Labor On The Move: Solidarity Center's Bader-Blau Has Daughter; DC JWJ's Forester Goes National

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau gave birth to a baby girl September 19, reports Deputy Executive Director Kate Doherty. “Both mother and baby are well,” Doherty adds. Bader-Blau will be out on parental leave through January19, 2013; contact Doherty at kdoherty@solidaritycenter.org if you have Solidarity Center-related business in the meantime. The Solidarity Center is a non-profit organization set up by the AFL-CIO to assist workers around the world who are struggling to build democratic and independent trade unions. DC Jobs with Justice organizer Dyana Forester is moving to the national JWJ, taking a position as Organizer-Southern Region, “Dyana has made great contributions to DC Jobs with Justice and our coalition,” said DC JWJ Executive Director Nikki Daruwala. “We wish her well and look forward to future collaborations.” Forester’s last day at DC JwJ is October 12th; watch their website for details on a farewell happy hour soon in her honor. - photo: Bader-Blau in 2009 with  her 4-month-old son J.J.,; photo by Maren Wright for Capital News Service