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Union City will return on Friday, January 3. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and the dclabor.org website for breaking news over the holidays. Union City Radio will continue through the holiday break, weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3FM. Best wishes for happy, healthy and safe holidays!
 Leadership at Food & Water Action, and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, have agreed to voluntarily recognize their staff’s union with the Nonprofit Professionals Employee Union (NPEU), or IFPTE Local 70, as their collective bargaining representative. “As an organization, we advocate for union power in the WATER Act and a real Green New Deal because we recognize the critical importance of protecting union labor and not leaving workers behind in our fight for a better world,” workers wrote in a memo announcing the formation of their union. “We believe that a union will allow us to truly live up to our values; will give us a tangible way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace; and will show the rest of the world how truly invested we are in the right of workers to make a fair living on a livable planet.” Nearly 80 workers from many parts of the country will be in the union. Read more here
 While there are some serious bowlers at the annual Bowling for Gold tournament – scheduled for Sunday, January 26, 2020 – most of the folks are there for the fun, solidarity and yes, the beer, burgers and fries. And of course, to raise money for CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund, which assists area families in need. Teams can play at either 9a (new starting time!) or 1p; cost is $25 per person. Click here for a registration form or contact: [email protected] or 202-974-8226.
photo: 2019 SEIU 722 teams; photo by Chris Garlock  With Solidarity Center support, more than 23 unions, worker associations and their allies in more than a dozen countries issued statements during the recent 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH), urging their governments ratify ILO Convention 190 to end violence and harassment against women in the world of work. “The GBVH campaign is long-term—it’s about building a movement, changing perception and public awareness around the issue," says Natalya Levytska, the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) deputy chair and Gender Committee leader. Find out more at the Solidarity Center.
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