News Articles Archives
- Apr 9, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Riesel's Other Side "Today's Labor History includes the following description of Victor Riesel: 'a crusader against mob infiltration of unions," writes Nick Unger... more...
- Apr 8, 2013 Keany Produce Workers Vote Union, Join UFCW 400 Drivers at Keany Produce -- a Landover-based wholesale produce distributor -- on March 29 voted overwhelmingly to join UFCW Local 400 more...
- Apr 8, 2013 Metro Council Endorses April 10 Immigration Reform Rally The Metro Washington Council's Executive Board has voted to endorse the April 10 "Time Is Now for Immigration Reform" Rally... more...
- Apr 8, 2013 Solidarity Center Report: Bangladesh: 1 Year Later, Murderer of Aminul Islam Still Free The Solidarity Center and the international worker rights movement are commemorating Bangladesh union leader Aminul Islam, who was brutally murdered one year ago April 4... more...
- Apr 8, 2013 Labor Quiz: Mt. Rushmore How many years did it take 400 stonemasons to sculpt Mt. Rushmore? more...
- Apr 5, 2013 MontCo Housing Opportunities Commission Workers Protest Layoffs Workers at Montgomery County's Housing Opportunities Commission staged a protest yesterday afternoon after 10 HOC employees were laid off... more...
- Apr 5, 2013 BWI Picket Supports Retail and Food Workers Baltimore-area activists braved unseasonably chilly weather Wednesday afternoon to show their support for retail and food workers at BWI... more...
- Apr 5, 2013 Training for Construction Jobs Offered The Community Services Agency is collaborating with DC libraries to help area residents find jobs... more...
- Apr 5, 2013 Labor on the Move: Brea Ellis New Union Services Rep at Union Plus Fourth-generation Washington, D.C., resident Brea Ellis is Union Plus' newest Union Services Representative... more...
- Apr 4, 2013 Labor in the News: D.C. Administrative Law Judges Organize Citing a "chilled work environment that is unduly stressful, demeaning, and counterproductive," a group of city administrative law judges is seeking to organize for the first time, reported Mike DeBonis in the Washington Post earlier this week... more...
- Apr 4, 2013 Local News: Cumberland Police Contract Approved The Cumberland (MD) City Council unanimously approved a contract last week covering 43 police officers retroactively effective July 1, 2012... more...
- Apr 4, 2013 OPEIU 2/AFGE Collecting Clothing/Home Goods for Martha's Table OPEIU Local 2's Community Service Committee is organizing a clothing/home goods drive during the month of April to benefit Martha's Table... more...
- Apr 3, 2013 Employment Justice Center Releases Annual Impact Report Legal assistance to over 1,250 workers… more than $465,000 returned to the pockets of low-wage workers…advocacy for paid sick days for all workers... more...
- Apr 3, 2013 Kroger Member Activist Gregory Reynard, Jr. Ready to Fight "Tooth And Nail" For New Contract "The more members we have, the more we can get," says UFCW 400 member Gregory Reynard, Jr... more...
- Apr 2, 2013 FREE NATS TICKETS! The Metro Council has a free pair of tickets (courtesy DC Mayor Gray) to Wednesday night's 7:05p game between the Nats and the Miami Marlins... more...
- Apr 2, 2013 Stagehands Urge Partial Boycott of Atlas Theatre The local stagehands union is asking the metro-area labor movement not to present shows or have labor events at the Atlas Theatre... more...
- Apr 2, 2013 BWI Food and Retail Workers Demand Better Pay, Working Conditions What if your job went from a full-time position paying $11-12 per hour with benefits to just $8-9 per hour with no benefits and no guarantee of more than four hours of work per shift? more...
- Apr 2, 2013 Local News: AFSCME Council 26 Officers Elected Saul Schniderman (AFSCME Local 2910 - Library of Congress Guild) has been re-elected President of AFSCME Council 26... more...
- Apr 2, 2013 Labor Photo: MD Labor History Marker Unveiled Retired Community College of Baltimore County labor studies professor Bill Barry at the March 23 unveiling of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 historical marker... more...
- Apr 2, 2013 MD State Fed President Says Perez Can Bring Labor, Biz Together A top union leader who worked closely with Thomas Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's next Secretary of Labor, says Perez can bring labor and progressive firms together... more...
- Apr 1, 2013 Hyatt Boycott Spreads as Mary's Center Moves Gala Mary's Center is the latest group to honor the ongoing Hyatt boycott by Unite Here. The Metro Washington Council in February endorsed the boycott... more...
- Apr 1, 2013 Labor In The News: Furlough Day Parody Song Saul Schniderman's catchy parody song, "Furlough Day," made Federal Radio News last week... more...
- Apr 1, 2013 Labor On The Move: Karen Newman to Direct 2013 Great Labor Arts Exchange The Labor Heritage Foundation has hired Karen Newman as project director of the 2013 Great Labor Arts Exchange... more...
- Apr 1, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Online Directory? "Is there an online version of the new 2013 Directory of Metro Council Affiliates" wonders Leslee at AFT... more...
- Mar 29, 2013 Baltimore Unions Call on Casino Developers to Create Good Union Jobs "It was a mess from the beginning," says Baltimore Building and Construction Trades Council president Rod Easter of the Horseshoe Casino project that will be built along Russell Street, near M&T Stadium and Camden Yards, in Baltimore. Despite members of a host of unions having worked... more...
- Mar 29, 2013 Labor In The News: Hagler on DC's Big Box Living Wage Bill Reverend Graylan Hagler (left), executive director of Faith Strategies, discussed the DC Council measure that would require big box retailers to pay a "living wage" on Bruce DePuyt’s NewsTalk WJLA show on March 25; click here and scroll down to Part 2 of the show for the 6:51-minute... more...
- Mar 29, 2013 Solidarity Center Report: Worker Updates from Nigeria, Bangladesh After decades in which few women were part of union leadership in the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), more union women are running for office while also making concrete gains in establishing family-friendly polices at the national and local union levels. In... more...
- Mar 28, 2013 Asbestos Workers Demand Unpaid Wages at Maryland Masonic Homes Employees of asbestos remediation firm Asbestos Specialists Inc. (ASI) on Tuesday protested at the front gate of the Maryland Masonic Homes – where ASI is doing work -- to demand their employer return nearly a million dollars in wrongfully withheld back wages. The Department of Labor has... more...
- Mar 28, 2013 Continuing Resolution, Continuing Struggle Calling the continuing resolution on the budget passed by Congress “a mixed blessing,” AFGE reports that “While it prevents a government shutdown, it leaves most agencies without the funding they need to hire, train and retain new workers; to invest in new research or programs that... more...
- Mar 28, 2013 Labor In The News: Federal Workers Turn to Local Union Leaders “At the Department of Housing and Urban Development one morning last week, AFGE Local 476 President Eddie Eitches (right) walked the corridors, trying to buck up HUD workers with word of new concessions wrung from the agency,” writes Washington Post reporter Steve Hendrix in his... more...
- Mar 27, 2013 Slots Open For Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program DC metro area residents interested in getting into good-paying construction jobs can apply now for the next Building Futures class. The 6-week pre-apprenticeship training program runs May through June and offers a combination of classroom and hands-on activities with an orientation to the... more...
- Mar 27, 2013 Local Unions Go Social Over 70 Metro Council affiliates have websites, and over a dozen are on Facebook, too. There are even a handful of locals -- and local presidents! -- on Twitter. A full list of local unions’ websites and social media is available at dclaborarchives.org under " Affiliate Social Media ."... more...
- Mar 27, 2013 Why Marriage Equality Matters to America's Unions and Working Families This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in cases that could lead to marriage equality for same-sex couples, an issue of particular importance to working families and America's union members. "Working people believe in equality and fairness and that’s why we are happy to... more...
- Mar 27, 2013 Evening With Labor Reception & Dance Photos Posted From DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton dancing the electric slide alongside local labor activists to a veritable Who’s Who of area political, labor, community and faith leaders schmoozing, the 2013 Evening with Labor Facebook photo album – where we posted award-winner photos last week... more...
- Mar 26, 2013 MD Labor Tracks Bills in Annapolis The Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO and its affiliates are tracking over a hundred bills in Annapolis this legislative session... more...
- Mar 26, 2013 Labor Photos: Prosperity Not Austerity Bus Tour & VA USPS Demo Saturday's Prosperity Not Austerity Bus Tour & Delivering for America Rally in Arlington, VA... more...
- Mar 26, 2013 This Poem Could Save A Life Calling it "one of the most reach out and slap me in the face poems I have ever read," IUEC Local 10's Tammie Harris has posted "I Chose to Look the Other Way" on Local 10's website... more...
- Mar 25, 2013 "No Closures, No Cuts!" Say Postal Service Workers Chanting "No closures, No cuts!" hundreds of letter carrriers and their supporters rallied Sunday afternoon in front of the General Mail Facility in Gaithersburg... more...
- Mar 25, 2013 Labor Lobby Night in Annapolis Demonstrates Solidarity Solidarity and visibility are the keywords at the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO Annual Lobbying Night in Annapolis tonight... more...
- Mar 25, 2013 Local 400 Members, Community Allies Welcome New Kroger When Kroger opened its first "Kroger Marketplace" store in the Mid- Atlantic Region recently, Local 400 stewards and staff were on hand at the grand opening... more...
- Mar 25, 2013 Baltimore City Council Urges Hyatt to Maintain Labor Peace Unite Here Local 7 celebrated along with workers as Baltimore's City Council unanimously approved a measure last week urging Hyatt to honor its contract with the city... more...
- Mar 25, 2013 Labor Quiz: OSHA Inspections Some 130 million workers are employed in OSHA-covered workplaces across the United States. Given the number of state and federal OSHA inspectors on the job, if every workplace were to be inspected, it would be how long between each visit? more...
- Mar 22, 2013 Montgomery County Union Members Ratify New Agreement with County Montgomery County bargaining unit members ratified their new contract with the county at the end of last week... more...
- Mar 22, 2013 USPS Workers To Stage National Protest Against Postal Service Saturday Shutdown Stepping up their grass-roots lobbying of lawmakers, the Letter Carriers will stage a nationwide protest this Sunday against the Postal Service’s Saturday service shutdown scheme more...
- Mar 22, 2013 "Prosperity Not Austerity" Bus Tour Saturday Includes Stop at Silver Spring Library The "Prosperity Not Austerity" tour stops at the Silver Spring Library on Saturday, March 23 at 2p to focus on libraries, parks and public health more...
- Mar 22, 2013 At Long Last, Maryland Marks 1877 B&O Railroad Strike Baltimore finally gets credit for the city's key role in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877: a history marker will be unveiled on March 23 at 10:30am in front of the Camden Yards... more...
- Mar 22, 2013 Solidarity Center Report: Two Takes on the Global Garment Industry A new report examines the recent tragic garment factory fires in Bangladesh and Pakistan. It points out that workers' lack of freedom to form unions... more...
- Mar 21, 2013 "Mad as hell" Federal Workers "Stand Up, Fight Back" Against Sequestration Hundreds of federal workers and their supporters massed in front of the U.S. Department of Labor's headquarters for a noon rally yesterday demanding repeal of the budget sequestration... more...
- Mar 21, 2013 Large Retail Accountability Act Would "Set Standard" for DC Tensions were high at the Wilson Building yesterday as over 100 activists packed a hearing on the Large Retail Accountability Act (LRAA)... more...
- Mar 21, 2013 Free Screening of Updated "We Are Wisconsin" Doc Today Today's free noontime AFL-CIO screening of "We Are Wisconsin" is perfectly timed, in light of the ongoing attacks on public sector workers... more...
- Mar 21, 2013 Nurses Advocate for Patients at DC Health Fair Saying that "Our community is concerned about the patient care crisis in the District's hospitals," Donna Lawrence, a nurse at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, joined her fellow NNU nurses... more...
- Mar 21, 2013 350 Push for Paid Sick Days at 12th Labor Seder The focus of this year's Labor Seder was winning paid sick days for area workers, and anyone questioning why servers and kitchen workers especially need paid sick days need only hear Woong Chang's gripping story... more...
- Mar 20, 2013 Labor Photo: Wings Iron Workers Picket JBG Striking iron workers picketed Tuesday morning outside the Chevy Chase headquarters of JBG, the local real estate development company... more...
- Mar 20, 2013 Rain Does Not Deter MD State and University Workers Despite the cold downpour that drenched the region, more than 300 state and university workers from across the State of Maryland turned out... more...
- Mar 20, 2013 Working Families Demand Repeal of Sequestration at Noon Demos Today Working families will gather at 12 noon today at two DC locations to call on Congress to repeal sequestration immediately... more...
- Mar 20, 2013 Metro Council Meeting Features Singing and Streetheat Monday's Labor Council meeting got off to a rousing start with the DC Labor Chorus leading delegates in high-spirited renditions of some of the social justice favorites... more...
- Mar 20, 2013 In Memoriam: Ernest B. "Ernie" Crofoot Ernest B. "Ernie" Crofoot passed away on Friday, March 15 at the age of 88... more...
- Mar 19, 2013 Eric Bunn Elected NVP at AFGE Eric Bunn Sr., was elected National Vice President (NVP) of the 14th District of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) last Saturday... more...
- Mar 19, 2013 Perez DOL Nomination Hailed President Obama's choice of Tom Perez to lead the Department of Labor is being hailed by local and national labor leaders alike... more...
- Mar 19, 2013 Ex-convict and Metrobus Driver Sidney Davis Gives Back to D.C. "While riding a Metrobus recently," wrote Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy, "I watched the driver help a blind man find a seat, then help him off the bus..." more...
