Jul 14, 2008Labor Night at the Nats
Nearly 6,000 area union members were on hand for Friday night’s 2nd annual Labor Nights at the Nats, as the Nationals thrashed the Houston Astros 10-0. Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams, Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy, Northern Virginia CLC...
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Jul 14, 2008Labor Updates (7/14/08)
MontCo Domestic Workers May Finally Get Rights: Supporters of a domestic workers’ rights bill – currently before the Montgomery County Council – launched an online campaign Friday urging County Councilmembers to pass the legislation at a vote on the bill tomorrow. The proposed bill –...
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Jul 14, 2008"Unfair Trade Kills"
As tourists gawked and snapped photos, a 14-foot tall "Toxic Trader" puppet - flanked by three caped "Toxic Avengers" - posed in front of the White House Wednesday before continuing on its way to a demonstration at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Dozens of supporters joined the march and demo, which...
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Jul 14, 2008"No Contracts, No Phones!"
Hundreds of chanting CWA members and their supporters marched and rallied outside CWA's 3rd Street headquarters Thursday as negotiations for a new contract with Verizon continued. The mood was militant in the noonday heat, as the activists threatened "We can build it, we can burn it down!"...
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Jul 14, 2008AFGE 12 Claims Bush Cronyism at DOL
Battling against "rampant cronyism" it says has engulfed the Department of Labor under the Bush Administration, AFGE Local 12 filed a grievance this week against the appointment of Carrie Snidar, special assistant to former Department of Labor (DOL) Deputy Assistant Secretary Emily DeRocco. The...
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Jul 14, 2008DC Council Interviews Set
The Metro Washington Council will screen DC City Council candidates next week. Candidate interviews are open to union members, and are scheduled for July 16-17. Ward 7 and 8 candidate interviews will be held at the Hillcrest Community Center on July 16 from 6P-7P; Ward 2, 4 and At-Large...
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Jul 9, 2008Stadium Workers Vote in Union
Just in time for this Friday’s Labor Night at the Nats, food and beverage workers at Nationals Stadium voted “Union Yes!” last Thursday. The July 3 card check vote was “A grand slam!” reports William Aragon, Director of UNITE HERE Local 25’s Food Service Division. “Centerplate...
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Jul 9, 2008Smithfield Campaign Turns Up the Heat
Activists will be on the phones and outside Metro stations this week keeping the momentum going for the Metro DC "Buy Better Than Smithfield" summer campaign. Smithfield worker supporters from across the nation will participate in a call-in action throughout the week to press the nationally...
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Jul 9, 2008Labor Photo: NoVA CLC July 4 Cookout
Mark Warner (at right) , labor-endorsed candidate for the US Senate in Virginia, at the July 4th Northern Virginia Central Labor Council cookout.
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Jul 9, 2008Reader Survey Winners
Mischa Gaus, Monica Lee Silbas and Carolyn Jacobson are our winners in the Union City Reader Survey, selected at random from over 200 readers who responded. In addition to many kudos, many of you offered very specific and helpful suggestions, and we're compiling the survey results now and hope...
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Jul 7, 2008Labor in the News (7/7/08)
THE DISTRICT : Ex-Offenders Protest Lack of Jobs, Services : “More than 100 ex-offenders, some recently released from prison, and their families marched through downtown Washington yesterday, accusing business leaders of not hiring enough people who have served their time and District...
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Jul 7, 2008How to Network
Not sure where to put the photos from your union's July 4 picnic? Want to create an interactive web-based community for your members without cluttering your official union site with reader comments? With social networking, workers who are considering organizing a union at their workplace can...
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Jul 7, 2008Day Laborers Kick Around Soccer Ball, Organizing Ideas
Day laborers from across the Metro DC region laced up their soccer shoes on Sunday, June 29 for the second annual Day Laborer Soccer Tournament. The event not only provided an afternoon of friendly soccer competition but also gave day laborers and community activists a chance to discuss...
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Jul 3, 2008NoVA Hotel Workers Launch Boycott
Over 150 workers from five hotels across Northern Virginia rallied with supporters outside the Hilton Crystal City Wednesday afternoon to launch a worker-approved boycott against unionbusting hotel management company Columbia Sussex. Protesters roared “Don’t check in, check out”...
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Jul 3, 2008NoVA Council Hosts Warner at July 4 Cookout
The Northern Virginia Central Labor Council will host a July 4 cookout "to honor labor's endorsed candidate for the US Senate – Mark Warner," reports President Dan Duncan. "Governor Warner is expected to join us after marching in both the Dale City and Fairfax City parades," Duncan...
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Jul 3, 2008In Memoriam: Shirley O. Brown
Long-time DC educator, labor leader and community activist Dr. Shirley O. Brown passed away June 7 “at Washington Hospital Center of injuries suffered that day in an automobile accident,” reported Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb in Tuesday’s Washington Post . Dr. Brown – a DC native...
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Jul 2, 2008NoVA Hotel Workers Rally Today
The fireworks will be in Northern Virginia today at 4:30P when hundreds will rally to demand a fair contract for Crystal City Hilton hotel workers. The workers have been without a contract since October 2007 ( VA Hotel Workers Demand Contract 11/5/07 UC). Management “wants to eliminate...
