TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: weekdays, 7:15am; WPFW-FM 89.3
DC City Council candidate interviews (DC COPE): Wed, March 11, 10am – 4pm
Open to MWC affiliates and delegates, but you must RSVP here
Can Our Immigration System Be Fixed? If So, How? Wed, March 11, 11:30am – 1:30pm
The Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
Picket Line at Marriott Waterfront Baltimore: Wed, March 11, 3pm – 5pm
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront 700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work; Thu, March 12, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online http://www.wpfwfm.org/radio/
DC COPE meeting: Thu, March 12, 4pm – 6pm
1810 Hamlin St NE, Washington, DC 20018
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. 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.
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 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: 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
Administrative
Confidential Secretary – Human Resources, AFL-CIO (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
Office Assistant III – Organizing & Field Services, AFSCME (Posted: 3/4/2020) District of Columbia
Office Assistant IV – Organizing & Field Services, AFSCME (Posted: 3/4/2020) District of Columbia
Communications
Post Production Specialist – Communications Department, AFSCME (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
Communications Director, Bricklayers (Posted: 3/6/2020) District of Columbia
Finance
Accounting Assistant – Grade 7, ATU (Posted: 3/10/2020) District of Columbia, Maryland
Info Tech
Data Systems Assistant Administrator – Data, Analytics & Infrastructure, AFL-CIO (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
Correspondence Data Technician III, Teamsters (Posted: 2/27/2020) District of Columbia
Legal
Paralegal, ATU (Posted: 2/25/2020) District of Columbia, Maryland
Headquarters Counsel, CWA [Headquarters] (Posted: 3/10/2020)
Misc
Assistant Director of Growth Strategies – Economic Power and Growth Hub, AFL-CIO (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
National Representative I-IV – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 3/1/2020)
Human Resources Manager, ATU (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia, Maryland
Supervisor, Finance & Membership #2, CWA (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
Supervisor, Finance & Membership #3, CWA (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
Executive Director, ILRF (International Labor Rights Forum) (Posted: 3/6/2020) District of Columbia
Vice President of Building Grassroots Power, LCV (League of Conservation Voters) (flexible) (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
Director of Social Insurance, NELP (National Employment Law Project) (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
Union Staff (Posted: 3/1/2020) NNU (National Nurses United) (National search)
National Negotiator or Assistant Counsel (Negotiations) – Negotiations Department, NTEU (National Treasury Employees Union) (Posted: 2/28/2020) District of Columbia
Bi-Lingual Field Representative, SEIU (Local 32BJ) (Posted: 3/2/2020) District of Columbia
Bookkeeper Grade Five, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
Accounts Payable Clerk, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
Human Resources Manager, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/4/2020) District of Columbia
SMART Membership and Skills Video, SMART (The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) (Posted: 3/1/2020) District of Columbia
Senior Program Officer – Africa, Solidarity Center (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
Program Officer – Africa, Solidarity Center (Posted: 3/5/2020) District of Columbia
Program Assistant – Rule of Law Department / Communications Department, Solidarity Center (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
Co-Director – Equality and Inclusion Department, Solidarity Center (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
Executive Director, AFSCME (ACE-AFSCME Local 2250) (Posted: 3/3/2020) Maryland
National Representative I-IV – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 3/1/2020)
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
Assistant Political / Legislative Director, IATSE (Posted: 2/27/2020) District of Columbia
Political Compliance Director, LCV (League of Conservation Voters) (Posted: 3/10/2020) District of Columbia
Legislative Advocate, NNU (National Nurses United) (Posted: 3/1/2020) District of Columbia
Research
Manager of Strategic Research & Education, Bricklayers (Posted: 3/9/2020) District of Columbia
Senior Lead Researcher – Strategic Research and Campaign Development, Solidarity Center (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
Research Associate – National Strategic Retail Department, UFCW (Posted: 2/26/2020) District of Columbia
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