Federal workers miss first paychecks
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Nearly 1.4 million federal employees on furlough or working for no pay will miss paychecks this week as the federal shutdown extends into Day 21.
AFGE and AFSCME, the unions that represent federal workers, have been fighting hard for federal workers during this time, including blocking mass firings, demanding back pay, suing the Trump Administration for partisan out-of-office replies, pushing for the Federal Employees Civil Relief Act, and pressuring Congress to re-open the government immediately.
Congressional Democrats from Maryland and Virginia together with federal workers spoke last week about the impact of the shutdown in our region. And allied unions including IAM and IFPTE have spoken out in solidarity with federal workers.
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Workers take steps to unionize at four D.C. music venues
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Workers at the Anthem, 9:30 Club, Lincoln Theatre and the Atlantis have launched a union drive in response to stagnant wages, scaled-back privileges and safety concerns. Door staff, bartenders, food vendors and other hospitality workers at 9:30 Club, Lincoln Theatre and the Atlantis are organizing with UNITE HERE Local 25; stagehands, lighting designers and sound engineers at those venues as well as at the Anthem are organizing with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees’ Local 22; and box office employees at all four venues are working with IATSE Local 868. Read more »
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Workers at DCA and Dulles demand livable wages and benefits
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Contracted service workers with 32BJ SEIU at Dulles and DCA Airports rallied last week for livable wages and benefits.
"I have to make impossible choices every week: gas in the car or food on the table?" said MJ, a cargo agent at Dulles. "A $200 grocery bill for my growing kids or my own health insurance? We are all struggling." The airlines have no more excuses to deny contracted airport workers basic benefits. See more »
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Carnegie Endowment workers win their union
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Congratulations to the Carnegie Endowment Workers Alliance, organizing with the Nonprofit Professionals Employees Union, for winning their union with 87% voting YES!
"We are proud to stand together in our commitment to improving our workplace and look forward to working with management to swiftly negotiate a collective bargaining agreement that promotes transparency, equity, and accountability, and moves our institution forward together," CEWA said of the victory.
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Sign the petition with UFCW Local 400 to save Shoppers!
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KCUAW: "This isn't stewardship. This is sabotage."
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Since Trump appointed him in February, Kennedy Center President Ric Grenell has fired staff of social impact programming, international programming, dance and jazz programming, the Millennium stage, strategic partnerships, and more — despite the Center's website stating that "People are our most important resource and the key to our success."
"Grenell isn't 'saving' the Kennedy Center. He's tearing it apart, piece by piece — all while taking credit for events curated, cultivated, and produced by skilled arts workers who were fired without cause," said KCUAW workers.
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Union power @ No Kings: DC Rising
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The Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, the Community Services Agency and members of Washington Baltimore News Guild together with Free DC and community partners from the DC region were at No Kings: DC Rising on Saturday to channel collective outrage into collective action. Together we connected with thousand of people to talk about how to form a union, join a union, and exercise our power as workers. Thanks to all who joined us!
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