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Jul 2, 2008DC Council Introduces Resolution on Smithfield
A resolution introduced Monday in DC City Council condemns Smithfield Foods and asks area supermarkets not to stock products from the prominent meat company. Hearings will be held in the fall. Councilmembers Phil Mendelson and Marion Barry introduced a Sense of the Council resolution charging...
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Jul 2, 2008Summer Reading
Mariya Strauss is reading "Bleak House," Charles Dickens' "analysis of the British legal system and how it is designed to harm the poor" and David Schlein is reading Bill Fletcher, Jr.'s brand-new book "Solidarity Divided" in which Fletcher analyzes "the AFL-CIO and Change to Win split." What's...
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Jul 2, 2008Labor News on Air and Online
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Jul 2, 2008Labor Photo: Puppets Against Toxics
The Toxic Trader puppet - shown here at last week's Great Labor Arts Exchange - will rise again at the July 9 Rally and Street Theater demo against unsafe imports being organized by the United Steelworkers.
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Jul 1, 200890 Graduate from Labor College
"Brothers and Sisters, this is where you take your degrees to wage the next battle of workers rights in this country," former presidential candidate John Edwards told the National Labor College (NLC) 2008 graduating class Saturday. "This is where you become our next leaders to fight for what...
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Jul 1, 2008Mother Says Read a Book
"Sit down and read,” urged Mother Jones. “Educate yourself for the coming conflicts." Arm yourself this summer with great labor reads at The Union Shop . Everything from Jared Bernstein’s “Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)” to “The...
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Jul 1, 2008Labor on the Move: New Address for MD State Fed
The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO has a new mailing address while renovations are underway at State Fed headquarters in Annapolis. Effective July 1, mail should be sent to the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO at PO Box 26428 in Baltimore, Maryland 21207 until...
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Jun 30, 2008Members Pack 1199SEIU Training Classes
Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East are packing the union's inaugural classes for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Geriatric Nursing Assistants (GNA). "I wanted a better opportunity than what I'm doing now and I wanted a change and to improve my job," says Monique Kearson,...
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Jun 30, 2008Labor Updates (6/30/08)
Transit Workers Still Waiting for Increased Safety Measures : A recent shooting injuring a bus operator outside the Anacostia Metro station underscores the need for the US Congress to act on a measure that would increase security for transit workers, says a letter posted on the ATU Local...
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Jun 30, 2008Labor on the Move: Local 22 Finds New Home
IATSE Local 22 moved into its new offices today. The local’s new contact info is 1810 Hamlin Street, NE Washington, DC 20018; Phone: 202-269-0212, Fax: 202-635-0192. The after hours number (301-593-8264) remains the same. To access the most up-to-date contact information on all Metro...
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Jun 30, 2008Labor Photo: Friday's "Brother Outsider" Screening
Pride at Work, AFL-CIO Executive Director Jeremy Bishop introduced Friday's free screening of "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" at the AFL-CIO. The DC Labor Filmfest, the Labor Heritage Foundation, Pride at Work, AFL-CIO and the A. Philip Randolph Institute DC chapter sponsored the...
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Jun 27, 2008Pride Month Wraps Up with Rustin Film Screening Today
The DC Labor Filmfest celebrates Pride Month with a free noontime screening of "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" today at noon. One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the march on Washington, Bayard Rustin...
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Jun 27, 2008Obama Gets AFL-CIO Nods
Calling him "a champion for working families," the AFL-CIO endorsed Barack Obama for President on Thursday. "Barack Obama has proven from his days as an organizer, to his time in the Senate and his historic run for the presidency, that he's leading the fight to turn around America," said...
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Jun 27, 2008Labor in the News (6/27/08)
Labor Withholds Prince George’s County Endorsements : "Citing their bitter feud with the county's Democratic Party leaders since last October, labor union officials are threatening to withhold endorsements of Prince George's County lawmakers unless they agree to ditch the current leaders of...
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Jun 27, 2008NYT Reporter Speaks at Labor College
New York Times labor reporter and author Steven Greenhouse will hold an open forum and book signing at the National Labor College today at 4P. "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker" explores what Greenhouse termed "the broken compact between employee and employer" - which once...
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Jun 27, 2008Crunched, Squeezed, Squandered and Screwed
Build your summer reading list around these must-reads from The Union Shop - and gear up for the political change millions are making to turn around America. "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)," by Jared Bernstein; "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times...
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Jun 26, 2008Williams Protests "Name-Calling"
"It's with some bemusement that we've witnessed recent attacks on local labor leaders whose only crime seems to be that they've been a bit too effective," said Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams in letters to the Washington Post and DC Councilmembers Mary Cheh, David Catania and...
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Jun 26, 2008Forum on Workers' Rights in Liberia Tonight
Leaders of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) will wrap up their DC trip tonight at 6:30P with a public forum on the fight for economic justice and workers’ rights in Liberia. Speakers at tonight’s event will include FAWUL President Austin S. Natee, FAWUL Secretary...
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Jun 26, 2008Smithfield Campaign Rolls On
Local activists will continue canvassing actions to highlight Smithfield's worker abuses this Friday at 5P at Rhode Island Ave METRO station. The actions are part of the Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign launched last Thursday ( Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" Campaign Launched in DC...
