Labor in the News: AFSCME & WTU
Monday, November 7, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Federal Union Workers Join Occupy
Protesters: “Most federal employees consider themselves to be part of
the 99 percent,” Saul Schniderman (at right,
with raised first), president of the American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Library of Congress Guild told the Washington
Post last Thursday at the big “Tax Wall Street” rally. “And many of us
believe in the principles of social justice, just like the protesters in Occupy
D.C. Everyone needs to pay their fair share, and this includes Wall Street
corporations with their record profits and their CEOs with their skyrocketing
salaries. I rallied today with other federal workers and unions to protest the
influence that today’s modern-day robber barons have on our economy.” Click
here for Joe Davidson’s report – plus dozens of great DC occupation
photos -- in Friday’s Post
D.C. Educators
Rated ‘Effective’ Can Still Lose Jobs: “D.C. public schools ought
not be firing effective and highly effective teachers,” Washington Teachers
Union President Nathan Saunders told the Washington Post last week. WTU has
filed grievances on behalf of members like Jacqueline Sutton, who’s now out of
work despite meeting or exceeding standards the District says are more rigorous
than ever. Click
here for Bill Turque’s report.