May 9, 2008MontCo Workers Demand County Honor Contracts
Montgomery County workers plan to turn out in full force today at the County Council meeting to vote on whether to recommend full funding of Montgomery county union contracts, reports UFCW 1994 MCGEO. “Members of UFCW 1994, IAFF 1664, FOP 35, SEIU 500 and MCEA are in serious jeopardy of having...
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May 9, 2008"Stamp Out Hunger" Saturday
Doing something about hunger is as close as your mailbox. Letter carriers in DC and across the nation will again bring the fight against hunger to millions of Americans mailboxes tomorrow as part of the 16th Annual "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive. This "drive plays a critical role in America's...
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May 9, 2008FBI Raids Office Responsible for Protecting Federal Workers Civil Rights
The FBI is poring over computer records and documents seized in raids Tuesday on the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) and at the home of Special Counsel Scott Bloch. Instead of enforcing civil rights and whistleblower protections for federal workers, Bloch turned the OSC into "a launching pad...
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May 9, 2008Flight Attendants Hold Union Vote at Delta
Delta Air Lines passengers are being urged to show their support for flight attendants trying to organize at Delta. The mail-in union vote is going on now and handy "Pro DELTA Pro AFA" cards can be downloaded here . Undeterred when Delta's anti-union campaign defeated a 2002 effort to organize...
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May 9, 2008Labor Updates (5/9/08)
Harrison Wins Big in Prince George's Special Election: Labor-endorsed candidate Andrea Harrison won an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's Prince George's County Council special election. “The labor community is happy to have her on the County Council and we look forward to working with her...
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May 9, 2008Labor On the Move: Lipsett New SEIU 32BJ Political Director
Ilana Lipsett is SEIU Local 32BJ's new Capital Area Political Director. Lipsett was previously the lead organizer at the DC Employment Justice Center, where she worked on the DC Living Wage, Paid Sick and Safe Days, and Retail Standards bills, among other issues. "We are excited to have her...
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May 9, 2008Free Labor Chorus CD Drawing
Michael Artz (AFSCME), Renee Matthews (AFT) and Sara Dawson (IAMAW) are the winners of Thursday's random drawing for a free copy of the Labor Chorus' CD, Welcome Union Members. Click here to enter in today's drawing and you could be a winner too! Catch the Chorus live tonight in a benefit...
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May 9, 2008Council Directory Updated & Online
The Metro Washington Council Affiliate Directory - the popular "blue book" - is now posted online ! The Council's nearly 200 affiliated union locals, constituency groups and allies are now just a click away: the searchable online database makes finding locals easy, and you can connect fast...
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May 8, 2008Labor Updates (5/8/08)
Burma Aid: The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center has launched an online relief fund, with contributions going to the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma so it can distribute clothing, medicine and non-perishable food for Burmese workers and their families. Click here to find out more and here...
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May 8, 2008Saturday Final Chance to Join CLUW Walk Team
Saturday is the deadline to join the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) team for this year’s “Walk to Beat the Clock” against cervical cancer. CLUW is trying to assemble the largest team to get a shot at a $2,500 grant that they would use “for programs focusing on union members in...
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May 8, 2008Today's Labor Chorus CD Drawing Winners
Fredric Cooper (JUFJ), Max Toth (Working America), Theresa Gillette (AFSCME), Virginia Rodino (OPEIU Local 2) and Doug McNeil (PeterCares House) are the winners of Wednesday's random drawing for a free copy of the Labor Chorus' CD, Welcome Union Members. Click here to enter in today's drawing...
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May 8, 2008DC Jobs with Justice Corner: Indian Workers to Stage Hunger Strike in DC
Hundreds of Indian workers will return to DC next week to launch an indefinite hunger strike to demand the federal government investigate the guest worker program and abuse of post-Katrina Gulf Coast workers. Next week’s launch follows a nationwide tour by the workers – sponsored by the...
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May 7, 2008DC Council Votes to Limit Free Speech
DC City Council approved a noise bill Tuesday that Metro Council President Jos Williams immediately blasted as "a resounding slap in the face of free speech here in the nation's capital." The Council voted down compromise legislation crafted with labor support. "This preliminary vote by...
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May 7, 2008Local Letter Carriers Kick Off Annual Food Drive
"Many struggling workers are being forced to choose between buying gas for their car or food for their families," says Metro Council President Jos Williams who spoke at Tuesday's kick-off of Saturday's "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive. The annual national drive is organized by the National...
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May 7, 2008Labor Updates (5/7/08)
Making METRO Safer: Congress “should swiftly approve” legislation to stiffen penalties for assaults on Metrobus workers, says ATU Local 689 Recording Secretary Anthony Garland in a Sunday Washington Post Editorial . “I operated a Metrobus for more than 20 years. I know firsthand...
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May 7, 2008Times Reporter Speaks Out on Plight of Workers
"Something is wrong out there," said Steven Greenhouse, "Corporate profits have doubled, productivity has increased, but wages are up barely 1%." Greenhouse, labor reporter for The New York Times, spoke about his new book "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker" Tuesday at the...
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May 7, 2008Labor Arts (5/7/08)
Images of Workers By Workers: Workers stooping to their tasks, showing off their tools, resting, smiling, digging, hauling, shaping, squatting, marching. "Labor Around the World: Images of Workers by Workers" will be on display at the AFL-CIO through Friday, May 9. The Solidarity Center...
