Redskins Reaffiliate With Council

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The newest affiliate of the Metro Council has just 53 local members, but their names are known across Washington. Names like Donovan McNabb and Clinton Portis, quarterback and running back for the Washington Redskins, whose players have re-affiliated with the Metro Washington Council as part of the National Football League Players Association affiliation with State Federations and Central Labor Councils across the country this month. “We’re thrilled to have the Redskins players back in the Council,” said Council President Jos Williams. “We stood strong with them in both the 1982 and 1987 strikes and will support their current efforts to prevent a lockout by the owners next year,” said Williams. Though NFL owners are pocketing billions in profits, like other bosses in the current economic climate, they’re demanding givebacks and takeaways, threatening not only their players but the jobs of more than 25,000 concession workers at stadiums across the country, which would cost more then $140 million in lost revenue for each of the 32 NFL cities. The Redskins players will be entitled to one voting delegate at the Council; no word at presstime who that’ll be. Click here for a full report on the AFL-CIO Now blog.