LABOR CALENDAR
Metro Washington Council Delegate Meeting: Tue, April 21, 1pm – 3pm
Metro Washington Council and Community Services Agency staff are all teleworking and can be reached at the contact numbers and email addresses here. Fire Fighters rock Instagram 
IATSE 22 rises to new heights
“Our second MEWP class took students to new heights and angles,” tweeted IATSE Local 22 back on March 18. What’s a MEWP? A Mobile Elevated Work Platform. The class covered new requirements, how, when, and what to inspect, plus lots of hands-on time. 
Free webinars for new union officers 
Today's Labor Quote: Lillian Roberts "I had to break the law to force him to comply."
Roberts was an organizer for AFSCME, who led series of strikes at New York State hospitals to protest Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s opposition to unionization. Her efforts landed her in jail for a month, after Rockefeller signed the Taylor Law on this date in 1967, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike. 
Today's Labor History This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Sacco & Vanzetti at 100; What happened to MLK’s dream? Some 12,500 Goodyear Tire workers strike nine plants in what was to become a three week walkout over job security, wage and benefit issues - 1997
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