- Mar 19, 2013 Building Futures Grads "Moving Forward" "Keep moving forward, not backwards," urged Class Valedictorian Ollie Thomas at the Community Services Agency Building Futures pre-apprenticeship program graduation... more...
- Mar 19, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Acting on the Action Alert "Thanks for sending the Action Alert," writes Jenefer Ellingston... more...
- Mar 18, 2013 36th Evening With Labor Honors Local Labor Heroes "I promised you I wouldn't let you down and I'm still here," said 2012 J.C. Turner award-winner Kendall Martin on Saturday night... more...
- Mar 18, 2013 State and School Workers to Rally in Annapolis Tonight Maryland state and university employees will hold a "Respect Our Service" rally in Annapolis at 6p tonight... more...
- Mar 18, 2013 Sequestration Day of Action Set for Wednesday As part of a national day of action around the sequestration, working families will gather at 12 noon this Wednesday March 20th to call on Congress to repeal sequestration immediately... more...
- Mar 18, 2013 Labor Quiz: Union Difference The average union worker makes more than the average non-union worker... more...
- Mar 15, 2013 Kroger Roanoke Bargaining Campaign Heats Up UFCW Local 400 members working for Kroger in the Roanoke area are mobilizing for a strong, fair collective bargaining agreement... more...
- Mar 15, 2013 EVENING WITH LABOR AWARD WINNERS: KENDALL MARTIN, Iron Workers Local 5: JC Turner Award for Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year An active board member of both the Metropolitan Washington Council and the Community Services Agency, Kendall consistently purchases the most tickets for Labor Night at the Nats, sponsors winning bowling and golf teams at CSA events... more...
- Mar 15, 2013 Tickets Available for Sunday's Labor Seder Singing, food, discussion and action, it must be the annual Labor Seder. This year's seder will highlight the crucial need for Paid Sick Days for all workers in our city... more...
- Mar 15, 2013 Solidarity Center Report: Afro-Colombian Labor Council Tackles Discrimination Afro-Colombians are far likelier than other Colombian workers to earn less than the minimum wage and to be employed in jobs where they cannot form unions to improve their working conditions... more...
- Mar 15, 2013 Council Meeting Features Labor Chorus, Bumper Stickers & More The DC Labor Chorus will preview their upcoming Spring Concert at Monday's Metro Council meeting, 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Mar 14, 2013 "No Confidence" in Chief, Say DC Fire Fighters DC fire fighter's dissatisfaction with their boss flared up last Monday night when the DC Fire Fighters union's board of directors passed a vote of "no confidence"... more...
- Mar 14, 2013 EVENING WITH LABOR AWARD WINNERS: Ann Hoffman, Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award A long-time Community Services Agency Board of Trustees member who has taken her board job seriously, Ann Hoffman (NWU) consistently financially supports CSA, volunteers to assist at CSA events... more...
- Mar 14, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Appreciating Sally "Sally Dickerson worked at the Safeway in Hillandale, across the street from the National Labor College," writes Jean Dearden... more...
- Mar 14, 2013 DC COPE Report: "Phony" Community Group Takes Aim at DC Living Wage Bill A mysterious "grass roots" group calling itself "Don't Block DC Progress" has suddenly popped up to oppose the Large Retailer Accountability Act (LRAA)... more...
- Mar 13, 2013 Clear Channel Lease for New WPFW Office Sparks Opposition Long-simmering frustrations at WPFW boiled over again this week when it was discovered that an 8-year, million-dollar sub-lease is being negotiated with Clear Channel Communications in a downtown Silver Spring office building... more...
- Mar 13, 2013 Local 400 Member Inducted Into Maryland Food Industry Hall of Fame UFCW Local 400 member Sally Dickerson was recently inducted into the Maryland Food Industry Hall of Fame in honor of her 55 years of service as a Safeway cashier... more...
- Mar 13, 2013 New Immigration Doc Premieres in DC This Week Harvest of Empire, a new documentary that reveals the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the modern immigration crisis premieres in the DC area this week... more...
- Mar 13, 2013 EVENING WITH LABOR AWARD WINNERS: Scorecard Committee, Maryland COPE Award The Maryland COPE Scorecard Committee worked painstakingly for months to develop the comprehensive new scorecard that will be used to accurately assess the track records of area political leaders... more...
- Mar 12, 2013 DC Teachers Demonstrate Solidarity with WHUT Workers WHUT-TV discovered what solidarity means when the Washington Teachers last week refused to participate in a prescreening event of a documentary on DC schools because of NABET-CWA Local 31's ongoing dispute with the station... more...
- Mar 12, 2013 HUD Union President Speaks Out on Sequestration Eddie Eitches, President of AFGE 476 -- which represents workers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- spoke recently with Federal News Radio's "Inside Government"... more...
- Mar 12, 2013 EVENING WITH LABOR AWARD WINNERS: UFCW 1994/MCGEO, Golden Picket Sign Local 1994’s gold t-shirts have been a welcome and frequent sight on picket lines throughout the region for years and in recent times the local has become even more creative... more...
- Mar 11, 2013 Activism Wins Strongest-Ever Contract for Boar's Head Provision Members The recent hard-earned gains by Local 400 members working at Boar's Head Provisions in Petersburg, Va. were made possible through member activism... more...
- Mar 11, 2013 EVENING WITH LABOR AWARD WINNERS: Laborers 657, Organizing Award Local 657 has become a real force in the metro community, reaching out to build strong community-labor alliances through their groundbreaking work organizing unemployed DC residents... more...
- Mar 11, 2013 Labor on the Move New Executive Directors at DC Jobs with Justice & DC Vote; Moch Steps Down from Labor Heritage Foundation... more...
- Mar 8, 2013 Appellate Court Sides With Unions, Limits MontCo County Exec’s Authority The Maryland Court of Special Appeals in Annapolis on Tuesday upheld the Montgomery County Labor Relations Administrator’s ruling that the Montgomery County Executive violated the County Code when he refused to include an interest arbitrator’s award as part of his budget submission in... more...
- Mar 8, 2013 Victory for Howard Dining Workers as Real Food Real Jobs Movement Picks up Steam Spurring on the DC food service workers’ fight for greater access to fresh, healthy food and good, sustainable jobs using fresh-cooked ingredients, Howard University workers employed by Sodexo celebrated another victory of DC’s Real Food Real Jobs movement earlier this week. Following on... more...
- Mar 8, 2013 Eye Contact Key to Success, Hospitality Professional Tells Students “Always maintain good eye contact and have reasonable goals for the next five years,” advised hospitality professional from National Harbor Karen Culpepper, who took part in Hospitality Express 4 Success mock interviews with program participants this past Monday. The program is a... more...
- Mar 8, 2013 Solidarity Center Report: International Women’s Day Working women contribute 66 percent of the world’s work and produce 50 percent of the food, they earn 10 percent of global income and own 1 percent of property, a 2011 United National Development Program report finds. But as we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, a... more...
- Mar 7, 2013 Paid Sick Days Focus of Labor Seder "Let My People Go… Home Sick" is the theme of this year's Labor Seder, coming up on March 17... more...
- Mar 7, 2013 Still Time to Get Tix to Evening with Labor The good news is that Seth McFarlane won't be hosting this year's Evening with Labor awards ceremony... more...
- Mar 7, 2013 Labor Scholarships & Grants Update WTU Scholarships for DC Students; Ashcraft Offers $5,000 to Trades Scholars; Union Plus LaborCorps Education Grants more...
- Mar 6, 2013 Activists Call for Solidarity with Injured City Workers With thousands of injured DC government workers depending on the Public Sector Workers Compensation Program every year, community groups are calling for a better system... more...
- Mar 6, 2013 Iron 5 Teams Tops in CSA Bowling Pledges Iron Workers Local 5 Teams 1 and 2 were the CSA Bowling for Gold team pledge winners, with $2,408.50 in pledges collected per team for the agency's Emergency Assistance Fund... more...
- Mar 6, 2013 Correction: Wage Theft a Bigger Problem Yesterday's report on the wage theft hearing in DC incorrectly stated that the DC Employment Justice Center calculated unpaid wages in DC totaling $260,000... more...
- Mar 5, 2013 Unpaid Wages Issue Takes Center Stage at DC City Council Hearing Dozens of Wage Theft Coalition activists packed the halls of the Wilson Building for hours yesterday as workers prepared to testify on the issue of wage theft in the District... more...
- Mar 5, 2013 Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel Engineers Vote in Union After a lengthy battle lasting months, the operations and maintenance staff at the Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel in DC last week voted overwhelmingly to join IUOE Local 99... more...
- Mar 5, 2013 Hands-On Training for Today's Labor Movement Classes in negotiating and writing contract language, arbitration preparation and presentation and strategic grievance handling... more...
- Mar 4, 2013 AFGE 17 Wins District 14 Organizing Awards AFGE Local 17's outstanding organizing work last year resulted in two awards recently from the American Federation of Government Employees... more...
- Mar 4, 2013 DC COPE Report: Metro Council Endorses Budget Autonomy Referendum At its recent meeting, the Metro Council endorsed the Budget Autonomy Referendum, the sole measure on the ballot in the upcoming DC Special Election on April 23... more...
- Mar 4, 2013 Evening with Labor is Right Around the Corner With food, music, and the annual awards ceremony, this year's Evening with Labor promises to be packed with local labor and political leaders... more...
- Mar 4, 2013 Labor Quiz: Unemployment As of January, how many Americans have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more? more...
- Mar 1, 2013 Food Service Worker Rally Celebrates Howard Contract Win Last night's Unite Here 23 rally turned into a victory celebration when it was announced that food service workers at Howard had just won a new contract... more...
- Mar 1, 2013 Labor Photo: Standing Up to Cuts in Prince George's County UFCW 1994 MCGEO members working for the Prince George's Libraries are standing up to proposed cuts to the PGCMLS budget... more...
- Mar 1, 2013 Labor On The Stage: "DC Trash" Opens Tonight Called a "treasure" of the 2012 DC Fringe Festival, Ron Litman's one-man show "DC Trash" starts a four-show run tonight as a part of the Atlas Intersections festival... more...
- Mar 1, 2013 Solidarity Center News: Unions in Haiti, Kenya Make Workers Center Stage in National Debate Foreign investors are opening up shop in Haiti -- but at what cost to working people? more...
- Feb 28, 2013 Federal Unions Prep Members for Sequestration Impact As the clock ticked down this week towards implementation of significant spending cuts on Friday, unions at federal agencies throughout the region held meetings with their members about the impact of the sequestration... more...
- Feb 28, 2013 "We Feed DC, We Are DC" Rally Today "Howard students are like my nieces and nephews," says Local 23 member Alphonso Carmack, who works at Howard University... more...
- Feb 28, 2013 DC Government Backs DC Fire Fighters Appearance with Obama on Effect of Spending Cuts The DC Fire and EMS Department says it's not considering any disciplinary action against uniformed personnel for appearing alongside President Obama during a recent speech... more...
- Feb 28, 2013 Labor Photo: Activists Defend Voting Rights at SCOTUS The Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO and the A. Philip Randolph Baltimore Chapter joined activists from across the country yesterday in front of the Supreme Court... more...
- Feb 27, 2013 CWA Reaches Tentative Agreement with AT&T Mobility Over the weekend CWA reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility. The contract would cover 22,000 customer service representatives, technicians and retail store workers... more...
- Feb 27, 2013 Labor and Community Rally Tomorrow for "Real Food and Real Food Jobs" for DC "I love my job," says Jacqueline Stills, a food service worker at Howard University. "It's like leaving home in the morning to come to another place called home"... more...
- Feb 27, 2013 Building Futures Lives Up to Name for Grad For Germaine Wells, the CSA's Building Futures program has lived up to its name, helping her establish a new future not only as an electrician, but also as a spokesperson for the life-changing program... more...
- Feb 27, 2013 Unions Back Justice Dept. In Defending Voting Rights Act Arlene Holt Baker doesn't want to go back to the 1950s, when her mother, a domestic worker making $5 a week, couldn't buy her shoes because she was saving money to pay the poll tax.. more...
- Feb 26, 2013 Metro Council Takes "No Position" in DC At-Large Race Highlights of last night's well-attended Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO's meeting included a decision to take no position in the April 23 DC City Council At-Large race -- leaving affiliates free to act as they wish... more...
- Feb 26, 2013 2013 Directory Published The brand-new 2013 Metro Council Directory of Affiliates was released at last night's Council meeting, with copies distributed to the Executive Board and delegates... more...
- Feb 26, 2013 WTU's Nathan Saunders Relies on National Labor College Education for Inspiration "I love to learn!" Not surprising words from a man who has dedicated his life to education... more...
- Feb 25, 2013 Council Meeting Tonight Tonight's Council meeting (6:30p at the AFL-CIO) features a sneak-peek at the 2012 year-in-review slideshow... more...
- Feb 25, 2013 Hospital Short-Staffing Delaying Emergency Services, Nurses Say EMS workers spend more than half their time waiting in DC hospitals, instead of on the streets where they're most needed... more...
- Feb 25, 2013 Worried Ward 4 Residents & Businesses Press Mendelson for Action on Walmart Although DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson agreed that "Walmart is a problem business"... more...
- Feb 25, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Sign of the Times Kevin Carroll, a 5th year apprentice at IBEW Local 26 and COPE volunteer, sent this pro-labor 1956 GOP poster to the IBEW's Jerry Lozupone... more...
