Labor On The Move: Kahraman Heads West (Again); JUFJ's Metalitz To Launch Consulting Biz To Help Nonprofits

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

KAHRAMAN HEADS WEST (AGAIN): Newspaper Guild organizer – and former Metro Council Union Cities Coordinator – Joe Kahraman (at left) is leaving town. Again. Kahraman is heading back to California to take a job as Executive Director of the Engineers and Architects Association, one of the unions for Los Angeles city employees. Kahraman had worked in California previously, as a Lead Organizer for AFSCME International for most of the last decade. Friends are sending him off at a happy hour this Friday, August 20, 6-10P at Whitlow's on Wilson, 2854 Wilson Blvd. in Clarendon: 703-276-9693. Contact him at jkahraman@mac.com JUFJ’S METALITZ TO LAUNCH CONSULTING BIZ TO HELP NONPROFITS: Development and Communications Manager Robin Metalitz is leaving Jews United for Justice “to launch a nonprofit consulting business, focused on helping smaller nonprofits increase their capacity and find creative solutions to their challenges.” Metalitz says she plans “to continue to be an active member of JUFJ, and to stay involved in working for social justice in the Greater Washington area, which is one of my longtime passions.” Reach her at rmetalitz@gmail.com or click here to check out her website. – photo: Kahraman (left) walking the line in support of Reuters reporters in January, 2010; photo by Chris Garlock