Labor Updates (3/17/08)

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Giant, Safeway Demand Concessions from Workers: “Little progress” has been made in recent contract negotiations with Giant and Safeway, reports the UFCW Local 400 website. “The companies are looking for member concessions which UFCW feels are inappropriate.” Laborers Rejoin Trades Dept: The Laborers re-affiliated with the AFL-CIO's Building Trades Department (BTD) last Thursday, March 13. "We're very excited," BTD Secretary-Treasurer Sean McGarvey told UNION CITY. "It's good to have them back at the table and it's a good day for organized construction trades in the country." Added Laborers General President Terry O’Sullivan, "This is an important moment in our struggle to increase our market share so that more of the men and women who work every day to build our countries and our communities can share in greater opportunities, and to overall grow and strengthen the labor movement in North America." Evening with Labor Attendance Tops 800: Over eight hundred tickets have already been sold for Saturday’s 31st Annual Evening with Labor, reports Kathleen McKirchy of the Community Services Agency. “Tickets are still available,” says McKirchy. “Also, although the deadline has passed for ad space in the program book, there is still time to have your ad included in our photo montage that will run on continuous loop throughout the dinner.” To order tickets or reserve ad space on the big screen, contact McKirchy, 202-974-8221; kmckirch@dclaborarchives.org