- Feb 25, 2013 Labor Quiz: Family Medical and Leave Act The Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted in 1993. Under this law, which of the following statements are incorrect... more...
- Feb 22, 2013 PG Library Budget Cuts Would Reduce Service, Threaten Safety, Workers Say Employees of the Prince Georges County Memorial Library System – members of UFCW Local 1994 (MCGEO) – are urging the County Executive and County Council to call off proposed budget cuts to the County library system... more...
- Feb 22, 2013 DC Laborers Join Hersey Protest Over Unsafe Work Several metro DC- area laborers union workers trekked up to Hershey, PA on Tuesday to join a protest of hazardous working conditions at an old Hershey Chocolate factory... more...
- Feb 22, 2013 Solidarity Center report: Three Months After Tazreen Fire, More Fires, More Deaths in Bangladesh Three months after at least 112 Bangladeshi garment workers died in the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, at least 37 fire and fire-related incidents have occurred in garment factories... more...
- Feb 22, 2013 CSA's News You Can Use: Tax Time Could Mean Money for Lower-Income Working Families SNAP/Food Stamps and the EITC together could mean over $9,000 per year in benefits for a family of three with one minimum wage worker... more...
- Feb 22, 2013 Council Meeting Monday This Monday's Council Meeting will be the first chance to get the hot-off-the-presses 2013 Metro Council Directory... more...
- Feb 21, 2013 1199ers to MD Chamber Of Commerce: Spend A Day The Minimum Wage Way On February 7, 1199SEIU members joined minimum-wage workers and supporters outside the Maryland Chamber of Commerce to issue a challenge to Chamber President Kathleen T. Snyder... more...
- Feb 21, 2013 EWL Program Book Ad Deadline Friday Show your support for DC labor and our Evening with Labor award winners with an ad in the program book... more...
- Feb 21, 2013 Local 285-M Photo Album Posted GCC/IBT Local 285-M's website has been updated with photos from their annual meeting... more...
- Feb 21, 2013 Your Move/Readers Write: Nigerian Union Women's Solidarity with Gloria Johnson "On behalf of myself and labour women in Nigeria, we sincerely sympathize with the Metro Washington, AFL-CIO Council on the passing away of Comrade Gloria Johnson..." more...
- Feb 20, 2013 IBEW 26 Helps Install FedExField Solar Panels IBEW Local 26 members helped build the largest solar panel array in Washington... more...
- Feb 20, 2013 Labor on the Move: UFCW 400's Lucas & Perez Elected to PG NAACP UFCW 400's Diettra Lucas and Tony Perez have been elected to key positions on the Prince George's County NAACP... more...
- Feb 20, 2013 Solidarity Center Report: On Second Anniversary of Uprising, Bahrainis Say Crisis Is Worse Tens of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on February 13, the second anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, to protest the government's lack of progress in moving toward a more democratic political process... more...
- Feb 20, 2013 In Memoriam: Jack Joyce, Former Bricklayers President Jack Joyce, former president of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union and former Executive Council Member of the AFL-CIO, passed recently... more...
- Feb 19, 2013 Elevator Constructors Celebrate 2012 Graduates Elevator Constructors Local 10 celebrated its 2012 class of 22 newly-minted mechanics at a graduation dinner on February 9 at the local's union hall... more...
- Feb 19, 2013 Johnson Funeral Service Today The funeral service for Gloria Johnson will be held today at 11a at Peoples Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland; viewing is from 9:30–11a... more...
- Feb 19, 2013 Friday's the deadline! Demonstrate your support for the Metro Council's 36th annual Evening with Labor with an ad in the program book... more...
- Feb 19, 2013 Library of Congress Workers Donate to Casa de Maryland Ten boxes packed with shampoo, soap, toothpaste, shaving cream and other necessities items were delivered to Casa de Maryland last Friday... more...
- Feb 19, 2013 Labor On The Move: AFL-CIO's Alison Omens Off to SE Asia Last Friday was the last day at the AFL-CIO for Alison Omens, Deputy Director of Public Affairs and Director of Media Outreach... more...
- Feb 15, 2013 Johns Hopkins Caregivers Hold Prayer Vigil, Call for Fair Pay More than a hundred 1199SEIU members from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore came out on February 11 to sing, pray and call for justice at the hospital... more...
- Feb 15, 2013 IAM 1759 Promotes CSA Emergency Assistance Fund IAM Capital Air Lodge 1759 recently promoted the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund to its members on the local's website... more...
- Feb 15, 2013 DC Students Get Up-Close View of Labor History High school students studying US history at the E.L. Haynes Public Charter School learned about labor history during a January 29 Labor Walk... more...
- Feb 15, 2013 Gloria Johnson Funeral Service Set for Tuesday, Feb. 19 The funeral service for Gloria Johnson will be held Tuesday, February 19 at 11a at Peoples Community Baptist Church (31 Norwood Road) in Silver Spring, Maryland; viewing is from 9:30–11a. more...
- Feb 14, 2013 THIS JUST IN: Gloria Johnson Passes Gloria Johnson, one of the most prominent labor leaders in the United States and a long-time advocate for women's and civil rights, passed away early yesterday morning... more...
- Feb 14, 2013 Countdown to the 2013 Directory The 2013 Metro Council Directory going to print tomorrow, so today is the last chance to make any changes... more...
- Feb 14, 2013 Fundraiser Planned for AFM Member A Concert/Fundraiser is being held for AFM 161-710 member Ron Sipes, an oboist who suffered a massive stroke in late 2012... more...
- Feb 14, 2013 Eitches Wins Re-Run Election at AFGE 476 Eddie Eitches has won re-election as President of AFGE 476. The election, originally held in November 2011, was rerun on January 10... more...
- Feb 14, 2013 In Memoriam: AFL-CIO COPE Director John Perkins; AFA's Edith Lauterbach Former AFL-CIO COPE Director John Perkins -- who organized the 1981 Solidarity Day March in Washington -- died at 80 on February 5... more...
- Feb 13, 2013 "Hell No" to Cuts, Say Government Workers When the crowd exuberantly took up AFGE President J. David Cox's war-cry of "Not 'no' but 'hell, no!'" with the Capitol dome gleaming in the bright sun behind him, the noontime rally took on a sharper edge of anger and frustration... more...
- Feb 13, 2013 MontCo Workers Win 13% Increase in Tentative Deal Montgomery County workers have struck a tentative deal that ends several years of wage freezes and benefits cuts... more...
- Feb 13, 2013 Last Chance for 2013 Directory Corrections It's almost here! The 2013 Metro Council Directory -- updated with the latest info on the local labor movement -- is just about to go to press... more...
- Feb 13, 2013 OPEIU 153 Members Ratify New Contract at Amalgamated Bank; New Loan Announced for Affordable Housing in Southeast DC Employees at Amalgamated Bank -- members of OPEIU Local 153 -- have reached a new three-year agreement, ratified by a margin of more than four to one... more...
- Feb 12, 2013 1,500 Workers to Rally on Capitol Hill Today for "Jobs, Not Cuts" More than 1,500 union activists from AFGE and AFSCME will rally on Capitol Hill today at noon to urge Congress to shield vital government programs... more...
- Feb 12, 2013 DC Firefighters Feature CSA Bowling Tourney Firefighters Local 36 featured their CSA Bowling for Gold "Strike Team" on their website on February 6... more...
- Feb 12, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Union City News and Photo Archive "Your Nov. 16 Union City announced the launching of the Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Institute," writes Chester Hartman... more...
- Feb 11, 2013 1994 MCGEO Members Urge Baker to "Save the Library" Calling on Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker to “save the library,” over 30 members of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO packed the room at last week’s Prince George’s County town hall. There has been talk of across-the-board cuts to all Prince George’s County departments and... more...
- Feb 11, 2013 Federal Workers Prepare for Possible Sequestration & Furloughs With sequestration – and possible furloughs – looking more and more likely, federal worker unions and their members across the metro area are mobilizing and preparing. More than 1,500 AFGE and AFSCME members and their supporters – including Sen. Charles Schumer (D., NY), Rep. Chris... more...
- Feb 11, 2013 AT&T Mobility Workers Mobilize for Contract Area CWA locals were stepping up mobilization efforts as negotiations with AT&T Mobility went down to the wire over the weekend. Strike authorization ballots were due back by the end of last week “to send the message ‘We will stand up for what we think is fair’ to management,”... more...
- Feb 8, 2013 JUFJ Sparks Twitter Storm on Paid Sick Days During Restaurant Week This week, as local food lovers enjoy discounted meals at a variety of restaurants, "this is a great time to support our city's many fine establishments and their workers at the same time" more...
- Feb 8, 2013 Union Shops Score High in PG County United Way Campaigns Seven of the top ten United Way workplace campaigns in Prince George's County in 2011-12 were union employers, including one national union... more...
- Feb 8, 2013 Solidarity Center News: Colombian Unionist Murdered, Maldives Workers Face Crackdown on Rights The recent murder of a trade unionist active in the sugarcane fields in Colombia's Cauca River Valley comes just days after cane workers staged rallies... more...
- Feb 7, 2013 Guild Rallies for Contract at Bloomberg-BNA About 75 Newspaper Guild members rallied outside the Arlington, VA, headquarters of Bloomberg-BNA yesterday, calling for a fair contract with no take backs... more...
- Feb 7, 2013 Tackle Box Restaurant Pays Up Under Pressure From DC Wage Theft Coalition With signs and chants at the ready, dozens of activists from the DC Wage Theft Coalition stood quietly outside the Tackle Box restaurant in Georgetown yesterday as workers went inside to collect more than $4,000... more...
- Feb 7, 2013 Demo Exposes Corporate Hand Behind 'Artificial Crisis' to Force Cuts "All they have to do is pay their fair share; it's time the rich do well for America!" The senior citizen had traveled down from New York City to join yesterday's noontime demonstration... more...
- Feb 7, 2013 End of 6-Day Delivery Could Be Start of Privatization, Warns Local Letter Carrier Leader Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's plan to end Saturday delivery could be an attempt to prod Congress to act or it could be the beginning of privatization of the nation's postal service... more...
- Feb 6, 2013 WTU Opens New Teachers' Center, Donates Books The Washington Teachers' Union dedicated its new Teachers’ Center last week at Anacostia High School in Washington, DC... more...
- Feb 6, 2013 Wages On The Way At Tackle Box; "Fix the Greed" On Capitol Hill Faced with the threat of workers and allies disrupting their lunchtime rush, in unpaid wages... more...
- Feb 5, 2013 Patient Protection Act Proposed for DC Hospitals Registered nurses joined with District of Columbia Council members and community supporters in a press conference yesterday to announce the introduction of the Patient Protection Act to dramatically improve care in DC hospitals to protect patients... more...
- Feb 5, 2013 Wage Theft and Debt Focus of Two Wednesday Demos Popular Georgetown seafood restaurant Tackle Box and the "Common Ground Summit" on Capitol Hill will be the target of noontime demonstrations tomorrow... more...
- Feb 5, 2013 Bowling Tourney Team Photos Posted From the Bowling Stones to the Gutter Cleaners, AFL-CIO to Teamsters, photos of all the teams at the recent Bowling for Gold Tournament have now been posted... more...
- Feb 5, 2013 Union Decline Is America's Problem, Says History Student "Much of the media coverage around (the) drop in union membership asks what this means for labor's future," writes former AFL-CIO staffer Lane Windham... more...
- Feb 4, 2013 Grossfeld Steps Down from MontCo Worker Safety and Health Commission Longtime health and safety activist Jim Grossfeld is stepping down as chair of the Montgomery Co. Worker Safety and Health Commission... more...
- Feb 4, 2013 Salvadoran Unionist Speaks on Battle Against Privatization Jaime Rivera from the Electrical Sector Workers Union and the Federation of Public Sector Workers of El Salvador speaks at noon today at the AFL-CIO about the fight of public sector workers in El Salvador... more...
- Feb 4, 2013 A Civil Right to Organize "Our democracy is corrupted," says CWA President Larry Cohen in the latest issue of Poverty & Race. "Money is not speech. Corporations are not people..." more...
- Feb 1, 2013 Iron 5's Martin Wins Top Labor Award Iron Workers Local 5 Business Manager Kendall Martin heads up the 2012 Evening With Labor Award winners, winning the JC Turner Award “for his extensive support of Metro Council and Community Service Agency events,” said Council President Jos Williams. “Kendall can always be counted on... more...
- Feb 1, 2013 Dwight Bowman Memorial Tomorrow The memorial service for AFGE 14th District National Vice President Dwight Bowman will be held Saturday, February 2 at 10a at the Maple Springs Baptist Church in Capitol Heights, MD; click here for complete details . Bowman, who died unexpectedly on January 16, had been an AFGE... more...
- Feb 1, 2013 Solidarity Center News: 28 Garment Factory Fires, 491 Injuries in Bangladesh Since Late November The deaths of seven young women in a Bangladesh garment factory over the weekend were the latest fatal tragedies in the two months since the blaze at the Tazreen factory killed at least 112 workers. The fire at Smart Export Garments marked the 28th fire incident to threaten workers since... more...
- Feb 1, 2013 D.C. Caregivers Ratify First Contract at J.B. Johnson Nursing Home After nearly three years, caregivers at J.B. Johnson Nursing Center in Northwest Washington, DC have finally secured their first contract... more...
- Jan 31, 2013 AU Workers Celebrate Landmark Victory In a landmark agreement, American University workers and Bon Appétit Management Company on Monday signed a new union contract that significantly improves working conditions and paves the way for increased worker participation in campus sustainability efforts. “We got everything we asked... more...
