DC Labor Town Hall with Robert White

Kevin Cooper new Political Director at AFGE

Today’s Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

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Black Workers Matter Caravan: Wed, June 24, 11am – 1pm
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, 5301 North Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20011

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, June 25, 1pm – 2pm
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Hosts: Chris Garlock and Ed Smith; call in at 202-588-0893
Guest: Erin Hatton, Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment 

Returning To Work (WAMU panel discussion): Thu, June 25, 5pm – 6pm
Online: RSVP here  
Ally Schweitzer hosts Deborah Berkowitz, Worker Safety and Health program director at the National Employment Law Project, Dyana Forester, president of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO and political and community affairs director for UFCW Local 400 and Daniel Katz, senior staff attorney at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

DC Excluded Workers Rally: Mon, June 29, 9:30am – 10:30am
Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC

DC Labor Town Hall with Robert White
Mon, June 29, 3pm – 4pm
Zoom; register here 

AFGE scores major contract victory for EPA employees
The Trump administration has waged an all-out assault on Environmental Protection Agency employees and public health, reports the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents EPA workers.  Researchers have been silenced, more than 90 environment and human health protection rules and regulations have been rolled back, and agency staffing has been slashed to the lowest levels in more than thirty years. 
Almost a year ago, the administration also trashed EPA employees’ union contract and unilaterally imposed its own anti-worker rules.
AFGE forced EPA management to return to the table and during recent contract negotiations, union negotiators successfully pushed back against the agency’s anti-worker proposals, winning a new five-year contract that strengthens employee rights and improves health and safety.
Read more here; listen on today's Union City Radio

Labor On The Move: Kevin Cooper new Political Director at AFGE
Kevin Cooper is the new political director for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). “Cooper is a trade unionist who has spent over a decade building political power for working people and their unions,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said. “Going into the 2020 election and with so much at stake for our union and our country, we couldn’t be more excited to have Kevin join our team and help us deliver results for the 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers we represent.” Cooper was previously deputy national political director for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. He also previously worked as deputy national political director for the Communications Workers of America, served on the executive board and committee of the For Our Future Super PAC, and advocated for pro-worker policies on Capitol Hill as an intern for Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois. Cooper was raised in a union household in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois. He has lived in Washington since 2011.
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