Labor Heats Up in June

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Labor Heats Up in June(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.

 

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