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May 6, 2008Solidarity's Future Discussed
Bill Fletcher Jr and Omar Salazar led a wide-ranging discussion on "The Future of Labor Solidarity in the Western Hemisphere" Monday night, May 5. "We have a lot to learn, from our own long history of international solidarity work, as well as from other movements around the world," said...
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May 6, 2008DC Hits Road for Justice
Last Thursday night 15 DC Jobs with Justice members and leaders piled into two vans and embarked on an overnight road trip to Providence, Rhode Island where more than a thousand labor, community, student, and religious activists from across the United States and around the world gathered for the...
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May 6, 2008Greenhouse on "The Big Squeeze"
New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse speaks today at 12:30 on "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker." In his new book, Greenhouse "takes a fresh, probing, and often shocking look at the stresses and strains faced by tens of millions of American workers as wages have...
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May 6, 2008Hundreds Turn Out to Honor NoVA Volunteers
Northern Virginia union members were recognized for their volunteer achievements in 2007 at Friday's Northern Virginia Central Labor Council (NoVA CLC) Volunteer Recognition Dinner. "We had about 300 people in attendance, including local elected officials and congressional candidates as well as...
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May 6, 2008NALC Gears Up to "Stamp Out Hunger"
With rising food prices squeezing already-struggling working families, the National Association of Letters Carriers ( NALC ) will again lead the march to "stamp out hunger" with their annual food drive this Saturday, May 10. This year "the need is very great, with many, many food pantries...
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May 6, 2008Council Directory Updated & Online
The popular Metro Washington Council Affiliate Directory has just been updated and posted online . Now, the Council’s nearly 200 affiliated union locals, constituency groups and allies are just a click away! The searchable online database makes finding locals easy, and you can connect fast...
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May 6, 2008Union City Voice: Readers Write (5/6/08)
'38, Not '74 for FLSA: The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted in '38" (not 1974, as reported in the 5/1 UC), writes Ann Hoffman. "There were Fair Labor Standards Amendments in 1974, the most prominent of which covered state and local government employees - which actually didn't take effect...
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May 5, 2008The Future of Labor Solidarity in the Western Hemisphere
Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Costa Rican labor activist Omar Salazar will discuss “The Future of Labor Solidarity in the Western Hemisphere” today from 5-7P. Inspired by the forthcoming book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice, Fletcher and...
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May 5, 2008Free Labor This Week
This week is packed with free local labor events. On Tuesday at 12:30P, American Rights at Work hosts New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse at the Center for American Progress as he discusses his new book - The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for American Workers - about the shrinking and stressed...
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May 5, 2008Harrison Gets Labor Nod in Prince George's 5th
Proclaiming her "labor's candidate," Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams presented Prince George's County Council candidate Andrea Harrison with a check from the Metro Council on May 2. Harrison, the Democrat nominee running to fill the seat vacated by David Harrington in the 5th...
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May 5, 2008Labor Chorus Benefits DC Community Group
Tickets are still available for this Friday’s benefit concert by the DC Labor Chorus. The May 9 concert benefits the Emergence Community Arts Collective , a non-profit organization working “to foster a spirit of community” in DC’s Pleasant Plains neighborhood, through social...
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May 5, 2008Labor Rallies 'Round Norton
Local labor supporters will host a reception and fundraiser for US Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton on Thursday, May 22 . "Congressmember Norton has been an exceptional advocate for DC's working families," says Metro Council President Jos Williams. "Her work has brought DC billions of...
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May 2, 2008Workers of the World Unite
"The response to globalization is global unionism." That's how Fred Redmond of the United Steelworkers summed up his union's reasons for joining forces with trade unionists in countries such as Liberia and Mexico at Thursday night's panel discussion at the National Labor College. The 2-hour...
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May 2, 2008DC Mobilizes for Immigrant Rights
Hundreds of immigrant rights activists rallied and marched through the streets of Northeast DC Thursday evening. The march capped a day of action in DC for immigrant rights that included pickets outside the offices of the Democratic and Republican National Committees earlier in the day. The...
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May 2, 2008The Future of Labor Solidarity
Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Costa Rican labor activist Omar Salazar will discuss “The Future of Labor Solidarity in the Western Hemisphere” on Monday, from 5-7P. Inspired by the forthcoming book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice, Fletcher and...
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May 1, 2008Parties Targeted on Immigrant Rights
Immigrants rights activists will rally, march and picket today to call attention to their demands. The May 1st 2008 Coalition is calling for immigration reform, stopping raids, deportations, and use of No-Match Letters, rescinding the anti-immigrant resolution in Prince William County,...
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May 1, 2008DC May Day Event Examines Building Global Labor
Local labor activists will celebrate International Workers Day with a symposium on building a global labor movement from 5-8P tonight at the National Labor College. Speakers will include AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka, Steelworkers VP Fred Redmond and Harold Alegria Gamboa of the...
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May 1, 2008"Piggy" Homebuilders Targeted in Foreclosure Bailout Protest
Big pink chanting pigs rallied outside the Washington Hilton Hotel early Wednesday morning to protest billions in handouts to corporate homebuilders. Serenaded with chants of “corporate welfare on the rise, a bunch of pigs in disguise” and “off to the trough,” representatives of the...