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Jun 26, 2008Readers Want More
"More pictures of labor history". "More advance notice of a broader range of activities". "Book reviews of materials to help trade unionists". "Union City has put me in touch with the union movement in a way that I've never been before. Thanks for doing this. Keep up the good work!" More than...
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Jun 25, 2008AFT & AFGE 12 Turn Out for Rustin Film
“We had a great crowd today” at Tuesday’s screening of “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” reports AFT’s Jodie Fingland. “Everyone really enjoyed the film and Norm Hill did a great job informing staff about some of Bayard's accomplishments that weren't in the...
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Jun 25, 2008"Can You Pay Us Now?"
Chants of “Verizon, can you hear us now? Verizon, can you pay us now?” echoed outside Verizon’s downtown DC headquarters Tuesday during a high-energy lunchtime rally to support unpaid Verizon subcontracted workers. Over 100 workers and activists turned out for the rally to pressure Verizon...
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Jun 25, 2008Puppets, Art & Creativity Celebrated
Activists battled a giant Toxic Trade puppet Tuesday as the Great Labor Arts Exchange/Conference on Creative Organizing (GLAE/CCO) wrapped up three days of art and activism. The puppet was part of street theater organized by the United Steelworkers – who are planning a July 9 demo in DC –...
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Jun 25, 2008Liberian Workers Win Meany Award
The AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center host the Annual George Meany - Lane Kirkland Human Rights Awards tonight to honor the recent victory of Liberian Firestone workers in their fight to win an independent, rank-and-file run union. Austin Natee, President of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union...
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Jun 25, 2008Labor Photo: The Bush Legacy Bus
The AFL-CIO held a kick-off event Tuesday afternoon for the “Bush Legacy Bus” tour. The Bus is “a museum on wheels describing the George W. Bush legacy – eight years of failed and flawed conservative polices that have dragged down our nation,” reports Mike Hall on the AFL-CIO Now...
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Jun 24, 2008Mayor Faulted for Crisis at Public Employee Board
Labor strongly objected to three last-minute nominees to the District’s Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) in testimony last Friday before the DC City Council’s Committee On Workforce Development And Government Operations. “We are objecting strongly to the process of appointments as...
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Jun 24, 2008Readers Speak Out
“More stuff on pro-labor things to do in the city or online.” “Earlier notice of upcoming events.” “Use headers and bullet points to make it easier to navigate.” These are just a few of the more than 100 comments and suggestions that have already come in response to our annual Union...
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Jun 24, 2008Missing Labor History
We missed an important date in labor history on June 21, the 4-year anniversary of BIGLabor.com’s “Today In Labor History,” which has become one of UNION CITY’s most popular features. “Every week's offering is likely to change year to year as I continue to find appropriate items...
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Jun 24, 2008The Media, the Economy and Workers
By Philip Dine Coverage of labor or workers' issues in general is all too rare in the media, and discussion of these topics is even more scarce in the rarified atmosphere of Washington's top think tanks. So it was gratifying to participate in one such event last...
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Jun 24, 2008Labor Classifieds
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Jun 23, 2008DC Activists Join A.C. Demo
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and Senator Robert Menendez joined United Auto Workers president Ron Gettlefinger, AFL-CIO president John Sweeney and thousands of other labor leaders and activists – including a busload from DC - in Atlantic City Saturday to demonstrate support for casino...
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Jun 23, 2008Verizon Subcontractors Demand Pay
Workers will rally outside Verizon headquarters in DC Tuesday at noon to demand that Verizon take responsibility for the unpaid wages of subcontracted workers. The workers are employees of subcontractors hired by Verizon to dig trenches for new fiber optics cable. Workers have asked Verizon to...
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Jun 23, 2008Bayard Rustin Film Screens to Honor Gay Pride Month
He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. The film “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” – which screens in DC three times this week -- asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the...
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Jun 23, 2008Conference Celebrates Wage & Hour Landmark Case
A century ago, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision was handed down that had a huge and long-lasting impact on wage and hour regulations. The National Consumer League is hosting a free conference marking the centennial of the 1908 “Muller v. Oregon” case this Wednesday, featuring the...
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Jun 20, 2008In Memoriam: Stu Smith
Longtime AFSCME activist Stu Smith passed away Wednesday night, reports AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman. Smith, President of AFSCME Local 2830 – which represents workers at the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs – “was a role-model, advisor and mentor...
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Jun 20, 2008PERB Appointees Lack Labor Experience
Three appointees for the District’s Public Employee Relations Board “do not appear to have any background in labor relations,” says Metro Council Political Coordinator Rick Powell, who urges all DC public sector unions to call DC Councilmember Carol Schwartz immediately to sign up to...
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Jun 20, 2008Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" Campaign Launched in DC
The perfect June day belied the ugly tales of worker abuse at Thursday’s Smithfield “Packaged With Abuse” campaign kickoff. Dozens of supporters gathered beneath blue skies clad in “ Justice/Justicia at Smithfield ”- emblazoned shirts as a giant “demon pig” puppet loomed in...
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Jun 20, 2008CSA Urges Local Assistance for Midwest Flood Victims
The Community Services Agency is urging local assistance “to help our brothers and sisters impacted by the floods in the Midwest,” says CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. The United Way has created the United Way 2008 Midwest Flood Recovery Fund to support long-term recovery...
