2012: DC Labor's Year In Review (March/April)

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)As Union City looks forward to reporting on a New Year of solidarity in 2013, we’re taking a moment to dip into the Union City archive and remembering some of the highlights of the past year...

March 22: Verizon Workers say Contract "Due" after 9 Months: Commuters making their way through the fog on Route 29 early Thursday morning may have thought they were hallucinating. Looming out of the fog on the highway were dozens of people. Very pregnant people...

March 27: Raising Voices for Health Care at the Supreme Court (right): “The right wing is making a big test of what kind of society it is we’re going to have” AFSCME’s Paul Booth said as he walked the picket line in front of the Supreme Court Monday morning...

March 30: Trayvon Martin Rally Exposes ALEC's Attacks on Civil & Worker Rights: “I’m wearing my hoodie today for Trayvon and for all working people” said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Thursday at a midday rally outside the downtown DC offices of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)...

April 3: Giant, Safeway Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract (left): Giant and Safeway workers in the Washington, DC, area represented by United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 on Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a new collective bargaining agreement that provides for significant wage increases, improved health benefits and strengthened retirement security...

April 10: Firefighters & Cops Join Teachers in Budget Protest: Firefighters, police, and school administrators stood in solidarity with DC public school teachers yesterday as the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) rallied against budget cuts in front of the Wilson Building...

April 19: Hotel Workers Launch Mariott Wardman Picket & Boycott (right): Hotel workers launched a picket line and boycott at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Thursday morning after contract talks broke down over healthcare, wages and pension issues...

April 25: Local Unions Mobilize Against Postal "Destruction": Leaders of local postal unions are helping mobilize support to head off legislation in Congress they say would dismantle the U.S. Postal Service...