LABOR CALENDAR

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MWC Delegate Meeting CANCELED: Mon, March 16
Labor Listening Session with Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy (Canceled): Mon, March 16
NoVA Labor Retirees Mtg (Canceled): Tue, March 17
Bread and Roses: "We Were There" CANCELED: Tue, March 17

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Mayor Bowser Adjusts the District of Columbia Government’s Operating Status
Starting Monday, March 16, through Tuesday, March 31, the District of Columbia Government will operate under an agency-specific telework schedule...

Cancellations of March NoVA Labor Activities
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POSTPONED: 2020 Labor Notes Conference

White House, House Democrats reach deal on coronavirus economic relief package, Pelosi announces

Take action: Tell congress to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act now!

Union workers are more likely to have paid sick days and health insurance

COVID-19 pandemic makes clear that we need national paid sick leave legislation

As More Feds Contract Coronavirus, Agencies Scramble to Keep Employees Safe

AFL-CIO COVID-19 Outbreak Resources

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Watch now: Trumka on labor's response to the COVID-19 outbreak

ATU has been closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the threats it poses for our members and the riding public.

Protecting Asian American and Pacific Islander Working People In response to COVID-19

Coronavirus Resources from the DOL

COVID-19: News from the world's trade unions

Today's Labor Quote: Bonnie Castillo

"We want to take care of our patients. We want to keep everyone safe. And the best way to do that is to offer the premier protection."

Castillo is a Registered Nurse and Executive Director of National Nurses United

Today's Labor History

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The Great Postal Strike, Watergate and “Casey Jones, the Union Scab” ; Longtime labor lawyer Jules Bernstein on the 1970 postal strike, AFL-CIO president George Meany on the Watergate scandal, and Pete Seeger on “Casey Jones, the Union Scab.
Last week’s show: Neutron Jack, Joker and Parasite

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is formed in New York, to represent New York City public school teachers and, later, other education workers in the city - 1960

- David Prosten

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