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Jun 19, 2008Smithfield-Free DC Summer Campaign Launches Today
A major ad campaign targeting Smithfield Foods kicks off at 11:30A today. The ads - which will appear on radio, DC-area buses, and Metro stations - will detail Smithfield's "long and chilling record of worker abuse" at their Tar Heel, NC plant and feature profiles of injured workers. "Human...
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Jun 19, 2008Peace Flick Previews Tonight
The Avalon Theater hosts an advance screening tonight at 8P of “ Finding Our Voices ,” a new feature length documentary profiling the lives of Americans who have spoken out against the war in Iraq, including Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) and local activist Rev. Graylan Hagler. Also featured are a...
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Jun 19, 2008Virginia Activists Mobilize
Labor activists in Northern Virginia begin a weeklong Million-Member Mobilization walk campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) this Saturday from 9A-1P. The walks are part of an AFL-CIO nationwide canvassing initiative to gather one million signatures urging the new President and...
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Jun 19, 2008Casino Workers Gear Up for Rally Saturday
Casino workers are making signs and getting excited for the arrival of thousands of labor activists this Saturday to support their fight for a fair contract. “We’re excited that people will be coming from all over the country to support us,” says Robert Beck, a casino dealer at Bally’s...
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Jun 19, 2008State Fed Hosts COPE "Salute to Leadership"
The Maryland and District of Columbia AFL-CIO’s Committee on Political Education’s “Salute To Leadership” tomorrow at 6P features fun and fundraising. The event will offer a special salute to James “Ron” DeJulius, Commissioner of Labor & Industry, DLLR, C. “Buddy” Mays,...
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Jun 19, 2008In Memoriam: Tom Powers
Long-time labor lawyer and activist Tom Powers passed away from cancer at his home in Rockville last week, reported Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb in Wednesday's Washington Post . He was 74. Powers began his involvement with the labor movement after moving to DC to pursue a law degree at George...
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Jun 19, 2008DC Jobs with Justice Corner: Saving Public Property in DC
With the imminent closing of 23 DC public schools, DC community activists will demand the DC City Council pass legislation to protect public property at a Council hearing today at 9A . “In 2001 the Lovejoy School in Northeast DC was sold to build 54 luxury apartments and the developer made...
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Jun 18, 2008Delegate Meeting Highlights
Highlights of Monday night's Metro Council delegate meeting included a brief talk by St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Philip Dine, author of "State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy and Regain Political Influence." Dine told Council delegates that he...
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Jun 18, 2008Area Mall Cleaners Win New Contract
Hundreds of mall cleaners in Maryland, Virginia and three other states on the East Coast won a new contract that increases wages as much as 54 percent for many workers, reports the workers’ union, SEIU 32BJ. The wage increase raises wages to match those of area office building cleaners. The...
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Jun 18, 2008Labor Livens Up Pride Parade
Rain did not deter a spirited contingent of union members from marching in Saturday’s Capital Pride Parade in Dupont Circle. Union marchers – from UNITE HERE Local 25 and Pride at Work, AFL-CIO – chanted "Ain't no power like the power of the people," and carried signs reading “Proud to...
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Jun 18, 2008Bill Fletcher on "Solidarity Divided"
Busboys and Poets is hosting a conversation and book signing with longtime labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr. this Wednesday. Fletcher, cofounder of the Center for Labor Renewal , is a columnist and long-time activist who served as President of Trans Africa Forum and was formerly the...
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Jun 17, 2008Labor Updates (6/17/08)
Progressive Labor Partnership Contract Proposed in Prince George’s County: The Metro Council's Executive Board last week sent a letter proposing a new contract between labor and elected officials in Prince George's County. The proposed contract included support from PG elected officials...
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Jun 17, 2008Smithfield-Free Ad Campaign Launches Thursday
Local labor and community activists will kick off a major ad blitz against Smithfield Foods this Thursday at 11:30A. The blitz will include bus and metro station ads and a radio and phone messaging campaigning that will feature actor Danny Glover. The ads will detail Smithfield’s abuses of...
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Jun 17, 2008DC JwJ Awards "Huge Success"
Last Thursday’s 6th Annual “I’ll Be There” Awards was a “huge success,” raising over $12,000 to support the work of DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ), reports DC JwJ Organizer Ruth Castel-Branco. “We are so thankful to everyone who worked to make this event such a huge success,” says...
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Jun 17, 2008Labor Turnout Urged in MD Special Election Today
Voters in Maryland's 4th Congressional District have a chance to support labor-endorsed candidate Donna Edwards today in a Special Election to complete US Congressmember Al Wynn's term. Wynn retired last March after losing to Edwards, who won an impressive 60% of the primary vote against the...
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Jun 17, 2008Still Space on DC Bus to Atlantic City Demo
Over 60 buses from across the eastern seaboard will descend on Atlantic City this Saturday as thousands rally to support casino workers. Space on the bus from DC is going fast. The bus leaves from the Greenbelt Metro at 8A Saturday and returns to DC around 8P. Despite an overwhelming "Union Yes"...
