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AFL-CIO demands OSHA issue emergency infectious disease standard

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AFL-CIO demands OSHA issue emergency infectious disease standard
The world is on the verge of a pandemic outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the disease is now spreading quickly throughout the United States. The impact of the outbreak has already been far reaching and the threat is growing. Current estimates are that more than 19 million workers in the United States would have an elevated risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus in the event of a widespread outbreak, a significant portion of whom could become infected and die. The AFL-CIO is calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency temporary standard for infectious diseases to ensure that working people will be protected from all infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Call your representative now at 866-832-1560. OSHA has the authority and responsibility to protect the health and safety of America's workers and must act swiftly. The magnitude and urgency of this outbreak cannot be minimized. Call your representative now at 866-832-1560 and demand an emergency temporary standard. [link removed] Click here to keep up to date on the coronavirus in the DC area.

Save the Date: Labor Night At The Nats 2020
Mark Friday, July 24 on your calendar for this year's Labor Night at the Nats, when the world champions will take on the Atlanta Braves. Tickets will be $16 each, benefiting the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund; purchase information coming soon.

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[link removed] Workers are forming unions at nonprofits and think tanks. Their bosses aren't always happy.

[link removed] Rosalind P. Walter, the First `Rosie the Riveter,' Is Dead at 95

Today's Labor Quote: AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka

"The COVID-19 outbreak is another tragic reminder that the United States is not prepared to adequately protect our health care workers and first responders from infectious disease."

Today's Labor History

This week's [link removed] Labor History Today podcast: Neutron Jack, Joker and Parasite
Labor historian Joe McCartin on "Neutron Jack" Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, who died last week; Sherry Linkon on class conflict in two recent award-winning movies, Joker and Parasite. Plus music from SongRise, a DC-based women's social justice a cappella group.
Last week's show: [link removed] Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote

March 11
Luddites smash 63 "labor saving" textile machines near Nottingham, England - 1811

Fabled railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones born in southeast Missouri. A member of the Railroad Engineers, he was the sole fatality in a wreck near Vaughan, Miss. on April 29, 1900. His skill and heroics prevented many more deaths - 1863 Click on the video for Johnny Cash singing "Casey Jones"

Transport Workers Union members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry - 1950

March 12
Greedy industrialist turned benevolent philanthropist Andrew Carnegie pledges $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries in New York City -- barely 1 percent of his net worth at the time. He established more than 2,500 libraries between 1900 and 1919 following years of treating workers in his steel plants brutally, demanding long hours in horrible conditions and fighting their efforts to unionize. Carnegie made $500 million when he sold out to J.P. Morgan, becoming the world's richest man - 1901

Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995, born in Camden, South Carolina - 1922

Steelworkers approve a settlement with Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. and its CF&I Steel subsidiary, ending the longest labor dispute in the USWA's history and resulting in more than $100 million in back pay for workers - 2004

- David Prosten

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Administrative
[link removed] Confidential Secretary - Human Resources, AFL-CIO (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Office Assistant III - Organizing & Field Services, AFSCME (Posted: 3/4/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Office Assistant IV - Organizing & Field Services, AFSCME (Posted: 3/4/2020) District of Columbia

Communications
[link removed] Post Production Specialist - Communications Department, AFSCME (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Communications Director, Bricklayers (Posted: 3/6/2020) District of Columbia

Finance
[link removed] Accounting Assistant - Grade 7, ATU (Posted: 3/10/2020) District of Columbia, Maryland

Info Tech
[link removed] Data Systems Assistant Administrator - Data, Analytics & Infrastructure, AFL-CIO (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Correspondence Data Technician III, Teamsters (Posted: 2/27/2020) District of Columbia

Legal
[link removed] Paralegal, ATU (Posted: 2/25/2020) District of Columbia, Maryland
[link removed] Headquarters Counsel, CWA [Headquarters] (Posted: 3/10/2020)

Misc
[link removed] Assistant Director of Growth Strategies - Economic Power and Growth Hub, AFL-CIO (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] National Representative I-IV - Organization & Field Services Department, AFT National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 3/1/2020)
[link removed] Human Resources Manager, ATU (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia, Maryland
[link removed] Supervisor, Finance & Membership #2, CWA (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Supervisor, Finance & Membership #3, CWA (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Executive Director, ILRF (International Labor Rights Forum) (Posted: 3/6/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Vice President of Building Grassroots Power, LCV (League of Conservation Voters) (flexible) (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Director of Social Insurance, NELP (National Employment Law Project) (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Union Staff (Posted: 3/1/2020) NNU (National Nurses United) (National search)
[link removed] National Negotiator or Assistant Counsel (Negotiations) - Negotiations Department, NTEU (National Treasury Employees Union) (Posted: 2/28/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Bi-Lingual Field Representative, SEIU (Local 32BJ) (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Bookkeeper Grade Five, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Accounts Payable Clerk, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Human Resources Manager, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/4/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] SMART Membership and Skills Video, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/1/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Senior Program Officer - Africa, Solidarity Center (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Program Officer - Africa, Solidarity Center (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Program Assistant - Rule of Law Department / Communications Department, Solidarity Center (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Co-Director - Equality and Inclusion Department, Solidarity Center (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Executive Director, AFSCME (ACE-AFSCME Local 2250) (Posted: 3/3/2020) Maryland
[link removed] National Representative I-IV - Organization & Field Services Department, AFT National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 3/1/2020)
[link removed] Senior Campaign Representative - National Programs Department, Sierra Club (SEA - UAW affiliate, Progressive Workers Union) (Posted: 3/4/2020)
Union Organizers - AFT (American Federation of Teachers) (Posted: 3/4/2020)

Political
[link removed] Assistant Political / Legislative Director, IATSE (Posted: 2/27/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Political Compliance Director, LCV (League of Conservation Voters) (Posted: 3/10/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Legislative Advocate, NNU (National Nurses United) (Posted: 3/1/2020) District of Columbia

Research
[link removed] Manager of Strategic Research & Education, Bricklayers (Posted: 3/9/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Senior Lead Researcher - Strategic Research and Campaign Development, Solidarity Center (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
[link removed] Research Associate - National Strategic Retail Department, UFCW (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia

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