The Metro Washington Council and
Community Services Agency will be closed for
Memorial Day on Monday, May 28. The office will
re-open on Tuesday, May 29, at 9am.
Featured News Article
Petition Urges Back Pay for City WorkersAn online petition urging the DC City Council to pay back city workers "for the needless furlough days that we were forced to accept under the false pretense of a budget shortage" has already gathered over 600 signatures... : : MORE
News Articles
Delegate Meeting Packed with People and Action
A standing-room only crowd turned out Monday night to get the latest local labor news at the May Metro Washington Council Delegate's meeting
· Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO · May 23, 2012
Events
Solving the European Economic Crisis -- The German Perspective
Join the DC LERA for a luncheon event featuring Sabine Seidler, an expert on international economics...
· May 23, 2012
Machinist Picket at Lockheed Martin
Join members of Machinists from Texas to Maryland who have been on strike at Lockheed Martin for over a month for a picket at the Lockheed Martin Headquarters in Bethesda, MD...
· May 24, 2012
Labor News Feeds
T-Mobile’s ‘Alter Ego’—Job Killer
You may have seen T-Mobile’s “Alter Ego” ad where a stylish young women in a big city luxury high-rise trades her chic designer party dress and high-fashion footwear for motorcycle leathers and boots. T-Mobile has an alter ego, too—job killer. This parody commercial from the...
· AFL-CIO Blog · May 23, 2012
Today in Labor History: May 23; Member Tip: Payday Variations; Labor Song: I’m Gonna Be An Engineer
Today in Labor History: May 23 Ten thousand strikers at Toledo, Ohio’s Auto-Lite plant repel police who have come to break up their strike for union recognition. The next day, two strikers are killed and 15 wounded when National Guard machine gun units open fire. Two weeks later the company...
· UCS Labor News Daily · May 23, 2012
Mexico: CAT member kidnapped, beaten and threatened with death in Puebla
LabourStart headline - Source: IMF
· Labourstart World Labor Updates · May 21, 2012