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Jun 17, 2008Voting Starts on "Our America" Video Awards
Now it’s your turn to vote. Twelve finalists have been selected in the "Turn Around America" online video competition . The contest is part of a larger AFL-CIO initiative to "Turn Around America" which will run through the summer and features major events in battleground states and build...
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Jun 16, 2008Labor Updates (6/16/08)
Victory for DC EMS Workers on Shift Changes Battle : District EMS workers defeated DC government officials' attempts to unilaterally impose changes to shifts, reports the Fire Fighters Local 36 website . The new agreement, reached between Local 36 and the City earlier this week, "preserves...
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Jun 16, 20083 Ways to Be Smithfield-Free
Metro DC labor and community activists won't be grilling Smithfield meats this summer as the campaign heats up to get the giant pork processor to halt its abuses of workers at their hog processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. An online worker solidarity campaign was launched last...
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Jun 16, 2008DC Labor's Year (So Far) In Review
Area labor activists have walked dozens of picket lines and rallied for justice across the region and the year is barely half over. Check out a highlight reel of DC labor’s 2008 activities at tonight’s meeting of the Metro Washington Council; celebrate our victories, honor our struggles and...
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Jun 16, 2008Arts Exchange Celebrates 30 Years of Labor Culture
Artists, musicians, cultural workers and community activists will celebrate the struggle for social justice at the 30th annual Great Labor Arts Exchange (GLAE) June 22-24 at the National Labor College. “Nourish your soul in an atmosphere of creativity and solidarity,” says Elise Bryant of...
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Jun 16, 2008Labor Photo: Future Apprentices Graduate
Eight graduates celebrated their completion of a six-week pre-apprenticeship program in DC Friday afternoon. The Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship School ran the training program, funded by the DC Department of Employment Services. The Community Services Agency also provided 30 hours of Job...
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Jun 13, 2008Labor Reporter/Author to Attend Council Meeting
Meet the author of "one of the best books in years on the labor movement" at Monday’s Labor Council meeting. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Philip Dine, whose labor reporting has been nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize, will discuss his new book "State of the Unions: How Labor Can...
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Jun 13, 2008Hundreds Honor Labor, Community Activists at DC JwJ Awards
Hundreds of activists filled the Gompers Room of the AFL-CIO last night to honor labor and community leaders at the 6th Annual DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) “I’ll Be There” Awards. This year’s honorees included Metro Council President Jos Williams, Foundry United Methodist Church, Empower...
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Jun 13, 2008Casino Dealers Seek Better Deal
The June 21 mobilization to support casino workers in Atlantic City is gathering momentum. Space is available on buses traveling up from DC for the day; the buses leave from the Greenbelt Metro at 8A and return around 8P (lunch will be provided). Last year in Atlantic City nearly 5,000 table...
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Jun 13, 2008Golf Tourney Forms Now Online
Registration forms are now available online for the 13th Annual Community Services Agency (CSA) Golf Tournament planned for Monday, September 29 . “Last year we had perfect weather and raised badly needed funds for the CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund,” says CSA Executive Director...
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Jun 12, 2008DC JwJ Honors Activists Tonight
Award-winners at tonight's DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) "I''ll Be There” Awards include Metro Council President Jos Williams, Foundry United Methodist Church, Empower DC, and Mary Spencer and Mark Borbely. The sixth annual awards ceremony and annual fundraiser - which begins at 5:30P at the...
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Jun 11, 2008Kucinich & Hunger Strikers to Deliver Letter to Justice Dept Today
Congressmember Dennis Kucinich will rally with Indian guestworkers - some of whom are in their fourth week of a hunger strike - and their supporters outside the Department of Justice (DOJ) today at noon. They will present a letter - signed by Kucinich and 17 other Congressmembers - to US...
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Jun 11, 2008Northern Virginia Turns Up Heat on McCain
As the mercury approached triple digits Monday, dozens of union members and allies hit the street in McLean to tell presumptive Republican nominee John McCain that things will only get hotter in Northern Virginia as Election Day gets closer. Waving signs and shouting “Outsource McCain Not...
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Jun 11, 2008CSA Emergency Assistance Fund 'Tremendous Help'
“Thank you for overseeing a wonderful program for union members such as this,” writes a recent client of the Community Services Agency’s (CSA) Emergency Assistance Fund. “I didn’t know about many of the services offered but I’m glad I inquired because it was a tremendous help to have...
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Jun 10, 2008Labor Updates (6/10/08)
Indian Guestworkers to Rally Outside DOJ : Indian guestworkers and supporters will march on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday at noon to demand the DOJ allow workers to stay in the US during the ongoing investigation against their employer Signal International. “The workers, who...
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Jun 10, 2008Street Theater at DC JwJ Awards
Thursday's DC Jobs with Justice "I'll Be There" Awards will feature a new play adapted by the ACT Theater collective , an up-and-coming DC-based street theater group. In "The Pit," an immigrant woman's desperate search for a helping hand leads instead to the discovery of many of our society's...
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Jun 10, 2008Labor Photo: Knockin' in NoVA for Healthcare
Dozens of labor activists braved intense heat Saturday to get the message out to Northern Virginia union members about the 2008 elections and healthcare. Saturday's walk was one of the first in a series of walks planned throughout the Metro DC leading up to the November elections. Watch future...