- Jan 31, 2013 Union-Made Super Bowl Party Show your solidarity on Super Bowl Sunday by not only cheering on your favorite NFL Players Association (NFLPA) members of the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens, but also buying union-made-in-America food and drinks for your party. Check out these ... more...
- Jan 31, 2013 Labor Pledges Solidarity With Obama's Call for Road Map to Citizenship Some 20 union leaders were on hand for President Obama’s immigration speech on Tuesday, to pledge their support for the historic push for immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship and to stress that immigration reform is a working family issue that... more...
- Jan 30, 2013 Printcraft "Let's Do It Again" Wins Top Team Honors at CSA Bowling Tourney With a score of 3,311, the Printcraft “Let’s Do it Again” team (photo) took top honors – and $150 each -- at last Sunday’s Bowling for Gold tournament, the Community Services Agency’s annual benefit for its Emergency Assistance Fund. “Congratulations to team members CJ... more...
- Jan 30, 2013 UnionPlus Scholarship Deadline This Thursday Over the past 20 years, union members and their children have received over 3.4 million Union Plus scholarship dollars, with cash awards ranging from $500 to $4,000 for undergraduate and graduate students. This Thursday at noon is the deadline for applying for this year’s... more...
- Jan 30, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Union Wedding "I am a union-side labor lawyer, and I am getting married in the Spring," writes Matthew Stark Rubin at Bredhoff & Kaiser. "We are hoping to hire some folks to help serve food. We would prefer if they were unionized, of course! Are there any DC-area locals representing... more...
- Jan 29, 2013 Labor In The News: IUOE 99 Apprenticeship Program IUOE Local 99's apprenticeship program was highlighted in a recent U.S. News & World Report article... more...
- Jan 29, 2013 Labor Photo: Labor Chorus at MLK Peace Walk, Inaugural Ball Members of the DC Labor Chorus joined the crowd at the January 20 Martin Luther King Memorial Peace Walk... more...
- Jan 29, 2013 More Great Labor Stuff If you like our daily labor history feature from Union Communication Services (UCS) you'll also enjoy the free UCS weekly newsletter... more...
- Jan 29, 2013 Updates: New AFSCME Members Swell Council Affiliate Ranks; No Free Lunch for The Donald New AFSCME Members Swell Council Affiliate Ranks; No Free Lunch for The Donald more...
- Jan 28, 2013 Delegate Meeting Tonight The first Metro Council Delegate Meeting of 2013 is tonight at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Jan 28, 2013 1,500 MD State Workers Vote AFSCME Nearly 1,500 state workers in Maryland have voted to join AFSCME... more...
- Jan 28, 2013 Labor Photo: Plenty of Strikes to Spare Plenty of Strikes to Spare at Sunday's Bowling for Gold Tourney... more...
- Jan 28, 2013 Labor On The Move: Pride at Work Names Darren Phelps as New Executive Director Pride at Work, the LGBT constituency group of organized labor, has selected longtime LGBT and progressive activist Darren Phelps to serve as the organization's new Executive Director... more...
- Jan 28, 2013 Labor Quiz: Colored National Labor Union The nation's first Black labor convention was held in Washington, D.C., with 214 delegates forming the Colored National Labor Union... more...
- Jan 25, 2013 VA AFL-CIO Urges Opposition to Sneak Senate Redistricting Plan The Virginia State Senate on Monday "jammed through a new redistricting plan without hearings, without notice, and without public input," reports the Virginia State AFL-CIO... more...
- Jan 25, 2013 Bowman Memorial Service Details The memorial service for AFGE 14th District National Vice President Dwight Bowman will be held on Saturday, February 2, at 10a at the Maple Springs Baptist Church... more...
- Jan 25, 2013 Solidarity Center News: Cambodia: Brands Could Help Garment Workers Get Better Nutrition Among the thousands of Cambodian garment workers who have fainted on the job over the past few years, many suffer from malnutrition, anemia and dehydration... more...
- Jan 24, 2013 White House Urged to Act Swiftly on Silica Exposure Workers have been dying from exposure to silica on the job for about 100 years, with an estimated 1.7 million U.S. workers exposed to this serious hazard... more...
- Jan 24, 2013 Labor on the Move: DC JwJ's Mike Wilson to Keep "Making Change at Walmart" After two years with DC Jobs with Justice running the Respect DC campaign, Mike Wilson is headed to the national UFCW... more...
- Jan 24, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Where's Powderly? "And where is (Knights of Labor founder) Terence Powderly buried?" more...
- Jan 23, 2013 Bowman Memorial Service Planned A memorial service for Dwight Bowman (AFGE District 14 National Vice President) is being planned for February 2... more...
- Jan 23, 2013 Teachers' Union Responds to DCPS School Closings WTU plans to continue "fervently advocating for teachers, students and families" after DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson last week announced the final school consolidation and reorganization plan... more...
- Jan 23, 2013 Labor in the News: Fed Workers on Obama 2nd Term What policies the administration actually pushes during its second term depend not only on the president but also "to a large extent, on us: the unions, the broad progressive movement and working people in general"... more...
- Jan 23, 2013 36th Evening with Labor Set for March 16 "Mark your calendars now for the 2013 Evening With Labor" says Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams... more...
- Jan 22, 2013 GOP Effort to Freeze Fed Pay "Unconscionable" "It is amazing the lengths that the Tea Party Republicans will go to shill for the 1 percent," AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman told Government Executive last week more...
- Jan 22, 2013 Tax Break for Trump Could Cost DC Millions A sweetheart tax deal for billionaire Donald Trump could mean a loss of millions annually for District services... more...
- Jan 22, 2013 Labor Photo: "Nutter's Nuts! No More Cuts!" A sea of green-clad activists from AFSCME -- bolstered by AFL-CIO supporters -- caused a big stir in downtown DC at noon on Friday... more...
- Jan 22, 2013 In Memoriam: NALC's Vincent R. Sombrotto Vincent R. Sombrotto, 89, a towering figure in the history of the National Association of Letter Carriers and one of the most significant U.S. labor leaders of recent decades, died Jan. 10... more...
- Jan 22, 2013 Labor Quiz: CEO's Pay Raise Pay for the average private-sector nonsupervisory worker rose just 5.7 percent from 1978 to 2011, according to the Economic Policy Institute... more...
- Jan 18, 2013 Philly "Mayor 1%" Targeted at Noontime AFSCME Rally Today AFSCME is rallying at the Capitol Hilton today at noon to protest an appearance by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who AFSCME has dubbed "Mayor 1%" more...
- Jan 18, 2013 Labor/Progressive Inauguration Weekend Preview Local labor and community activists are gearing up for an eventful Inauguration weekend... more...
- Jan 18, 2013 Solidarity Center News: Three Years After Haiti Earthquake, Workers Still Need Jobs Three years after the disastrous earthquake struck Haiti, workers and their families continue to struggle as the cost-of-living keeps rising while wages -- for those who have jobs -- remain the same more...
- Jan 17, 2013 UFCW 400, CSA to Help Magruder's Workers as Independent Grocer Closes UFCW Local 400 will provide active and intensive assistance to its members working at Magruder's following the small, independent chain's decision to close its four grocery stores and one liquor store after 138 years... more...
- Jan 17, 2013 Dwight Bowman Passes Dwight Bowman, AFGE National Vice President and a longtime member of the Metro Washington Council's Executive Board, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning... more...
- Jan 17, 2013 In Memoriam: SEIU's Norman Gleichman Norman Gleichman, Deputy General Counsel at Service Employees International Union, drowned while swimming in Akumal, Mexico, where he was on vacation with his family... more...
- Jan 16, 2013 THIS JUST IN AFSCME is rallying at the Capitol Hilton this Friday... more...
- Jan 16, 2013 Laborers Picket Corinthian Over Harassment Anyone looking for the Arlington offices of Corinthian Contractors yesterday would have been well-advised to look for dozens of Latino laborers chanting "Si se puede"... more...
- Jan 16, 2013 Transit Workers to Flyer Metro Saturday As visitors and locals flock to the nation's capital for Barack Obama's second Inauguration next Monday, ATU Local 689 members and allies will leaflet Metro travelers on the importance of public transit... more...
- Jan 16, 2013 Historian: Labor Movement in Tradition of Abolitionists Like the abolitionists, "The labor movement has to talk more about ways to radically change and improve the current system. Labor should be both inside and outside," said Columbia University professor Eric Foner... more...
- Jan 15, 2013 Union Says Shoppers Not Affected by Supervalu Deal UFCW Local 400 members who work at Shoppers Food & Pharmacy "can rest assured that the Supervalu-Cerberus deal should have no impact on them"... more...
- Jan 15, 2013 DC Professional Women in Construction Chapter Adopts Building Futures Program CSA's Building Futures pre-apprenticeship construction training program was recently 'adopted' by Professional Women in Construction's DC Chapter... more...
- Jan 14, 2013 Arlington Residents Protest DC Water Contractor Use of Immigration Status Against Workers Former employees of Corinthian Contractors, local residents, and area immigration groups will rally tomorrow to demand the Arlington-based company stop using unlawful questioning into workers' immigration status to quell attempts by employees to stand up for themselves... more...
- Jan 14, 2013 In Memoriam: Stan Gordon Dies; Service Tomorrow Stan Gordon, died yesterday morning. A member of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Gordon was an Executive Director of AFSCME Council 26 in the 1970's... more...
- Jan 14, 2013 Upgrading Skills & Techniques at NLC Courses There are a few seats left in the National Labor College's (NLC) Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program's January 2013 classes... more...
- Jan 14, 2013 Labor Quiz: Empire State Building How many workers were employed in the construction of New York’s Empire State building? About 3,400; about 5,000; about 6,100? more...
- Jan 11, 2013 CSA Holiday Basket Project Brings Out Union Generosity Union generosity was on display once again during the recent holiday season. "Whether it was collecting food, adopting families, or sending in gift cards and money..." more...
- Jan 11, 2013 Solidarity Center News: Workers in Mexico, El Salvador Fired for Backing Unions Eleven workers from PKC wire harness plants in Mexico launched a hunger strike this week to demand the right to form a union... more...
- Jan 11, 2013 Union Voice/Readers Write: Spare a Strike? "Did we miss the annual bowling fundraiser?" wonders PSA-MD's Jen Nguherimo... more...
- Jan 10, 2013 Williams Joins Airports Authority Board In a unanimous vote, the DC City Council yesterday confirmed Metro Council President Jos Williams to serve on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors... more...
- Jan 10, 2013 Online Streetheat Campaigns Heat Up It's an unseasonably warm January thus far, but there's plenty of online Streetheat action... more...
- Jan 9, 2013 IBEW 26 Members Shine on Silver Line Project More than 200 IBEW Local 26 members have been working to complete Phase I of the Silver Line and bring Metro even farther out into the Virginia suburbs, improving access to Dulles Airport... more...
- Jan 9, 2013 AFSCME Members Win New Management at MVA Facing a hostile work environment -- and even workplace violence -- AFSCME 3655 members at the MVA recently turned to their local union and its parent Council -- AFSCME Council 3... more...
- Jan 8, 2013 Federal Workers Facing "Perfect Storm" Federal workers face a "perfect storm" in the next couple of months. The new Congress sworn in last Thursday may well be "particularly rough on federal agencies and their workers"... more...
- Jan 8, 2013 Free Labor Film Screening Tonight The Busboys & Poets Bread & Roses Labor Series presents a free screening of "Brothers on the Line" tonight at 6p, with Q&A with director Sasha Reuther... more...
- Jan 8, 2013 Jeter Re-Elected at ATU 689; Lewis Elected at CWA 2222 Jackie Jeter was re-elected President of ATU Local 689 last month. She was first elected President in 2007... more...
- Jan 8, 2013 DC COPE January Meeting Canceled The DC COPE meeting scheduled for tonight at 6p has been cancelled... more...
- Jan 7, 2013 UFCW 1994 Asks MontCo IG to Investigate Ervin for Possible Ethics Violations UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO on Friday asked Montgomery County Inspector General Edward Blansitt to investigate possible ethics violations and conflict of interest in County Councilmember Valerie Ervin's dealings with real estate investor and developer Chris McGoff... more...
- Jan 7, 2013 Opera Chorus Concert Benefits Needy Artists The Washington National Opera Chorus' annual AGMA Relief Benefit Concert will celebrate the music of the United States during Inauguration and MLK weekend... more...
- Jan 7, 2013 Last Chance To Update 2013 Directory The 2013 Metro Council Directory of Affiliates will be going to print soon, but there’s still time to make edits and updates... more...
- Jan 7, 2013 Labor Quiz: John L. Lewis Speaks Labor legend John L. Lewis, a longtime president of the UMWA and a driving force in the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations had a way with words... more...
- Jan 4, 2013 Federici Elected UFCW Local 400 President; Harris Elected Secretary-Treasurer United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400's Executive Board yesterday elected Mark P. Federici president and Lavoris "Mikki" Harris secretary-treasurer of their 35,000-member union... more...
- Jan 4, 2013 Area Unions Brighten Children's Holidays Thousands of dollars' worth of toys and financial contributions helped make the holidays brighter for many area children this season, thanks to donations from SAG-AFTRA's Washington-Mid Atlantic Local... more...
- Jan 4, 2013 Labor Quiz: The Largest Unions? According to annual filings with the U.S. Department of Labor, the nation's three largest unions are? You could be next week's winner of a labor music CD! more...
- Jan 3, 2013 DCNA Reaches Agreement on Key Issues at Howard Just before Christmas, DCNA cancelled the informational picket at Howard University scheduled for December 24th... more...
