Reception Tonight Celebrates Area Wins on Minimum Wage

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The local labor community and its allies will celebrate the successful campaigns to raise the minimum wage across the metro DC area tonight at the AFL-CIO. Top officers of the AFL-CIO will join Metro Council president Jos Williams, elected officials, labor leaders and community allies at the 5:30p reception. “As we look ahead to another year of activism we want to take a moment to appreciate the tremendous effort and solidarity that prevailed last year,” said Williams. photo from 11/21 MontCo rally by Chris Garlock