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May 1, 2008Virtual May Day
“Union Island,” a home for trade unionists in the virtual world Second Life launches on May 1st, when Union Island will host a day of training, networking and celebration. LabourStart - which will cover worldwide May Day activities - reports that “this will include – we’re told -...
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May 1, 2008Getting Website
Does your local need a website? Find out at the "Does Your Local Need A Website? Taking the First Steps" workshop on Friday, May 9. Free for locals with no website but space is limited: click here to register now! "Without proper planning, a website can be a big drain on your financial...
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May 1, 2008Baltimore Labor Chorus Seeks Members
The new Charm City Labor Chorus of Baltimore, MD is recruiting members. “Minimum requirements are that you be pro-union, pro-worker's rights, pro-peace and justice, willing to work with and be respectful of all peoples, ability to hold pitch - with or without accompaniment - ability to hold...
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May 1, 2008DC Jobs with Justice Corner: DC JwJ Opens Award Nominations
DC Jobs with Justice is looking for a few great activists. For the first time, DC JwJ is opening up the selection process for the annual “I’ll Be There” Awards, and is looking for nominations of individuals or organizations that have “demonstrated exceptional solidarity over the past...
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Apr 30, 2008Laborers Protest Handouts for Housing Industry Today
With the housing crisis still in full swing and hundreds of thousands of construction workers out of work, members of the Laborers' International Union of North America ( LIUNA ) will rally early this morning at the Washington Hilton Hotel to protest billions in proposed corporate handouts to...
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Apr 30, 2008Ground Broken for Nat'l Workers Memorial
National labor leaders symbolically broke ground for a workers memorial at the National Labor College (NLC) on Workers Memorial Day, Monday, April 28th. The memorial will be located in the center of the campus and will feature a plaza of bricks surrounded by granite benches and pavers....
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Apr 30, 2008Newspaper Guild Members Honored
The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild will honor the work of its membership this Monday, May 5 at its annual Front Page and Guild Service Awards. This year’s top Front Page award recipients include Baltimore Sun writers Gadi Dechter and Greg Garland – who will receive the Bill Pryor...
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Apr 30, 2008Blogging and You
Find out all about how blogs can help build the labor movement at a free workshop this Saturday, May 3. Kirsten Burgard – who blogs as uniongal - is facilitating the 411 on Blogging workshop at the DC Democratic State Committee City-Wide Convention. Also featured are Tula Connell of...
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Apr 29, 2008UE Protests Unionbusting by Stanley
Monday's downpour didn't deter members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) from rallying in Arlington to protest intimidation and attacks against workers at the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) by Arlington-based Stanley Inc. After taking over two...
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Apr 29, 2008Immigrant Rights Activists to Rally Thursday
Immigrant rights activists will rally, march and picket this Thursday to call attention to their demands. The May 1st 2008 Coalition is calling for immigration reform, stopping raids, deportations, and use of No-Match Letters, rescinding the anti-immigrant resolution in Prince William County,...
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Apr 29, 2008NoVA Volunteer Dinner Tix Deadline Tomorrow
Time is running out to get your tickets for Friday's Northern Virginia Central Labor Council (NoVA CLC) Volunteer Recognition Dinner. "Wednesday is the deadline to place ticket orders," reports Lynn Clark of the NoVA CLC. This year's event will recognize the volunteer efforts of union members...
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Apr 28, 2008Labor College Marks Workers Memorial Day Today
The National Labor College commemorates Workers Memorial Day today starting at 1P with a panel discussion on workers made ill during the World Trade Center clean-up, a candlelight ceremony and ground-breaking for a permanent Workers Memorial honoring fallen workers, and ending with a...
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Apr 28, 2008"SiCKO" Plays to Packed House
Nearly hundred people packed the AFL-CIO’s Gompers Room Friday for a free lunchtime screening of Michael Moore’s Academy Award nominated film “SiCKO.” Our healthcare system “is costing thousands of lives every year,” said US House Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) in his...
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Apr 28, 2008May Day Event Examines Global Capital & Unions
Local activists will celebrate May Day with a symposium on global capital and global unions. The event runs from 5-8P and features AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka, Steelworkers VP Fred Redmond and Harold Alegria Gamboa of the Colombian Dock Workers Union. Barbara Shailor Director,...
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Apr 25, 2008Prince George's County Council Stands Firm for Smithfield Workers
The struggle for justice by Smithfield Packing workers is having an effect. The Virginia-based meatpacking giant sent a PR rep out to the Prince George’s County Council this week to complain about the Council’s resolution of support for workers. The resolution – passed last November (...
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Apr 25, 2008Labor Updates (4/25/08)
Senate Republicans Kill Equal Pay Bill: A minority of Senate Republicans blocked a vote on a bill, Wednesday, that would have re-established workers’ rights to sue their employer over pay discrimination, reports James Parks on the AFL-CIO Now Weblog . The bill – the Fair Pay Restoration...
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Apr 25, 2008CLUW Luncheon Honors Easterling, Holleran
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling and the late Susan Ellen Holleran, former CLUW State Vice President of DC, will be honored for their labor activism Sunday at the DC Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women’s Gloria Johnson Awards Luncheon. Tickets are $40. For more info and to...
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Apr 25, 2008Labor College to Mark Workers Memorial Day Monday
The National Labor College commemorates Workers Memorial Day Monday starting at 1P. The commemoration comes on the heels of the AFL-CIO's annual Death on the Job report, released Thursday, that concludes US workers are at risk because of weak workplace safety laws and penalties. “Our...
