News Articles
- Apr 25, 2012 In Wake of Walmart Bribery Probe, Activists Call for Halt on DC Stores
With the Justice Department now conducting a criminal probe of Walmart for allegations of systematic bribery in Mexico, Respect DC is calling on local authorities "to put a halt on all permitting for Walmart's proposed stores in DC"... more...
- Apr 25, 2012 Union Sportsmen's Alliance's 2012 Shooting Tour Returns to Baltimore
The Union Sportsmen's Alliance's popular sporting clays and trap shooting series returns to Maryland for the 2nd Annual Baltimore Area Trap Shoot... more...
- Apr 24, 2012 Immigration Debate Hits Local and National Stage
The U.S. Supreme Court will once again be the focus of a major demonstration tomorrow as the Court hears arguments on the legality of SB1070 -- Arizona's notoriously anti-immigrant bill... more...
- Apr 24, 2012 Washington Teachers Debut New Website
The Washington Teachers Union -- with more than 5,000 active and retired teachers in DC -- is staying ahead of the curve... more...
- Apr 24, 2012 $100 AT&T Smartphone Rebate
With the Union Plus AT&T Wireless Difference, union members can support their CWA and IBEW union brothers and sisters at the only national unionized wireless provider... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Coming Up this Week
Metro Council Delegate Meeting, Unite Here 23 Rally, and more... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Labor Photo: "Safe Jobs Save Lives"
Michigan Bricklayer Tom Ward's father died of silicosis when Ward was just 13.... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Metro Council Delegate Meeting Monday
Hear about upcoming CSA events, Streetheat actions, and reports on the recent primary elections and upcoming DC Ward 5 and presidential elections at tonight's Delegate Meeting... more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Signed, Sealed, Delivered
"Enclosed please find five self-addressed #10 envelopes with proper postage affixed on each for copies of the 2012 Metropolitan Labor Council Directory..." more...
- Apr 23, 2012 Labor Quiz: Which Army?
The "Army of the Commonweal in Christ" is more well-known as the Bonus Army, Kelly's Army or Coxey's Army? more...
- Apr 20, 2012 New IUEC Contract Ratified
IUEC members across the country have a new contract for the next five years... more...
- Apr 20, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Mark Your Calendar
Labor Night at the Nats and CSA Golf Tourney... more...
- Apr 20, 2012 Revamped Executive PayWatch Website Focuses on "CEO Pay and the 99%"
Verizon cut 41,100 jobs while hoarding $14 billion and paying its CEO $23.1 million... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Williams to Urge Confirmation of Wasserman & Hoffman to DC PERB
Calling them "supremely qualified," Metro Council President Jos Williams will urge the DC City Council this morning to confirm Donald Wasserman and Ann Hoffman as representatives on the Public Employee Relations Board... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 DC COPE Report
"DC Council Delays Furlough Pay Vote" & "Metro Council Endorses Kenyan McDuffie in Ward 5" more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Your Story Here
A lot of the stories in Union City come from readers like you and now submitting a story, photo or story idea just got a whole lot easier... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Labor on the Move: McGarvey Elected Building Trades President
Sean McGarvey, who has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department since 2005, was elected president Monday... more...
- Apr 19, 2012 Hotel Workers Launch Mariott Wardman Picket & Boycott
Hotel workers launched a picket line and boycott at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Thursday morning after contract talks broke down over healthcare, wages and pension issues... more...
- Apr 18, 2012 Restaurant Workers Demand Increase in Minimum Wage
"21 years of $2.13 / the NRA is greedy and mean" chanted dozens of protesters in front of the National Restaurant Association office at noontime Tuesday in downtown DC... more...
- Apr 18, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: The Shoebox Project
The elderly, veterans and the homeless in our area need a little help... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 VA Supermarket Workers Take Struggle for Union to Amsterdam
Three Martin's and Giant Food workers from Virginia are in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to share their stories at the Dutch company's annual general meeting today... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 Local Labor Celebrates DC Emancipation Day
Organized labor was out in force yesterday at the DC Emancipation Day Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the day President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 Gray Pushing to Repay DC Employees for Furloughs DC Mayor Vincent Gray has submitted a supplemental budget that includes a proposal to repay District employees for unnecessary furlough days in 2010... more...
- Apr 17, 2012 Norquist Targeted in Demand for Tax Justice
As millions of Americans across the country rushed to beat the annual Tax Day filing deadline, activists gathered in front of Grover Norquist's downtown DC office Tuesday to demand tax justice... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 Coming Up This Week
Emancipation Day, SOA Watch Rally, Go to Grover's for Tax Day, and more... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 Supermarket Workers to Continue Activism
Saying "We can't stop; we won't stop," local supermarket workers aren't relaxing after winning contracts at Giant and Safeway earlier this month more...
- Apr 16, 2012 DC 99% Spring Training Preps for Direct Action
Public school teachers, union organizers, non-profit staffers, a yoga teacher, a think tank fellow, and retirees all came together at the AFL-CIO yesterday to participate in DC Jobs with Justice's 99% Spring training... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 2012 Directory Updates
An updated PDF of the 2012 Metro Council Directory with half a dozen updates and corrections is now available online... more...
- Apr 16, 2012 Labor Quiz: Whose Autobiography?
"70 Years of Life and Labor" is the autobiography of which labor leader... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 Coming Up this Weekend
With a whopping ten events scheduled, it’s an action-packed weekend in the DC Metro area; here are a few highlights... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 "Sleepful Protest" Targets Banks
"Sleepful Protests" sounds like another oxymoron, like "business ethics" or "bankrupt millionaire" but it's actually a surprisingly-effective new tactic by the endlessly creative Occupy movement... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 Injured DC Workers Battle for Benefits
When William Workcuff injured his back at his job with the DC Housing Authority he had no idea of how often he would have to fight the District government to access the medical care he needs... more...
- Apr 13, 2012 American Jobs on the Line at T-Mobile
When it's American jobs on the line, T-Mobile keeps dropping the call... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 150th Emancipation Day Anniversary Kicks Off
Yesterday's "March Through The Monuments" kicked off six days commemorating the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of DC's slaves in 1862... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 IATSE Targets Anti-Union AV Company
Downtown workers on their lunch break Thursday were surprised to come upon a banner at the corner of 16th and L streets accusing the AAUW of being "Unfair"... more...
- Apr 12, 2012 "Days of Action" Set for Workers' Rights in the Americas
In 1996 a group of armed thugs showed up at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Carepa, Colombia, where influential labor leader Isidro Segundo Gil worked... more...
- Apr 11, 2012 DC Celebrates 150 Years of Freedom
Marking the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, DC Emancipation Day celebrations will be ongoing over the next five days... more...
- Apr 11, 2012 Library of Congress Opens Lactation Center
To the cheers of dozens of workers -- many of them working mothers -- the Library of Congress opened the first of two planned lactation centers on March 9... more...
- Apr 11, 2012 99% Spring Blossoms in DC
More than 100,000 activists are expected to train for non-violent direct action across the country this week as part of the 99% Spring... more...
- Apr 10, 2012 Firefighters & Cops Join Teachers in Budget Protest
Firefighters, police, and school administrators stood in solidarity with DC public school teachers yesterday as the WTU rallied against budget cuts... more...
- Apr 10, 2012 Labor College to Sell Campus, Continue Online
The NLC is planning to sell the school's Silver Spring campus and continue as a primarily online educational institution... more...
- Apr 10, 2012 In Memoriam: Building Trades Department President Mark Ayers
Mark Ayers, president of the BCTD and an AFL-CIO vice president, passed away Sunday morning at 63... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 D.C. Parents and Teachers to Protest School Budget Parents, education advocates, and teachers will gather today on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building at noon to protest a proposed budget... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Labor FilmFest Partners with 2012 FilmFest DC
The DC LaborFilmFest is a Community Partner for two films screening at this year's 26th annual Washington, DC International Film Festival... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Coming Up
The next two weeks are bursting with local and national actions in the metro area... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Picturing the Board
Photos of the Metro Washington Council's Executive Board can be found on the Council website... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Labor Quiz: Postage Due
Which of these labor leaders has NOT been honored on a U.S. postage stamp? more...
- Apr 9, 2012 UFCW 1994 Wants Problem Busses Off Streets
"Quit playing Russian roulette with the safety of our bus operators and the riding public," said UFCW Local 1994 President Gino Renne... more...
- Apr 9, 2012 Walmart Delay in DC Shows Lack of Support, Says Community Group
Walmart's announcement over the weekend that it will delay the opening of five of six planned stores in DC "is further proof that the company has not won over city residents,"... more...
- Apr 6, 2012 UFCW 400 Releases Hip-Hop Video
"Fight for the side that's right /grocery workers unite /join us!" raps local hip-hop artist Head-Roc in the infectiously bouncy music video UFCW Local 400 Anthem... more...
- Apr 6, 2012 Labor on the Move: UMD Law Student Wins Browning Fund Award
Joshua Lowery, a second-year student at University of Maryland School of Law and the son of IUEC Local 10's Jim Lowery and IAM member Ruth Lowery, has been awarded a 10-week summer fellowship by the Peggy Browning Fund... more...
