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Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, May 25, 8:15am – 9:15am 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA Week 63 of the delicious breakfast gathering at the picnic table in Windmill Hill Park hosted by the Coalition to Repeal Right to Work, asking Senator Warner to support labor's top priority, the PRO Act. Metro DC CLUW meeting: Wed, May 25, 6pm – 8pm Metro DC CLUW is committed to empowering union women through leadership, education and solidarity. Email us at [email protected] for more information. Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, May 26, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online. Guests include: William Attig, Union Veterans Council; Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect. Pride at Work: Thu, May 26, 7:15pm – 8:15pm Pride at Work is the labor advocacy and support organization for LGBTQ+ rights. Everyone is welcome! For more info, contact G Nicholson at 540-219-2165. Kim Kelly — Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor - with Sara Nelson: Sat, May 28, 5pm – 6pm Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 Last week, UFCW Local 400 members at the Annapolis Police Department voted unanimously to ratify a new union contract. The two-year agreement increases starting salaries to $60,000 and provides a 19% pay boost over the life of the contract. Juneteenth was also added as an additional paid holiday, beginning in 2023. “We think this is a big step toward our goal, shared with the city, of recruiting and retaining the best officers,” said Mike Wilson, UFCW Local 400 Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President. The new collective bargaining agreement covers approximately 104 officers with the Annapolis Police Department. Senate cafeteria workers on the move: “STRAIGHT FROM WORK—Senate cafeteria workers began visiting Senators today,” UNITE HERE Local 23 @unitehere23 tweeted last Thursday. “Demanding explicit support in their fight to win a life-changing union contract. Yesterday, workers visited the Architect of the Capitol (he wasn’t home). Tomorrow—and the next—workers will keep going.” Nurses sound alarm on staffing crisis: “I greatly appreciate @VP and @Surgeon_General meeting today with @NationalNurses VP LaKisha Little-Smalls, RN and other members of DCNA at @ChildrensNatl in DC,” tweeted NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo @NNUBonnie. “In this national nurse staffing crisis, the need for federal nurse-to-patient ratios has never been more clear!” “Covid Is Not Over”: “One MILLION people dead in the United States,” tweeted NNU Political Director Ken Zinn @kennethzinn. “This is a calamity of epic proportions. How many more have to die before public health authorities start taking appropriate actions during this current surge? Hospitalizations are ⬆️31% over the last 2 weeks. #CovidIsNotOver” The Hill workers press on: “An overwhelming majority of the reporters, social media curators, designers, copy editors and other newsroom workers at The Hill have formed a union to advance more equitable and transparent working conditions and strengthen our journalism," tweeted The Hill Guild @hillguild on May 18. On Monday they tweeted that "We learned this weekend that nexstar management (The Hill's parent company) has decided not to voluntarily recognize our union. while we're disappointed with that decision, we're confident we will be able to secure a victory in an nlrb supervised election." Daily Kos workers vote in union: “Yesterday, upon completing our card count, @DailyKosGuild was officially certified as the representative of a majority of @dailykos employees across the country,” the Daily Kos Guild tweeted last Thursday. “We are deeply inspired by our members' hard work over this nearly three-year organizing drive, who came together to support a more extensive and collective voice in the work of Daily Kos. As we begin bargaining our first contract, we will seek to improve workplace culture and morale, staff development/retention, reduce staff burnout, and secure additional employee resources through programs, wages, and benefits.” “This hate that's being spread in these racist conspiracy theories that are being spread on Fox News, or from various Republican candidates, this is creating a really, grave danger for our members every day.”
UFCW 400’s Mike Wilson, on last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show. |