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Apr 25, 2008"SiCKO" Screening Wraps Up Month of Healthcare Actions
Today’s free screening of “SiCKO” – introduced by HR 676 author Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) – is part of the AFL-CIO Health Care Campaign's Spring Lift-Off Action Plan, with hundreds of Labor Councils nationwide focusing on this issue during the month of April. Academy Award...
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Apr 24, 2008MontCo Safety Agenda Now Available Online
The Montgomery County Worker Health and Safety Initiative “is smart, innovative and it will help protect workers’ lives,” says Dr. David Michaels, Ph.D., Associate Chairman at George Washington University's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. The Initiative is an action...
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Apr 24, 2008Carlyle Told to "Stop Dunkin Workers’ Rights"
Dozens of labor activists picketed outside the headquarters of the Carlyle Group in downtown DC Wednesday to protest the company’s abuse of No-Match Letters and the faulty Social Security database, E-Verify, to target workers at its subsidiary Dunkin Brands ( Carlyle Group Picketed Today...
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Apr 24, 2008Conyers to Intro "SiCKO" Screening
Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) will introduce tomorrow's free noontime screening of Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” at the AFL-CIO. Conyers is a sponsor of HR 676, the United States National Health Insurance Act. The screening is the latest in the DC Labor FilmFest’s free monthly series .
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Apr 24, 2008DC Jobs with Justice Corner: PT MontCo Profs Organize
Montgomery College students, adjunct professors and members of the DC Student Labor Action Project participated in a “Lunch with Adjuncts” day Wednesday. The event raised awareness about the struggle by part-time faculty to form a union, and provided outreach for an upcoming action at the...
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Apr 23, 2008Carlyle Group Picketed Today
The Low Wage Immigrant Worker Coalition hosts a picket at noon today against the Carlyle Group's abuse of Social Security No-Match Letters to target workers. The Carlyle Group - one of the largest private equity firms in the US - owns Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins, two companies that require...
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Apr 23, 2008Council Meeting Highlights
Highlights of Monday night’s Metro Council meeting included the swearing in of six new Council delegates -- Vance Ayres (WBCTC), Mark Coles (WBCTC), Hugh Weathers (ASASP), Roosevelt Limes (SEIU 400), Gerald Green (SEIU 400) & Trent Holmes (SEIU 400) -- a preliminary report that the 2008...
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Apr 23, 2008Labor Updates (4/23/08)
Contract Talks to Resume for DOL Cafeteria Workers: Cafeteria Workers at the Department of Labor (DOL) – who have been without a contract for nearly a year – will resume contract negotiations after the workers’ employer – FAME – yielded to a pressure campaign from other DOL...
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Apr 23, 2008The True Cost of Shrimp
The global shrimp industry has become the largest seafood industry in the world at the expense of worker and human rights, claims a new report released by the Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO. The report – “The True Cost of Shrimp” – will be released at a panel discussion today at 9:30A on...
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Apr 23, 2008Senate Urged to Act on Pay Equity
Although Congress passed legislation over 40 years ago recognizing equal pay for equal work, pay equity remains a dream for many workers, particularly working women. DC labor and civil rights activists will hold a press conference – with US Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Tom Harkin (D-IA)...
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Apr 23, 2008Income Inequality at Lunch
The growing US income inequality gap will be discussed at DC Labor and Employment Relations Association (DC-LERA)’s luncheon today at 11:45A. “The gap has been widening for nearly three decades,” says DC-LERA. “Today that gap is greater than at any time in living memory.” Dr. Alernon...
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Apr 23, 2008Healthcare Forum Tomorrow
With healthcare an increasingly important issue in the 2008 elections, the National Labor College (NLC) will hold its First Annual Health Care Forum tomorrow. The forum will focus on preserving quality of care and protecting union benefits and will feature presentations AFL-CIO President John...
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Apr 23, 2008Labor Arts: "Workers Leaving A Factory" Podcast
Filmmaker Joanna Raczynska, Fred Worden, Professor of Film at the University of Maryland, and KJ Mohr, Film and Media Arts Programmer at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, discuss Harun Farocki's "Workers Leaving the Factory in Eleven Decades" ( Labor Arts: Factory Workers at the...
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Apr 22, 2008DC Homecare Workers Win Union
Workers at the DC-based Nursing Enterprises overcame a “vicious fear campaign” by management and voted overwhelmingly to form a union last Tuesday, reports 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers-East . “Now that we have our union, we can make the positive changes we all need,” said Nursing...
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Apr 22, 2008One Day, Four Labor Events
Wednesday will be a whirlwind of activity for labor in the Metro DC area. The day starts off with a panel discussion at 9:30A on the exploitation of workers in the global shrimp industry. At 11A, labor activists and US Congress members will hold an event to celebrate E qual Pay Day and urge...
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Apr 21, 2008Labor on the Move: Cusick to Head DC Musicians
Retired CWA staffer John Cusick takes over as president of the Metropolitan D.C. Federation of Musicians, Local 161-170 on May 1. A senior writer/editor in CWA's Communications Dept for the past 16 years, Cusick has also been working part-time as a professional musician. A drummer, Cusick heads...
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Apr 21, 2008Organizer Training Set for June
Registration is now open for the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute’s June 6-8 organizer training in Baltimore. “The purpose of this training is to give activist members basic organizing skills,” TJ Marsallo tells UNION CITY. “If you’re looking to train members to help work on your...