- Apr 6, 2012 Labor Photo: Council Website Wins Front Page Award
Metro Council Union City staffers Chris Garlock, Julia Kann and former staffer Adam Wright accepted the "Distinguished Website Design" award at the Newspaper Guild's Front Page Awards... more...
- Apr 5, 2012 SEIU 400 Offers Members Classes
SEIU Local 400 takes education seriously. Not only do they represent the custodial staff for the Prince George's County School System, but now... more...
- Apr 5, 2012 Labor Photo: Fire Fighters 36 Welcomes Conference
The DC Pipe and Drum Band -- comprised of members of Fire Fighters Local 36 -- performed during the opening ceremony of the 2012 IAFF Legislative Conference... more...
- Apr 5, 2012 Online Affiliate Directory Gets Organized The Metro Council's online directory is not only constantly updated, it's now been alphabetized for easier use... more...
- Apr 4, 2012 Labor-Endorsed Candidates Fare Well in Primaries
Area candidates endorsed by the Metro Washington Council did well in yesterday's primaries... more...
- Apr 4, 2012 Follow Us on Twitter!
Over 1,200 people now follow the Metro Washington Council on Twitter... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Delegate Meeting Postponed for Emancipation Day Celebration
The monthly Metro Washington Council Delegate Meeting has been moved to April 23, postponing it by one week to allow everyone to participate fully in the DC Emancipation Day... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Election Day Details
Today is election day in DC and Maryland and polling places are open from 7a to 8p... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Labor on the Move: JUJF Welcomes Katie Ashmore
Katie Ashmore is the new community organizer at Jews United for Justice (JUFJ)... more...
- Apr 3, 2012 Giant, Safeway Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract
Giant and Safeway workers in the DC area represented by UFCW 400 on Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a new collective bargaining agreement... more...
- Apr 2, 2012 Coming Up This Week
Here are a few local labor events coming up this week; check the labor calendar for even more local labor action... more...
- Apr 2, 2012 DC/MD COPE Reports
Primary election day is tomorrow, April 3; here's a handy guide to the Council's endorsements... more...
- Apr 2, 2012 Labor Quiz: Electrifying
The seal of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers includes 10 bolts of lightning... more...
- Mar 30, 2012 Trayvon Martin Rally Exposes ALEC's Attacks on Civil & Worker Rights
"I'm wearing my hoodie today for Trayvon and for all working people" said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Thursday at a midday rally outside the downtown DC offices of ALEC... more...
- Mar 30, 2012 Building Futures Grads Working for Better Lives
"Thank you for giving me a chance to have a trade to better my life" said Anthony Scott at the recent graduation ceremonies for the latest Building Futures class... more...
- Mar 30, 2012 DC Labor Walk Sheds Light on IBEW Museum
DC Labor Walk participants last week got a special tour of the IBEW's museum... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Shoppers Pledging Support for Giant & Safeway Workers
Shoppers across the region yesterday pledged to support supermarket workers fighting for a fair contract at Safeway... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Labor Movement to Join Protest of Deadly "Kill at Will" Legislation
The labor movement is joining a diverse coalition of advocacy organizations, activists, and national leaders today at noon to protest the ALEC's paid promotion of deadly "Kill at Will" legislation... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Injured Workers Organize in DC
DC Government Workers injured on the job are not taking it lying down... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 MD COPE Report: Breakfast Rally for Rob Garagiola
Rob Garagiola is the only labor-endorsed candidate running in the Democratic Congressional Primary in Maryland's District 6... more...
- Mar 29, 2012 Workers Reach Tentative Agreement with Giant & Safeway
Giant and Safeway workers in the DC and Baltimore metropolitan areas, represented by UFCW Locals 400 and 27, have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with their employers... more...
- Mar 28, 2012 Supermarket Workers Urge Shoppers to Take Action to Help Avert Strike
With the March 31 contract expiration just days away, UFCW Local 400 called on area shoppers to take action at their local Giant or Safeway... more...
- Mar 28, 2012 Demonstrations Continue at Supreme Court Hearings on Health Care Law
Beating drums, waving signs and chanting slogans, over 1,000 health care supporters overflowed the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court yesterday... more...
- Mar 28, 2012 2012 Metro Council Endorsements
The Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO has made the following endorsements in the April 3rd primaries... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Raising Voices for Health Care at the Supreme Court
"The right wing is making a big test of what kind of society it is we're going to have" AFSCME's Paul Booth said as he walked the picket line in front of the Supreme Court Monday morning... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Dozens of Student Activists Arrested at Sallie Mae Sit-In
Three dozen student activists were arrested Monday as more than 300 students took to the streets of DC to protest student debt... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Labor Seder Celebrates Immigrants' Roots & Rights
When Ilir Zherka arrived in this country, the two-year-old Albanian immigrant didn't speak a word of English... more...
- Mar 27, 2012 Farm Worker Pioneers Inducted into DOL Hall of Honor
"They built a union like no other and turned a community into a movement"... more...
- Mar 26, 2012 Coming Up This Week
Protect the Affordable Care Act, Building a Cooperative Movement, and more! more...
- Mar 26, 2012 IUOE 99 Retiree Tapped for Calvert County Award
Kenneth R. Moore, Sr., a member of IUOE Local 99 for 53 years, is such an active member of the Calvert County, MD community that the Calvert County Democratic Party recently gave him its Chairman's Award for Outstanding Service to the Community... more...
- Mar 26, 2012 Labor in the News: Union City Photo Featured In College Text Book
W.W. Norton Publishers is using one of Union City's recent photographs in its upcoming 12th edition of American Government... more...
- Mar 26, 2012 Labor Quiz: The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit?
Who originally classified legendary UAW President Walter Reuther as the most dangerous man in Detroit? more...
- Mar 25, 2012 Work Stoppage Looms as Supermarket Bargaining Goes Down to the Wire
With just one full day left of negotiations, UFCW Local 400 charged that area supermarket workers are "no closer to an agreement than we were 10 weeks ago." more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Faith Community Rallies Around Supermarket Workers
"Fill one of these cards out and get it back to me on your way out"... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Walmart Board Member Gets Loud "Wake Up Call"
The megaphone crackled to life at the Bethesda Marriott Thursday... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Healthcare Allies Rally to Protect the Affordable Care Act Unions and community allies will rally outside the Supreme Court next week as opponents of the Affordable Care Act descend on DC... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 MD COPE Report: "Labor to Labor" Takes on District 6
Union members in Maryland are taking to the streets for Rob Garagiola, the labor-endorsed candidate in Congressional District 6... more...
- Mar 23, 2012 Labor Photo: CWA Day of Action Takes on Downtown DC
"Hey Verizon! You can't hide! We can see your greedy side!" protesters chanted across Downtown DC yesterday... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 Labor Photo: Teamster Solidarity from Ohio to DC
On strike since February 14, Teamsters Local 507 traveled from Cleveland, Ohio to DC to protest in front of Red Cross Headquarters on 17th Street yesterday... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 DC COPE Report: Union Members Get Out the Vote Union members in the District of Columbia are working hard to elect the labor endorsed candidates... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 Labor Seder Tix Still Available
The voices of local immigrant workers will be heard this Sunday at Jews United for Justice's annual Labor Seder... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Building Futures Accepting Applications
The Community Service Agency's Building Futures program is now accepting applications for their next pre-apprenticeship course... more...
- Mar 22, 2012 Verizon Workers say Contract "Due" after 9 Months
Commuters making their way through the fog on Route 29 early Thursday morning may have thought they were hallucinating... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Safeway Workers Protest "Scab" Hiring Sites
It was Safeway worker Vivian Sigouin's day off but at noon on Tuesday she was walking through the Piney Branch Safeway in northwest DC, passing out union buttons and lanyards to her fellow Safeway workers... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Metro Council Board Sworn In
The election of the Metro Council's Executive Board led off a meeting jam-packed with delegates and upcoming Streetheat and political activities Monday night more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Labor On The Move: Elise Bryant Wins UALE "Lifetime Achievement" Award
Local labor activist Elise Bryant has been selected the winner of the "Lifetime Achievement" award by the United Association of Labor Educators (UALE)... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 "Pregnant" Verizon Workers Protest; Faith Support for Giant/Safeway Workers; "Stand Up to Corporate Greed"
Call it the Thursday Trifecta, with three Streetheat actions scheduled for tomorrow across metro DC... more...
- Mar 21, 2012 Electrifying Tour Thursday Check out the electrifying history of the IBEW at Thursday's DC Labor Walk tour of the IBEW Museum... more...
- Mar 20, 2012 Verizon Retirees Stand with Workers for a Fair Contract
Last week retired members of CWA Local 2108 showed their solidarity with current members as they headed into a College Park Verizon store... more...
