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• Mar 27, 2006 Evening With Labor Pays Tribute To Political Friends   The biggest laugh of the evening came when Senator Paul Sarbanes (D, MD), promised “I’ll be brief, since I’m a firm believer that these events should end on the same day they began.” Sarbanes, who was honored at Saturday night’s 29th annual Evening With Labor, went on to...    more...  
• Mar 27, 2006 NPR Techs Won't Be Silenced   Broadcast technicians at National Public Radio continue to battle the contract imposed on them recently by NPR management, reports NABET Local 31. Thousands of supporters have been flooding NPR with emails in recent weeks and the effect on management is clear by the defensive...    more...  
• Mar 20, 2006 GTown Living Wage Coalition Takes The Cake   The Living Wage Coalition threw a birthday party last Wednesday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Georgetown University's Just Employment Policy, and is planning a major rally for next week. "We wanted to remind the administration we have not forgotten promises they made a...    more...  
• Mar 20, 2006 Living Wage Campaign Comes to Fairfax   Energized by the recent passage of DC's Living Wage Law, a coalition of labor and community groups in Northern Virginia have officially launched a campaign to bring a Living Wage ordinance to Fairfax County. Around 100 people gathered at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Falls' Church...    more...  
• Mar 20, 2006 Guild Announces Service Awards   Local winners of the Newspaper Guild's annual Service Awards include Rick Powell, Amy Lampkin, Deborah Weinstock, Ed Feigen, Cassandra Shieh and John Small. Powell, of UNITE HERE Local 25, was declared Organizer of the Year, while Lampkin, Weinstock and Feigen of the AFL-CIO share...    more...  
• Mar 13, 2006 VA Republicans Scuttle Leblanc Appointment   Last week's decision by Virginia's Republican-controlled House of Delegates and Republican caucus to deny former AFL-CIO state federation President Daniel LeBlanc the appointment to Governor Kaine's cabinet for the Secretary of the Commonwealth was "mean spirited and petty, and...    more...  
• Mar 13, 2006 First Step For DC Inclusionary Zoning   Taking the first step to create a Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning program in the District of Columbia, the DC Zoning Commission issued an historic ruling on March 10. "We commend the Zoning Commission for recommending a mandatory policy that will increase the variety and supply of...    more...  
• Mar 6, 2006 G'Town Okays Limited Card Check   Although Georgetown University has told a university subcontractor that it can adopt the card check union recognition process, student activists are pushing for a blanket card check neutrality policy for all university workers. Georgetown students of the Living Wage Coalition (LWC)...    more...  
• Mar 6, 2006 Mailers Defend Pension   After more than three years without a raise and two years without a contract, Mailers Local 29 reports that The Washington Post is now trying to take away their members’ union pension. “We've got a perfectly good national plan administered jointly by a board of employer and...    more...  
• Feb 21, 2006 Arrests of Iranian Bus Drivers Protested   “Transit workers work for everyone,” said Metro worker Mike Myrick. “So transit workers in Iran must have the same rights to organize, protest and demonstrate that we do here in the United States.” Hundreds of transit workers, labor activists and supporters turned out in...    more...  
• May 16, 2012 Senate Passes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization The U.S. Senate yesterday approved (78-20) legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank through 2014. Last week, the House passed (330-90) the same bill and it now goes to the White House for President Obama’s signature.    more   
• May 17, 2012 Today in Labor History: May 17; Labor Book: The Worst Children’s Jobs in History; Labor Humor: Failed Experiment Today in Labor History: May 17 Twelve Starbucks baristas in a mid-town Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies. Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers their union to...    more   
• May 17, 2012 Ireland: IMPACT calls on Government to deliver reforms on collective bargaining and employees' rights LabourStart headline - Source: RTÉ    more   

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