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Apr 21, 2008Got Website?
Websites are a very cost-effective and timely way to reach your members, the general public, the media, politicians and more. But are they right for your local? Metro Council affiliates can find out at the "Does Your Local Need A Website? Taking the First Steps" workshop on Friday, May 9....
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Apr 21, 2008Labor Arts: The Job
The 2004 film “A Day Without A Mexican” imagined life in California if all the immigrants vanished overnight. “ The Job ” - now playing on YouTube and being considered for the DC Labor FilmFest - takes a look at what happens when the tables are turned. The award-winning 3-minute...
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Apr 18, 2008Appreciating Library Workers
AFSCME Locals 2477 and 2910, which represent workers at the Library of Congress, signed up 22 new members during National Library Workers Day on Tuesday, April 15. The two locals designated Tuesday Library of Congress Staff Appreciation Day as part of National Library Week, when communities...
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Apr 18, 2008Labor Updates (4/18/08)
Noise Bill Revived: A bill to limit noise levels at demonstrations was unanimously voted out by DC City Council last Tuesday. The bill had been tabled after labor and civil rights advocates opposed it out of concern it may limit free speech rights, but with Chairman Vincent Gray changing his...
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Apr 18, 2008"Women Organize" Screens at AFT
Women organizers across the U.S. - including here in Washington - are featured in "Women Organize," a 30-minute film about women who are involved in the global struggles for racial, social, and economic justice. The film - which screens for free at noon today shows five women organizers and...
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Apr 18, 2008Directory/Delegate Deadline Extended
Make sure your local is up to date! The deadline for updating Council affiliate's information and delegates has been extended to Friday, April 25. Affiliates can fax their updates to the Council at 202-974-8152 and should be sure to update delegates for the locals as well. Affiliate info and...
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Apr 17, 2008DOL Cafe Workers Figh Concessions
Echoing a recent dispute at the Library of Congress ( Library of Congress Cafeteria Workers Targeted 1/25/08 UC), Department of Labor (DOL) cafeteria workers - who have been working without a contract for over a year - are fighting employer demands for major concessions. FAME - the contractor...
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Apr 17, 2008"We Only Win When We Organize"
Nearly 200 local activists celebrated the struggle for freedom, workers' rights and voting rights in songs, speeches and stories at the seventh annual Labor Seder Tuesday night. Calling 2008 "A special time when all the pieces line up and can come together," Heather Booth - Director of the...
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Apr 17, 2008Mineworker Leader Speaks Out at Labor Dept
"Across the country I can feel a spirit moving, soft as a whisper, loud as a roar" a hoarse UMWA President Cecil Roberts thundered at Wednesday's screening of "Mother Jones" at the Department of Labor's Great Hall to over 100 DOL employees. "Winds of change are blowing and working people are...
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Apr 17, 2008Labor Updates (4/17/08)
Navarro Loses County Council Bid: Labor-endorsed candidate Nancy Navarro lost her bid to replace the late Montgomery County Council member Marilyn Praisner, narrowly defeated by Praisner's husband, Don, who won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to serve out his wife's term in District 4....
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Apr 17, 2008South African Domestic Workers Forum Tonight
A discussion at American University tonight will focus on domestic workers in South Africa. Jennifer Fish, associate professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Old Dominion University and author of Domestic Democracy: At Home in South Africa, will talk about the impact of the domestic labor...
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Apr 16, 2008DC Security Officers Win First Contracts
District security officers have won union contracts after years of organizing, lobbying, and direct action. The contracts provide "significant wage gains to help these brave men and women better support their families and their communities," said SEIU Local 32BJ Vice President Valarie...
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Apr 16, 2008Mother Jones Moves to DOL Great Hall
Due to the level of interest, today’s screening of “Mother Jones: America’s Most Dangerous Woman” has been moved to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Great Hall. United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President Cecil Roberts will introduce and discuss the film. A sixth generation coal...
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Apr 16, 2008Labor College Screens "Fired!" Today
Getting fired by Woody Allen was just the beginning for actress Annabelle Gurwitch, who stars in "Fired!" screening today at noon at the National Labor College. Trying to cope with being fired by a cultural icon, Gurwitch discovered she wasn't alone and brings us side-splitting tales of being...
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Apr 16, 2008Labor Arts: The Labor Hall of Fame
Cesar Chavez’ plaid shirt is there, along with Walter Reuther's tyrolean hat, Sam Gompers' gavel and Lane Kirkland's harmonica. You can see this and other labor memorabilia at the Labor Hall of Fame , founded in 1988 "to honor posthumously those Americans whose distinctive contributions to...
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Apr 15, 2008DC Vote Topic of Labor Seder
"The Wise Child Asks: 'What are the laws and precepts which prevent DC from having congressional representation?'" The traditional Four Questions at tonight's Labor Seder will focus on the way "our status as a free people is threatened by the fact that we in the District of Columbia have no...
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Apr 15, 2008Does Your Local Need a Website?
Websites are a very cost-effective and timely way to reach your members, the general public, the media, politicians and more. But are they right for your local? Metro Council affiliates will be able to find out at the "Does Your Local Need A Website? Taking the First Steps" workshop on Friday,...