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Jun 9, 2008No Seat for Workers at McCain Table
Working families will gather outside two of Sen. John McCain's high-dollar fundraisers tonight in the District and Northern Virginia to call on him to renounce corporate lobbyists and other Washington insiders who have been the primary backers of the Bush economic agenda. "John McCain talks...
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Jun 9, 2008Hitting the Union Jackpot
Thousands will fill the famous Atlantic City broadwalk Saturday, June 21 to rally for a fair contract for casino workers. Last year, nearly 5,000 table game dealers and slot machine technicians at four Atlantic City casinos voted overwhelming to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), but one year...
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Jun 6, 2008Labor Updates (6/6/08)
Union Victory for MontCo Profs : Hundreds of part-time faculty at Montgomery College won a months-long battle to unionize this week ( DC Jobs with Justice Corner: PT MontCo Profs Organize 4/24/08 UC), voting overwhelmingly for SEIU Local 500, reported Marcus Moore in Wednesday's Gazette ....
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Jun 6, 2008Walking & Talking Healthcare in NoVA
Northern Virginia activists will door-knock on the healthcare issue tomorrow in Northern Virginia Central Labor Council's health care walk. "We will have doughnuts, bagels, juice and coffee in the morning and Iron Workers General Secretary Walt Wise and AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer J. David...
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Jun 6, 2008DC Cops Call Fenty "Anti-Union"
Calling DC Mayor Adrian Fenty "anti-union," DC police union official Kristopher Baumann said Fenty "has shown absolute disdain for front line workers." Contract negotiations between the District and DC police officers are heating up after what Baumann called "outrageous" contract proposals from...
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Jun 6, 2008CWA and Verizon Resume Early Negotiations
Talks between CWA and Verizon resumed last week, according to a report in the CWA 2108 News . "CWA Districts 1, 2 and 13, together with the IBEW, have agreed to resume early negotiations with Verizon, covering the Verizon 'East' contract," says a report in the June edition of the 2108 News. The...
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Jun 6, 2008NLRB Upholds Trump Plaza Dealers' Vote for UAW
More than a year after they voted for a union, dealers at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, finally can celebrate their victory. The National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) last week certified the UAW as their union. On June 21, a united labor movement, backed by community...
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Jun 5, 2008DC Rallies for California Workers
A California contract campaign came to DC Wednesday when nearly 100 green-clad AFSCME members and labor activists rallied for thousands of University of California (UC) workers. The crowd filled the sidewalks outside the UC Washington Center on Rhode Island Avenue to pressure school officials...
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Jun 5, 2008Area Activists to Rally at McCain Fundraisers
With the primary season finally over, energized area labor activists will turn their attention to Republican presidential nominee John McCain Monday at fundraisers in Virginia and the District of Columbia. “McCain’s stands on working family issues like health care, the Employee Free Choice...
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Jun 5, 2008Three Days of Music, Art & Organizing
Registrations are still being accepted for the Great Labor Arts Exchange (GLAE) and Conference on Creative Organizing (CCO) from June 22-24 at the National Labor College. “It’s a wonderful gathering of professional and amateur performers as well as artists from a variety of disciplines,”...
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Jun 5, 2008DC Jobs with Justice Corner: Summer Brings New Interns to DC JwJ
DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) welcomed their 2008 summer interns – Tiye Kinlow and Michael Harris III – this week. Kinlow is a graduate of School Without Walls and a rising junior at Lafayette College, where she studies Anthropology and Sociology. An alumna of the Mayor's Youth Leadership...
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Jun 4, 2008Free Speech Rights Preserved
Labor and civil rights activists succeeded in protecting free speech in the nation's capital Tuesday when the D.C. City Council voted 9-4 – with continued support coming from Councilmembers Thomas, Graham, Gray, Bowser, Mendelson, and Evans and critical votes coming from Councilmembers...
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Jun 4, 2008Fairness Squared
Fairness unites two events today. Labor will demand fair trade reform and a fair contract for thousands of University of California workers at two afternoon events today in the District. CWA President Larry Cohen, Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr., and Congressmembers will call for US trade...
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Jun 4, 2008Ad Deadline for DC JwJ Awards Today
Today's the last chance to reserve space in the program book ad for the 2008 DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) "I''ll Be There Awards," reports DC JwJ Organizer Ruth Castel-Branco. Award recipients for this year's event include Metro Council President Jos Williams, Foundry United Methodist Church,...
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Jun 4, 2008Labor Updates (6/4/08)
Indian Guestworkers Win Support of Thousands, Human Rights Awards : Nearly 9,000 people have sent letters to their Congress members urging their support for hunger striking Indian workers fighting human trafficking, reports the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice . The email...
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Jun 3, 2008Hundreds Rally for Free Speech
Over 300 turned out Monday to raise their voices for free speech. After rallying on Freedom Plaza the activists flooded the halls of DC City Council to express their strong opposition to a bill that would severely restrict public speech in DC and limit the right to speak and be heard....
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Jun 3, 2008Principals Fight Firings
The end of the school year is just around the corner but work is only beginning for DC principals fighting School Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s recent decision to fire twenty-four of their colleagues, reported Dion Haynes Saturday on the Washington Post’s DC Wire . This “decision appears to...
