CSA Trains AFGE Members

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Strategies for assisting members and mobilizing support for worker issues were the focus during last week’s Union Community Activist Network training. Union members and leaders from federal and DC government AFGE local unions participated in the three-day training, organized by the Community Services Agency (CSA), which covered topics ranging from helping members with financial issues and substance abuse, housing, medical and domestic violence problems to community mobilizing tactics for good jobs with benefits and decent working conditions. Presentations were made by representatives from the Housing Counseling Service, the Association of Flight Attendants Employee Assistance Program, DC Jobs With Justice, the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, United Way Office of Labor Participation, the Combined Federal Campaign, the Metro Council, and CSA. If your local is interested in trainings designed to help your members with social service problems as well as increasing its capacity for community action, contact kmckirch@dclaborarchives.org; 202-974-8221.
– reported by Kathleen McKirchy, CSA Executive Director