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Apr 15, 2008No Crisis for Chief Execs
The chief executive officers of the firms most responsible for causing the current mortgage market crisis collected hundreds of millions of dollars in pay last year, reveals the AFL-CIO's 2008 Executive PayWatch . "When CEOs are paid obscene amounts to make bad decisions," said AFL-CIO...
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Apr 15, 2008Tradeswomen Trade Tools for Caps & Gowns
Family and friends of 21 newly-minted graduates filled the Gompers Room at the AFL-CIO Monday for the Washington Area Women in the Trades (WAWIT) graduation ceremony. Traci Pfeffer and Jhonnal Daniels spoke for many of their fellow-graduates when they shared the many challenges they faced to...
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Apr 14, 2008Labor Makes Final Push in MontCo Special Election
With the Montgomery County District 5 special election tomorrow, union members hit the doors Saturday to make a final push for labor-endorsed candidate Nancy Navarro. Navarro – current President of the Montgomery County School Board – is running in the special election to fill the seat held...
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Apr 14, 2008CSA Trains AFGE Members
Strategies for assisting members and mobilizing support for worker issues were the focus during last week’s Union Community Activist Network training. Union members and leaders from federal and DC government AFGE local unions participated in the three-day training, organized by the Community...
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Apr 14, 2008Evening With Labor Photos Posted!
Photos from this year’s Evening With Labor are now posted online. To watch a slide show of the evening's festivities and order your own prints, click here !
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Apr 14, 2008Labor Updates (4/14/08)
Family And Medical Leave Act Under Attack: President Bush is again setting his sights on workers’ rights, this time proposing changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The changes would make it harder for workers to take time off for medical and family emergencies. “These...
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Apr 14, 2008AFL-CIO Video Contest Turns Around America
A new video contest – launched by the AFL-CIO last week – is putting the creativity of people across the country to work to discuss how to put America back on the right track. The video contest is part of the AFL-CIO’s “Turn Around America” mobilization that is working to build...
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Apr 11, 2008Labor Seder Raffle Deadline Today
Today is the deadline to enter the 2008 Labor Seder raffle to receive a DC Vote gift package. The annual Labor Seder – hosted by Jews United for Justice – engages the DC community in a call to action each Passover to link the Jewish story of freedom to present struggles....
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Apr 11, 2008Labor Updates (4/11/08)
House “Stops the Clock” on Colombia Trade Pact: The House of Representatives defied President Bush’s push for the Colombian Free Trade Agreement, voting to "stop the clock" on the pact, reported Ben Pershing on the Washington Post website Thursday . “Congress normally would...
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Apr 11, 2008Labor Films Bloom
Labor films are popping up all over town this month. “Mother Jones: America’s Most Dangerous Woman” was a big hit at in-house screenings last Friday at the UFCW and will be screened next Wednesday April 16 at the Department of Labor by AFGE Local 12. UMWA President Cecil Roberts...
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Apr 11, 2008Postal Workers Seek to Spur Creative Youth to Show Union Pride in APWU Contest
Young filmmakers, musicians, poets, and artists from across the country will put their creative skills to work as part of the American Postal Workers Union's (APWU) "Make it a Family Affair" Contest. The contest - sponsored by APWU - is "designed to promote among youth a better understanding of...
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Apr 10, 2008Battle Over Colombian Trade Pact Escalates
The battle over the proposed Colombian Free Trade Agreement escalated dramatically this week, with the AFL-CIO running full-page ads in The Hill, The Politico, Roll Call, and other DC publications in response to President Bush's decision to send the Free Trade Agreement to Congress yesterday....
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Apr 10, 2008AFGE 12 Officers & Delegates Sworn In
AFGE Local 12 President Alex Bastani was officially installed by AFGE President John Gage on Wednesday, April 9 in a ceremony at the Department of Labor, where Local 12 members work. Also sworn in were Local 12's Agency Vice Presidents, delegates and alternate delegates, who were elected...
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Apr 10, 2008Health Care Forum Looks at How to0 Maintain Care
Labor and health care leaders from across the country will explore ways to preserve quality of care and protect union benefits at a health care forum April 24 at the National Labor College. The forum includes a presentation by pollster Jeff Levine on the odds of passing universal health care...
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Apr 10, 2008Labor on the Move: Union Offers Office Space in Rockville
The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) will have some office suites available this fall in their new building in Rockville, which is now being renovated. Inquiries can be directed to Tom Israel, Executive Director: tisrael@mcea.nea.org
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Apr 9, 2008County Council May Fight Gains for MontCo Workers
A showdown over pay and benefit increases for Montgomery County firefighters, police officers, and government workers may be brewing in the County Council following Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett’s recent approval of union contracts, reported Ann Marimow in Tuesday’s Washington...
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Apr 9, 2008McCain Tagged as Bush Clone at DC Demo
"McSame as Bush! McSame as Bush!" chanted the nearly 100 activists who turned out for Tuesday's after-work demonstration outside a John McCain fundraiser at the posh Willard Intercontinental Hotel. As well-dressed attendees picked their way through the demonstrators, chants of "Hey...
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Apr 9, 2008Unemployed Worker Website Re-Launched
The National Employment Law Project has re-launched its website . Designed to provide information to workers and their advocates "who are struggling to navigate today's tough economic times and to provide a voice for the unemployed in Washington," the website first went live 5 years ago. "With...
