Farmworker/SAMs Doubleheader This Week

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

In two separate demonstrations this week, area labor rights activists will rally to raise the standards and working conditions for farmworkers and downtown Maintenance/Safety/Hospitality (SAMs) workers, who work for DC's Downtown Improvement District (BID). On Wednesday at 12P, activists will rally outside the British Embassy to protest “horrific working conditions” for farm workers who harvest tobacco in the South. Then, beginning at 8A this Thursday, SAMs workers will rally outside the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue for “justice, their union and a contract.” Watch Union City for updates.