'Labor Night at the Nats' a Home Run for CSA

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)With 5,000 tickets sold, last Friday’s Labor Night at the Nats netted nearly $5,000 for the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund. “Thank you so much to NOVA Labor Federation and the Metro Council for co-sponsoring this great event and to the many locals who bought over 50 tickets and got their names on the scoreboard” says CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. “It’s thanks to all of you that the 40,000 people at the game know that unions are alive and well in the DC metro area.” AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department President Sean McGarvey was quick to remind those following the game on Twitter that “Nats stadium [was] built under a PLA [Project Labor Agreement] on budget and AHEAD of schedule!” Unite Here Local 23 members showed that it continues to be a union stadium as they donned union buttons to show their solidarity for the annual labor night. Click here for photos from 2012 Labor Night at the Nats; share your photos from the event with streetheat@dclaborarchives.org. - photo of Teamsters 639 member at the game by Julia Kann; photo of AFSCME staffer and OPEIU Local 2 member Renee Barnes singing the National Anthem by Kathleen McKirchy