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Apr 9, 2008LaborArt: The Migrant Project
The lives of the farm workers who put food on our tables are vividly rendered in a photo exhibit on view through Friday at the Mexican Cultural Institute. In The Migrant Project , photographer and writer Rick Nahmias documents the work and lives of California farm workers, a "virtually...
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Apr 8, 2008"I'm Just Like Bush"
“Every place I go,” Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain said recently, “there are AFL-CIO protestors saying I’m a Bush continuation with the war, etc…well, I am.” Labor activists will gather outside a high-dollar fundraiser for McCain tonight to highlight his support of...
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Apr 8, 2008Labor Turns Out for Navarro
Dozens of Montgomery County union members hit the doors Saturday for labor-endorsed County Council candidate Nancy Navarro, who's running in a special April 15 election to replace the late Marilyn Praisner. “A majority of the union members we polled over the weekend are supporting Nancy,”...
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Apr 8, 2008Ironworkers 5 Takes the Mound
Ironworkers Local 5 has purchased 1,000 tickets for the S econd Annual Labor Night with the Nats and will get to choose someone to throw out the first pitch, reports Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. “Local 5 has again stepped up to the plate to be one of...
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Apr 8, 2008Labor Updates (4/8/08)
US Economic Woes Only Beginning for Workers: Following Friday's news that the US lost 80,000 jobs in March, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is predicting that job loss is likely to accelerate in coming months, reports Doug Cunningham of Workers Independent News . "CEPR...
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Apr 7, 2008DC Council Increases Metro Worker Safety
Metro transit workers won a year-long fight to increase worker safety last Tuesday when the DC City Council passed a bill that “increased penalties for assaulting a Metro transit operator by 50 percent,” reported Taryn Luntz in last Wednesday’s Examiner . “This will protect not only...
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Apr 7, 2008Labor Updates (4/7/08)
Labor Pulls Out of DC Labor-Management Program: Labor told the DC City Council Friday it was pulling out of DC Labor-Management Partnership Programs. Stymied by the administration's unilateral decision-making, lack of information-sharing and continued refusal to meet with labor...
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Apr 7, 2008Labor On the Move (4/7/08)
Bodine in at Sprinkler Fitters: John D. Bodine Sr. took over as Sprinkler Fitters Local 669 Business Manager earlier this year. “Local 669 has recently signed several contracts of newly organized contractors,” Bodine reports on the 669 website . “This doesn’t just happen. Our...
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Apr 4, 2008Post Workers Win Buyout Gains
Negotiators for the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild won improved buyouts for Washington Post employees, report Rick Weiss and Allan Lengel on the Guild website . Buyout improvements and eligibility have become major issues as Post managers have been pushing workers to take the buyouts -...
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Apr 4, 2008Labor Seder Focuses on Voting, Worker Rights
This year's Labor Seder will focus on DC voting rights and workers' rights. The April 15 event – organized by Jews United for Justice – features an evening of speakers, song, text study, discussion, and action. Light refreshments and ritual foods will be provided, and childcare, a...
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Apr 4, 2008McCain Urged to 'Show Us the Money' at DC Fundraiser
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's "sorry record on working family issues like the economy, jobs, trade, health care, retirement security and the freedom to bargain" will be exposed Tuesday when local activists leaflet a McCain finance reception at the posh Willard hotel in...
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Apr 4, 2008ACE-AFSCME 2250 Holds Awards Dinner
ACE-AFSCME Local 2250’s 2nd Annual Dinner and Appreciation Awards Night is scheduled for April 26 in Bowie. “Tickets and ad space in our program book are still available,” says Local 2250 President Faith Jones. Ads are due by April 11. Contact Renee Dixon at 301-809-0472 or...
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Apr 4, 2008Labor Photo: Protesting the DC Internet By-Pass:
While Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg accepted an industry award inside, dozens of red-clad CWA members and labor activists rallied and leafleted outside a downtown Marriott Hotel Wednesday night (r) to protest Verizon's refusal to bring improved high-speed FiOS technology to DC.
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Apr 3, 2008Veteran DC Teachers May Leave School System
Hundreds of experienced DC teachers - tired of battling declining working conditions and School Chancellor Michelle Rhee's controversial initiatives - may soon be leaving in droves to take advantage of a proposed early-retirement program, Washington Teachers Union Local 6 President George Parker...
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Apr 3, 2008'I Helped Build the Stadium'
"Soon it will be the workplace for Ryan Zimmerman, Dmitri Young and other members of the Washington Nationals. But for nearly two years, the sprawling site off South Capitol Street SE was the domain of men and women who wore hard hats instead of baseball helmets, leather boots instead of...
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Apr 3, 2008Walkin' & Knockin' for Labor Candidate Navarro
Union members will hit the doors in Montgomery County Saturday morning for labor-endorsed candidate Nancy Navarro. Navarro - who is running for the Montgomery County Council District 4 seat vacated by the recent death of Councilmember Marilyn Praisner - received the Metro Council's...
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Apr 3, 2008Labor Photo: Student Rally for Farmworker Justice
Students from universities across DC picketed in solidarity with Florida farmworkers’ campaign for better wages and working conditions outside the K St NW Burger King Wednesday. The students chanted “Down, down with exploitation! Up, up with fair food nation!” and asked the rush hour...