- Mar 20, 2012 Striking Cleveland Teamsters to Rally at Red Cross HQ Wednesday
Busloads of Teamsters from Cleveland, OH, will join scores of labor and community activists in a demonstration at American Red Cross national headquarters on Wednesday... more...
- Mar 20, 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Helps Generate Support for Film About Sanitation Workers
The DC Labor FilmFest, which since 2001 has screened films about work and workers, last week helped generate funds to complete an exciting new movie featuring Austin sanitation workers... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 Slideshow, Directory, Politics & More at Metro Council Delegate Meeting Tonight
Tonight's meeting of the Metro Washington Council features the 2011 DC Labor Scrapbook slideshow, now complete and with great music, reports on a host of upcoming Streetheat actions... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 Coming Up This Week Check the labor calendar for the full schedule of events... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 2012 Evening with Labor Photo Album Posted
Photos of the 2012 Evening with Labor festivities have now been posted online... more...
- Mar 19, 2012 Labor Quiz: What Color is Your Contract?
A long-since-outlawed agreement that new workers were forced to sign as condition of employment, stating that they were not members of any union and that they would not join a union, is called... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 Giant Workers Say "A Deal is a Deal"
Giant supermarket workers last week were in the Netherlands drumming up awareness of Giant parent company Ahold's broken promises to workers here in the US... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 Brand New Labor Walk at IBEW Museum
The newest DC Labor Walk at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum still has spots available for next Thursday’s tour... more...
- Mar 16, 2012 2012 Directory to be Released at Council Meeting At Monday's Delegate Meeting the brand-new 2012 Directory of Metro Council Affiliates will be released, featuring completely-updated contact information for all affiliates and a listing of local union shops... more...
- Mar 15, 2012 DC COPE Report: Council Makes Three DC Endorsements At well-attended meetings of the Metro Council's Executive Board, delegates and DC COPE last night, the Council made decisions on three endorsements for the April 3rd primary election... more...
- Mar 15, 2012 AFL-CIO Endorses Obama; DC-Area Labor Pledges Historic GOTV Effort
Citing President Obama's commitment to working families, the AFL-CIO General Board voted Tuesday to endorse the president for a second term... more...
- Mar 15, 2012 Despite Financial Challenges, Labor College Keeps Focus on Worker Education
The National Labor College "is currently operating business as usual in every respect," President Paula Peinovich told NLC staff yesterday... more...
- Mar 14, 2012 Council's Website Wins Guild Award
The Metro Council has won another Front Page award, this time for Distinguished Website Design... more...
- Mar 14, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: Auto Insurance Discounts for Union Members
Auto insurance premiums can take a bite out of the family budget, but union members can compare rates and save hundreds of dollars with the Union Plus Auto Insurance Program... more...
- Mar 13, 2012 Howard Students Decry Bonuses in Face of Furloughs
"The students united will never be defeated chanted Howard University students outside the university's annual Charter Day Convocation Ceremony last Friday... more...
- Mar 13, 2012 Trumka Follows DClabor on Twitter
Union City is more than just an email publication -- it's now on Twitter and Facebook, too... more...
- Mar 13, 2012 Transit Workers Urge Mass Transit Funding, Endorse "Occupy Transit" Day
Cheerfully-bobbing balloons and smiling transit workers greeted commuters Tuesday morning as they emerged from the Farragut West and Farragut North Metro stations... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 "Fighting" Mike Murphy Accepts "Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year" Award
Saying that he was "proud to fight for our members," IUOE Local 99 Business Manager Mike Murphy took a bow with his trademark grin as he accepted the 2011 Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year Award... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 DC Labor Walk Explores IBEW Museum
The latest DC Labor Walk offers a very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 Coming Up This Week
DCJwJ Unpaid Wages Direct Action, The Future of Mass Transit in America Rush Hour Leafletting, and a Lunchtime Documentary Screening... more...
- Mar 12, 2012 Labor Quiz: Mayor Powderly?
True or false: Knights of Labor head Terrence V. Powderly also served as Mayor of Scranton, PA? more...
- Mar 12, 2012 Labor College Staff Warned of Possible Layoffs
While National Labor College staff was officially warned Monday of "possible layoffs" in the next 60 days, NLC spokesperson Lara Manzione told Union City that "We're working very hard to finalize a new partnership to fill the financial hole created last Fall when our partnership with Princeton... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 Cash-Rich Giant Won't Share With Workers
While Giant supermarkets are demanding major givebacks from their workers, parent company Ahold has "too much cash," Ahold CFO Jeff Carr recently told investors... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Winners: Outstanding Trade Unionist
Michael Murphy of IUOE Local 99 is this year's winner of the JC Turner Award for Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 Labor Seder Set for March 25
"Immigrant Roots, Immigrant Rights" is the theme of this year's annual Labor Seder on March 25, hosted by Jews United for Justice... more...
- Mar 9, 2012 New Arsenal Monument Photo for Labor Map
Salem Pearce's photo of the Arsenal Monument is now included in the monument's marker on the DC Labor Map... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 DC COPE Report: Consumer Advocates Demand DC Council Vote on PSC Nominee
With District consumers facing major electricity and telephone rate increase requests, dozens of community, labor and faith leaders showed up in front of the John A. Wilson Building yesterday to demand that the DC City Council vote on Elizabeth "Betty" Noel's nomination to the 3-member Public... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Awards: Community Services
Thomas Webb and AFGE 3615 are this year's recipients of the Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 JwJ, EJC Urge Action for Injured Government Workers Demanding that the government recognize the needs of injured DC government workers, a coalition of community groups testified March 1 at the Council's Committee on Government Operations Oversight Hearing on the Office of Risk Management... more...
- Mar 8, 2012 New African Films Festival Opens Tonight
TransAfrica's 8th annual New African Films Festival kicks off tonight at AFI... more...
- Mar 7, 2012 PG High School Students Suspended After Protest Supporting Teachers
Four students at Northwestern High School in Prince George's County were suspended last week after staging a walkout over issues including denial of promised pay raises for their teachers... more...
- Mar 7, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Winners: Outstanding Citizen
Reverend Graylan Hagler is this year's winner of the Wilhelmina Rolark Outstanding Citizen Award... more...
- Mar 6, 2012 Coming Up This Week
While Saturday's "Evening with Labor" is certainly the biggest labor event of the week, it’s not the only one... more...
- Mar 6, 2012 2011 Evening with Labor Winners: Organizing & Golden Picket On Saturday the local labor community will come together for the 35th annual Evening with Labor to celebrate and honor local labor activists... more...
- Mar 6, 2012 Library of Congress Guild Supports Martha's Table
With 18 boxes of children's books and personal care items in tow, union members at the Library of Congress headed to Martha's Table this January to support the organization's impressive community work... more...
- Mar 5, 2012 AFSCME Members to Take On Annapolis
Public employees in green union T-shirts with large, green "RESPECT, RIGHTS, REVENUE" signs will rally tonight in Annapolis... more...
- Mar 5, 2012 Wage Theft, Oppression on Capital Grille Menu
Patrons of the Capital Grille were surprised last week to find that oppression was on the menu at the Friendship Heights restaurant... more...
- Mar 5, 2012 Labor Quiz: Women Welcome
Which was the first trade union to admit women into membership? more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Nurses Charge Washington Hospital Center With Violating Federal Law
Registered nurses at the District's largest hospital charge that Washington Hospital Center is violating federal labor law by refusing to meet with nurse representatives, undermining the ability of nurses to address patient safety problems and the ability of the hospital to recruit new RNs... more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Lessons in Job Safety
Building Futures students are learning fast that when it comes to construction, "safety comes first"... more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Evening with Labor Tix Still Available Just eight days until the 35th annual Evening with Labor, DC labor's premier local labor event featuring awards, a chance to see lots of great labor and political friends, wonderful food at a union hotel, good music and of course dancing... more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Area Union Hotels Score High with AAA
Five area union hotels were rated among the best of the best by AAA for 2012/// more...
- Mar 2, 2012 Giant, Safeway Workers Blast Concession Demands, Recruitment of "Replacement" Workers, Efforts to Silence Union Members
Giant and Safeway management is "going nuclear" in its attempt to ram through a contract that would drive workers out of the middle class, undermine their health and retirement security, and squeeze even more profits out of their hard work, grocery workers charged today... more...
- Mar 1, 2012 DC Councilmembers Jack Evans & Vincent Orange Get Nod from Metro Council; Murray, Vaughns, Jackson, Fellows & Burroughs Endorsed for PG School Board
District Councilmembers Jack Evans and Vincent Orange were endorsed by the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO at its monthly meeting last Monday... more...
