Workers To Battle Trade Lobby Goliath At Today's Council Hearing

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

District residents and workers will take on the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC), the anti-union trade lobby group, at a special City Council hearing on DC’s Employment and Trade Stimulus Amendment Act today at 10A. The bill would provide much-needed jobs and training programs for District residents. Sheet metal worker Kenneth Wiley and elevator constructor Sukarno Turner – who are but two of DC’s rapidly growing number of unemployed residents – are among many who plan to urge the City Council to move quickly to provide better access to jobs and training opportunities. Dozens of union members and allies are expected to attend the hearing, testify and show their support for the bill. Union City will post live coverage of the hearing on Twitter; click here to follow us!
- photo: area residents urged swift action by federal, state and local governments to provide jobs and training during the economic crisis at a demonstration in 2009; photo by Adam Wright