- Jan 3, 2013 Baltimore CLC Cancels Conference After Caesars Rejects PLA The Metropolitan Baltimore Council has canceled the 2013 Leadership Conference in Atlantic City to demonstrate its solidarity with the Maryland Building and Construction Trades... more...
- Dec 21, 2012 DCNA to Hold Holiday Picket at HUH With Howard University Hospital management continuing to delay contract negotiations, DCNA will hold a holiday picket in front of the hospital on December 24... more...
- Dec 21, 2012 Solidarity Center News: 85 Million People Migrate for Jobs, Child Trafficking Rising This week, International Migrants Day highlighted workers like Nalani Samarasinghe, 41, who has moved to Qatar three times for jobs to support her family in Sri Lanka... more...
- Dec 21, 2012 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...to Finish Your College Degree If you've been considering going back to school, the National Labor College says their online degree programs make it easy to balance work, family, and school... more...
- Dec 21, 2012 2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (November/December) As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of solidarity in 2013, we’re taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive and remembering some of the highlights of the past year... Nov 3: NOVA Labor Begins Final Push for 2012 GOTV (right) : “Oh yes, I’ll be out... more...
- Dec 20, 2012 Firefighters Keep District Kids Warm 1,000 kids in DC will stay warm this winter thanks to a partnership between the DC Firefighters union and Operation Warm, a nonprofit that supports communities by handing out new winter coats... more...
- Dec 20, 2012 DC JwJ Announces "Scrooge of the Year," Relaunches Website Amidst cheers and jeers, Rob Walton and Walmart were named "Scrooge of the Year" at DC Jobs with Justice's annual Winter Cabaret last weekend... more...
- Dec 20, 2012 2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (September/October) As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of solidarity in 2013, we’re taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive and remembering some of the highlights of the past year... Sept 11: DC Teachers Support Striking Chicago Teachers :... more...
- Dec 19, 2012 Hunger Strikers Set Up Camp on National Mall, Demand 6-Day Mail Service In yesterday's early morning cold, two men stood outside a tent on the National Mall, adjusting and re-adhering signs to the four sides... more...
- Dec 19, 2012 CSA and AFT Give Back Staffers at the AFT who sponsor a book club at the national union, signed on with the Community Services Agency to "adopt a family" for the holidays... more...
- Dec 19, 2012 Labor Photos: Worker Activists on Capitol Hill Fight Calls for Cuts Hundreds of union members, retirees, and unemployed workers from across the country hit Capitol Hill yesterday to call on Congress to protect the middle class... more...
- Dec 19, 2012 2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (July/August) Local 1900 Works to Keep the Lights On in Storm Aftermath... Shoppers Workers Ratify Strong New Contract... DC Residents Protest Discrimination by African American Museum Contractor... Parents Say School Librarians Not Expendable... more...
- Dec 18, 2012 Rally Against Cuts Today on Capitol Hill Union and community members will rally on Capitol Hill today to tell Congress not to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs working families depend on... more...
- Dec 18, 2012 Local 400 Wishes Ahold Happy Holidays With a giant holiday garland made of 5,000 signed "solidarity postcards," Ahold workers came together last week to speak out at Ahold's US headquarters in Carlisle, PA... more...
- Dec 18, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: Responding to Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary In the wake of the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the United Way of Western Connecticut vows to "stand with the community and everyone affected..." more...
- Dec 18, 2012 2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (May/June) Civista Nurses to Strike Over Staffing Issues... Hotel Workers Cheer In New Contract... Workers at Jefferson Hotel Resist "Aggressive" Management, Vote to Join IUOE 99... Building Futures Opens with Inspiration... more...
- Dec 17, 2012 Delegate Meeting Tonight The last Metro Council Delegate Meeting of 2012 is tonight at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Dec 17, 2012 "Shift Change" Film Premiers in DC "I have a say in what happens with the company, which is awesome." more...
- Dec 17, 2012 Fight Against Cuts to hit Capitol Hill Tuesday With negotiations on the fiscal showdown coming down to the wire and vital services at risk, workers will come together on Tuesday to fight back... more...
- Dec 17, 2012 2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (March/April) Verizon Workers say Contract "Due" after 9 Months... Raising Voices for Health Care at the Supreme Court... Giant, Safeway Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract... Firefighters & Cops Join Teachers in Budget Protest... more...
- Dec 17, 2012 Labor Quiz: Short-Circuit City Electronics retailer Circuit City in 2003 fired 3,900 of its most experienced sales people because they were making too much in commissions... more...
- Dec 14, 2012 Song, Dance, and Scrooge-Of-The-Year at DC JwJ Winter Cabaret With performances ranging from the Hula Huskers to the Options Peals Step Team, this weekend's DC Jobs with Justice Winter Cabaret is "the place to be for food, fun, and solidarity" more...
- Dec 14, 2012 Solidarity Center News: South African Domestic Workers Organize, Colombia Activist Fights for Human Rights South African Domestic Workers Organize, Colombia Activist Fights for Human Rights... more...
- Dec 14, 2012 2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (January/February) Hundreds Gather at Annapolis Jobs Rally... Labor Community Supports Those in Need... Hundreds Turn Out to "Defend Occupy DC"... "Bowling for Gold" a Shining Success... more...
- Dec 13, 2012 Labor in The News: Transit Union Demands Protection For Drivers In light of recent attacks on bus drivers, ATU Local 689 is demanding shields and more transit and metropolitan police officers dedicated to protecting drivers... more...
- Dec 13, 2012 Activists "Won't Tolerate" Walmart Practices In the wake of the November 24th deadly fire that killed 112 workers in a Bangladeshi supply factory making items for Walmart, this Friday activists will call on Walmart to change its practices... more...
- Dec 13, 2012 MD COPE Report: Local Labor Says No to Cuts "Labor will not support cuts to vital programs that are a safety net for the most vulnerable" Tri-County COPE's Bill Grooms (IUOE 77) told staffers in Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer's Waldorf office... more...
- Dec 12, 2012 Workers and Students Stand Together for Real Food, Real Jobs Singing "Sustainability Forever," over 120 cafeteria workers, students, faculty, and community members spoke out at American University... more...
- Dec 12, 2012 New Film on Worker-Owned Cooperatives to Premiere in DC Shift Change , a new documentary about cooperatives will have its D.C. premiere on December 17... more...
- Dec 12, 2012 Worker and Union-friendly Holiday Gifts With the holiday season at hand, Union Communication Services suggests area activists "consider gifting your friends and loved ones with books about the labor movement and working people" more...
- Dec 11, 2012 This Just In: Anita Bonds Elected Anita Bonds was elected an interim DC City Council Member at a meeting of the DC Democratic State Committee last night... more...
- Dec 11, 2012 Caroling Against Budget Cuts "Oh fiscal cliff, oh fiscal cliff, we don't have to fall off you!" dozens of unions and community members caroled yesterday outside Congressman Chris Van Hollen's Rockville office... more...
- Dec 10, 2012 Activists Rally Against Fed Budget Cuts Tonight Federal workers are "caught between a rock and a hard place" with the looming possibility of funding cuts... more...
- Dec 10, 2012 NEBF Donates to CSA Holiday Basket Program Over 200 items were collected by staff and OPEIU Local 2 members at the National Electrical Benefit Fund for the Community Service Agency’s Holiday Basket program more...
- Dec 10, 2012 2013 Diners' Guide To Ethical Eating Released Eating out is great, but not when the people who serve us food can't afford to pay the rent or take a day off when they're sick... more...
- Dec 10, 2012 Labor Quiz: Brooklyn Bridge How many workers died during the 14-year construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? more...
- Dec 7, 2012 Lerch Re-Elected President of NALC Branch 3825 Ken Lerch, re-elected President of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 3825, was sworn into office Wednesday night... more...
- Dec 7, 2012 Labor Photos: IBEW Photo Contest From atop a snowy power pole overlooking Monumental Mountain in western Washington State to welding conduit brackets in a darkened tunnel in Hamilton, Ohio, the IBEW photo contest is back... more...
- Dec 7, 2012 Solidarity Center News Tunisian Unionists Attacked; Burma Labor Leader Urges Corporate Social Responsibility more...
- Dec 6, 2012 "Candlelight Campaign Against Cuts" Actions Target Hoyer and Van Hollen Labor and community allies are mobilizing for local Candlelight Campaign Against Cuts actions Monday at 4p at the Rockville , Greenbelt and Waldorf district offices of Congressman Steny Hoyer and Congressman Chris Van Hollen. “Working people need more economic security, not less,”... more...
- Dec 6, 2012 "Food Justice is Worker Justice" DC food service workers will join the Health Affordable Food for All (HAFA) coalition this Saturday, December 8 for the DC Food Future Summit . An afternoon session on “Food Justice is Worker Justice” will highlight UNITE HERE Local 23’s Real Food Real Jobs... more...
- Dec 6, 2012 Christmas Tree Sales Support Injured Firefighters This year, your Christmas tree can support local injured firefighters and burn victims. Proceeds from the Christmas trees on sale outside the Sixth Engine Restaurant – which is housed in one of the oldest firehouses in the District – go to the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation .... more...
- Dec 6, 2012 Choosing a Union Hotel Just Got a Whole Lot Easier UNITE HERE’s brand-new Union Hotels Guide app makes it a snap to find and book a union hotel around metro DC or anywhere in the country. Just download the free app to your iPhone or iPad, search for the city you’ll be visiting and click on the green pins for union hotels while the red... more...
- Dec 5, 2012 Union Files Charges Against WPFW Management WPFW management was hit with two charges last Friday as the union representing workers there demanded back pay and documentation from the local Pacifica station... more...
- Dec 5, 2012 Construction Boom Fails to Deliver Jobs to District Residents Despite a building boom in the District of Columbia, DC residents remain grossly underrepresented on area construction sites... more...
- Dec 5, 2012 Last Chance for Free Tix to "Les Miserables" Click here by noon today to enter a raffle for a free pair of tickets to Les Misérables... more...
- Dec 4, 2012 New Online Video Features Building Futures Program Grads, Shows How Contributions Matter Without the Building Futures Pre-Apprenticeship program "I would not have had the opportunity to become an electrician," BF graduate Lisa Kenner... more...
- Dec 4, 2012 Bricks Collecting "Toys for Tots" Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local #1 DC, MD, VA is participating in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program... more...
- Dec 4, 2012 Labor Quiz: Rising Income Between 1972 and 2010, the earnings of the typical male worker, adjusted to 2010 dollars, have risen by a total of $165, $980 or $1,724 per year? more...
- Dec 3, 2012 Voting Opens for "Scrooge of the Year" Award Two of the nominees for DC Jobs with Justice's 2012 Scrooge of the Year are so heartless they're not even human. And the others we’re not so sure of either... more...
- Dec 3, 2012 Teamsters Strike First in '13 Bowling Tourney Teamsters Local 639 scores the first strike in the 2013 Bowling for Gold tournament, signing up four teams for the 10a slot... more...
- Dec 3, 2012 25% Off Tix to "Les Miserables" Union City readers can save 25% off performances of Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical, Les Miserables, returning to Washington for a special holiday engagement December 13-30 at The National Theatre... more...
- Nov 30, 2012 Elevator Constructors Give Lift to Local "Wounded Warriors" The life of a local soldier injured in the line of duty has been eased a bit, thanks to the installation of a home elevator by area elevator constructors and their contractors. It was “especially gratifying to know that we had real experienced pros on the case,” said John Raffetto,... more...
- Nov 30, 2012 DC Labor Chorus Doubles Up This Weekend After being forced to turn people away from an overflowing theater last year, the DC Labor Chorus is doubling up this Saturday, offering two performances of their annual Concert of Favorite and Sacred Songs this Saturday in Takoma Park, MD. Inspired by the striking Walmart workers, the... more...
- Nov 30, 2012 Solidarity Center News: Bangladesh Workers, Global Migrants, Need Voice at Work The tragic deaths of more than 111 garment workers in Bangladesh highlights the need for a solution that’s now lacking in that nation’s factories: the ability of workers to be able to assert their rights , organize unions with their co-workers, raise safety concerns and demand better... more...
- Nov 30, 2012 In Memoriam: Baseball Labor Pioneer Marvin Miller Marvin Miller (right) , the labor leader who built the Major League Baseball Players Association into sports’ most powerful union, died Monday. He was 95. Imagine a time when a professional baseball player was technically "owned" for life by his team and couldn't play for any other team... more...
- Nov 29, 2012 Local Labor Hits Hill to Join Fight Against Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Local labor leaders joined their colleagues from across the country yesterday as advocates for working families from 33 states fanned out across Capitol Hill to call on their elected representatives to end Bush tax cuts... more...
- Nov 29, 2012 IBEW Leads United Way Labor Division "I want to thank the IBEW and its generous staff for helping us work efficiently and productively to alleviate some of the problems facing residents of our area;..." more...
- Nov 29, 2012 Union Recovers $400,000 for Baltimore Opera Members AGMA members contracted by The Baltimore Opera Company will share more than $400,000 owed them after opera performances were cancelled in 2008 and 2009... more...
- Nov 28, 2012 Washington-Mid Atlantic Local Holds Historic First SAG-AFTRA Membership Meeting Members and staff of SAG-AFTRA's Washington-Mid Atlantic Local gathered together for the first time in early November under the newly-merged union of SAG-AFTRA... more...
- Nov 28, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write CIO HQ Location, Joe Hill's Ashes, and Pins & Needles Songs on YouTube more...
