Short Takes: Rebuilding America; History Tour; Perez to Throw 1st Pitch; Carpenters Picket Tompkins Builders
Friday, May 16, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Rallying to Rebuild
America: "We will not
be denied. This is our country, it's time to take it back" said AFL-CIO
president Richard Trumka at yesterday's Jobs and Infrastructure
rally (right) at AFL-CIO headquarters.
DC Labor
History Tour Tomorrow: There are a few spaces left for tomorrow’s DC Labor History Walking
Tour, the 2.5-hour walking tour of
downtown DC that reveals labor’s often-untold story of protest and resistance, led by Metro Washington
Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock. Benefits DC Jobs with
Justice.
Perez to Throw 1st Pitch at Labor Night at the
Nats:Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
will be throwing out the first pitch at this year’s Labor Night at the
Nats, July 18 against the Milwaukee
Brewers. Tickets $10, benefits the Community Services Agency's Emergency
Assistance Fund. To order tickets, contact Kathleen McKirchy ar 202-974-8221 or email kmckirchy@dclaborarchives.org photo: Perez with
Jesseca Hudson, 11, at a minimum wage rally in Cleveland last March. (U.S.
Department of Labor)
Carpenters Start Picket Line At Bainbridge
Bethesda Construction Site: A group of about 30 carpenters started a picket line on Wednesday morning at the
Bainbridge Bethesda
construction site, part of a larger protest against constructioncompanies
region-wide. - WTOP