Today's Labor Action Highlights: Early Voting & Labor to Labor Lit-Drops; Nurses' Bake Sale, Minimum Wage Walking Tour, Metro Council Meeting; Labor FilmFest

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Today’s Labor Action Highlights: Early Voting & Labor to Labor Lit-Drops; Nurses’ Bake Sale, Minimum Wage Walking Tour, Metro Council Meeting; Labor FilmFest "Billy Elliot" Screening
Early Voting & Labor to Labor Lit-Drops: Early voting for Maryland voters runs daily through this Thursday, June 19, from 10a until 8p at the following locations Montgomery County; Prince George's County; Calvert County; Charles County; St. Mary's County. Click here for labor’s endorsements in the Maryland General Assembly, as well as Montgomery County and other local jurisdictions. Labor to Labor lit-drops will be held next Saturday; click here for details. 

Nurses’ Bake Sale: MedStar Washington Hospital Center registered nurses, affiliated with National Nurses United, will conduct a bake sale early this morning to raise funds to help the profitable hospital purchase working wheelchairs and other basic supplies. Nurses working at the region’s largest medical center have reported a critical shortage of basic equipment and supplies, despite the hospital grossing over $1.1 billion in 2011. 8-9a; corner of First St. and Irving St. NW DC.

Minimum Wage Walking Tour: The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) will host a press conference at 10a this morning at the Hillandale Safeway to kick off a week-long minimum wage walking tour aimed at bringing awareness to area employees on the new minimum wage increase, set to take effect October 1, 2014. 10a; Hillandale Shopping Center Safeway, 10101 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD. 

Metro Council Meeting: Don't miss tonight's Metro Council meeting, the last before the summer break. Get the latest local labor news -- including Labor to Labor work in next week’s primaries -- report on your local's activities and catch up with your friends and colleagues in the metro-area labor movement. 6:30P at the AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW DC.

Labor FilmFest "Billy Elliot" Screening: Set against the backdrop of England’s lengthy, bitter mining strike in 1984, the film magically blends class-conscious history, conscience-raising drama, and rousing music and dance numbers to celebrate the transformative power of following your dreams. 7:30p, AFI, 8633 Colesville Rd Silver Spring, MD.