- Nov 27, 2012 DC EJC Forecasts Wage Theft "Twitter Storm" Today The DC Employment Justice Center is calling for a "Twitter storm" today to draw attention to the widespread issue of wage theft... more...
- Nov 27, 2012 Vigorous Discussions, Song & Labor Walk Highlight NLC Residency Program National Labor College students from unions across the country spent Veterans Day weekend learning from their classmates at the Living Labor History residency program... more...
- Nov 27, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: When Egyptians Struck "The note about the Egyptian tomb workers contains an error," writes David Gurowsky... more...
- Nov 26, 2012 Hundreds Target MD Walmarts on Black Friday With word that Walmart would open for Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving evening, action in Maryland began last Thursday night when dozens of local activists greeted shoppers at stores in Capitol Heights, Baltimore and Columbia, MD, to show their solidarity... more...
- Nov 26, 2012 CSA Holiday Basket Drive Underway Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers on Monday dropped off food donated by staff at the Bricklayer's Union during their annual food drive... more...
- Nov 26, 2012 "T-Mobile Girl" to Host JwJ Winter Cabaret? DC Jobs with Justice Winter Cabaret MC Julia Kann isn’t guaranteeing a return appearance of "T-Mobile Girl"but she does promise that the Cabaret will be "a perfect party to end the year." more...
- Nov 26, 2012 Labor Quiz: The Battle of the Overpass The Battle of the Overpass involved... more...
- Nov 21, 2012 $11,000 NALC 3825 Contribution Highlights Council Meeting In addition to an exciting report from Monday afternoon's walkout at Walmart, a highlight of Monday night's Council meeting was the presentation of an $11,000 check to the Community Service Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund by NALC Branch 3825 President Ken Lerch... more...
- Nov 21, 2012 Labor in the News: "Singular" Safeway Cashier "I'm only still here because of my customers. They become your family" says Nita Robinson, a UFCW Local 400 member and shop steward at a Safeway... more...
- Nov 21, 2012 Labor Photo: Ms. Minnie Hangs Up Her Ladle Minnie Allen, affectionately known as Ms. Minnie, retired last week from the Library of Congress food service, where she’s worked for 30 years... more...
- Nov 21, 2012 New DC Institute Connects History with Activism Talking with striking Verizon workers on a picketline at 3am during the 2011 strike, Dennis Serrette realized that the problem was much deeper than the telecom giant’s demands for givebacks... more...
- Nov 20, 2012 Walmart Strikes Spread to Metro DC Fast-spreading Walmart strikes hit the DC metro area yesterday afternoon as workers walked out of a Walmart in Landover, MD... more...
- Nov 20, 2012 MontCo Postal Workers Join Council Montgomery County Area Local 3630 of the American Postal Workers Union is the latest area union to affiliate with the Metro Washington Council... more...
- Nov 20, 2012 Building Futures Grad Thrilled By Apprenticeship Work Building Futures graduate Charmecca Turner last week began her third week of work as an apprentice with Sheet Metal Workers 100 "and I LOVE IT!" she says... more...
- Nov 20, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: Of the ILA, ILWU & IBL "The ILA's name has been the International Longshoremen's Association for as long as I can recall, dating into the 1930s and before," writes Dan Duncan of the Maritime Trades Department... more...
- Nov 19, 2012 Activists Gearing-Up for Black Friday Walmart Action Local activists will be out supporting striking Walmart workers at three DC-area stores with "a fun, festive action" on Black Friday... more...
- Nov 19, 2012 Hotel Workers Urge Boycott of UPO Event at Marriott Unite Here Local 25 is asking that the Metro Washington Council and its affiliates not participate in the January 12 Uniting People with Opportunities Martin Luther King Day breakfast... more...
- Nov 19, 2012 Labor Quiz: Bread and Roses The 1912 "Bread and Roses" strike involved which of the following: textile workers in Lawrence, MA... more...
- Nov 16, 2012 UFCW 400 Urges Action Today to Support Members in Fishing Industry The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering harvest restrictions that could threaten the future of the menhaden fishery and thousands of families who depend on it... more...
- Nov 16, 2012 Bill Fletcher & Barbara Ehrenreich to Help Launch New Institute for Education and Leadership on Sunday The Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Institute for Education and Leadership will hold its inaugural event, a panel discussion on "Building a Global Movement"... more...
- Nov 16, 2012 Solidarity Center News: Mexican Mine Workers' Camp Destroyed; Egyptian Oilfield Workers Step Up Their Struggle The global labor community is speaking out against the forceful destruction of a protest camp that Mexican workers had set up at the La Platosa mine... more...
- Nov 16, 2012 Delegate Meeting Monday The first post-election Metro Council Delegate Meeting will be held Monday at 6:30p at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Nov 16, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: How Can I Designate Support for CSA & the Hurricane Fund? “I want to make a United Way donation to the Community Services Agency and the Hurricane Fund,” writes Ken Kovack of the Steelworkers. “How do I designate the contribution?” For CSA, you can make a check payable to United Way and mail it to CSA at 888 16th St NW, Suite 520, WDC 20006,... more...
- Nov 15, 2012 DC Teachers' Union Calls for "Dialogue" on School Closings Responding to Tuesday's proposal by the DC Public Schools to close 20 public schools throughout the city, the Washington Teachers' Union yesterday released its own plan more...
- Nov 15, 2012 Federal Worker Updates Walter Reed Janitors Rally Over Nonpayment; TSA Screeners Ratify Contract more...
- Nov 15, 2012 Updates/Corrections Embargoed Hostess Strike Support Link; Attack Victim in NW, Not SE more...
- Nov 14, 2012 Principals Sue PG School System for Discrimination The principals' union has filed a $100 million class-action lawsuit against the Prince George’s County public school system and its Board of Education... more...
- Nov 14, 2012 DC Letter Carrier Delivers Help to Elderly Woman Attacked in NW Letter carrier Teddy Settles became a neighborhood hero last week when he tipped off police that an elderly woman on his route in Northwest DC had been beaten and robbed... more...
- Nov 14, 2012 Area Bakers Union Urges Support for Hostess Strikers With thousands of Hostess workers now on strike across the country, the local baker’s union is urging support for the struggle... more...
- Nov 13, 2012 Working Families Say "No More Tax Cuts for the Rich!" Less than 48 hours after the polls closed last week, working families in communities across the country called on their members of Congress to protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and to end George Bush's tax cuts for the richest 2 percent... more...
- Nov 13, 2012 Who's the 2012 "Scrooge of the Year"? As the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, it's time to cast the net for DC's "Scrooge of the Year." more...
- Nov 13, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: The Best Way to Help Sandy's Victims With hundreds of thousands of New York and New Jersey residents still in the dark and cold after the double whammy of Hurricane Sandy and last week's winter storm, the Community Services Agency and the AFL-CIO are urging financial support... more...
- Nov 13, 2012 Labor Quiz: International Broom and Whisk Makers Union The International Broom and Whisk Makers Union was organized in 1893. It disbanded in which of the following years...? more...
- Nov 9, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Daycon Strikers Win Long Battle for Justice It took two and a half years but the Teamsters 639 strike against Daycon is finally over... more...
- Nov 9, 2012 CWA Says Public Financing of DC Elections Would Set Standard for Campaign Reform "Get big money out, get voters back in." CWA legislative director Shane Larson urged swift passage of the Public Financing of Elections Act of 2012... more...
- Nov 9, 2012 Discount Tix to "Woody Sez" The celebration of Woody Guthrie's birthday centennial continues this month with "Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie" at Theater J... more...
- Nov 9, 2012 Solidarity Center News: Striking Indonesian Workers Make Gains, Two Teachers Jailed in Bahrain In Indonesia, a strike by 2 million blue-collar workers over wages and job outsourcing resulted in government promises to improve worker pay and subcontracting... more...
- Nov 8, 2012 Near Clean-Sweep for Labor-Endorsed Candidates & Issues Metro-area labor's endorsed candidates and initiatives scored a near clean-sweep Tuesday... more...
- Nov 8, 2012 LiUNA! Gets Out the Vote in NoVA "In Northern Virginia alone, LiUNA! knocked on 40,000 doors for GOTV efforts to re-elect the President" reports Jaime Flores... more...
- Nov 8, 2012 AFL-CIO Pivots to Battle Tax and Program Cuts Pivoting quickly from Tuesday's elections to the ongoing fight to protect working families' future... more...
- Nov 7, 2012 Mood at AFL-CIO Headquarters: Anticipation, Exhilaration, Glee First there was anticipation, touched with a little bit of angst. Then there was exhilaration, as the electoral vote totals mounted for Democratic President Barack Obama mounted and as pro-worker U.S. Senate candidates won... more...
- Nov 6, 2012 It's Election Day Here's the run-down on our coverage today, voting and area labor GOTV efforts: more...
- Nov 6, 2012 Talk the Talk on Economic Inequality From the Occupy Movement to the Presidential election, economic inequality is in the spotlight... more...
- Nov 6, 2012 Standing With Workers, Responding To Sandy In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the power is still out for some areas of the East Coast, houses are flooded, and families are stranded and unable to communicate... more...
- Nov 6, 2012 Election Day 2012: Moments from the Metro-Area GOTV Effort Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of labor activists hit the doors, polls and phones throughout the metro Washington area yesterday to get out the working family vote for labor-endorsed candidates and ballot initiatives. Union City’s Chris Garlock and Julia Kann caught up with some of... more...
- Nov 5, 2012 Labor GOTV Finish Line In Sight It's all about getting out the vote now. The metro-area labor movement continues to hit the phones and doors today and tomorrow... more...
- Nov 5, 2012 Labor-Endorsed Candidate Greg Hall Appointed to Vacant District 24 Delegate Seat Greg Hall, who was endorsed by the Metro Washington Council in 2010 but narrowly lost to Tiffany Alston as Delegate in the 24th Legislative District, will complete Alston's term.. more...
- Nov 5, 2012 Deadline for Cafritz Awards & Peace Center Ads This Friday is the deadline for Cafritz Award nominations and ads in the Washington Peace Center's Activist Awards program book... more...
- Nov 5, 2012 CSA Seeks Employment Development Specialist/Employer Liaison The Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO is seeking an Employment Development Specialist/Employer Liaison... more...
- Nov 5, 2012 Labor in the News: MCFT's Joseph Monte Joseph Monte, co-founder and president of two area education unions, is the subject of a profile in Sunday's Washington Post Magazine... more...
- Nov 5, 2012 In Memoriam: Dorothy Jones Shields Dorothy Jones Shields, former director of the AFL-CIO union's education department, died Oct. 16... more...
- Nov 5, 2012 Labor Quiz: NFLPA Which of the following players participated in the 1956 founding of the National Football League Players Association... more...
- Nov 3, 2012 NOVA Labor Begins Final Push for 2012 GOTV "Oh yes, I'll be out there Tuesday for President Obama," AFGE member Joan Findlay promised Labor-to-Labor canvasser Jackie Jeter this morning... more...
- Nov 3, 2012 Hotel Workers Dial for Jobs With 12,000 jobs at stake, including hospitality industry jobs, Unite Here Local 25 has mounted an impressive phone banking effort supporting Question 7... more...
- Nov 3, 2012 Labor Photo: Firing Up the VA Labor Vote "This phonebank is so great," enthused Iron Workers Local 5 President John Rayner Friday morning after a shift on the AFL-CIO phonebank.. more...
- Nov 3, 2012 Handy Labor Voter Guide Whether you're on Facebook, Twitter, or a fan of a real piece of paper, the Metro Council has materials to help activists spread the word about area labor-endorsed candidates... more...
- Nov 3, 2012 Union Retirees Hit Street, Phones for Obama Over 100 Maryland, DC and Virginia retirees with the Alliance for Retired Americans have volunteered at the NoVA CLC for political action over the last two months... more...
- Nov 2, 2012 Transfer of DC Firefighter President "Retaliation," Arbitrator Says An independent arbitrator on October 19 ruled in favor of DC Fire Firefighters Local 36 president Ed Smith, saying that Smith's transfer was clearly retaliation against Smith more...
- Nov 2, 2012 Phonebanking Made Easy & Fun "Phonebanking is so easy and fun," exclaimed Rolene McKnight, Metro Washington Council receptionist after Council staff did a shift on the AFL-CIO phonebank Thursday... more...
- Nov 2, 2012 Play Shines Light on Battle for Worker Safety An "inspirational story of survival and the fight to prevent other workers from being endangered," These Shining Lives is being performed at the Silver Spring Stage through November 17... more...
- Nov 1, 2012 IBEW 1900 Members Head to NYC to Help Restore Power A team of Pepco workers -- members of IBEW 1900 -- headed up to New York City yesterday to help restore power... more...
- Nov 1, 2012 Early Voting Guide & Latest Local Labor Walks With Hurricane Sandy shutting down polling places Monday and Tuesday, early voting has been extended in Maryland and Virginia... more...
- Nov 1, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Helping Hurricane Victims As Hurricane Sandy clean-up begins, we'll post updates about how you can direct your support locally... more...
- Oct 31, 2012 Sideswiped by Sandy, DC Area Focuses on Damage Repair, Helping Harder-Hit Areas With New Jersey and New York bearing the brunt of Hurricane Sandy, metro-area first responders yesterday focused on assessing and repairing damage... more...
- Oct 31, 2012 McNutt Elected UFCW 400 President UFCW Local 400 members have elected Tom McNutt President, along with McNutt's "Proven Leadership" slate to a 3-year term... more...
- Oct 31, 2012 Union-Made-in-America Halloween Treats When the little ghosts and goblins come a'knocking on Halloween night, why not supply them with union treats made right... more...
