What We're Reading Today: Labor News Roundup
Friday, January 31, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
OPM Plans To Trim 356 Employees In
March, Washington
Post
“It’s disheartening and sad,” said
Charletta McNeill, president of the American
Federation of Government Employees
Local 32, which represents many of the affected
workers. “When
you receive a [layoff notice],
it’s a game-changer. We had a lot of
employees questioning what’s
next.”
One-Day Strikes Yield
Union in D.C., Labor
Notes
Former Assistant Mobilizer Julia Kann
reports on how Smithsonian food service workers
were able to move from one-day
strikes to union representation. photo by Julia
Kann