AFGE members turn out to #SupportSSAworkers

On Wednesday last week members of AFGE and AFGE Council 220 rallied on Capitol Hill to support Social Security Administration workers as they renegotiate key parts of their contract.

Congressman Maxwell Frost addressed the crowd, standing in the rain. "When times are hard I think about the late, great Congresswoman Barbara Jordan who said, 'What the people want is simple — a country as great as it’s promise.'"

Social Security Administration workers deserve more support to do their demanding work. Sign the petition in solidarity with SSA workers »

Sign up to leaflet outside Union Kitchen stores

UFCW Local 400 and United Kitchen Workers continue their call for a boycott of Union Kitchen stores in direct response to management’s ongoing and unlawful efforts to undermine the workers’ union, including firing multiple employees for union activity, in violation of federal law. Workers have asked for help leafletting outside store locations. 

Election dates are set for GW nurses! Rally with them on Wednesday

Registered nurses at George Washington University Hospital are working to form a union, and secret ballot voting starts this week. Join GW nurses on Wednesday, June 28, at Washington Circle from 4:00-6:00 p.m. to rally as voting gets underway! Learn more »

Senate committee passes the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act

On Wednesday of last week the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions passed the Richard L. Trumka PRO Act. This bill would make much-needed changes to the National Labor Relations Act. Learn more and support the bill » 

Events Calendar

Labor Day with the Washington Nationals vs. Texas Rangers

Wednesday, July 7 — 7:05pm

Join us at Nationals Park for the 15th Annual Labor Union Day. Contact Josh Grohs at (202) 640-7714 or [email protected]. Get tickets »

Insulators & Allied Workers Local #24: 19th Annual Golf Outing
Friday, August 11, 2023 — 8:00am
Compass Pointe Golf Course, 9010 Fort Smallwood Road, Pasadena, MD
For more information and tickets, email Casey Gignac at [email protected].

Labor Day at Washington Commanders vs. Arizona Cardinals

Sunday, September 10 — 1:00pm 

Each union that brings out 50 or more people will be able to come onto the field after the game to take a photo. Each ticket includes a $5 donation. Contact Ari Kwitkin-Close at (301) 276-6406 or [email protected].

The 26th Annual Community Services Agency Golf Tournament

Monday, October 16, 2023 — 7:00am

Enterprise Golf Course, 2802 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, MD

See this page for more information. Questions? Contact Letycia Pastrana.  

Labor Day with the Commanders vs. NY Giants

Sunday, November 19, 2023 — 1:00pm

Each union that brings out 50 or more people will be able to come onto the field after the game to take a photo. Each ticket includes a $5 donation. Contact Ari Kwitkin-Close at (301) 276-6406 or [email protected].

Recent News

Social Security’s staffing crisis is getting dire, union says
Government Executive — June 22, 2023
The Social Security Administration’s recent hiring spree simply isn’t enough to stem the agency’s decades-long ebb in staffing or to improve agency backlogs, officials with the nation’s largest federal employee union said Wednesday at a rally on Capitol Hill.

Unionized Union Kitchen Workers Call for a Boycott of Their DC Stores
Washingtonian — June 20, 2023
"Union Kitchen workers are calling for a boycott of the food startup accelerator’s six DC-area retail stores in an escalating battle with the owners over their unionization efforts."

My friend Harvey Milk celebrated hope. This Pride month, unions provide it  
The Guardian — June 20, 2023
In these dangerous times for LGBTQ+ people, a union contract is a line of defense against discrimination and abuse.

ANALYSIS: Union-Negotiated Pay Raises Hit 7% for the First Time
Bloomberg Law — June 20, 2023
For the first time in decades—and probably ever—labor contracts ratified in the first quarter of 2023 provided union-represented workers with an average first-year pay raise of 7%.

William Spriggs Was the Economist Who Fought for the Entire Working Class
The Nation — June 15, 2023
Unwilling to accept the narrow and cautious approaches that too frequently identified economists merely as the observers of great struggles, Spriggs adopted a bold, activist approach that was grounded in data, deeply engaged with the real-life struggles of workers, and passionate about achieving equity.

Joe Biden rallies with union workers in Philadelphia: ‘You built America’
The Guardian — June 17, 2023
At his first political rally since announcing his re-election campaign for president in April, Joe Biden told a crowd of labor union supporters: “Wall Street didn’t build America – you did.”

Gig workers could find it easier to unionize under new ruling 
Washington Post – June 13, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday to broaden the requirements for independent-contractor classification, which could allow millions of new workers to organize, form unions and strike

Around the region

Left: The Membership Audit Committee of Workers United Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board have been hard at work to make sure that the I's and T's are dotted and crossed in the review of the union finances! Right: After telling the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for nearly three years to provide paid sick days and employer paid healthcare, airport workers at Dulles and Reagan National Airports are still getting the run-around. We stand with contracted airport workers to demand #MWAAActNow for #HealthyAirports.

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