Dozens of Capitol food workers went on strike again last week, calling on Senator Ted Cruz, who sits on the committee that oversees their contract, to support their push for better pay and union representation. The workers flooded the Texas Republican’s office to award Cruz the “Golden Grinch” award, and bring attention to their effort for a $15 an hour wage and collective bargaining rights. Over the past year, an increasing number of food service workers in the Senate and Capitol Visitor Center, who are employees of the contractor Restaurant Associates, have been walking off their jobs.
On today’s labor calendar, catch up on all the latest local labor news tonight at the Metro Washington Council’s Delegate Meeting, 6:30 at the AFL-CIO. Highlights include an update on the battle to keep the Safeway warehouse open in Upper Marlboro and save nearly a thousand jobs. And tonight at 6 is the Baltimore Women's Economic Security Agenda Community Forum in Baltimore. Go to dclabor.org and click on calendar for complete details. Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1995, some 33,000 striking members of the Machinists ended a 69-day walkout at Boeing after winning pay and benefit increases and protections against subcontracting some of their work overseas. Today’s labor quote is by Reverend Leslie Copeland Tune of the Ecumenical Poverty Initiative, who led a prayer at last week’s action at Senator Ted Cruz’ office, asking “that their hearts would be pricked. That they would remember these workers when they sat down at their own tables with plenty while these workers are struggling to have enough to eat.”
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