2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 4)

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)August 10: Verizon Strikers: "No Contract, No Peace!"
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...

September 1: Activists Stage "Main Street" Sit-In at Majority Leader Cantor's Office
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...

September 22: Office Cleaners Rally For Good Jobs, Strong Communities
Area office cleaners have hit the streets in recent days to demand their chance at sharing in the American Dream. Negotiations began last week for a new union contract covering over 1,500 cleaners in Montgomery County, Maryland, 5,000 commercial cleaners in Washington, D.C., nearly 4,000 cleaners in Northern Virginia, and over 700 in Baltimore...

October 5: OccupyDC: Report from McPherson Square
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, standing in solidarity with those who have been occupying Wall Street in New York City for the last few weeks...