News Update!

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

DAY 4 IN G’TOWN HUNGER STRIKE: “Spiritually I feel stronger than ever, because I feel that we are winning," Georgetown University hunger striker Pedro Cruz told reporter David Swanson as the hunger strike by 26 Georgetown University students enters the 4th day today...

RETIRING SARBANES TO ATTEND LABOR DINNER: Longtime friend of labor Senator Paul Sarbanes (D, MD) heads up the list of local political leaders who are attending tomorrow’s 28th annual Evening with Labor...

ACT FAST OR DIE: "You must act quickly. If you hesitate, you die," Ray Abernathy said this morning at the Council's Organizing Roundtable on "Handling Decerts & Raids." "This is hand-to-hand combat; if someone throws a bucket of mud, you sling back manure."

MD HOME CARE PROVIDERS SEEK 1ST RAISE IN 19 YEARS: Home care providers in Maryland, who make less than minimum wage, have not received a raise in 19 years and are lobbying Governor Ehrlich to put more money in the state budget for providers' raises. Take action now to support them...