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Jun 3, 2008"Prayer is My Food": A Report from the Hunger Strike
By Scott Reynolds I visited the Indian hunger strikers over at the embassy Sunday. Of the original group only one, Paul, who just had his 54th birthday this past week, has lasted the entire time. I had been feeling a bit guilty that I hadn't gone over in a while and I'm so glad I did. The...
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Jun 3, 2008NoVA Health Care Labor Walk Set for Saturday
Doughnuts and bagels will fuel the Northern Virginia Central Labor Council's health care walk this Saturday, June 7. "We will have doughnuts, bagels, juice and coffee in the morning and Iron Workers General Secretary Walt Wise and AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox will do a...
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Jun 3, 2008Labor on the Move In Memoriam: Utah Phillips Moves On Down The Road
Utah Phillips , a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California. The son of labor organizers, Phillips demonstrated a lifelong concern with the living conditions of...
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Jun 2, 2008Solidarity Rally for UC Workers Wednesday
The University of California DC Center will be the site of a solidarity rally this Wednesday at 1P to support thousands of University of California (UC) patient care and service workers fighting for a fair contract. The UC workers – who are represented by AFSCME – have been working without...
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Jun 2, 2008Hundreds Speak Out Against Noise Bill Today
With the final vote on the noise bill just a day away, hundreds of labor and community activists will pack the halls of the John A. Wilson Building from 10A-12P today for a day of action to pressure DC City Councilmembers to vote against the legislation. The day of action is the culmination of a...
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Jun 2, 2008Get on the Bus for Atlantic City Casino Workers
The UAW and AFL-CIO are organizing a major mobilization in Atlantic City on Saturday, June 21 to support casino workers. Space is available on buses traveling up from DC for the day; click here for details. Last year in Atlantic City nearly 5,000 table game dealers and slot machine...
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Jun 2, 2008Grassroots Rising Draws Big Crowd
Following last month’s huge turnout for SiCKO ( SiCKO Plays to Packed House 4/28/08 UC), another large crowd packed the AFL-CIO Friday to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a free screening of Grassroots Rising. “Asian American labor had been an important part of labor...
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May 29, 2008Ward 7 Residents to Speak Up for Free Speech Tonight
DC Ward 7 residents – concerned about the potential impact the noise bill will have on free speech rights in the District – will voice their concerns about the bill to DC Councilmember Yvette Alexander at her “State of the Ward” meeting tonight at 6P. Alexander and six other...
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May 29, 2008Labor Updates (5/29/08)
Indian Ambassador Refuses to Visit with Hunger Strikers : Hunger strikers – too weak to make the trip to the Indian Embassy – were refused a visit by Indian Ambassador to the US, Ronen Sen, on Tuesday. Sen – who has met with workers in the past and promised his support ( Indian Workers...
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May 29, 2008'Grassroots Rising' Screens Friday
The DC Labor Filmfest will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a special free lunchtime screening of “Grassroots Rising” Friday at the AFL-CIO. The screening will feature an introduction and Q & A with the film’s Director, Robert C. Winn. The one-hour documentary...
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May 29, 2008McCain Exposed Friday
Find out about Senator John McCain’s shifting stances on the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, torture, campaign finance, and more at a discussion with author/blogger Cliff Schecter Friday at 6P at the AFL-CIO. Schecter “has closely followed the career of John McCain—and finds it bears little...
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May 29, 2008Another Chance to Catch "SiCKO"
Free screenings of “SiCKO” seem to be contagious in DC. Following last month’s screening at the AFL-CIO, the National Labor College will host another free screening of the Academy Award nominated film this Sunday at 7P. The documentary – directed by Michael Moore – sheds light on...
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May 29, 2008Arts Exchange Celebrates 30 Years of Labor Culture
Artists, musicians, cultural workers and community activists will celebrate the struggle for social justice at the 30th annual Great Labor Arts Exchange (GLAE) June 22-24 at the National Labor College. “Nourish your soul in an atmosphere of creativity and solidarity,” says Elise Bryant of...
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May 29, 2008DC Jobs with Justice Corner: Award Recipients Announced for 2008 "I'll Be There" Awards
Metro Council President Jos Williams, Foundry United Methodist Church, Empower DC, and Mary Spencer and Mark Borbely will be honored at the June 12 2008 DC Jobs with Justice (JwJ) "I'll Be There" Awards. The awards ceremony – in its sixth year – honors individuals and organizations for...
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May 27, 2008This Just In (5/27/08)
Hunger strikers delivered a letter to the Indian Embassy Monday asking Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indian Congress Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to lobby the US government to allow the workers to stay in the US to testify against their employer Signal International. "We are not...
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May 27, 2008Two Chances to Catch Labor Films This Week
The DC Labor Filmfest will take up the US healthcare crisis and Asian Pacific immigrant workers this week with free screenings of “Grassroots Rising” and SiCKO.” Director Robert C. Winn will introduce Friday’s noontime screening of “Grassroots Rising,” which explores the lives of...
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May 27, 2008Schecter on "The Real McCain"
Author/blogger Cliff Schecter will lead a discussion about “The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him and Independents Shouldn’t” on Friday, May 30 from 6-8P at the AFL-CIO. A veteran campaign strategist and political commentator, Schecter says McCain has flip-flopped on a...