- Oct 29, 2012 Hospital Workers Prepare for Storm “Hospitals are gearing up for the possibility of employees not being able to leave or having difficulty getting to work,” reports DCNA’s Sandra Falwell, a National Nurses United VP who works at Children's National Medical Center (CNMC). “CNMC has offered sleeping accommodations... more...
- Oct 29, 2012 CSA News You Can Use: How to Prepare for Hurricane Sandy's Impact and Aftermath Hurricane Sandy, one of the largest hurricanes in decades, is slamming into the mid-Atlantic and northeast United States. Bill Hauenstein, AFL-CIO Community Services liaison for the Northeast region, provides useful links for union leaders, members and families preparing for and... more...
- Oct 29, 2012 NSO Musicians Avoid Discord Heard at Other Orchestras Musicians at the National Symphony Orchestra last month ratified a new 4-year agreement. The successful conclusion to negotiations was “actually quite remarkable in a year that has seen difficult orchestra negotiations in many major US orchestras,” reports AFM 161-710 president Ed... more...
- Oct 28, 2012 Safety Top Priority as First Responders Prep for Metro-area first responders -- many of whom are union members -- worked diligently this weekend to make sure local services were ready to handle the effects of Hurricane Sandy... more...
- Oct 28, 2012 Labor Volunteers Pour Into NoVA for Obama, Push Referenda in MD Coming from as far away as West Virginia, nearly 200 labor volunteers poured into Northern Virginia Saturday... more...
- Oct 28, 2012 Labor Photo: Rallying for Gaming Jobs Workers of all kinds -- construction workers, service workers, teachers, police and firefighters -- turned out last Friday to voice their support for Question 7... more...
- Oct 28, 2012 Local Updates/News from Area Local Unions Lucky IUEC 10 Member; AFSCME Council 20 Voices... more...
- Oct 28, 2012 Labor Quiz: Uplifting Humanity "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." more...
- Oct 26, 2012 Election "Crunch Time" With less than two weeks to go, polling has the vote in swing state Virginia split in both the presidential and senatorial races... more...
- Oct 26, 2012 Walmart Developer Criticized, Workers Speak Out in Video "Developers should not be rewarded for displacing residents and bringing jobs that make it impossible to live in the area and support a family," more...
- Oct 26, 2012 Solidarity Center News: Workers Make Gains in Nicaragua, Bangladesh Nicaragua has become the third country to ratify the International Labor Organization convention standard giving domestic workers the right to decent work... more...
- Oct 26, 2012 Labor Photo: Rallying for Gaming Jobs Workers of all kinds -- construction workers, service workers, teachers, police and firefighters – turned out Friday to voice their support for Question 7, which would expand gaming in the State of Maryland. Among those speaking out were Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker,... more...
- Oct 25, 2012 Local Updates/News from Area Local Unions ATU 689 Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month; IBEW 26's "Big Entrance into Northern VA" more...
- Oct 25, 2012 AFGE Local 32 Hosts Second Annual CFC Agency Fair Workers at the Office of Personnel Management learned about nearly two dozen local social service agencies at AFGE Local 32's Combined Federal Campaign Fair on Tuesday... more...
- Oct 25, 2012 Labor Video: "Heavy Lifting" If the short white-haired guy unloading baggage in this video looks familiar, that’s because he's U.S. Senator (D, MD) Ben Cardin... more...
- Oct 24, 2012 Labor On The Move: Avodah Brings New Faces to Metro Council Allies Four Metro Council ally organizations have new young staff members, brought to DC through Avodah, the Jewish Service Corps... more...
- Oct 24, 2012 Updated Labor-Endorsed Candidates List Posted An updated list of candidates endorsed by the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO and the Metro Washington Council has been posted... more...
- Oct 24, 2012 Labor Photo: Local 476 Members and Families Get Out the Vote Elyse Eitches, her mother Rachel Eitches, and Augusta Thomas prepare to depart on a recent precinct walk to encourage people to vote on Tuesday, November 6... more...
- Oct 24, 2012 Workers & Students Connect Farm to Table Saying that real food and real jobs go hand in hand, more than 100 food service workers and students celebrated Food Day yesterday to promote their vision of a sustainable, healthy DC... more...
- Oct 23, 2012 AFGE 476 Helps Promote CSA at HUD During Combined Federal Campaign The CSA's fall campaign got a big boost Wednesday when HUD Assistant Deputy Secretary Patricia Hoban-Moore introduced CSA at a HUD CFC kick-off event... more...
- Oct 23, 2012 Pepco Workers OK New 4-Year Deal IBEW 1900 membership overwhelmingly ratified a new 4-year deal with Pepco last Thursday. In addition to a 10.1% wage increase... more...
- Oct 23, 2012 NoVA GOTV Labor Effort Continues to Build The labor effort to get out the vote in Northern Virginia continued to build as nearly 200 union members participated in last Saturday's Labor to Labor precinct walks... more...
- Oct 23, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: Where Are The Walks? "I've tried to open the links on weekend labor walks and phone banking activities" in Union City "to no avail" more...
- Oct 23, 2012 In Memoriam: "Rabble-Rouser" Jerry Tucker Dies Lifelong "rabble-rouser" Jerry Tucker died last Friday. "Jerry would want us to take this moment to rededicate ourselves to the great crusade for social and economic justice..." more...
- Oct 22, 2012 Green Jobs: Electrical Workers Construct Solar Arrays in Maryland IBEW Local 26 members are building some cutting-edge green energy on the rooftos of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. Made possible by the 2009 stimulus funds, highly skilled electrical workers are building four solar arrays with all "Made in... more...
- Oct 22, 2012 Respect DC Building to Black Friday This year Walmart, the biggest store in the US, may face a strike on the biggest shopping day of the year – Black Friday. When workers walked out at 23 Walmarts across the country last week ( “Laurel Walmart Workers Join National Strike,” UC 10/10/2012) , Respect DC organizer Mike... more...
- Oct 22, 2012 THIS JUST IN: NoVA GOTV Labor Effort Continues to Build The labor effort to get out the vote in Northern Virginia continued to build as nearly 200 union members participated in last Saturday’s Labor to Labor precinct walks. Labor-endorsed US Senate candidate Tim Kaine, along with AFGE President J. David Cox, rallied the group before they hit... more...
- Oct 19, 2012 THIS JUST IN Join the Corporate Reform Coalition today for a noontime "celebration" of the 100th Birthday of the US Chamber of Commerce. Those who can't be there in-person can participate by sending the Chamber a birthday card... more...
- Oct 19, 2012 Kaine to Rally NoVA Volunteers Saturday Tim Kaine, the labor-endorsed candidate for the US Senate in Virginia, will rally NoVA volunteers at this Saturday's Labor-to-Labor walks... more...
- Oct 19, 2012 UFCW 400 Sweeps Local ILCA Awards UFCW Local 400 won top awards in the International Labor Communications Association 2012 Labor Media Awards... more...
- Oct 19, 2012 Solidarity Center News: Big Win for Electricity Workers in Mexico A big court win for electricity workers in Mexico could mean more than 16,000 fired workers will be offered reinstatement and receive back pay... more...
- Oct 18, 2012 Iron 5 Keeps Riding in Battle Against Diabetes The Iron Workers Local 5 Motorcycle Club has now raised a total of $179,000 for the research and treatment of diabetes, which afflicts 25.8 million children and adults in the U.S. more...
- Oct 18, 2012 After Work Phone Bank Tonight at AFL-CIO There'll be a special After Work Phone Bank at the AFL-CIO tonight... more...
- Oct 18, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: Dan The Man "Is Dan Duncan receiving communion or taking the blame for Obama's first debate?" more...
- Oct 18, 2012 Labor Heritage Sponsors Dracula Contest The Labor Heritage Foundation is sponsoring a "Dracula Contest" with tickets to the Washington Ballet's upcoming Kennedy Center production of Dracula as prizes... more...
- Oct 17, 2012 Political Mobilization Main Focus of Council Meeting Labor political activity in Maryland, the District and Virginia – including walks and phonebanks -- was the main focus of Monday night's Metro Washington Council meeting, with Election Day just a few weeks away... more...
- Oct 17, 2012 Labor Photo: Groundbreaking at Laborers 657 Training Institute Renovation Laborers Local 657 leaders, members, staff and local labor leaders and politicians broke ground on a major renovation of the Francis L. Greenfield Laborers' Training and Apprenticeship Institute... more...
- Oct 17, 2012 Labor On The Move: ATU 689's Garland Retiring A retirement party for Anthony "Wayne" Garland, ATU 689 Recording Secretary, will be held this Saturday, Oct 20 from 7p-1a at the ATU Local 689 union hall more...
- Oct 17, 2012 Romney Trashman Video Most-Watched In U.S. The YouTube video series featuring AFSCME members who provide services to Mitt Romney’s La Jolla community was the most-watched political video in the country last week... more...
- Oct 16, 2012 Granholm, Boland & Thomas Fire Up NoVA Volunteers More than 130 union members from 42 locals representing 25 international unions hit the streets across Northern Virginia Saturday after being pumped up by three inspirational speeches. “Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (photo) wowed the... more...
- Oct 16, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Supporting Your Community Charitable giving campaigns are now underway all across the metro area, and whether you work for the federal or local government or in the private sector, you have the opportunity to support your community through the United Way, Combined Federal, or DC One Fund worksite campaigns. Hundreds of... more...
- Oct 16, 2012 Trumka on the DC Labor FilmFest “Art can certainly bring alive the struggles of the past,” said AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka last Friday, introducing the screening of “We Are Wisconsin” at the AFL-CIO. “By witnessing the stories of those struggles, we can learn from them. We can imagine similar... more...
- Oct 15, 2012 Political Updates at Tonight's Delegate Meeting: Political action on all levels Don't miss the last Council meeting before next month's elections! more...
- Oct 15, 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Screenings Continue The 12th annual DC Labor FilmFest continues this week... more...
- Oct 15, 2012 Labor Quiz: Why Was Debs Jailed? Eugene V. Debs ran for president from a jail cell in 1920 and got a million votes; why was he jailed? more...
- Oct 15, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Boycott Against American Crystal Sugar Products Because of American Crystal Sugar's continued refusal to end its 14-month lockout of more than 1,300 workers... more...
- Oct 12, 2012 Weekend Labor-to-Labor Don't miss these area labor-to-labor activities tomorrow, Saturday, October 13, all starting at 9am... more...
- Oct 12, 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Kicks Off Today This year's DC Labor FilmFest kicks off today with a line-up celebrating the dedicated and inspiring work by firefighters, teachers, and other public sector workers... more...
- Oct 12, 2012 NECA DC and IBEW Local 26 Help Local Kids Install Electrical Wire at Big Build The Washington, D.C. Electrical Alliance gave local kids a hands-on glimpse into the career of an electrician at National Building Museum's Big Build more...
- Oct 12, 2012 Trick-or-Treating for a Cause This Halloween activists are celebrating -- and making a difference -- with the Paid Sick Days For All campaign and APALA-DC.. more...
- Oct 11, 2012 THIS JUST IN Prep for tonight's vice presidential debate by dropping by the AFL-CIO's phonebank tonight... more...
- Oct 11, 2012 Local Labor Takes a Stand with FOP "What makes this issue so important to us as police officers who leave our homes to go out and protect the community is this is about our family,"... more...
- Oct 11, 2012 Labor FilmFest Preview: Musicals & A Workplace RomCom The Labor FilmFest unofficially kicks off today with a free noontime screening of "Roll On Columbia" at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Oct 11, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: Previewing Working Lunch "I am the President of the SW Montana Central Labor Council, in Butte, MT," writes Rick LaBreche... more...
- Oct 10, 2012 Laurel Walmart Workers Join National Strike The wave of Walmart strikes spread to the Washington area yesterday morning when over a dozen workers struck the Laurel Walmart as part of a national walkout... more...
- Oct 10, 2012 Still Room for More FilmFest Volunteers Free t-shirts, great movies, what more could you want? more...
- Oct 10, 2012 Labor FilmFest Preview: Bogie to Billy From Humphrey Bogart to Billy Elliott and Austin trash collectors to beleaguered office workers... more...
- Oct 9, 2012 Phonebank Prizes & Photo-Op With President Obama In addition to getting their picture taken with President Obama*, volunteers at the AFL-CIO phonebank are now eligible for prizes. If unavailable in person, life-size 2-D image of President Obama will be substituted... more...
- Oct 8, 2012 Pepco Workers Win New Deal After extensive negotiations over the weekend, Pepco workers finally won a tentative contract, likely averting a strike... more...
- Oct 8, 2012 DCNA Picket at Howard Called Off As Hospital Returns to Table The DC Nurse's Association cancelled its picket scheduled for tomorrow after Howard University Hospital agreed to return to the bargaining table... more...
- Oct 8, 2012 Court Ruling Paves The Way To Representation For Local American Airlines Agents The Communications Workers of America scored a big victory October 3 when a federal appeals court overturned a judge's ruling... more...
- Oct 8, 2012 Labor FilmFest Preview: Free Noontime Screenings Thursday & Friday The 12th annual DC Labor FilmFest kicks off with two free noontime screenings this Thursday and Friday at the AFL-CIO... more...
- Oct 8, 2012 Labor Quiz: What's a "Scab herder"? A "scab herder" is: a non-union sheep-herder, someone who accompanies scabs into a struck workplace, or a disgusting personal habit... more...