- Mar 1, 2012 Stage Employees Look to Organize Smaller Venues Saying that stage employees at all local theaters deserve the same advantages as those working at larger venues, IATSE Local 22 has announced a new organizing drive to unionize "all theatrical stage employees working in smaller theatres, LORT theatres and community theatres"... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 DC Accused of "Cheerleading" for Walmart
Calling it "unfortunate" that DC elected officials "have turned into either silent or loud cheerleaders for Walmart," Respect DC organizer Mike Wilson says that "There's just no real willingness to look at [Walmart's] track record"... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 Grocery Workers Step Up Campaign for Fair Contract
With just a month to go before their contracts with Safeway and Giant expire, UFCW Local 400 members are expanding their campaign from the streets into the digital realm... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 Last Chance For 2012 Directory Updates! Click here to review a PDF version or here for the Online Metro Washington Council Directory of Affiliates. The Directory’s been completely updated with dozens of corrections for the Council’s nearly 200 affiliated local unions, Councils, Constituency Groups and allies. The Union Shop’s... more...
- Feb 29, 2012 Labor Opposes O'Malley Proposal to Shift Pension Costs to Counties
Labor leaders this week came out strongly against Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's proposal to shift teacher pension costs onto counties... more...
- Feb 28, 2012 Occupy DC Takes a Stand with MD Homeowner
"Before, I was ashamed, now I feel good because we are standing up" Bertina Jones said yesterday... more...
- Feb 28, 2012 Metro Council Supports PG Casino as Jobs Generator “Our region, and [Prince George's] County in particular, need more good jobs that pay family-sustaining wages and benefits" Metro Council President Jos Williams testified last week... more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Coming Up This Week
From Monday's Occupy DC rally to meet-the-author events Tuesday and Wednesday, there's plenty of local labor action this week... more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Labor in the News: The Long View and Howard Negotiations Continue
Operating Engineers Local 77 member Tim Reese reflects on the view from his perch atop his 190-foot tower crane... more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Labor Quiz: Labor's Stamp of Approval
Which American labor leader was honored on a postage stamp issued in 1950 more...
- Feb 27, 2012 Union Voice: Readers Write Learning from the Labor Quiz... more...
- Feb 24, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Cooper Tire Settlement Reached
Locked-out Cooper Tire workers reached a tentative agreement late yesterday afternoon, so Saturday's demonstration in Silver Spring has been cancelled... more...
- Feb 24, 2012 Demo Demands Rights for Mexican Workers
"Escucha! Escucha! Estamos en la lucha!" chanted protesters in front of the Mexican Embassy yesterday... more...
- Feb 24, 2012 Grants to Support Women in Labor Movement
Funding is available for organizations, programs and projects committed to "helping women organize into unions"... more...
- Feb 23, 2012 Giant, Safeway Workers Rally Customer Support As Bargaining Battle Heats Up
Hundreds of UFCW Local 400 members headed into Giant and Safeway stores in Maryland, Virginia, and DC yesterday to ask for customer support in their battle for a fair contract... more...
- Feb 23, 2012 Mexican Worker Rights Struggle Continues at DC Demo Today
Despite 50,000 activists taking to the streets around the world a year ago, the struggle for workers rights in Mexico continues, including at a noontime action today at the Mexican Embassy in downtown DC... more...
- Feb 23, 2012 The Occupied Washington Times Union Connection
The latest issue of the Occupied Washington Times -- Occupy DC's newspaper -- has hit the street, and attentive readers will notice something new on the back page: a union bug... more...
- Feb 22, 2012 Big Solidarity for Local Actions
Three upcoming actions provide opportunities to participate in national and international campaigns... more...
- Feb 22, 2012 Labor Photo: IATSE 22 Honors Benson
IATSE Local 22 dedicated the local's meeting hall to former Pres. Brian X. Benson on February 11... more...
- Feb 22, 2012 Labor Quiz: Norma Rae's Awards
How many Academy Awards did "Norma Rae" -- the 1979 film about a textile worker who organizes a union at her plant in North Carolina -- win? more...
- Feb 21, 2012 Evening with Labor Ad Deadline Today Today at 5p is the deadline for ads in this year’s Evening with Labor program book... more...
- Feb 21, 2012 Students Learn Concrete Facts at Cement Masons
"I have walked on concrete sidewalks plenty of times but I never realized how much manual labor goes into finishing it!” more...
- Feb 21, 2012 2012 Metro Council Directory PDF Edition Published
The PDF version of the 2012 Metro Washington Council Directory of Affiliates is now available online... more...
- Feb 21, 2012 American University Adjuncts Vote to Join Union In response to growing inequality on campus including near-poverty wages with no benefits, adjunct faculty at American University have voted to join SEIU Local 500... more...
- Feb 17, 2012 Labor Photo: Ward 4 and Occupiers "Respect DC"
Over 30 people turned out early Thursday morning in Northwest DC to protest construction of the District's first Walmart. Occupiers from Occupy DC blocked two trucks from entering the site, at Georgia Avenue and Missouri, delaying the morning’s construction, while members of Ward 4... more...
- Feb 17, 2012 Last Chance to see "Mother Jones" Play
Starting tonight, Can’t Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones returns to DC this weekend for four final shows. Award-winning actress Kaiulani Lee (at left as Mother Jones) -- in “a stunning performance you won’t be able to take your eyes off of” -- brings labor icon Mother Jones... more...
- Feb 17, 2012 Progressive Maryland Launches Campaign for Tax Fairness
Progressive Maryland (PM) this week launched a statewide campaign for tax fairness with a mailing to voters in selected election districts across the state highlighting the inequity in the current tax system and many of the proposals being considered by the General Assembly to close an... more...
- Feb 16, 2012 Howard Hospital Workers Demand Negotiations
Honking car horns echoed along Georgia Avenue yesterday at midday as hospital workers took to the streets to demand fair negotiations with management at Howard University Hospital... more...
- Feb 16, 2012 UFCW 1994 MCGEO Secures First Multi-Year Pact With Montgomery County
In what the union termed "a turnaround in the negative pattern of the past several years and a win-win for the union, management and taxpayers," UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO has reached a tentative agreement with Montgomery County... more...
- Feb 16, 2012 Labor Photo: Oil Workers Rally for Jobs
Hundreds of oil workers from three Philadelphia refineries slated for permanent shutdown early this year came to Capitol Hill yesterday... more...
- Feb 15, 2012 Cafeteria Workers Rally for Contracts
With bright orange buckets and loud, cheering voices, Unite Here Local 23 hit the streets with a colorful bang last night as this newly-formed local held its first rally... more...
- Feb 15, 2012 "Captivating" Mother Jones Play Returns
Described as "a stunning performance you won’t be able to take your eyes off of," "Can’t Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones" returns to DC this weekend for four final shows... more...
- Feb 15, 2012 DCJWJ Tells City Council to "Respect DC"
Despite the last-minute cancellation of the public hearing on a ballot initiative to ban direct corporate contributions to DC candidates, dozens of people showed up Monday morning at the planned hearing of the Board of Elections and Ethics to demand accountability from their elected officials... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 Local 23 at the "Heart" of Defending Workers' Rights
This afternoon Unite Here's newly-formed Local 23 will hold its very first rally as they gear up for over 15 cafeteria-worker contracts in the coming months... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 Promises of a Bright Future
IBEW Local 26's Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is lighting the way to solidarity in Charles County, MD... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: Helpful Information on Mortgage Settlement
Some homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments will soon be eligible for loan modifications... more...
- Feb 14, 2012 Labor Quiz: Solidarity Forever's Origins
IWW songwriter Ralph Chaplin wrote "Solidarity Forever" in 1915 for which of these activities? more...
- Feb 13, 2012 99% Confront the 1% at Conservative Conference
Over 1,200 labor and community activists turned out in force at two demonstrations Friday outside the Conservative Political Action Conference... more...
- Feb 13, 2012 Labor Calendar Preview
Highlights of upcoming events this week. Check out the local labor calendar for full details... more...
- Feb 13, 2012 DCNA Calls on Howard University to Resume Negotiations with AFSCME
The District of Columbia Nurses Association on Friday urged Howard University President Sidney Ribeau to resume contract negotiations with AFSCME Local 2094... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 Progressives to
A broad coalition of progressive activists will be out in force today at "Occupy CPAC," a two-part action at the ongoing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 Verizon Called "Poison" as Flashmob Strikes Union Station Store
The unexpected sounds of brass instruments echoed through Union Station last night as commuters turned to watch an unusual gathering in front of the Verizon store... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 Labor in the News: Triumph of the Trashmen & Apple Labor Protests
AFSCME Council 20's sanitation workers and a protest at the Georgetown Apple store both made headlines this week... more...
- Feb 10, 2012 License to Organize
They're known as "vanity plates," but that's not the right term to describe the license plate that adorns the Buick of UFCW Local 400 steward Gary Tafrawe, a 38-year member and Safeway worker... more...
- Feb 9, 2012 Plugging In to the Local Labor Movement
DC Labor will be live-tweeting from the "Occupy CPAC" demonstrations this Friday, giving you moment-to-moment updates for both actions... more...
- Feb 9, 2012 Valentines with Justice
Expand your idea of that certain special person to include area caregivers this Valentine's Day, suggests DC Jobs with Justice... more...
- Feb 9, 2012 Labor Chorus Scores Wammie Nomination
The DC Labor Chorus – a familiar sight and sound on local picket lines and area labor events – has been nominated for a coveted Wammie this year in the Choral category... more...
