is stronger today thanks to Local 17,'� agreed Metro... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91711 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91711 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=120 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91710" width=120 align=right><BR>Sadie Holley (right), mother of Council of School Officers Executive Vice President&nbsp; Barbara Childs, has passed. A member of the CWA Local 1180, Sadie Holley worked in New York City with the New York Administrative Employees from 1962 '" 1991, retiring in 1991. Funeral arrangements... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91652 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91652 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=229 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91649" width=300 align=right><BR>Accusing Dutch-owned mega-corporation Royal Ahold, its subsidiary Giant Food, and its grocery supplier C&amp;S Grocers of '�destroying good, family-supporting jobs across the country,'� hundreds of grocery workers, shoppers and community allies rallied outside the Hyatt Regency on... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91655 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91655 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=207 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91654" width=200 align=right><BR>Rightwing billionaires Charles and David Koch -- widely-known for bankrolling many of the anti-worker efforts around the country '" are the target of a midday '�We Are One'� demo Monday at Koch Industries' downtown DC office. <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91629 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91629 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=188 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91628" width=180 align=right><BR>Increasing numbers of local April 4 '�We Are One'� events -- a dozen at presstime Tuesday -- are being organized across the metro area, including everything from a book talk to a major mobilization against right-wing funders the Koch brothers, as well as a film screening, interfaith service... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91632 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91632 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=217 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91631" width=300 align=right><BR>Workers at the U.S. Capitol Gift Shop overwhelmingly voted union yesterday, scoring an 11-0 sweep in the 17-member unit. '�By electing AFSCME, Gift Shop workers stood together to demand our rights and a voice on the job,'� said gift shop clerk Les Thomas. The Gift Shop clerks, inventory... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91635 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91635 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=219 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91634" width=200 align=right><BR>C&amp;S Wholesale Grocers' CEO Rick Cohen is attracting a bigger '" and much noisier -- crowd today than he expected. Cohen is receiving an award from the Food Marketing Institute and the National Grocers Association at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (400 New Jersey Ave., NW) and the Teamsters... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91638 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91638 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <p><img style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height="266" src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91637" width="400" align="right"><br>Chanting '�Walmart women deserve fair pay; hear their case without delay,'� hundreds of workers, women's rights activists and labor allies assembled on the steps of the US Supreme Court on Capitol Hill yesterday morning as Justices inside heard arguments on whether allegations of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91586 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91586 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91585" width=300 align=right><BR>The DC Labor Chorus brought last night's Council meeting to its collective feet, as delegates joined hands and sang "We Shall Overcome" in honor of the ongoing struggles for justice by public workers across the community and country and to promote their upcoming <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91591 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91591 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=198 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91590" width=300 align=right><BR>Wal-Mart workers and their supporters will speak out against systemic pay discrimination at the world's largest retailer at a rally this morning at 9:30A on the steps of the Supreme Court. The court is set to decide on whether to allow the workers' class-action lawsuit to proceed. '�Ten... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91594 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91594 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/03/union-giant-to-cut-up-to-800-workers-56597.html"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=235 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91593" width=300 align=right></A><BR>As grocery executives meet to '�plan additional attacks on working families,'� area workers and community supporters will rally outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 2P tomorrow to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91560 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91560 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=268 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91559" width=250 align=right><BR>Following hard on the heels of last week's commemorations of the centennial of the Triangle Factory Fire, the Metro Council and other organizations and local activists are planning We Are One events for next week around the anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination in Memphis where... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91563 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91563 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91562" width=300 align=right><BR>Nearly 50 local communicators for local unions and allied organizations turned out for Friday's free '�Tweet This'� workshop on online and social media. The workshop focused on both the power and perils of online media, which offer exciting new communication tools at low or no cost, but... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91564 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91564 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Local and national labor leaders, academics, government officials, and private sector interests joined colleagues from 16 transit agencies and 18 transportation and workforce development organizations to learn from one another and foster innovative labor-management partnership solutions at the recent Making Connections national transit conference in Silver Spring. ATU Local 689 President Jackie Jeter, ATU President Larry Hanley and Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91530 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91530 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91527" width=301 height=253><BR>It's not unusual to see kids at a union demo these days, but the four-legged one gamboling at last night's UFCW 1994 MGCEO rally drew a lot of attention. Month-old Eddie and his mother Delilah were on hand to illustrate the frustration county workers feel at being '�scape-goated by County... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91531 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91531 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Don't miss Monday's Metro Washington Council delegate meeting, jam-packed with the latest updates on the local labor movement. Reports from the Community Services Agency, Union City and COPE highlight Monday's meeting. All are welcome: see you Monday, 6:30P at the AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW! </P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91534 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91534 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91533" width=300 height=184><BR>Walmart's latest plan for a store in the District's Ward 4 is "165 pages of terrible ideas," says Ward 4 Thrives member and community activist Virginia Leavell. "This plan does nothing to address our concerns about poverty wages, the driving out of small businesses, and the traffic nightmare... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91537 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91537 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91536" width=300 height=254><BR>Once again, Republicans are trying to erase the history of America's working people, reports Tula Connell on the AFL-CIO Now blog. In Maine, Republican Gov. Paul LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting the state's labor history from the Department of Labor. The <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91446 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91446 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>'�So here's a 21st century labor conundrum,'� writes Andy Zipser of The Newspaper Guild. '�One of your Street Heat pieces today (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/91369"><EM>Will Facebook Replace Labor Unions?</EM></A><EM>&nbsp;3/22/11</EM>) quotes Tom Hayes talking about labor unions having outlived their usefulness as organizing devices because the internet has made it unnecessary for people to have... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91466 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91466 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=197 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91465" width=296 align=right><BR>Chipotle's '�food with integrity" motto apparently doesn't extend to its workers. When the federal government recently targeted the company with immigration warnings (known as "I-9 audits"), Chipotle began preemptively laying off entire stores full of workers, including in DC. At the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91469 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91469 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91468" width=350 align=right><BR>Saying that '�County Personnel Won't Be Scapegoats,'� hundreds of members of UFCW Local 1994, MCGEO, will protest '�outlaw'� actions by Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett in a demonstration <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91238/pid/538">today at... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91472 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91472 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=224 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91471" width=250 align=right><BR>Last chance to sign up for the free March 25 <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90846/pid/538">TWEET THIS</A>&nbsp;workshop to help you understand what social media can -- and can't '" do. Workers and their unions worldwide are using social and online... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91473 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91473 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>'�So here's a 21st century labor conundrum,'� writes Andy Zipser of The Newspaper Guild. '�One of your Street Heat pieces (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/91369"><EM>Will Facebook Replace Labor Unions?</EM></A><EM> 3/22/11</EM>)&nbsp;quotes Tom Hayes talking about labor unions having outlived their usefulness as organizing devices because the internet has made it unnecessary for people to have... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91387 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91387 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=229 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91392" width=176 align=right><BR><EM>By Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer<BR></EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WASHINGTON (PAI)'"A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91408 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91408 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=149 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91407" width=280 align=right><BR>STITCH, a DC-based feminist labor rights organization that supports women workers fighting to organize unions in Central America, has two events coming up. Tonight there's a <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91333/pid/538">fundraiser starting at... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91411 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91411 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN8cjH5qfRk&amp;sns=em"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=226 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91410" width=300 align=right></A><BR>A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in Manhattan - a fire that killed 146 young immigrant workers, almost all of them women - drew... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91414 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91414 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91413" width=180 align=right><BR>'�We have all been stunned by the level of passion and resistance that has welled up in response to Governor Scott Walker's attempt to strip public workers of their rights to collective bargaining'¦ Moments like this don't happen all that often,'� Joe McCartin (right) -- director of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91363 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91363 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=290 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91362" width=271 align=right><BR>After enduring more than $600 million in cuts to vital public services over the course of the recession, District workers, residents and community activists are now urging DC Mayor Vince Gray '" who is preparing to unveil his 2012 budget on April 1 '" to stop further cuts and consider... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91366 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91366 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=371 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91365" width=250 align=right><BR>In case you missed yesterday's special WPFW radio broadcast commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire '" featuring APRI activist Clayola Brown and CLUW's Joyce Miller '" you can now <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91369 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91369 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91368" width=250 align=right><BR>'�Like record stores and time-bound television, the labor union as an organizing device has outlived its usefulness,'� writes Tom Hayes in a recent Huffington Post article. '�People simply don't need intermediaries to organize them into groups anymore.'� Find out what social media can -- and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91313 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91313 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Tonight it's the building trades' turn to rally in Annapolis, as the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO and the MD/DC Building Trades Council hosts the Labor Night In Annapolis Labor Rally <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90559/pid/538">starting at 6p</A>,&nbsp;bringing together union members, labor and political leaders to facilitate better policy and enhance coordination and cooperation.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91316 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91316 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.justiceatgiant.org/campaign-for-justice/"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91315" width=350 align=right></A><BR>'�I'm a single mother, and if they take this job, and the benefits, and the pension away from me, I will be devastated,'� says Giant worker Tanya Daley on the new Justice at Giant campaign's <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91319 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91319 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=400 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91318" width=321 align=right><BR>Each year, the Labor Seder highlights a current workers' rights struggle and brings together the Jewish, progressive, and labor communities in shared commitment to social and economic justice. This year's seder '" scheduled for <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91270 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91270 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT More local and national video coverage of Wednesday's exciting solidarity action with Wisconsin workers is now available on the Metro Washington Council's website. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91273 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91273 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT More photos from last Saturday's Evening With Labor awards dinner -- including reception snaps and more awards shots -- are now available online. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91276 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91276 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT Photo of humorist and director Harry Shearer at the March 15 DC Labor FilmFest screening of "The Big Uneasy" http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91224 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91224 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <p><img style="padding: 0px;" src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91221" align="right" height="264" width="300"><br>Chanting "This is what democracy looks like!" hundreds of protestors -- fired up by the inspiring battles of workers in Wisconsin -- broke through security lines and took over the atrium of the downtown DC building where lobbyists were holding a fundraiser for Wisconsin GOP leaders. The protestors quickly filled up the multi-story space and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91227 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91227 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaBYrA4WD7E&amp;feature=player_embedded"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=315 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91226" width=300 align=right></A><BR>The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, reports local APWU President and Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO Executive... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91230 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91230 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184NTV2CE_c"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=219 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91229" width=300 align=right></A><BR>Seen a great short labor video lately? Nominate it for LabourStart's second annual <A href="http://www.labourstart.org/lvoty/2011/">Labour Video of the Year</A> competition! Last year's winner was the hilarious... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91233 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91233 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=181 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91232" width=150 align=right><BR>If you or someone you know captured video footage of Maryland governor Martin O'Malley's "Joe Hill" performance at last Saturday's 34th Annual Evening With Labor awards dinner please email <A href="mailto:streetheat@dclabor.org">streetheat@dclabor.org</A> and let us know.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91160 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91160 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=195 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91159" width=150 align=right><BR>In case you need another reason to attend <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91059/pid/538">today's demo</A>&nbsp;(5P, 601 13th St., N.W. near G Street, Metro Center) at the Wisconsin GOP fundraiser, consider that Wisconsin Sen. Majority Leader <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91163 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91163 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=338 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91162" width=225 align=right><BR>Facing defunding threats by Congressional Republicans, public broadcasting workers took to the steps of the U.S. Capitol yesterday afternoon to deliver petitions with 1.2 million signatures supporting '�quality education, entertainment, public affairs, art, and news programming for... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91166 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91166 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=232 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91165" width=350 align=right><BR>Chanting, '�Public workers stand up and fight, the American Dream is our right'� and '�Don't shred the safety net,'� dozens of area workers rallied outside the Social Security Administration on M Street NW last night to preserve public programs threatened by the House GOP's proposed budget.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91169 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91169 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91168" width=200 align=right><BR>D.C. Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) yesterday introduced bills to "give leverage" to the four communities in which Wal-Mart plans to open and the hundreds of employees it plans to hire, <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91108 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91108 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=424 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91105" width=350 align=right><BR>In a huge display of solidarity and political clout, public workers from across Maryland and metro Washington staged a massive march and rally Monday night in Annapolis to protect pensions and funding for public schools. After massing at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, thousands of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91113 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91113 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=116 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91110" width=400 align=right><BR>Spring is in the air and if it seems like labor rallies and demonstrations are popping up all over town that's because they are. Here are a couple of events today we want to highlight:<BR><STRONG>1P: Rally to Save Public Media:</STRONG> Broadcast unions and public interest... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91116 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91116 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=270 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91115" width=200 align=right><BR>Republican members of the Wisconsin Senate, along with their Assembly co-conspirators, are coming to D.C. on Wednesday to collect their payoff from corporate lobbyists after the GOP lawmakers voted last week in the dark of night to strip teachers, nurses, snowplow drivers and others of their... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91117 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91117 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Photos of award-winners at Saturday's 34th Annual Evening With Labor are now available for viewing online. <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/Gallery/pid/528">Click here</A>;&nbsp;watch <EM>Union City</EM> for more photos later this week.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91060 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91060 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; WIDTH: 319px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 220px" height=247 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91052" width=350 align=left><BR>Long before the last notes of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's impromptu a capella rendition of '�Joe Hill'� faded away, the more than 900 labor activists crowded into the Omni Shoreham's ballroom knew they'd just attended one of the most memorable Evening with... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91063 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91063 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=293 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91062" width=440 align=right><BR>Giant workers -- Teamster Locals 639, 730, 863, 922 and 264, and United Food &amp; Commercial Workers Local 400 -- turned out for a rally Sunday at the Beltway Plaza Giant in Greenbelt, MD to protest Giant's plans to outsource its dry goods grocery distribution out of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91066 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91066 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91065" width=350 align=right><BR>Charging that the Associated Press '" the world's biggest news organization '" is launching an assault on workers' health care, retirement and other union benefits, dozens of journalists and news media workers protested outside the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday morning, urging... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91069 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91069 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=174 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91068" width=278 align=right><BR>Wisconsin fever comes to metro DC area tonight as thousands of labor activists -- headlined by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka -- gather in Annapolis at the <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90349/pid/538">6P Enough Is Enough Rally</A>.&nbsp;'�We work... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91070 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91070 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>The $6 million the Washington Hospital Center spent on last week's lock-out "was a complete waste," says NNU's Ken Zinn. "We're stronger than we ever were." The nurses walked off the job March 4 for a one-day strike (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/90855"><EM>Thousands Rally For Striking Nurses</EM></A><EM>,&nbsp;3/7/11 Union City</EM>) but were locked out by the hospital for an additional four days,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91073 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91073 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=150 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91072" width=300 align=right><BR>Humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer screens his film "The Big Uneasy!" at the AFI in Silver Spring <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90967/pid/538">tomorrow night at 7P</A>&nbsp;as part of the DC Labor FilmFest's Whistleblower Series. The... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91076 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91076 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=196 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91075" width=250 align=right><BR>What do Big Bird and Car Talk have in common? They're on the GOP chopping block in Congress and supporters are rallying to their defense <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/91034/pid/538">tomorrow at 1P</A>&nbsp;on Capitol Hill. Area broadcast unions and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91077 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91077 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CDT <P><BR>Find out what social media can -- and can't '" do at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90846/pid/538">Tweet This</A>,&nbsp;the Metro Council's March 25 workshop on how local unions can use social and online media. Free but space is limited so <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90846/pid/538">click here</A>&nbsp;to sign up now!</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91018 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91018 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=348 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91017" width=240 align=right><BR>Today's your last chance to get tickets to labor's biggest night of the year, as more than 850 area labor leaders, activists and friends gather for the <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89747/pid/538">34th annual Evening With Labor</A>&nbsp;awards... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91021 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91021 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.ufcw400.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/STRAT_Giant-UFCWTurnout_Flier.jpg"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=300 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91020" width=231 align=right></A><BR>Now you can rally and do your grocery shopping at the same time. The Beltway Plaza Giant in Greenbelt is the site of a rally <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91022 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91022 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Thousands of Maryland's public workers are planning to descend on Annapolis Monday for a massive 6p <A href="http://www.rallytokeepthepromise.com/">'�Rally to Keep the Promise'�</A>&nbsp;against attacks by Maryland's elected officials on pensions and retiree health benefits and the proposed $100 million in education funding cuts. Organizers say the rally has become even more urgent in the wake of actions taken against public workers this week in both... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91025 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91025 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=260 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91024" width=350 align=right><BR>Rain doesn't stop Metro's trains and buses, so Thursday morning's downpour -- including the threat of a tornado -- didn't deter hundreds of transit workers from rallying outside WMATA headquarters in downtown DC to protest what their union, ATU 689, calls union-busting, with members working... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91028 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/91028 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=188 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/91027" width=250 align=right><BR>Members of the union representing most newsroom, advertising and other workers at The Baltimore Sun decided with a voice vote to approve a three-year contract extension Wednesday night that will freeze wages for the first two years while raising the company's contribution to 401(k)... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90987 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90987 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=239 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90986" width=300 align=right><BR>On the heels of the battle for collective bargaining rights for public workers in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and elsewhere, 44,000 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) now have a chance to vote on whether or not to form a union. '�AFGE has stuck with these dedicated employees since 2002,'�... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90988 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90988 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>'�With just two days left until our 34th Evening With Labor awards dinner, time is quickly running out to get your tickets,'� says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. '�Hurry before it's too late!'� Tickets to <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89747/pid/538">Saturday's dinner</A>&nbsp; '" which is set for 6:30P at the Omni Shoreham Hotel '" are $125 per person; email <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90991 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90991 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=323 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90990" width=250 align=right><BR>Humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer will screen his film "The Big Uneasy!" next week at the <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90967/pid/538">AFI in Silver Spring</A>&nbsp;as part of the DC Labor FilmFest's Whistleblower Series. Shearer (The... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90992 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90992 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Katherine Morrison is the new Interim Executive Director of the DC Employment Justice Center. Morrison has more than 20 years experience as a nonprofit executive, spending the last five years as an interim for five different organizations, including two legal services organizations, and is the president of Morrison Nonprofit Transitions. Former EJC Executive Director Melvina Ford has taken a presidential appointment at the Department of Labor '�and will be continuing the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90939 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90939 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=194 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90938" width=180 align=right><BR>Area transit workers will rally against union-busting <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90654/pid/538">tomorrow morning at 8:30A</A>&nbsp;outside METRO headquarters in downtown DC (5th &amp; F NW). The ATU Local 689 members will be joined by labor... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90942 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90942 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=200 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90941" width=300 align=right><BR>The mood was festive on the picket line yesterday as locked-out nurses at Washington Hospital Center celebrated a sunny, warm Fat Tuesday and looked forward to returning to work this morning. Sporting colorful Mardi Gras beads, feathers on their hospital scrubs, the nurses, who struck for 24... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90943 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90943 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Many appointed and elected officials will be on hand, including U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Governor Martin O'Malley (D-MD) and Mayor Vincent Gray (D-DC), who top the list of elected officials expected to attend this Saturday's <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89747/pid/538">34th annual Evening With Labor</A>.&nbsp;Tickets are still available for the annual awards/dinner dance, which honors local labor activists for their... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90946 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90946 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://ultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com/RLMA/15496/pdf/cal201103.pdf"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=344 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90945" width=200 align=right></A><BR>The <A href="http://ultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com/RLMA/15496/pdf/cal201103.pdf">March calendar</A>&nbsp;from labor artist and activist Ricardo Levins Morales captures '�the spirit of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90947 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90947 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>The Metro Washington Council's March Executive Board and Delegate meetings have been <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89741/pid/538">rescheduled to March 28</A>&nbsp;to permit time for interviews for the DC At Large Special Elections.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90894 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90894 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=373 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90893" width=280 align=right><BR>More than 50 locked-out nurses joined the hotel workers' Madison Hotel picket line Monday afternoon after their own picket line at the Washington Hospital Center. '�We're here to show our solidarity with all workers,'� said RN Joe Cassidy, a member of National Nurses United, surrounded by a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90895 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90895 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>There was so much Streetheat last year that there are two 2010 Evening with Labor <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/90419">Golden Picket Award winners</A>:&nbsp;National Nurses United, WHC Local and Teamsters 639. Celebrate Streetheat solidarity past, present and future at Evening with Labor this Saturday; <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89747">click here</A>&nbsp;to get your tickets!</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90898 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90898 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=269 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90897" width=300 align=right><BR>Saying that '�Labor needs to fill the House Economics Matters Committee'� to oppose '�yet another Right to Work bill, HB743,'� Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Donna Edwards urged leaders and activists to meet at the State Fed headquarters (7 School Street... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90901 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90901 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=210 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90900" width=280 align=right><BR>The Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition '�continued to put pressure on Walmart this past week,'� reports Michael Wilson, noting that '�opposition is growing in <A href="http://rhodeislandavene.com/2011/02/18/friday-editorial-ward-5-wal-mart/">Ward 5</A>,&nbsp;where... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90902 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90902 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Union workers at <A href="http://www.ilwulocal5.com/support">Powell's Books</A>&nbsp;are organizing a shop-in today '�to show Powell's that our brothers and sisters across the country are there for us and invested keeping good union jobs going,'� says ILWU Local 5, which represents workers at Portland, OR-based Powell's, '�the best independent unionized bookstore on the planet.'� The workers are preparing for contract negotiations this summer. <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90855 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90855 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=214 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90848" width=322 align=right><BR>Over 2,000 striking nurses and their supporters massed outside Washington Hospital Center at noon Friday in a strong show of support for the nurses' one-day strike. '�Your strike today is powerful,'� said <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90876 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90876 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Nurses locked out by the Washington Hospital Center will <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90863/pid/538">picket the hospital today</A> from 12-2P and then <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90866/pid/538">join the Unite Here 25 picketline</A>&nbsp;at The Madison Hotel from 2:30-4:30P. </P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90877 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90877 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Just six days left to this year's <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89747">Evening with Labor Dinner-Dance</A>;&nbsp;get your ticket(s) now! Tickets are $125 each, tables of 10 for $1250.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90880 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90880 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=312 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90879" width=200 align=right><BR>'�Things had certainly been looking pretty depressing when I wrote my book'� laughs Steve Early, who appears at the 5th &amp; K Busboys and Poets <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90745/pid/538">tomorrow night&nbsp;at 6:30P</A> to discuss his new... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90865 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90865 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST The NFL and the player's union have agreed to a 1-week extension of contract talks, averting an immediate lockout. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90830 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90830 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/90494"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=337 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90829" width=250 align=right></A><BR>'�We're fed up. The nurses are tired. We're going to take a stand,'� says Lori Marlowe, a 12-year veteran nurse in the cardiac unit and a member of the negotiating team for the more than 1,600 nurses at... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90833 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90833 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.nfllockout.com/"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=169 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90832" width=300 align=right></A><BR>Negotiators for the NFL and the players' union are discussing the possibility of postponing the deadline for a new labor deal, reports the <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90836 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90836 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=226 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90835" width=180 align=right><BR>'�Tickets are still available for this year's Evening With Labor awards dinner,'� reports Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy, '�but with just over a week to go, time is running out fast so don't miss out!'� This year's awardees include: ATU 689's Jackie Jeter... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90839 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90839 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90838" width=300 align=right><BR>"I'm still waiting for my check" from Walmart, author Barbara Ehrenreich (at left) said at a panel discussion Tuesday night at Busboys and Poets on the first night of Women's History Month. Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America," said Walmart was "something... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90844 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90844 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90841" width=350 height=233><BR>'�Get your picket signs, get your red-hot picket signs!'� Organizers distributing armfuls of picket signs were quickly left empty-handed as Washington Hospital Center nurses went on strike at the stroke of the clock at 7 a.m. this morning. As dawn broke, hundreds of nurses '" including many... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90845 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90845 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will head up today's <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90495/pid/538">noontime rally</A>&nbsp;(First &amp; Irving streets) at the Washington Hospital Center nurses' strike. Metro Washington Council President <STRONG>Jos Williams</STRONG> will MC and the rally will also feature Plymouth Congregational Church <STRONG>Pastor Graylan Hagler</STRONG>, former Washington Redskins... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90807 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90807 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=338 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90806" width=225 align=right><BR>'�Join me Friday at Noon in DC as I, along with Laborer's president Terrence O'Sullivan, walk the picket line with nurses as they strike for working conditions that put patients first,'� urges AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka. 1,650 registered nurses at Washington Hospital Center - members of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90810 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90810 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=235 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90809" width=303 align=right><BR>A new report reveals that retail giant Walmart shifts the burden for public services by ducking $400 million a year in state and local taxes. Saying this '�sucks resources from local communities,'� the Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition's Mike Wilson vows that '�We're not going to... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90788 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90788 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=234 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90787" width=300 align=right><BR>"Once they get their foothold in D.C. we can never go back," Yes! Organic Market's Gary Cha (right) told The Fight Back reporter Pete Tucker last week. "Washington is a very small city to have four Walmarts,'� said Cha.'�Having just one Walmart can have a devastating effect.'� Cha owns seven... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90791 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90791 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90790" width=300 align=right><BR>Members of the Ironworkers Local 5's '�Strikers'� bowling team won the prize for most pledges collected for January's annual <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/90094">Bowling For Gold tournament</A>,&nbsp;which benefits the Community Services Agency's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90792 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90792 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>The DC CBTU chapter programs originally scheduled for this Saturday have been rescheduled for Saturday, April 9. Notices regarding the elections will be mailed soon to&nbsp; members. If you have any questions, call Gwend Johnson at 301-735-1984 (h) or 202-974-8155 (w).</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90793 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90793 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90769" width=300 align=right><BR>With a 1-day nurses' strike just days away, DC Mayor Vincent Gray has called Washington Hospital Center CEO Ken Samet to express his concern about the strike. "We don't want to see this happen," Gray said in his weekly press conference Tuesday morning. "We want to see people treated fairly."... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90754 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90754 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=208 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90753" width=300 align=right><BR>As TV cameras rolled, Metro Council delegates at last night's meeting pledged "We'll be there!" at <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90495/pid/538">Friday's nurse's noontime rally</A>&nbsp;at Washington Hospital Center. Geri Lee (at right), who got her... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90757 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90757 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=309 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90756" width=200 align=right><BR>In honor of Women's History Month, Busboys and Poets is hosting a <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90648/pid/538">panel discussion at 6P tonight</A>&nbsp;highlighting women in the workplace, and addressing the potential local impact of Walmart's move... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90760 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90760 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=353 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90759" width=202 align=right><BR>The Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO has just released the 2011 Directory of Local Unions - a handy guide to the local labor movement listing nearly 200 Council affiliates representing a broad cross-section of 150,000 area workers, from athletes to writers, government workers to the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90763 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90763 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90762" width=300 align=right><BR>Student activists called on University of Maryland President Wallace Loh last week to tell school contractor Daycon to abide by a federal judge's order to rehire 55 employees it fired when they went on strike in April. About a dozen members of Feminism Without Borders entered the president's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90764 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90764 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>The deadline for submitting ads for the Metro Washington Council's Evening With Labor adbook is 5P today, March 1. "Today's your last chance to show your support," says Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO President Jos Williams. </P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90767 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90767 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=232 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90766" width=250 align=right><BR>The widespread demonstrations across the country sparked by the battle to protect collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin prove that organized labor works best from the ground up, said labor law professor and author Julius Getman (right) last week at the University of the District of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90653 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90653 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=199 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90652" width=300 align=right><BR><STRONG>AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will keynote a strike rally of registered nurses in front of Washington Hospital Center next Friday, March 4</STRONG>, National Nurses United (NNU), the nation's largest union and professional association of registered nurses, announced... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90730 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90730 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=263 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90727" width=300 align=right><BR>Governors from across the country got a loud and clear message of worker solidarity Sunday morning as well over a thousand activists noisily demon-strated their support for Wisconsin workers outside the annual conference of the National Governor's Association in downtown DC. Chanting "Kill... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90731 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90731 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>The ongoing Madison Hotel workers' picketing, upcoming Washington Hospital Center nurses' strike and local Wisconsin solidarity actions highlight tonight's Metro Washington Council <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/83150/pid/538">delegate meeting</A>.&nbsp;PLUS: latest details on Evening With Labor -- still time to place ads and get your tickets! -- reports from the Community Services Agency, Union City, COPE and more. Draft minutes... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90732 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90732 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>The deadline for submitting ads for the Metro Washington Council's Evening With Labor has been extended through 5P Tuesday, March 1. '�Act now, as time is running out,'� warns Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. Tickets for the March 12 event -- now in its 34th year '" are still available: email <A href="mailto:kmckirch@dclabor.org">kmckirch@dclabor.org</A> for more information.</P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90683 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90683 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90682" width=156 align=right><BR>State governors will be <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90539">picketed tomorrow</A>&nbsp;in DC at the annual meeting of the National Governor's Association. The 11a demo Sunday at the JW Marriott -- 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, corner of 14th... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90688 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90688 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90685" width=156 align=right><BR>The crowd at Dupont Circle seemed to materialize out of thin air, swelling from a handful to hundreds in just a few minutes at noon yesterday. Chanting "This is what democracy looks like," nearly a thousand -- many wearing Wisconsin's red and black colors -- had gathered around the fountain... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90693 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90693 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=214 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90690" width=300 align=right><BR>As the fight against union-busting continues to swell across America, hundreds of workers galvanized support from local communities as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder outside Maryland's State Capitol at noon today chanting, '�Maryland to Wisconsin, we are one!'� and '�This is what democracy... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90600 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90600 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=200 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90597" width=300 align=left><BR>With the Wisconsin-inspired battle for worker rights spreading like wildfire across the country, there are three local events in the metro Washington area this weekend, including one on Sunday targeting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who will be in DC at the annual National Governor's... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90603 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90603 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=258 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90602" width=350 align=right><BR>Pressure on Washington Hospital Center (WHC) mounted yesterday when ten DC Council members urged WHC to settle its ongoing labor dispute and the National Nurses Union (NNU) filed new charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In a letter to hospital president John Sullivan, the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90534 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90534 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=331 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90530" width=250 align=right><BR>The white Capitol dome, the colorful noisy crowd, and even a light dusting of snow all contributed to the sense that Wisconsin had come to Washington yesterday. Some 2,000 DC area workers, students, religious and community allies jammed the Hall of States courtyard on Capitol Hill and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90537 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90537 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=245 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90536" width=350 align=right><BR>The pungent smells of markers and glue sticks filled the basement room at Plymouth Congregational Church in Northeast Washington last night as dozens of nurses made signs in preparation for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90495/pid/538">next week's 1-day... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90508 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90508 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=243 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90507" width=300 align=right><BR>Hundreds of DC-area workers, students, community and religious allies are expected to demonstrate support for embattled Wisconsin state workers <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90470/pid/538">today at 12:30P</A>&nbsp;outside <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90511 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90511 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=289 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90510" width=250 align=right><BR>Nurses at Washington Hospital Center are going ahead with plans for a <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90495/pid/538">1-day strike March 4</A>.&nbsp;National Nurses United has been negotiating with hospital management this week and the strike... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90418 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90418 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=167 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90417" width=250 align=right><BR>Retired AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney (r) formally received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony Feb. 15. Prior unionists who received the medal include late longtime labor lobbyist Evelyn Dubrow and late political cartoonist... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90419 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90419 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=297 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90421" width=350 align=right><BR>There was so much Streetheat last year that there are two 2010 Evening with Labor Golden Picket Award winners: National Nurses United, WHC Local and Teamsters 639. At the National Nurses United WHC Local, the nurses at the Washington Hospital Center were an inspiration throughout the year as... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90433 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90433 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=311 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90432" width=250 align=right><BR>New DC Jobs with Justice organizer Lillian Walker Shelton's (r)&nbsp;career as an activist was established early on, when her mother raised Shelton and her brothers to be active in their Philadelphia community. '�I am so excited about working for Jobs with Justice," Walker Shelton tells... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90490 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90490 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=240 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90489" width=320 align=right><BR>Word is spreading fast about plans for local demonstrations supporting the Wisconsin workers. '�It's going viral,'� said one organizer Monday as news came that workers, community and religious allies are organizing across metro Washington to turn out for the <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90475 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90475 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90472" width=300 height=202><BR>As their bargaining team met down the hall with Montgomery County negotiators, hundreds of fired-up UFCW 1994 MCGEO members jammed the ballroom in the Gaithersburg Hilton Friday afternoon. "The union's out there!" shouted MCGEO vice-president Yvette Cuffie, who took the stage in a robe and... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90478 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90478 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90477" width=350 height=197><BR>'�It is time for Daycon to stop violating Federal Labor laws, return our members back to work and negotiate a fair contract,'� said Teamsters Local 639 President Thomas Ratliff after Daycon workers won a resounding victory last week when Administrative Law Judge Joel P. Biblowitz ordered the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90481 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90481 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.does.dc.gov/does/site/default.asp"><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90480" width=269 height=139></A><BR>'�Having outlined why labor cares so much about the Department of Employment Services, I say today that we are outraged by the legacy of the Fenty Administration and its gross mismanagement of many of the programs under... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90407 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90407 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=270 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90406" width=250 align=right><BR>Frustrated with the county's '�failure to treat our proposals seriously,'� members of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO and their supporters will <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90316/pid/538">rally this afternoon</A>&nbsp;at 2P in Gaithersburg to focus on the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90410 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90410 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=369 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90409" width=280 align=right><BR>US Airways passengers received an unexpected welcome while checking in at Washington's National Airport yesterday as dozens of flight attendants circled the airport's departure area at noon chanting '�Hey hey ho ho - corporate greed has got to go!'� The flight attendants '" who have been... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90413 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90413 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=196 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90412" width=300 align=right><BR>More than fifty young union members from the MD/DC area turned out Wednesday night for an evening of networking and brainstorming. The first meeting of the DC Young Trade Unionists (DC YTU) provided a chance for local union members to talk about how to get young people more involved in the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90424 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90424 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=167 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90430" width=250 align=right><BR>Stan Gordon (r), AFGE 65, is the 2010 Evening with Labor Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award winner. Gordon, an original member of the Board of Trustees of CSA since its founding in 1991, '�has been a stalwart and consistent supporter of the Agency and all of its programs for twenty... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90392 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90392 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90391" width=300 align=right><BR>Registered nurses at Washington Hospital Center have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a one-day strike, National Nurses United, the largest U.S. nurses union and professional association, announced yesterday. No date has been set for a walkout at the District's biggest hospital with 1,650... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90397 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90397 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=298 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90394" width=300 align=right><BR>Chanting '�No more worker silence - no more thugs and violence,'� well over 100 fired-up labor rights activists marched on the Mexican Embassy at noon yesterday, calling for an end to the Mexican government's reported involvement in the ongoing intimidation and labor rights violations of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90362 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90362 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=282 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90361" width=200 align=right><BR>Five years ago, 65 miners died in the Pasta de Conchos mine explosion in Mexico. Today at noon, area labor activists and leaders '" including United Mineworkers President Cecil Roberts -- will <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89869/pid/538">march on the Mexican... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90365 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90365 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=233 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90364" width=350 align=right><BR>"That's the heavy equipment I want to operate," said Joyce Boone enthusiastically, pointing at a bulldozer at work on the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters site on St. Elizabeth's West Campus in southeast Washington, D.C. Boone was one of a dozen GSA Building Futures Project students on a field... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90368 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90368 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=116 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90367" width=255 align=right><BR>'�It was standing room only'� at Monday's noontime screening of '�Brother Outsider'� at the Library of Congress, enthusiastically reports AFSCME 2910 President Saul Schniderman, noting that one local '" WTU 6 '" brought half a dozen staff. '�You just can't advertise too much,'� says... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90336 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90336 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST Last year, DC activists organized demonstrations, concerts, fundraisers, walkouts, speakouts, sit-ins, hoop-ins, know-your-rights teach-ins, workshops, parties, outreach days and breakfast meeting invasions. And they voted, too. For the fourth consecutive year, DC Jobs with Justice has produced a comprehensive report on organizing victories in the District. Standing Strong in Dream City... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90337 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90337 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST Cement Masons 891 President Carl Carson is the 2010 Evening with Labor DC COPE Award winner. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90341 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90341 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST Eatonville Restaurant's breakfast shift was packed to capacity yesterday, but not just with the usual Valentine's Day traffic. The crowd was there to attend the DC Restaurant Industry Summit, where the Restaurant Opportunities Center of DC released their long-awaited report Behind the Kitchen Door: Inequality & Opportunity in Washington, D.C.'s Thriving Restaurant Industry... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90309 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90309 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=170 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90308" width=300 align=right><BR>'�Sorry I'm late,'� said sportswriter Dave Zirin, '�Dan Snyder had me locked in the trunk of his car.'� Zirin -- who assured reporters he was "Just kidding: Snyder'll probably sue me." -- joined Baltimore Ravens cornerback Chris Carr (l), former Washington Redskin Brian Mitchell (c),... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90312 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90312 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=244 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90311" width=250 align=right><BR>Every time one of Mario's children is sick, he has to make a choice: '�miss a day of pay or take care of my child.'� The fifty-year old chef who worked his way up from dishwasher over the course of a 20-year career gets no sick days at the restaurant in Virginia where he works. And with... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90315 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90315 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=308 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90314" width=225 align=right><BR>Filmmaker Bennett Singer will screen "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" twice in DC, on Sunday and Monday. The film about Rustin - who Time Magazine calls the "unknown hero of the civil rights movement" - and his global fight against injustice screens free at <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90297 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90297 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=197 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90296" width=300 align=right><BR>One thousand federal employees '" led by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) '" took their case to Capitol Hill Tuesday to put a face on the federal workforce, reports Federal News Radio's Meg Beasley. "We are not these high-dollar paid people that a lot of people think... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90300 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90300 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=225 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90299" width=300 align=right><BR>75 former DC public school (DCPS) teachers '" summarily fired while on probation in 2008 by former DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee (below) '" won a big victory Monday when Arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum ruled that DCPS '�improperly terminated these 75 teachers by not providing an... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90303 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90303 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.arenastage.org/"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=188 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90302" width=350 align=right></A><BR>Actress Anna Deavere Smith -- of HBO's Nurse Jackie and The West Wing '" will interview 1199SEIU member Lashawn Covington tonight after the performance of her one-woman show "<A href="http://www.arenastage.org/">Let Me Down... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90304 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90304 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>Draft minutes from the January Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Executive Board and Delegate meetings are now available for download on the <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/sp/i/89950/pid/89950">Metro Council's website</A>.&nbsp;Mark your calendars for <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/83150/pid/538">this month's meeting</A>,&nbsp;scheduled for Monday, February 28 at 6:30P at the AFL-CIO; watch... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90247 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90247 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=368 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90271" width=300 align=right><BR>Their country's flags snapping in the frigid wind, Egyptian and American activists -- including more than fifty local trade unionists -- gathered Tuesday night in front of the White House to support the Egyptian people's ongoing struggle for freedom and democracy. "Egypt Egypt will be free,"... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90250 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90250 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=452 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90273" width=300 align=right><BR>Face-numbing winds didn't deter more than 100 hotel workers from walking the picket line outside the Madison last night, shouting '�Madison management is rich and rude '" we don't like your attitude,'� as they thumped drums and rattled tambourines for several hours. '�We are all facing a... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90255 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90255 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=267 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90252" width=400 align=right><BR>Chanting '�R-E-S-P-E-C-T, living wages in DC,'� approximately 100 city residents gathered outside the District's John Wilson Building Monday for a boisterous rally urging the DC City Council to require retail giant Walmart to sign an enforceable community benefits agreement (CBA) before it... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90260 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90260 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=214 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90259" width=200 align=right><BR>AFSCME Council 26 is the 2010 Evening with Labor Organizing Award winner. '�Visitors to our nation's Capitol are now guided by union members, who organized in 2010 for the first time in the 134 years since Congress' Capitol Guide Service was created and just two years after the new Capitol... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90263 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90263 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=163 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90262" width=250 align=right><BR>Is union-made candy sweeter than non-union treats? The Bakery Workers, UFCW and UFW think so. Show your love '" and solidarity '" this Valentine's Day by buying union-made candy. '�When you're searching for something sweet for that special person for Valentine's Day, why not buy... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90266 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90266 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=258 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90265" width=200 align=right><BR>Walter W. Wise (right) succeeded Joseph Hunt as the union's president on Feb. 1. Wise, a Virginia native born in 1951, will serve the remainder of Hunt's unexpired term, until the union convention in Chicago in mid-August.&nbsp; Wise has not said if he will seek election to a full 5-year... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90269 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90269 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=215 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90268" width=300 align=right><BR>The year was 1995 and the picketers were singing '�Rifmas'� carols. What were they protesting? Email your answer to us at <A href="mailto:streetheat@dclabor.org">streetheat@dclabor.org</A> The winner, chosen at random from those answering correctly, will get a DC Labor FilmFest... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90236 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90236 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90235" width=298 height=256><BR>Local labor activists are joining Egyptian American organizations and the AFL-CIO <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90218/pid/538">today at 6:30P</A> to demonstrate their support for the people and workers of Egypt as they peacefully call for a transition... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90239 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90239 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90238" width=297 height=223><BR>Chanting '�1-2-3-4, Chamber of Commerce makes us poor'� and '�Hey hey ho ho, union-busting's got to go!'� some two dozen protesters '" organized and led by National Nurses United '" picketed outside Chamber of Commerce headquarters in downtown DC Monday morning as President Obama walked... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90240 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90240 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>The next <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/90122/pid/538">Drink With Labor</A>&nbsp;is this Thursday, February 10 (not the 17th, as previously reported). Join metro area union members and friends for a drink in a happy hour starting at 6p at the Big Hunt in Dupont Circle. '�We are back from a partial winter hibernation and ready to convene the next edition of DWL,'� says Drink With Labor.<BR></P> http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90243 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90243 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" align=right src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90242" width=180 height=269><BR>After a nine-year battle to gain a voice in the workplace, more than 40,000 transportation security officers (TSOs) finally can become union members and bargain for a contract. In a major victory for working people, John Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90207 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90207 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>An influential Right Wing group among the House's new GOP majority, the 170-lawmaker so-called Republican Study Committee (RSC), is using '�budget cutting'� as an excuse to attack federal worker union reps. The RSC's endorsement of a bill by Rep. John Gingrey, R-Ga., to ban the reps from being paid for time they spend on such things as grievances and bargaining was one of two anti-federal union schemes the GOP launched in the first days of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90219 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90219 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST In dozens of one-on-one conversations, District residents shared their concerns over the weekend about Walmart's plans to open four stores in DC. