If you want your Halloween to be all treats and no tricks, make sure all your candy is union-made in America. Labor 411 has an extensive list of union-made candies. Here are some highlights, featuring sweets made by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW): Read more and comment AFGE Local 32 president Charlretta McNeill (at right in photo) made sure CSA was represented at their Annual Fall Festival today in the park in front of the federal Office of Personnel Management where their members work. “Lots of members and workers at other federal offices close by came through and heard about supporting CSA through the Combined Federal Campaign,” reports CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy (left). Click here to see how you can support labor's agency. Gregory Waller (right, in orange shirt), member of IBEW 1900 and longtime Charles County political activist, died last week at the age of 56. “Greg was a big man who was passionate about the trade union movement and the Democratic Party,” said Tri-County COPE Chair Bill Grooms. Former AFL-CIO Department of Education Assistant Director Ed Czarnecki (83) died on Friday, October 17. “Ed was a highly respected labor educator with a long, proud history working with numerous unions and labor education centers around the country,” said Susan Washington, who worked with him at the AFL-CIO. photo: Waller receiving the 2009 COPE award from Metro Washington Council president Jos Williams (right) and Metro Council Political Coordinator Rick Powell; photo by Bill Burke. Click below to read more on both Waller and Czarnecki, including details on their funerals. Nearly 60 volunteers from 16 different international unions knocked on labor doors and made phone calls Saturday across Northern Virginia. Rallying members in Annandale were AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer Eugene Hudson Jr, AFGE District 14 National Vice President Eric Bunn and ARA President Barbara Easterling. "Union members know how important this congressional election is to the future of working families," noted NoVA Labor President Dan Duncan. Over in Winchester... |