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March 9: Union Night in Annapolis

Women’s History Month, #WomenInConstructionWeek, the first-ever Young Worker March on Washington, and workers at The Duck & The Peach get ready to vote in this week's edition of our weekly newsletter.

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Union busting at The Duck & The Peach

Union busting at The Duck & the Peach, remembering Reverend Graylan Hagler and Reverend Jesse Jackson, and U.S. unionization rate reaches 16-year high in this week's edition of our weekly newsletter.

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Billionaire Bezos fires Post staff | Bowling for Gold Winners

Jeff Bezos cuts a third of The Washington Post’s workforce; RNs at MedStar Washington Hospital ratify a new contract; Kennedy Center workers affirm their contracts and rights; and the winners of this year’s Bowling for Gold tournament.

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Celebrating Black History Month

Economic justice and racial justice are inextricably linked, and this month and all year long we look back to Black history as a source for critical lessons for our fights today.

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AFGE Member Alex Pretti

On January 23, tens of thousands of people marched in downtown Minneapolis and participated in a daylong economic blackout as part of “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom.” Dozens of unions joined the action.

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Battle's on strike

ATU Local 689 members at Battle’s Transportation/RHG Group are on strike, NLRB is pursuing charges against restaurateur Stephen Starr, and staff at some of DC's most iconic music venues are digging their heels in on their desire to form a union.

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RIFs rescinded

The end of the record-breaking government shutdown last week was good news for federal employees in general, but none more so than the thousands who were told they would lose their jobs entirely.

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