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Apr 2, 2008Supermarket Workers OK Contract
Area supermarket workers overwhelmingly approved a new 4-year contract Tuesday. Nearly 10,000 Safeway and Giant workers – members of UFCW Local 400 – turned out for the vote at the DC Armory on a contract proposal that maintained pension benefits and no co-pay on healthcare benefits, as...
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Apr 2, 2008Where's Our FiOS, Ivan?
Workers and labor activists will ask Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg tonight why the cable giant is leaving DC out of the high-speed loop. "Verizon is building a world-class, high speed network - called FiOS - throughout the metropolitan area - but not in DC," says the Connect-DC campaign . The...
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Apr 2, 2008LaborArt: There Won't Be Class Conflict
“I was disappointed that Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for ‘There Will Be Blood,’” writes labor photojournalist David Bacon on the truthout website. “Not because he's not a great actor (he is), but because the movie was such a betrayal of the book on which it was based.” While Upton...
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Apr 2, 2008Labor Photo (4/2/08)
Honey on MLK & Labor: Labor historian Mike Honey discusses his new book “Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign” Monday at the AFL-CIO.
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Apr 2, 2008Union City Voice: Readers Write (4/2/08)
Inspirational Mother: “What a fantastic film! I learned so much about Mother Jones,” writes Pamela Wilson about the 3/28 DC Labor FilmFest screening of "Mother Jones” at the AFL-CIO. “How admirable and incredibly inspiring she was! The music was wonderful, too. Many thanks for...
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Apr 1, 2008Student-Labor Week of Action Kicks Off Tonight
Metro Council President Jos Williams and AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff will join students and labor activists for a rally tonight at 5:15P to kick-off the DC Student-Labor Week of Action. A picket outside the K St NW Burger King to support Florida farmworkers will follow the rally....
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Apr 1, 2008Labor Updates (4/1/08)
Nursing Home Workers Picket Manor Care: More than 50 1199SEIU workers and supporters picketed outside of Carlyle/Manor Care of Dulaney Nursing Home in Towson, MD last Friday, March 28 to protest management’s failure to reach a fair contract agreement. After months of negotiations,...
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Apr 1, 2008Indian Workers Rally at White House
Over one hundred Indian workers rallied outside the White House Monday afternoon to demand an end to human trafficking and the exploitation of workers under guest worker programs. Workers met with Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen on Thursday to pressure him to hold their employer - Signal...
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Mar 31, 2008Supermarket Workers Win Tentative Agreement
UFCW Locals 400 and 27 report they have reached a tentative agreement with Giant Food and Safeway which will be submitted to the membership on Tuesday, April 1. “Community support was vital to winning this agreement,” Local 400 President James Lowthers said Sunday. Activists and allies are...
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Mar 31, 2008Mike Honey on MLK & the Memphis Strike
Today at noon, Mike Honey, one of America’s foremost labor and civil rights historians will speak and sign copies of his new book, "Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign." Honey will share the workers’ stories at a lunch discussion and...
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Mar 31, 2008Labor Updates (3/31/08)
DC Vote Cancels March: Plans for a Voting Rights March on April 16 have been canceled, due to the visit by Pope Benedict XVI that day. “With disrupted traffic and public safety resources focused on the Pope's visit, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for thousands of DC citizens to...
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Mar 31, 2008Labor Night at the Nats
Now that the new Nationals Stadium is officially open, the next big day there is the 2nd annual Labor Night at the Nats! Mark your calendar for Friday, July 11 and stay tuned for details.
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Mar 28, 2008Indian Workers March on Embassy
Chanting "Inquilab, zindabad" ("long live revolution"), 70 Indian workers and their supporters marched into the Indian Embassy Thursday afternoon to demand the Indian government hold high-level talks with US officials to stop the abuses of the guest worker program and take legal action against...
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Mar 28, 2008Prudential Turns Deaf Ear to Security Officers
Security officer Jaime Carrasco looked over his notes in the cold rain Thursday afternoon outside a downtown DC office building. "I have diabetes and need medication," said Carrasco, rehearsing what he planned to say to building property management officials. "Security officers need health...
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Mar 28, 2008Indian Workers March on Embassy
Chanting "Inquilab, zindabad" ("long live revolution"), 70 Indian workers and their supporters marched into the Indian Embassy Thursday afternoon to demand the Indian government hold high-level talks with US officials to stop the abuses of the guest worker program and take legal action against...
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Mar 28, 2008MD Nursing Home Workers Rally for a Fair Contract
Workers at Carlyle/Manor Care of Dulaney Nursing Home in Towson, Maryland will rally outside the facility today against management's refusal to the negotiate a fair contract. "After months of negotiations, management refuses to budge on key issues including affordable health care, decent pension...
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Mar 28, 2008Women in Film, Poetry & Song
Women's History Month wraps up with film, poetry and song today and tomorrow. Today at noon, United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts introduces a special free DC Labor FilmFest screening of "Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman." The 23-minute documentary about labor...
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Mar 28, 2008Labor Updates (3/28/08)
Secretary of Labor Chao Bars Labor B'Day Surprise: Department of Labor (DOL) workers - members of AFGE Local 12 - were barred from delivering 25,000 letters Wednesday to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao demanding she stop trampling workers' rights, reports the Shame on Elaine website . DOL...
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Mar 27, 2008Indian Guest Workers Protest Modern-Day Slavery
Indian guest workers will hold a series of actions in the coming days to pressure Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen to take legal action against their employer for human trafficking and