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May 27, 2008Puttin' Back the Zing
“Put the ‘ZING’ back in your organizing!” at the Conference on Creative Organizing (CCO) says Yvette De La Cruz at the Labor Heritage Foundation (LHF). “If you’re involved in organizing, political or contract campaigns, this conference is for you!” At the June 22-24 conference,...
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May 23, 2008Labor Updates (5/23/08)
Hope & Concern Greet Prince George's Hospital Bill: "Now it's a race to save the Prince George's hospitals," said 1199SEIU's John Reid Thursday as Governor Martin O'Malley signed the Prince George's Hospital Authority bill, intended to stabilize and sell the hospitals that almost closed...
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May 23, 2008Unions Walk to Beat Cervical Cancer
Union members comprised the largest delegation at last Saturday's "Beat the Clock" walk against cervical cancer at the Tidal Basin. Metropolitan Washington Council President Jos Williams and Community Services Agency Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy set the pace for the union walkers, who...
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May 23, 2008Stimulating Solidarity
As the tax rebate checks begin to arrive in the mail, The Union Shop reminds you that a great way to stimulate the economy – and support the American labor movement – is to buy union-made items at The Union Shop Online . Shop from the comfort of your home for clothing, books, buttons,...
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May 22, 2008Indian Guest Workers Rally at Capitol
Six more workers joined the week-old hunger strike by Indian guest workers Wednesday at a rally outside the Capitol to pressure Congress to support their struggle against exploitation. At the action, workers reported that hunger striker Christopher Glory was admitted to George Washington...
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May 22, 2008Labor Webmasters Learn Basics of RSS Feeds
Over a dozen DC labor webmasters from across the Washington region got a crash course Wednesday afternoon in how to use RSS feeds in the first of a series of lunchtime web skill-building sessions. Michael Whitney of American Rights at Work took just 50 minutes to show attendees how to harness...
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May 22, 2008Labor on the Move: Patti Edwards Devlin
The Laborer's Patti Edwards Devlin is taking an "off-ramp" from full-time employment at LIUNA "to hang out with my son Tommy who, at 7 years-old, is at the age where time with his Mom is about quantity, not quality time." Beginning May 22, Devlin - who's been a union activist since 1986, when...
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May 22, 2008DC Jobs With Justice Corner: Day Laborers Organize in DC:
More than two hundred day laborers gather each morning on street corners and in parking lots around DC to seek work. Though many of them perform skilled labor, they are often paid less than the minimum wage and work without proper safety equipment. Many contractors take advantage of the...
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May 21, 2008Ranks of Hunger Strikers Grow at Noon Rally Today
More Indian workers will join a hunger strike ( Indian Workers Start 'Hunger Strike for Justice' 5/14/08 UC) - now in its seventh day - at a noontime rally today near the Capitol Reflecting Pool to demand that Congress hold hearings on abuses of workers under the guest worker program. The...
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May 21, 2008Council Highlights
At Monday night's meeting of the Metro Washington Council, five Indian guest workers on Day 6 of their hunger strike in DC reported on their struggle against exploitation; sympathetic delegates expressed their solidarity and contributed $1,000 to support the strikers. The Council took several...
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May 21, 2008Working Women Speak Out
If you're a working woman worried about finding a job that pays your bills and provides benefits, click here to take the 2008 Ask a Working Woman survey. Frustrated you can't find time to do your job and spend time with your family? Sick and tired of paychecks smaller than those of...
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May 21, 2008New Updates Added to Online Council Directory
Updates to UNITE HERE Local 25, AFSCME Local 1170, and AFGE Local 1000 directory listings have just been added to the online Metro Council Affiliate Directory .With clickable email and website links, the new searchable online database makes finding and connecting with Metro DC locals quick and...
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May 20, 2008Hunger Strikers Protest While Indian Embassy Feasts
Five Indian workers – weakened from four days of a hunger strike – and their supporters protested outside the Indian Embassy Saturday while caterers carried steaming trays of food into the Embassy for a Indian cultural day event. The hunger strikers chanted “lift up your voices – we are...
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May 20, 2008Organizing Institute Deadline Next Week
Time is running out to register for the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute's June 6-8 organizer training in Baltimore. "Registrations should be into us by May 30," TJ Marsallo tells UNION CITY. The training will give activist union members basic organizing skills, including one-on-one communication...
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May 20, 2008Website Training on RSS Feeds Tomorrow
A few slots are still available for tomorrow's free labor website training on RSS feeds - a tool to display real-time updated news from other websites with little maintenance - with Michael Whitney of American Rights at Work. The deadline to sign up is 5P today. Click here for more info and to...
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May 19, 2008Four Chances to Support Hunger Strikers This Week
Indian workers – who launched a hunger strike in DC last Wednesday ( Indian Workers Start ‘Hunger Strike for Justice’ 5/14/08 UC) – will ramp up their campaign against guestworker exploitation and human trafficking with multiple events across DC this week. A briefing with hunger...
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May 19, 2008Delegate Meeting Tonight
Find out the upcoming local union actions, the campaign to defeat the Noise Bill, upcoming Labor Filmfest screenings, and more at Monday’s Metro Council delegate meeting. The meeting will also feature a special presentation on transitioning your members to be ready for the new digital TV...
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