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90220 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90220 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST This ValentineÃ�¢ï¿½ï¿½s Day, say it with flowers while supporting your local florist. Union members save when ordering flowers and gifts through the Union Plus Flower Delivery Service. http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90175 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90175 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=290 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90174" width=200 align=right><BR>The National Education Association has canceled all union bookings for the month at the nearby Madison Hotel, which is being boycotted by UNITE HERE Local 25 (<A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/90114"><EM>Madison Hotel Workers Call For... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90178 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90178 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=169 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90177" width=225 align=right><BR>The <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89996/pid/538">community advocacy day</A>&nbsp;organized by the Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition, postponed due to last week's snowstorm, has been rescheduled for next Monday, February 7. Coalition... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90181 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90181 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=212 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90180" width=350 align=right><BR>The Printcraft "Deaf" team (at right) took top team honors in last Sunday's Bowling for Gold tournament, which raised funds for the Community Service Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund. Bernie Irby of the "Teamsters Retirees" team took first place in the individual category, while in other... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90184 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90184 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=251 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90183" width=200 align=right><BR>This year's Evening with Labor (EWL) -- <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/89747/pid/538">set for March 12</A>&nbsp;-- award-winners have been announced and include ATU 689's Jackie Jeter (at right) as the 2010 JC Turner Outstanding Trade Unionist of... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90187 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90187 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=167 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90186" width=250 align=right><BR>Today's the <A href="https://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?r=17002f41-369e-4208-b44d-fb4a58d998a3">deadline to register</A>&nbsp;for the upcoming Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, which will discuss whether Catholic hospitals are '�Respecting the... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90157 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90157 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=163 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90156" width=250 align=right><BR>Calling it a '�clean sweep,'� more than 89% of Maryland state employees recently voted '�yes'� to ratify their contract, reports <A href="http://www.afscmemd.org/index.cfm?action=article&amp;articleID=bc1a9902-5bef-43ed-b853-a1eab77b3159">AFSCME Maryland</A>.&nbsp;"This... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90160 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90160 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=194 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90159" width=180 align=right><BR>Is wintry weather wreaking havoc on your pipes? The union-partnered Washington DC Service Plumbing Contractors is there to help, providing 24-hour service for plumbing, gasfitting, drain cleaning, and sewer cleaning (<A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90163 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90163 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://ultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com/RLMA/15496/pdf/cal201102.pdf"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=334 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90162" width=200 align=right></A><BR>The February calendar from labor artist and activist Ricardo Levins Morales is now available for free download. <A href="http://ultracartcfs.s3.amazonaws.com/RLMA/15496/pdf/cal201102.pdf">Click... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90138 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90138 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://salsa.afge.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1265"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=242 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90137" width=150 align=right></A><BR>Calling attacks on federal workers' wages and benefits '�cheap, cynical political theater," AFGE is planning a Day of Action on Capitol Hill next week and urging support for an <A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90141 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90141 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=201 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90140" width=250 align=right><BR>When bartender Woong Chang came down with the swine flu, he kept on pouring drinks. Not because he wanted to expose hundreds of customers to the dangerous virus, but because the 28-year-old worker had no sick leave and needed the paycheck to stay out of debt. According to the Restaurant... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90144 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90144 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="https://laborfilms.dabbledb.com/page/metrocouncilaffiliatedirectory/RdggvKNd#"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=152 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90143" width=350 align=right></A><BR>IATSE Local 22 and Elevator Constructors Local 10 have new contact information, which has been updated in the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO's online directory of local affiliates.... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90114 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90114 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=262 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90113" width=300 align=right><BR>Madison Hotel patrons got an unusual wake-up call early Monday morning when more than fifty hotel workers gathered in front of the downtown hotel and urged them to '�Check out!'� The hotel, which has long been unionized, changed hands on January 19 and the new, German-based owners have... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90117 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90117 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=327 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90116" width=225 align=right><BR>Team photos from the 2011 CSA Bowling for Gold Tournament are now available for viewing and download on the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO's <A href="http://www.dclabor.org/">website</A>.&nbsp;Simply click on the photo gallery link under the '�DC Labor News Archives'� tab... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90120 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90120 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Fable-Globalization-1/dp/1453784683/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1296164562&amp;sr=1-20"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=222 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90119" width=150 align=right></A><BR>'�<A... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90060 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90060 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><BR>State officials around the country are using state and local budget woes as a smokescreen for campaigns against public unions and their workers, a top California state official says. In a Jan. 24 telephone press conference, hosted by the Economic Policy Institute, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer (D), said if those pols succeed, the cuts would devastate not only workers but services.&nbsp; EPI scholars added the devastation would spread to the private sector,... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90091 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90091 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=337 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90090" width=253 align=right><BR>Chanting '�HEI, you're no good; treat your workers like you should,'� dozens of university students from across the country walked the picket line in solidarity with hotel workers outside the Sheraton Crystal City on Saturday night, expressing outrage over labor rights violations allegedly... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90094 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90094 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=244 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90093" width=252 align=right><BR>Strikes, spares and the occasional gutterball were the order of the day at yesterday's 19th annual Bowling for Gold tournament. Leading the way was Bennie Irby (at right) of Teamsters 639, who bowled a perfect 300 game in the afternoon session at Crofton Bowling. The tournament raises funds... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90097 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90097 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/home"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=217 src="http://www.dclabor.org/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/90096" width=350 align=right></A><BR>The United Food and Commercial Workers has become the latest large union to formally join a broad union coalition with environmental groups, the BlueGreen Alliance. "From farm to dinner table, we must have a food supply chain... http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90100 http://www.dclabor.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/90100 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 CST <P><A href="http://www.afscme.org/stopthelies/"><IMG style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" height=203 src="http://www.dcla