- Oct 8, 2012 Labor FilmFest Preview: Teachers & Firefighters Star in Opening Night Teachers and firefighters lead off Opening Night of the DC Labor FilmFest this Friday... more...
- Oct 5, 2012 NoVA Labor Donates Food to Hungry Students To help alleviate hunger in local schools, NoVA Labor volunteers are asked to bring a canned or nonperishable food item when they show up for walks or phonebanks... more...
- Oct 5, 2012 Ward 4 Says Two Walmarts is Too Much "Walmart disrespects their customers and workers in urban communities" said one Ward 4 resident... more...
- Oct 5, 2012 Labor On The Move: Joyce Miller Memorial Set The memorial service for Joyce Miller has been set for Tuesday... more...
- Oct 5, 2012 Labor FilmFest Co-Founder Tony Mazzocchi Inducted into Labor Hall of Honor DC Labor FilmFest co-founder Tony Mazzocchi was inducted into the U.S. Department of Labor's Hall of Honor on June 5... more...
- Oct 4, 2012 Georgetown Adjuncts Organizing Georgetown University adjuncts are organizing to join their unionized colleagues in SEIU Local 500's Coalition of Academic Labor... more...
- Oct 4, 2012 MontCo & PG Labor Walks Launch Saturday Labor walks in Prince George's and Montgomery counties begin Saturday, October 6, running from 9a to 1p... more...
- Oct 4, 2012 Labor Photo: AFSCME Local 2477's 40th Anniversary AFSCME Local 2477 celebrated its' 40th anniversary of representing workers at the Library of Congress on Tuesday, September 25... more...
- Oct 4, 2012 Labor FilmFest Going Viral Area unions are helping get the word out about the DC Labor FilmFest -- and winning themselves free FilmFest passes! more...
- Oct 4, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: Finding Woody "I'd like to list the Woody Guthrie film you showed (at Busboys & Poets Tuesday night) in the Resources section of our bimonthly Poverty & Race..." more...
- Oct 3, 2012 Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Program Graduates 102 "I always complete what I start," said Latauna Bigelow proudly last Saturday... more...
- Oct 3, 2012 MontCo Job Safety Hearing Videos Posted Videos from the September 21 Montgomery County Worker Safety and Health Commission hearings on immigrant worker job safety have been posted online... more...
- Oct 3, 2012 Baker Pledges Cake For Top Phonebankers AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker has pledged to personally bake a cake for the most active phone banker on the AFL-CIO phonebanks... more...
- Oct 2, 2012 WHC Nurses Warn of Threat of "Taco Bell" Care Washington Hospital Center visitors and patients were greeted yesterday morning by nurses who warned against the threat of "Taco Bell" healthcare... more...
- Oct 2, 2012 Another Union to Picket Howard A second union plans to picket Howard University this week. The DC Nurse’s Association has scheduled a picket next Tuesday... more...
- Oct 2, 2012 Tonight -- Free Screening Commemorates Guthrie's 100's Birthday A free screening of Hard Travelin', the story of Woody Guthrie told through those who knew him, will be held tonight at Busboys & Poets... more...
- Oct 2, 2012 Activists Celebrate Anniversary of Occupy DC Activists commemorated the one-year anniversary of Occupy DC last weekend with marches, actions, teach-ins and music... more...
- Oct 1, 2012 "Howard 4" Make Noise At Opening Convocation Howard University trustees, alumni and returning students received an unexpected 'welcome' from fired WHUT Channel 32 workers and their supporters... more...
- Oct 1, 2012 Labor 2012 Calendar, Endorsed Candidates & Referenda, Early Voting & More With Election Day just over a month away, labor’s local get-out-the-vote operations are in full swing... more...
- Oct 1, 2012 Labor FilmFest Previews, Volunteers & Hosts With the 12th annual DC Labor FilmFest coming up next week, check out free online previews of the FilmFest line-up to help decide which of the films to see... more...
- Oct 1, 2012 NLC's Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Classes in Full Swing The National Labor College wrapped up a successful first week of Bonnie Ladin Union Skills courses last week... more...
- Oct 1, 2012 Union Voice: Readers Write "While the LA Times was wall-to-wall non-union for many years, the press operators were successfully organized by the Graphic Communications Conference of the Teamsters" more...
- Oct 1, 2012 Labor Quiz: Nine Millionaires and a Plumber "Nine Millionaires and a Plumber" refers to: Mitt Romney's "Kitchen Cabinet," Dwight D. Eisenhower's Cabinet, or Richard M. Nixon's "Watergate Gang"? more...
- Sep 28, 2012 THIS JUST IN: Occupy DC to Celebrate 1-Year Mark Occupiers from DC and the surrounding area are planning events all weekend to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the occupy camps in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza... more...
- Sep 28, 2012 NABET-CWA 31 to Picket Howard University Convocation & Football Game Howard University trustees in town this week for the school's 145th Opening Convocation will be greeted by picketing NABET-CWA members... more...
- Sep 28, 2012 Pepco Workers Reject Contract Pepco workers overwhelmingly rejected the company's "last, best and final" contract offer yesterday... more...
- Sep 28, 2012 CSA Golf Tourney Photos Posted Photos of the 2012 CSA Golf Tournament -- the 17th annual -- have been posted on the Metro Council's Facebook page... more...
- Sep 27, 2012 DOE O&M Staff Join IUOE 99 Operations and maintenance staff at the United States Department of Energy in downtown DC voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining IUOE 99 during a late-night election... more...
- Sep 27, 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Sneak Peeks With tickets to the upcoming DC Labor FilmFest going fast, fans are getting free sneak-peeks at this year's line up through a labor film poster exhibit and FilmFest preview screenings... more...
- Sep 26, 2012 Pepco Workers Expected to Vote Down Contract Today Pepco workers are expected to vote down the utility's "last, best and final" contract offer today and IBEW 1900 hopes to return to the bargaining table and avoid a strike more...
- Sep 26, 2012 Labor On The Move: ATU's Rodney Richmond Retires Former Local 689 Secretary-Treasurer and recent ATU International Vice President Rodney Richmond's retirement was celebrated in high style Saturday... more...
- Sep 26, 2012 September Meeting Material Available Online Materials distributed at last week's Metro Council meeting are now available online, including the important upcoming political activities and resolutions approved by the Board and delegates more...
- Sep 26, 2012 MontCo Hearing: Immigrant Workers Need Safer Jobs While Montgomery County continues to be one of the wealthiest communities in the nation, "for immigrants, too often it's an endless succession of dangerous jobs at poverty wages"... more...
- Sep 25, 2012 Low Scores, High Fundraising at CSA Golf Tourney More than 100 area union golfers went for low scores while they raised funds during a perfect sunny and crisp fall day yesterday at the Community Services Agency's 17th annual golf tournament more...
- Sep 25, 2012 "Run To Win!" Workshop Set for Saturday Anyone interested in running for political office will want to sign up for the September 29 "Run To Win! 2014 and Beyond" daylong workshop... more...
- Sep 25, 2012 Labor On The Move: Solidarity Center's Bader-Blau Has Daughter; DC JWJ's Forester Goes National Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau gave birth to a baby girl September 19, reports Deputy Executive Director Kate Doherty... more...
- Sep 25, 2012 Yes You Can Still Get Your Labor FilmFest Ad In This year's line-up for the DC Labor FilmFest has been released and we're now working on finalizing the FilmFest program guide... more...
- Sep 24, 2012 Library of Congress Locals Hold Worksite Voter Drive AFSCME Locals 2477 and 2910 held a voter registration drive recently at the Library of Congress, where their members work... more...
- Sep 24, 2012 CSA's News You Can Use: Bargaining Fact Sheets The Labor Project for Working Families has developed a series of new "Unions Win It" fact sheets on bargaining for work family benefits ... more...
- Sep 24, 2012 Win or Work for Free FilmFest T-Shirts & Tix "Film is an amazing medium to move people" writes Kayla Mock of UFCW 400 in our DC Labor FilmFest "Favorite Things" survey... more...
- Sep 24, 2012 Labor Quiz: First Labor Political Organization The first labor and trade union political organization in the U.S., formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1828 was... more...
- Sep 21, 2012 Maryland Labor 2012 Events A kick-off labor rally and walk for John Delaney -- Democratic candidate in Maryland's 6th Congressional District -- is set for Saturday, September 22 in Hagerstown, MD... more...
- Sep 21, 2012 FilmFest "Favorite Things," Last Chance for Custom-Sized Tees "I look forward to [the DC Labor FilmFest] every year" writes Beverly Holton of the AFL-CIO in response to the FilmFest "Favorite Things Survey" more...
- Sep 21, 2012 Metro Council Supports Worker Struggles Near And Far Locked-out sugar workers in the Midwest, union workers at WPFW, OPEIU Local 2 members at SEIU headquarters, police officers in Montgomery County -- and the Robin Hood Tax Campaign -- all won the support of the Metro Washington Council at Wednesday night’s meeting... more...
- Sep 20, 2012 After 13-Month Battle, CWA & IBEW Win Contract At Verizon CWA and IBEW yesterday announced a tentative agreement with Verizon Communications that the union says "protects the job security and retirement security of 34,000 members from Virginia to Massachusetts." more...
- Sep 20, 2012 3 Big Wins Highlight Council Meeting A trio of victories highlighted last night’s meeting of the Metro Washington Council... more...
- Sep 20, 2012 IAFF 36's Ed Smith & DC Labor FilmFest Host "Detropia" Screening Tonight IAFF Local 36 President Ed Smith and the DC Labor FilmFest are co-hosting a special screening tonight of "Detropia", the new documentary that "tells the story of one city in economic decay" more...
- Sep 20, 2012 Romney Bemoans Union Contracts Would Prevent Mass Firing of Federal Workers We all have regrets in our lives. Even Mitt Romney, who told a group of high-roller donors that he regrets that federal workers are protected by union contracts... more...
- Sep 20, 2012 CSA Golf Tourney Beats Monday Blues Beat those Monday blues by spending the day playing golf for a great cause... more...
- Sep 19, 2012 Workers, Unions Cheer Passage of Displaced Worker Protection Act in MontCo Montgomery County Council chambers resounded with the cheers of workers and their unions Tuesday morning after the Council approved the Displaced Worker Protection Act... more...
- Sep 19, 2012 UE's Townsend Debates Union Busters; WI Judge Overturns Walker's Anti-collective Bargaining Law The UE's Chris Townsend took on "two of the leading anti-union forces in the U.S." when he debated "Shaddowbosses" author Mallory Factor at the "reliably anti-union" Cato Institute... more...
- Sep 19, 2012 Why Do You Love the Labor FilmFest? The DC Labor FilmFest is celebrating 12 years of bringing films about work and workers to the silver screen... more...
- Sep 19, 2012 Labor on the Move: Kathy Casavant Goes WILD After three years of leading the AFL-CIO's Governance, Organizational and Leadership Development team, Kathy Casavant is leaving the AFL-CIO... more...
- Sep 18, 2012 "Outrageous" Tax Cut for Tech Millionaires Opposed A bill to cut taxes for tech investors has drawn the opposition of the Metro Council and other allies... more...
- Sep 18, 2012 Custom-Sized FilmFest T-Shirts Fit the Bill "Finally, a way to order a film fest T-shirt that actually fits" a grateful Carl Goldman (Executive Director, AFSCME Council 26) wrote... more...
- Sep 18, 2012 Improved "Friends and Neighbors" Tool Launched To Get Out The Vote Calling it the "cutting edge of political technology," Workers Voice is launching a new and improved Friends and Neighbors tool to help get the vote out this year... more...
- Sep 17, 2012 NoVA Election Efforts Expanding With less than two months to go, NoVA Labor President Dan Duncan says he’s "amazed at the wonderful number of volunteers donating their time and efforts"... more...
- Sep 17, 2012 Full-Court Press on Displaced Worker Bill Vote Tomorrow From phone-banking and canvassing to ads on Facebook, as well as an online petition to Council members, 32BJ SEIU is "pulling out all the stops" to pass the Displaced Worker Protection Act... more...
- Sep 17, 2012 Union Voice/Readers Write: "Gets me oriented" "I wanted to write to thank you for your outstanding work on Union City," writes AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research Director Glenn Perusek... more...
- Sep 17, 2012 Labor Quiz: How Much Wealth? The top 1 percent of Americans take in nearly a quarter of the nation's income every year... more...
- Sep 14, 2012 AFL-CIO Election Phonebank Opens Monday The AFL-CIO's 2012 election phone bank opens on Monday, September 17 and will run weekdays from 10a–6p through Election Day... more...
- Sep 14, 2012 2012 DC Labor FilmFest Line-Up Released From the inspirational We Are Wisconsin to the still-hilarious Office Space... more...
- Sep 14, 2012 Locals Step Up for Community Service Union members know what it means to struggle, so it's no surprise that they don't forget to reach out to those in need. The OPEIU Local 2 shop at the American Federation of Government Employees... more...
- Sep 13, 2012 DC Teachers Step Up Solidarity With Striking Chicago Teachers D.C. teachers and union staff at the Washington Teachers' Union and across DC wore red yesterday to demonstrate their solidarity with striking teachers in Chicago... more...
- Sep 13, 2012 32BJ SEIU Launches Online Petition Supporting Displaced Worker Protection Act With a vote on the Displaced Worker Protection Act expected at the Montgomery County Council next week, 32BJ SEIU is urging supporters to sign an online petition... more...
- Sep 13, 2012 Custom-sized Labor FilmFest T-Shirts Available DC Labor FilmFest t-shirts, usually only available in large or extra-large sizes, are available -- for a limited time -- in custom sizes this year... more...
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