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Last night we held our final Delegates meeting before the summer break, and we were excited to welcome LiUNA Metro Area of Philadelphia / Baltimore / Washington Laborers' District Council as well as Teamsters Local 96 as new Affiliates! Victoria Leonard will represent LiUNA and Wilder Reed will represent Teamsters as our Delegates from these new Affiliates. Welcome!

In addition, congratulations and welcome to Jessica Tamayo of 32BJ SEIU who has been elected by our Constituency Groups to serve on Metropolitan Washington Council's Board. We will still have a vacancy on our Board for the Secretary position, and we will ask for nominations for this role at our next Delegates meeting in September. We are grateful to Tom Clark of IBEW 26 who temporarily stepped up to fill this important role.   

In less exciting news, Déjah Désirée Williams, our Political and Legislative Director, shared with Delegates that she will be moving on in the next couple of weeks to pursue a new adventure. Though we are sad to see her go, we thank Déjah for her time with us and wish her the best in her new adventures. The COPE Chairs will be working on filling the Political and Legislative Director position, and a job announcement will be sent out in the near future.

As a reminder, our monthly Executive Board and Delegate Meetings will break for the summer and we will reconvene in September. During the summer break, we will still convene the Elections, Credentials, Constitution, and Evening with Labor Committees. We seek to ensure diversity and representation from all sectors and jurisdictions we represent. If you are interested in serving on one of these committees, please send an email to [email protected] to express your interest.

Finally, we wish everyone a safe, fun-filled summer and hope to see you at a rally, picket line, or community event sometime soon!

Rally TODAY with nurses at George Washington University Hospital

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

Picket with WGA East as "Captain America" films in DC today and tonight

Hiring Hall:

Union jobs in the DC region

AFL-CIO: Governance, Education and Training Coordinator
AFL-CIO: Legislative and Policy Specialist
ATU 689: Press and Communications Associate

Communications Workers of America: IT Support Technician
Communications Workers of America: Legal Office Manager
Fairfax County Federation of Teachers: Union Organizer
Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum: Development Manager
Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum: Finance Associate

Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum: Office Administration and Logistics Associate
Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum: Development Manager

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: Junior Assistant Bookkeeper
Laborers' Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition: Organizer
Montgomery County Education Association: UniServ Director
Maryland State Education Association: Organizational Specialist for Political and Legislative Affairs
National Nurses United: Legislative Advocate (DC)
National Nurses United: Legislative Advocate (MD)
The NewsGuild-CWA: Campaign Lead

Solidarity Center: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer
Solidarity Center: Resource Development Officer
Solidarity Center: Senior Media Relations Officer
Solidarity Center: Senior Digital Communications Strategy Officer
SEIU: Union Organizer-in-Training

SEIU Benefit Funds: Pension Assistant II
SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents: Lead New Organizer

SEIU Local 500: Organizer

UFCW: Content Strategist

UNITE HERE: Communications Specialist

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