- Feb 8, 2012 Howard University Hospital Workers Battle Unionbusting
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... more...
- Feb 8, 2012 Countdown to Occupy CPAC
Plans for Friday's noontime and evening Occupy CPAC rallies include street theater, music, puppets, and a whole lot more... more...
- Feb 8, 2012 Labor in the News: Jaime Contreras, SEIU 32BJ
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... more...
- Feb 7, 2012 The $11 Million-Dollar Man
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... more...
- Feb 7, 2012 Budget Coalition Launches "Make One City Possible" Campaign
"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..." more...
- Feb 6, 2012 Labor Photos: Indian Labor Leaders Visit Labor College
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... more...
- Feb 6, 2012 Labor Calendar Preview:
Leaflet Aveda and Occupy CPAC... more...
- Feb 6, 2012 PC "We Goto Bowl" Team Tops CSA Bowling Tourney
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... more...
- Feb 3, 2012 Tell JUFJ What To Do
Jews United for Justice, a strong supporter and advocate for the local labor community, wants your input for its next Maryland campaign... more...
- Feb 3, 2012 Occupy CPAC
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... more...
- Feb 3, 2012 Valentine's Day Flowers Discount from Union Plus
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... more...
- Feb 2, 2012 EMD Sales Workers Join Local 400, Ratify First Contract
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 more...
- Feb 2, 2012 '12 Bowling Team Photos Posted Online
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... more...
- Feb 2, 2012 Labor On The Move: Nikki Daruwala New ED at DC JwJ
DC Jobs with Justice welcomes incoming Executive Director Nikki Daruwala this week more...
- Feb 1, 2012 Labor Photo: Swearing-In of SEIU 400 Officers
Newly-elected officers at SEIU Local 400 were sworn into office January 28 by Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams... more...
- Feb 1, 2012 Readers Write: Seeking PATCO Book
"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... more...
- Jan 31, 2012 DC JWJ Helps Day Laborers Through Winter
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... more...
- Jan 31, 2012 Kalmanovitz Fellowship Offers Time to Develop Worker Strategies
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... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 Occupy DC to Resist Eviction at Twin Noontime Actions Today
Occupy DC protesters are urging area supporters to join them at noon today as they resist eviction threats by the National Park Service... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 Montgomery County Ordered to Bargain with UFCW 1994 MCGEO
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... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 "Bowling for Gold" a Shining Success
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... more...
- Jan 30, 2012 Hundreds Turn Out to "Defend Occupy DC"
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... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Indiana House Passes RTW
Defying public opinion, the Indiana state House Wednesday passed a "right to work" (RTW) for less bill by 55-41... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Grocery Workers Take to Streets
Giant and Safeway checkout clerks are taking to the streets for a new contract. Or at least, photos of the UFCW 400 members are... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Occupy Our Homes Reaches Out to Labor
"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"... more...
- Jan 27, 2012 Last Chance for Labor FilmFest Vote
Whether you favor musicals like Newsies and How to Succeed in Business, old favorites like The Grapes of Wrath and On the Waterfront... more...
- Jan 26, 2012 What Would Martin Do?
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... more...
- Jan 26, 2012 DC Support Urged for Indiana Battle Against "Right To Work"
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... more...
- Jan 26, 2012 Union Plus Helps Members Keep New Year's Resolutions 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... more...
- Jan 25, 2012 Arbitrator Rules Montgomery County Violated Union Contract
Arbitrator Herbert Fishgold has ordered Montgomery County to restore 60 hours of compensatory leave to 80 long-term employees who the County claimed had been credited with the leave in “error.” In his January 18 decision, Fishgold ruled that the County had reneged on a legitimate... more...
- Jan 25, 2012 UFCW 400's McNutt Hails Pension Fund's Walmart Divestment
Hailing the decision by Dutch pension fund ABP to divest itself of Walmart "a giant step," UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt (at left) 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... more...
- Jan 24, 2012 Council Delegates Briefed on Upcoming Street Heat
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... more...
- Jan 24, 2012 Week of Local Labor Activities
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... more...
- Jan 24, 2012 In Memoriam: Newspaper Guild's Darlene Meyer Passes
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... more...
- Jan 23, 2012 First 2012 Delegate Meeting
Kick off the New Year at 2012's first Metro Council Delegate Meeting tonight at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Jan 23, 2012 DC Community Groups Press for Verizon Contract
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... more...
- Jan 23, 2012 UP Scholarship Deadline January 31
Time is running out to apply for this year's Union Plus Scholarship Program: applications are due by midnight on Tuesday January 31... more...
- Jan 20, 2012 WTU to Train Teachers for the Spotlight
To train local teachers to speak out effectively for education, the Washington Teachers Union is launching "Teachers as Leaders"... more...
- Jan 20, 2012 Make Your 2012 Labor FilmFest Picks
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... more...
- Jan 20, 2012 Labor Community Supports Those in Need
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... more...
- Jan 19, 2012 Almost Down to the Last Frame
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... more...
- Jan 19, 2012 PG/MontCo COPE Meeting Today
The Prince George's and Montgomery County COPE will have their second shared meeting today at 10a at UFCW Local 400... more...
- Jan 19, 2012 Scholarships Available for Building Trades Kids
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... more...
- Jan 18, 2012 Walker Recall Sparks DC Action
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... more...
- Jan 18, 2012 CSA Helps Grads into Workplace
Eight Building Futures Grads employed as electrical helpers in City projects are still going strong! more...
- Jan 18, 2012 Ranking the 2012 Possible DC Labor FilmFest Films
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... more...
- Jan 17, 2012 Hundreds Gather at Annapolis Jobs Rally
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... more...
- Jan 17, 2012 DC Law Would Limit Enforcement of Fed Immigration Laws
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... more...
- Jan 17, 2012 Labor Quiz: Bread and Roses
The phrase "Bread and Roses" refers to: a poem; a textile strike; or a film? more...
- Jan 13, 2012 State Fed Rally to Honor MLK
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... more...
- Jan 13, 2012 Tentative Agreement Reached at NBC
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... more...
- Jan 13, 2012 DC Demo Supports Striking Nigerian Workers
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... more...
- Jan 13, 2012 UFCW 400's McNutt Slams Delhaize America for "low-road approach"
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... more...
- Jan 12, 2012 Free Buses from Bowie to Monday Rally
Free buses are leaving from Bowie for Monday's Rally for Jobs, Justice, and Equality in Annapolis, courtesy of ACE-AFSCME Local 2250... more...
- Jan 12, 2012 There's Still Time to Bowl for Gold
Spots are still available for this year's "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament on January 29... more...
- Jan 12, 2012 Union Shop Hotels, Restaurants & Grocery Stores Updated
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... more...
- Jan 11, 2012 Area Musicians & Musical Artists in Tune with Solidarity
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... more...
- Jan 11, 2012 Jan 31 Deadline for Union Plus Scholarships
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... more...
- Jan 10, 2012 Grocery Workers Mobilize for Giant/Safeway Bargaining
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... more...
- Jan 10, 2012 Locals Lend a Hand
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... more...
- Jan 10, 2012 Big Actions from Annapolis to the District
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... more...
- Jan 9, 2012 "Insufficient" Pay Increase Proposed for Federal Workers
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... more...
- Jan 9, 2012 Labor In The News: DC Firefighters Warn That New Schedule Threatens Safety
"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... more...
- Jan 9, 2012 Labor Quiz: Remembering Fannie Sellins
How did Fannie Sellins, a union organizer of garment workers and miners, die? more...
- Jan 6, 2012 Delegate Meetings Past and Present
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... more...
- Jan 6, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: A Financial Fresh Start for 2012
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"... more...
- Jan 6, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 5)
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..." more...
- Jan 5, 2012 Rolling in 2012
Roll in the New Year at the twentieth annual "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament... more...
- Jan 5, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 4)
Verizon Strikers, "Main Street" Sit-In, Office Cleaners Rally, and Occupy DC... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 Need Continues in the New Year
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... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 Hold The Date: MLK Rally in Annapolis 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... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 In Memoriam: John McKee, Jr., Plumbers 5
John McKee, Jr, the longtime former Business Manager of Plumbers Local 5, passed away on Monday, December 26... more...
- Jan 4, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 3)
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... more...
- Jan 3, 2012 2011: DC Labor's Year In Review (Part 2) 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... more...
- Dec 22, 2011 UFCW Partners Up to Feed the Hungry
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... more...
- Dec 22, 2011 Last Chance for Free Tix to All-Union "Billy Elliott" Musical
Last chance at a pair of free tickets to the January 3, 7:30p performance of Billy Elliot the Musical! more...
- Dec 22, 2011 Labor On The Move: DC JWJ's Baris Goes National
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... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 UFCW 400 Says Kroger Pension Plan Should Be Model
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... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 Organizing Award Nominees Sought 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... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 DC CBTU Helps CSA Feed the Hungry
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... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 Free Billy Elliott
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... more...
