DC LaborFest: Fashion show, Soccer, SOLIDARITY AWARDS, Trivia
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Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the DC LaborFest features a wide-ranging selection of art about work, workers and workers’ issues.
CHESAPEAKE CLUW NON-TRADITIONAL TRADES FASHION SHOW LUNCHEON: Sun, May 19, 2p (JUST ADDED!) Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass: Sun, May 12, 1pm – 3pm LABOR NIGHT AT D.C. UNITED: Sun, May 12, 7p TAKOMA TRIVIA: THE LABOR EDITION: Mon, May 20, 7:30p See below for detailed event write-ups and links to purchase tickets or RSVP. |
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CHESAPEAKE CLUW NON-TRADITIONAL TRADES FASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
Sun, May 19, 2-5p, IUPAT DC51, 4700 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
Sponsorships and tickets are available in advance only; Contact Brenda Savoy, 301-233-2169, [email protected]
This fashion show luncheon is designed to attract more women into these well-paid jobs. By showcasing women who are already in the trades, Chesapeake CLUW hopes to increase awareness that women are welcome to apply. The event features two runway shows: the first will feature current female apprentices and female tradeswomen from the local area in their work uniforms, complete with proper safety gear and tools. In the second, dubbed “Personality Runway,” the same apprentices and tradeswomen show clothes they normally wear. As the women walk the runway, the emcee will highlight wages and trades of the women and the union locals that are currently accepting apprentices. A lunch will be served.
Sponsorships and tickets are available in advance only; Contact Brenda Savoy, 301-233-2169, [email protected]
This fashion show luncheon is designed to attract more women into these well-paid jobs. By showcasing women who are already in the trades, Chesapeake CLUW hopes to increase awareness that women are welcome to apply. The event features two runway shows: the first will feature current female apprentices and female tradeswomen from the local area in their work uniforms, complete with proper safety gear and tools. In the second, dubbed “Personality Runway,” the same apprentices and tradeswomen show clothes they normally wear. As the women walk the runway, the emcee will highlight wages and trades of the women and the union locals that are currently accepting apprentices. A lunch will be served.
Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
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Sun, May 12, 1pm – 3pm
Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web—and that foreshadows the true future of work. Click here for details Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast, invisible human labor force. These people doing "ghost work" make the internet seem smart. They perform high-tech piecework: flagging X-rated content, proofreading, designing engine parts, and much more. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked at least once in this “ghost economy,” and that number is growing. They usually earn less than legal minimums for traditional work, they have no health benefits, and they can be fired at any time for any reason, or none. There are no labor laws to govern this kind of work, and these latter-day assembly lines draw in—and all too often overwork and underpay—a surprisingly diverse range of workers: harried young mothers, professionals forced into early retirement, recent grads who can’t get a toehold on the traditional employment ladder, and minorities shut out of the jobs they want. Gray and Suri also show how ghost workers, employers, and society at large can ensure that this new kind of work creates opportunity—rather than misery—for those who do it. About the Authors MARY L. GRAY is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research and Fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. She is also Associate Professor of the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering with affiliations in the Media School, Anthropology, and Gender Studies at Indiana University. Mary draws on anthropology, gender studies, and media theory to understand how technology access, material conditions, and everyday uses of media transform people’s lives. SIDDHARTH SURI is a computational social scientist whose research interests lie at the intersection of computer science, behavioral economics and crowdsourcing. His early work analyzed the relationship between network topology and human behavior. Since then he has become one of the leaders in designing, building, and conducting “virtual lab” experiments using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Most recently, he has been studying the behavior and dynamics of the crowd workers themselves. |
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LABOR NIGHT AT D.C. UNITED
Sun, May 12, 7:00 PM; Audi Field, 100 Potomac Avenue SW Washington DC
From $30; click here for tickets
Join us for our Annual Labor Night as D.C. United and Wayne Rooney take on Sporting Kansas City! Share your personal link to be seated next to your friends!
$5 of each ticket benefits the Metro Washington Council Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund!
From $30; click here for tickets
Join us for our Annual Labor Night as D.C. United and Wayne Rooney take on Sporting Kansas City! Share your personal link to be seated next to your friends!
$5 of each ticket benefits the Metro Washington Council Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund!
TAKOMA TRIVIA: THE LABOR EDITION
Mon, May 20, 7:30p; Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carrol St NW, Washington, DC 20012
$10 Suggested donation benefits DC Jobs with Justice; RSVP here
Join us for this special labor edition of the popular weekly competition, hosted by Max Johansen. Test your knowledge of the labor movement, have fun with friends and enjoy Busboys’ terrific food and drink. No team minimum: play by yourself or grab some friends. Prizes for the top teams!
$10 Suggested donation benefits DC Jobs with Justice; RSVP here
Join us for this special labor edition of the popular weekly competition, hosted by Max Johansen. Test your knowledge of the labor movement, have fun with friends and enjoy Busboys’ terrific food and drink. No team minimum: play by yourself or grab some friends. Prizes for the top teams!
SOLIDARITY FOREVER AWARDS
Wed, May 15, 5:30p; AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Tickets; $500; laborheritage.org or contact Peter Jones at 202-974-8124
Honoring Elizabeth Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO.
The Labor Heritage Foundation works to strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts.
Tickets; $500; laborheritage.org or contact Peter Jones at 202-974-8124
Honoring Elizabeth Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO.
The Labor Heritage Foundation works to strengthen the labor movement through the use of music and the arts.
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