The Metro Washington Council’s Affiliate Social Media Page has just been completely updated with clickable links for local union websites, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and even a few Instagram and Google+ accounts. Check it out and see what local labor is up to. If your local has recently expanded its social media presence, be sure to let us know; email [email protected] and we’ll update/add it. Former domestic workers discussed their experiences with physical violence on the job--and the strategies they are using to assist domestic workers get rights at work--this week at a panel on Gender-Based Violence in the Workplace at the Solidarity Center. “They treated us like slaves,” said May Joy Guarizo Salapare, describing her experience as a domestic worker for a family in Saudi Arabia. Find out more at the Solidarity Center. photo: May Joy Guarizo Salapare, Phobsuk Gasing and Myrtle Witbooi traveled to the United States as part of a Solidarity Center exchange program. Credit: National Domestic Workers Alliance More than 35 people gathered at the NoVA Labor office on Monday, March 23, to participate in a 90-minute Common Sense Economics workshop conducted by the AFL-CIO. Among those taking part were representatives from the NAACP, religious social action networks, immigrant rights groups, young people and elected officials as well as union representatives, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka... click below to read more. - photos by Dan Duncan |