Local Updates/News from Area Local Unions
Thursday, October 25, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)ATU 689 Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month: ATU Local 689 is observing National
Breast Cancer Awareness Month this Saturday, October 27 with an event at the
Local 689 union hall. The 10p event will celebrate life “in memory of Local
689 member Tanya L. Dorsey” and includes a balloon release at 10:30p. $15
donation.
IBEW 26’s “Big Entrance into Northern VA”:
The latest edition of IN
Charge, IBEW Local 26’s quarterly magazine, is chock-full of
fascinating stories and photos. The cover story, “Making a Big Entrance into
Northern VA” (page 8) describes how more than 200 IBEW Local 26 members are
working to complete Phase I of the Silver Line in the largest expansion project
since Metro first opened its doors in 1976, bringing Metro even farther out into
the Virginia suburbs and improving access to Dulles Airport. “The work
of the Local 26 crew has been challenging and difficult, but rewarding,”
according to the article. And “Local 26 Members Enjoy Labor Night at the
Nats” (page 34) describes how dozens of Local 26 members and their families
were able to “take advantage of deeply discounted tickets and support a good
cause at the same time,” maybe just shorten to with proceeds going to the
Metro Washington Council’s Community Services Agency (CSA). Download
the IN Charge PDF for these and other reports.