Labor Heats Up in June
Thursday, May 17, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)June is still a couple weeks away, but it’s
not too early to mark your calendar with some
big labor events coming to the DC metro area.
Here are a few highlights; check the DC
labor calendar for a full list of
events.
Labor
Research and Action Network
Conference (6/11-12)
Registration
is now open for the LRAN conference, held at
Georgetown University, dedicated to
“create[ing] a space for the generation and
exchange of fresh ideas and thinking among
labor leaders, activists, scholars, and
students.”
DC
JwJ “I’ll Be There” Awards
(6/21)
DC Jobs with Justice will honor
Reverend Raymond Bell, Carrie Biggs-Adams
(CWA), the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and
the Working Poor at Georgetown University, and
Occupy DC this year, celebrating their
continued dedication to local labor causes.
There’s still time to take out an ad in the
program book; for more information contact
Nikki at nikki@dcjwj.org
Great
Labor Arts Exchange: Occupy Now!
(6/22-25)
The Labor Heritage Foundation’s
Great Labor Arts Exchange -- a celebration of
the use of all forms of art to support the
labor movement -- will bring four days of
workshops, trainings, performances, and actions
to the DC metro area; registration is open
now.