- Dec 21, 2011 Sonny Yeatman's Wife Passes Karon Yeatman, wife of Elevator Constructor Local 10's Sonny Yeatman, has passed. The viewing will be held this Thursday... more...
- Dec 20, 2011 Another Chance at Teamster History
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... more...
- Dec 20, 2011 Discount Tix to Billy Elliot the Musical
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... more...
- Dec 20, 2011 Arrests and Hunger Strikes for DC Voting Rights
"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... more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Needy Verizon CEOs Take to the Streets
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... more...
- Dec 19, 2011 City Worker Union Says Occupy Fight is Local
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... more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Resolving to Finish that College Degree
Need a New Year's resolution? Finish your degree at the National Labor College! more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Labor Quiz: Solidarity Forever
Who wrote labor's anthem, "Solidarity Forever"? more...
- Dec 19, 2011 Correction In our report on the IPS World Bank demo last Friday, we did not mean to minimize the effort... more...
- Dec 16, 2011 AFGE Warns of High Cost of Gov't Shutdown
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..." more...
- Dec 16, 2011 Protesters Smell a Toxic Rat at World Bank
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... more...
- Dec 16, 2011 Carols - and Coal - for Verizon
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..." more...
- Dec 15, 2011 Council Stands Behind Occupy DC
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... more...
- Dec 15, 2011 Teamsters History Comes to Life Tonight
A few slots are still available for tonight's Teamsters history tour with Teamsters historian Karin Jones... more...
- Dec 15, 2011 IBEW Takes On Real Needs
"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... more...
- Dec 14, 2011 Utility Workers Keep Occupy DC Wired
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... more...
- Dec 14, 2011 The Strike That Changed America
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... more...
- Dec 14, 2011 Live Union Music Returns to Nutcracker Ballet
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... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 SEIU 400 Steps Up for Burned-Out Hyattsville Family
"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..." more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Mine Workers Feed DC Occupations
"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... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Verizon Edges Out Walmart for Scrooge of the Year
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... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Teamsters History Tour Benefits CSA
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... more...
- Dec 13, 2011 Williams Honored at Labor Heritage Awards
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... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 NFFE Helps Sustain Occupy DC
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... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 CSA Wins Two Marpat Grants 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... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Labor Discount Tix for Billy Elliot Musical
Billy Elliot the Musical -- based on the 2000 labor fave film Billy Elliot -- is coming to town for a series of holiday performances... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Labor Quiz: The Sabo-tabby
Who or what is the sabo-tabby? more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Bruskin to Report on Recent Iraq Trip
Local activist Gene Bruskin, co-convener of USLAW, will report this Wednesday on the recent International Civil Society Solidarity Initiative conference in Basra, Iraq... more...
- Dec 12, 2011 Local 12 Member Wins Free Tix to Les Miz
Eugenia Korsak Ordynsky, an AFGE Local 12 member at the U.S. Department of Labor, was the lucky winner of Union City's raffle for a free pair of tickets to Les Miserables... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Prayer Vigil Calls on Congress to Extend Unemployment Insurance Now
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... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Labor Joins Saturday Rally for Affordable Housing in DC
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... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Protecting the Postal Service from the 1%
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... more...
- Dec 9, 2011 Teamsters History Tour Filling Up
The DC Labor Walk’s December 15 Teamsters History Tour is the perfect holiday gift for the labor history fan in your life... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 This Just In: Occupy DC to Start Hunger Strike
Occupy DC will start a hunger strike at noon today demanding voting rights for DC... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 National Prayer Vigil Today for the Jobless and Jobs
"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... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 1st PG-MoCo COPE Meeting This Morning The first-ever joint meeting of the combined Prince George's & Montgomery County Committee On Political Education (COPE) is at 10a this morning... more...
- Dec 8, 2011 Labor In The News: Elevator Constructors Host Cardin
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) more...
- Dec 8, 2011 Occupiers Launch Hunger Strike for DC Voting Rights
Three Occupy DC activists began a hunger strike for DC democracy Thursday. more...
- Dec 7, 2011 "Take Back the Capitol" to Shut Down K Street Today
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... more...
- Dec 7, 2011 CSA News You Can Use: Great Finance Resource
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. Click here for access to their newsletter and to download valuable information to help you and your members. The... more...
- Dec 7, 2011 History Comes Alive at Mock Trial
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... more...
- Dec 7, 2011 Correction DC JWJ Winter Cabaret is on Saturday night, not Friday, as reported in our 12/5 piece. more...
- Dec 7, 2011 Bad Day for K Street Lobbyists
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!" more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Walmart in Lead for 2011 "Scrooge of the Year"
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... more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Labor Photo: "Take Back the Capitol" Launches
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..." more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Williams Honored by Labor Heritage Foundation
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... more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Council Minutes Posted Draft minutes from last month's Metro Washington Council Delegate and Executive Board meetings are now available on the Council's website... more...
- Dec 6, 2011 Correction
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... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 This Just In: Dozens of Occupy DC Protesters Arrested
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... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Thousands Pitch Tents on Mall to "Take Back The Capitol"
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... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Labor Chorus Sings to Packed House
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... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Listening to Occupy DC
"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... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Teamsters History Tour Link Updated
The sign-up link for the December 15 Teamster history tour has been fixed; our apologies for the technical snafu... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 No Holiday for Hunger
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... more...
- Dec 5, 2011 Labor Quiz: Banned by the Letter Carriers
The National Association of Letter Carriers operates a 500-apartment retirement community in Central Florida, Nalcrest, for its retirees... more...
- Dec 2, 2011 Firefighters Douse Chief's Plan for Cuts, Schedule Changes
A controversial proposal by DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe would have "devastating" effects on DC firefighters, says their union... more...
- Dec 2, 2011 DC Labor Chorus Sings "Favorite and Sacred Songs" Saturday
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... more...
- Dec 2, 2011 MD/DC State Fed Endorses Marriage Equality
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... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 DC Workers Support Massive UK Public Sector Strike
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... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 DC Council Urged to Pass Workplace Fraud Bill
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... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 Songs and Solidarity
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... more...
- Dec 1, 2011 Rodmen Get the Ball Rolling
Rodmen Local 201 has registered the first "Bowling for Gold" team for the 2012 Community Services Agency annual Bowling Tournament... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Forum Today Examines Attacks on NLRB, Workers' Rights
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... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Solidarity Noontime Rally with Striking Nurses & Public Workers in the UK
Nurses will rally in front of the UK Embassy at noon today in solidarity with British nurses and public workers... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Voting for DC's Scrooge of the Year
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... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Teamsters History Tour
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... more...
- Nov 30, 2011 Today's Labor History
Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 Community Slams Walmart, Gray for "Sham" Agreement
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... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 MD/DC AFL-CIO Votes Strong Support for Occupy DC
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... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 On The Line Tomorrow: Assault on the NLRB & Solidarity with UK Strikers
The unprecedented assault on the National Labor Relations Board is the topic of a forum tomorrow morning at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Nov 29, 2011 Labor Quiz: Powderly's Knights
The 1880's labor organization headed by Terrence Powderly was the Knights of St. Crispin, the Knights Templar or the Knights of Labor? more...
- Nov 28, 2011 IAM 1759 Welcomes Local 1747 Members, Wins Website Award
In local Machinist news, IAM Local 1747 has merged with Local 1759... more...
- Nov 28, 2011 IBEW 26 Food Drive Underway
IBEW Local 26 is conducting their annual food drive through December 16... more...
- Nov 23, 2011 AFL-CIO Helps Keep Occupy DC Warm
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. Other needs include weatherizing/warm materials, laptops, printing access and more. Click here for the latest... more...
- Nov 23, 2011 Washington Teachers Help Feed Hungry 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... more...
- Nov 23, 2011 Walmart Workers Want a Say About Working on Thanksgiving
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... more...
- Nov 22, 2011 Hip-Hop Video Raps Walmart's DC Plans
With Walmart’s announcement last week that it plans to open two more stores in the District – bringing the total to six – Head-Roc’s "Keep DC Walmart Free!" video is a timely reminder of the giant retailer’s pattern of low wages and firing employees who show... more...
- Nov 22, 2011 Daycon Strikers Not Forgotten
The 14 remaining Daycon strikers ( Daycon Loses Another Round, Owes Workers Over $1 Million ) have not been forgotten. The Community Services Agency today delivered food and funds for all 14 Teamsters Local 639 members and their families, don ated by AFGE 2782 members at the Census... more...
- Nov 22, 2011 DCNA RN Thomas Honored
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 ( left ), Diabetes Educator at Howard University Hospital, has served... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 Postmaster's USPS Cuts to be Protested Today
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... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 Occupy DC Labor Committee Brings Movements Together
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... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 CSA Annual Holiday Basket Project Hits the Ground Running
The Community Service Agency (CSA)’s annual holiday basket project is off to a great start with donations already in from OPEIU Local 2 members who organized a food drive at the National Electrical Benefits Fund in Rockville. CSA accepts donations of... more...
- Nov 21, 2011 Labor Quiz: Name the Teamster Horses
There are two horses on the Teamster logo; what are their names? Power and Strength; Thunder and Lightning; Equality and Dignity. Click here to vote and you could be next week’s winner! Last Week's Quiz: A whopping 61 percent of Ohioans voted Nov. 8 in favor of public... more...
- Nov 18, 2011 Occupy DC & Labor Demand Infrastructure Investment
Protestors massed on the Key Bridge last night to demand jobs and investment in rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure... more...
- Nov 18, 2011 Hotel Workers Picket Hay-Adams for Contract
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... more...
- Nov 18, 2011 This Weekend's Labor History
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... more...
- Nov 17, 2011 Community Cool to Gray/Walmart Proposal for 2 More Stores in DC
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... more...
- Nov 17, 2011 Marches & Teach-In at Occupy DC Today
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... more...
- Nov 17, 2011 Give to the Max Day Nets $1,400 for CSA Two dozen donors contributed $1,400 to the Community Services Agency during last Wednesday's first Give to the Max Day... more...
- Nov 16, 2011 CWA Begins 2-Day March to Occupy DC
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... more...
- Nov 16, 2011 2012 Labor Books Catalog Now Available
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... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Occupy DC Focuses on Jobs, Education and Infrastructure this Thursday
All roads lead to Occupy DC this Thursday... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Philip Levine,
U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine will read some of his poems about work and workers today at 1p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Prince George's County Council Poised to Lead Area in Progressive Economic Development Laws 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... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Online
The DC Labor FilmFest's popular Working Lunch videos are now available online for easy viewing wherever you are... more...
- Nov 15, 2011 Labor Art
Click here to download the November calendar from movement artist Ricardo Levins Morales... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 "Scrooge" Award Nominations Open
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... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 Norton Labor Fundraiser
The annual Labor Fundraiser for DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will be held next Thursday, November 17... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 National Magazine Features Local Activists
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... more...
- Nov 14, 2011 Labor Quiz: Ohioans on the Right to Bargain 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? more...
- Nov 11, 2011 DSA Hosts Justice & Jobs Discussion
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... more...
- Nov 11, 2011 SEIU Shows Flag for Occupy DC
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... more...
- Nov 11, 2011 UFCW and Smithfield Salute Veterans
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... more...
- Nov 10, 2011 DC Circulator Workers Join OPEIU 2
Road supervisors, mechanics, payroll and customer service clerks employed at the DC Circulator voted overwhelmingly to join OPEIU Local 2 on November 4... more...
- Nov 10, 2011 IBEW 26 Apprentices Give Back to Community
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... more...
- Nov 10, 2011 Ohio Results Show Voter Focus on Jobs
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... more...
- Nov 9, 2011 Police Ramp Up Presence at Occupy DC; Williams Affirms Labor Support for Movement
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... more...
- Nov 9, 2011 CSA Urges "Give to the Max" Today
"Today’s the day!" says Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. Give to the Max Day, that is... more...
- Nov 8, 2011 CSA: "Doers, not Talkers"
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!" more...
- Nov 8, 2011 Posting Enabled for DC Labor Calendar
Got a labor event coming up? Get listed! Now you can submit your DC-area labor event right on the Metro Council’s calendar more...
- Nov 8, 2011 Labor College Scholarships Available to Trades Members
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 more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Norton Labor Fundraiser Set
The annual Labor Fundraiser for DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is set for Thursday, November 17... more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Labor On The Move: Savoy Elected President of CWA 2336
Brenda Savoy was elected President of CWA Local 2336 on October 18... more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Labor in the News: AFSCME & WTU
Federal Union Workers Join Occupy Protesters and D.C. Educators Rated 'Effective' Can Still Lose Jobs... more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Give to the Max for CSA
"Thanks so much for all that you do to help people during their times of need," Julie Windsor wrote to the Community Services Agency more...
- Nov 7, 2011 Labor Quiz
Labor Quiz: Who was Addie L. Wyatt? more...
- Nov 4, 2011 "Tax Wall Street" Thousands Demand at U.S. Treasury
Thousands of activists rallied outside the U.S. Treasury yesterday to demand a tax on Wall Street more...
- Nov 4, 2011 Political Leaders, Students Join Sheraton Crystal City Boycott
Chanting "Don't check in, check out!" two dozen students and workers picketed the Sheraton Crystal City last night more...
- Nov 4, 2011 NoVA's Final Push for Pro-Labor Candidates
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... more...
- Nov 4, 2011 How to Help Protect Worker Rights in Ohio You don't have to go to Ohio to help fight for collective bargaining rights there... more...
- Nov 3, 2011 CWA and Occupy Team Up and Take On Verizon
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... more...
- Nov 3, 2011 Labor Photo: Donating to Occupy DC
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 more...
- Nov 3, 2011 November 9 is "Give to the Max" Day
"Thank you SO much!" single mother "T", a member of AFSCME 2250, wrote to the Community Services Agency... more...
- Nov 3, 2011 Council Reps Attend Obama Jobs Meeting
"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 more...
- Nov 2, 2011 March Links CWA Verizon Struggle with DC Occupations
CWA will partner with occupiers at Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square today for a solidarity march against Verizon... more...
- Nov 2, 2011 Labor Photo
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. - photo by Johnnie Walker more...
- Nov 2, 2011 DC Labor Walk Set for Saturday
The DC Labor Walk has been rescheduled for this Saturday from 2-4p downtown more...
- Nov 1, 2011 BOP Workers Battle Retaliation
AFGE members who work at the Federal Bureau of Prisons will rally today to speak out against retaliation for filing EEOC complaints... more...
- Nov 1, 2011 Metro Council Committed to Supporting Occupy DC
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... more...
- Nov 1, 2011 Help CSA Support Workers in Need
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... more...
- Oct 31, 2011 DC Occupy Movement Gains Strength Over Weekend
"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... more...
- Oct 31, 2011 Japanese Workers Visit Local 400
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... more...
- Oct 31, 2011 Labor Quiz: An Arresting Leader
Which female labor leader was arrested 49 times over the course of her career? Was it Evelyn Dubrow, Mother Jones or Delores Huerta? more...
- Oct 28, 2011 DC Nurses Hit Streets to Support Arrested Nurses in Chicago
DC nurses took to the rainy streets of Washington Thursday in solidarity with occupiers and nurses arrested earlier this week in Occupy Chicago... more...
- Oct 28, 2011 Last Chance to Catch "Captivating" Mother Jones
This is the last weekend to catch OBIE-award winner Kaiulani Lee's "absolutely captivating performance" as labor icon Mother Jones... more...
- Oct 28, 2011 'DC Labor Walking Tour: Great Moments In 99% History'
"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... more...
- Oct 28, 2011 Robin Hood Comes to DC
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... more...
- Oct 27, 2011 Elevator Constructor Apprentices Score High
Elevator Constructor union apprentices posted an impressive 81% pass rate earlier this month on the Mechanics Exam more...
- Oct 27, 2011 CREA Local 75 Latest Council Affiliate
Congressional Research Employees Association (CREA) Local 75 is the latest affiliate of the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO more...
- Oct 27, 2011 'Union Apprenticeship Set Me on the Right Path'
Cory McCray "learned hard work, dedication and commitment" as an IBEW apprentice in Baltimore more...
- Oct 26, 2011 PG County Library Workers Win Contract
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... more...
- Oct 26, 2011 Strategic Research Training Offered
An introductory training on strategic corporate research taught by seasoned researchers and campaigners will take place November 14-16 at the National Labor College... more...
- Oct 26, 2011 UNION VOICE: That was No Bugle Playing
"I don't want to be a stickler but I watched a video of the Walmart event..." more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Local 400 Member and Team Receive Two Kaiser Awards
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... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Pride at Work ED Shorey to be Honored
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... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Washington Worker's Walking Tour
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... more...
- Oct 25, 2011 Labor Quiz Electing Debs? more...
- Oct 24, 2011 IBEW Local 26 Harnesses the Power of the Sun
Members of IBEW Local 26 recently participated in the largest solar power installation in the metro Washington... more...
- Oct 24, 2011 JWJ's Baris Finalist for Edna Award
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... more...
- Oct 24, 2011 Labor on the Move: Metro Washington Council Welcomes Hasan Kalan Solomon
Hasan Kalan Solomon was born on Monday, Oct. 3rd at 4:43p... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Nurses Aid Occupy DC
A bright yellow tent in the middle of McPherson Square marks a new presence at Occupy DC: National Nurses United (NNU)... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Mother Jones Play "A Win For Labor!"
Run, don't walk to this Sunday's union matinee performance of Can't Scare Me, the Story of Mother Jones... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Federal Workers Seek to Give Back at AFGE Local 32 Union Fair
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... more...
- Oct 21, 2011 Flashmob Confronts Walmart Chairman Rob Walton
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... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 Walmart Flashmob Action Planned Tonight by Occupy DC & Respect DC
Gather at McPherson Square at 5:30p tonight to participate in a surprise action on Walmart... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 CSA'S "News You Can Use": NLC Offers "Toolkit" for Investing
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"... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 Labor Film Organizers Join Forces
"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... more...
- Oct 20, 2011 Occupy DC: Visitors in the Square
Now in its eighteenth day, Occupy D.C. is holding its ground and becoming a stop for national activists... more...
- Oct 19, 2011 Walmart Workers Speak Out
"I came to (Walmart) through 'welfare to work' and now it's welfare AND work," Girshreila Green told Metro Council delegates Monday night more...
- Oct 19, 2011 Discount Tix for "Stunning" Mother Jones Play
"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... more...
- Oct 19, 2011 Labor On The Move: Bader-Blau Named Solidarity Center Executive Director
Shawna Bader-Blau has been named the Solidarity Center's new executive director... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 "Collision Course" PATCO Book Launches Tonight
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... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 Labor FilmFest Final Screenings Tonight
This year's DC Labor FilmFest wraps up tonight with screenings of the crowd-pleasing MADE IN DAGENHAM... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 Metro Council Meetings Hit the Streets
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... more...
- Oct 18, 2011 How To Help Occupy DC
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... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 Free Tix for Mother Jones Play Today
Don't miss the special FREE matinee performance this afternoon of Can't Scare Me: the Story of Mother Jones... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Weekend Line-Up
The 11th annual DC Labor FilmFest continues today with screenings of Inside Job, The Company Men, The Whistleblower, and Moon... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Misused by D.C. Healthcare Contractor VMT
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... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 Walmart, Occupy DC Highlight Tonight's Delegate Meeting
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)... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Continues
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... more...
- Oct 17, 2011 New 4-Year Contract for DC-Metro/Baltimore Office Cleaners Protects 12,000 Good Jobs
Less than 24 hours before their contract expired, area office cleaners Sunday night won a tentative agreement with wage increases... more...
- Oct 14, 2011 From Freedom Plaza to the MLK Memorial
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 more...
- Oct 14, 2011 11TH DC Labor FilmFest Launches Tonight
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... more...
- Oct 14, 2011 Nominations Open for "Distinguished DC Government Employee" Award 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... more...
- Oct 13, 2011 Downtown March Links Worker Struggles
"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... more...
- Oct 13, 2011 Mayor Gray Apparently "Close" to CBA
Highly-placed sources in DC Mayor Vincent Gray's office now say the Mayor is "actually very close" on a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA)... more...
- Oct 13, 2011 Great Films -- and Some Controversy -- at 2011 DC Labor FilmFest
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)... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Occupy DC to March to NLRB, Verizon and Building Cleaner's Rally Today
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... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Labor Photo: Praying for Jobs
More than 150 labor union members and leaders, community activists, unemployed workers and religious leaders gathered... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Marshals Needed for MLK Civil Rights March & Rally
Marshals are needed for this Saturday's National Action Network MLK Civil Rights March & Rally... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 Grocery Workers Support MontCo Big Box Community Empowerment Bill 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... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 ASASP Battling Attacks on School Employees 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... more...
- Oct 12, 2011 FilmFest Viewers Speak:
"I love movies and I love the labor movement..." more...
- Oct 11, 2011 Noel Backed for PSC Appointment
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,... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 Occupy DC Labor Actions
Upcoming labor actions at the ongoing Occupy DC occupation include a labor history teach-in today at 11a... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 AFSCME Council 20 Celebrates DC Student Achievements
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... more...
- Oct 11, 2011 DC Labor FilmFest Free Screenings Kick Off Today
The 2011 DC Labor FilmFest kicks off today with a free noontime screening of Working Lunch: 9 Short Films About Labor at Public Citizen... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Occupy DC Shuts Down Chamber of Commerce
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... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Free Tees & Tix for Labor FilmFest Volunteers
Volunteer at this year’s DC Labor FilmFest... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Gray Fails to Deliver Walmart CBA; DC Residents Shift Focus to Council
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... more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Free Noontime Screenings Kick Off 11th Annual Labor FilmFest Next Week
Another Working Lunch screening has just been added to this year's DC Labor FilmFest line-up more...
- Oct 7, 2011 Occupy DC: Day 6; Report from Freedom Plaza
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... more...
- Oct 6, 2011 Occupy DC to Take Over Freedom Plaza Today
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. more...
- Oct 6, 2011 UFCW 400 Mobilizing Members Early for '12 Contract Talks
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. more...
- Oct 6, 2011 Report from McPherson Square, Day 4
Occupy D.C. entered its fourth day of protests Wednesday with new ideas, hopes and a developing plan for survival. more...
- Oct 5, 2011 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... more...
- Oct 5, 2011 Metro DC Represents at "Next Up" Young Worker Summit
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... more...
- Oct 5, 2011 The Compassion of Individuals, The Power of Community
“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. more...
- Oct 4, 2011 Office Cleaners Ready to Walk
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. more...
- Oct 4, 2011 OccupyDC to Take Over Freedom Plaza This Week
The OccupyWallStreet movement has arrived in DC. more...
- Oct 3, 2011 Furloughed FAA Workers to Get Back Pay
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. more...
- Oct 3, 2011 Local 689's Garland to Lead Can-Am Conference 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. more...
- Oct 3, 2011 Maine Labor Mural on Display at AFL-CIO
Now you can see for yourself what all the fuss in Maine was about. more...
- Sep 30, 2011 F Street Verizon Store Target of National Day of Action Today
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... more...
- Sep 30, 2011 Daycon Loses Another Round, Owes Workers Over $1 Million
Daycon now owes its workers over a million dollars. more...
- Sep 30, 2011 United Way Seeks Volunteer Grant Reviewers If you’d like to volunteer to help the United Way decide funding priorities next year, here’s your chance. more...
- Sep 30, 2011 Labor FilmFest "Thought-provoking and enjoyable"
“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” contest , “and thoroughly enjoy the variety of films and shorts that are both thought-provoking and enjoyable. I always look forward to... more...
- Sep 29, 2011 Self-Checkout Lanes Checking Out
Turns out shoppers don’t like being turned into involuntary checkout clerks after all. more...
- Sep 29, 2011 F Street Verizon Store Target of National Day of Action Tomorrow
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. more...
- Sep 28, 2011 Hitting The Street for the Postal Service
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.” more...
- Sep 28, 2011 AFL-CIO HIT Wins CSA Golf Tourney
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... more...
- Sep 27, 2011 Postal Unions Rally Today
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... more...
- Sep 27, 2011 Teeing Off to Help Area Needy
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. more...
- Sep 27, 2011 Speak Out on the DC Labor FilmFest
What's your favorite thing about the annual DC Labor FilmFest? more...
- Sep 26, 2011 As Bloomberg Acquires BNA, Guild Looks to Build Strength
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... more...
- Sep 26, 2011 Labor On The Move: Boundy to Direct AFL-CIO’s New Campaigns Department 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. more...
- Sep 23, 2011 MD Delegate Gutierrez Joins MontCo Office Cleaners At Silver Spring Rally
For the third time in a week, area office cleaners rallied Thursday night to ask for their chance at sharing in the American Dream. more...
- Sep 22, 2011 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. more...
- Sep 21, 2011 Fall Labor Season Kicks Off at Council Meeting
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... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 African Americans in Organized Labor 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). more...
- Sep 21, 2011 Labor On The Move: Parks Retires
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... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 HIRING HALL WEEKLY ROUND UP Academic Advisor (posted September 13) National Labor College Campaign Communications Specialist on the Health team (posted September 16) Service Employees International Union (International Positions), SEIU Communications Manager WTU Local 6;... more...
- Sep 21, 2011 Labor Delivers Big Win in Prince George's Special Election
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... more...
- Sep 20, 2011 Taking Back the Budget Debate
A Town Hall meeting is being held tonight in Silver Spring to help organize for real, progressive solutions. more...
- Sep 20, 2011 Building Futures Program Helps DC Resident Land Job
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... more...
- Sep 19, 2011 FAA Shutdown Averted 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. more...
- Sep 16, 2011 Laurel Walmart Workers -- and Friends -- Confront Manager
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... more...
- Sep 16, 2011 Time Running Out to Support Labor FilmFest
Time’s almost up to let the world know you support the DC Labor FilmFest by taking an ad in the FilmFest program guide. more...
- Jun 17, 2013 Protests Spread to 77 Cities in Turkey
Over the past few weeks, Turkey has been rocked by unrest. The protests were sparked by peaceful resistance to the destruction of Istanbul’s Gezi Park in Taksim Square, the only green public place in central Istanbul, which was to be turned into a shopping mall and historical recreation of...
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- Jun 17, 2013 Today in Labor History: June 17; Labor Quiz
Today in Labor History: June 17 Susan B. Anthony goes on trial in Canandaigua, N.Y., for casting her ballot in a federal election the previous November, in violation of existing statutes barring women from the vote – 1873 —Click here for the complete posting. Labor Quiz: Union Busting...
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- Jun 18, 2013 Turkey: Journalists Call for International Action to End Crackdown on Media in Turkey
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