Battle’s Transportation/RHG Group workers on strike
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ATU Local 689 members at Battle’s Transportation/RHG Group are on strike over unfair labor practices committed by the company throughout contract negotiations which began in April 2025. "ATU Local 689 will not tolerate a company that commits ULPs with impunity and harasses and threatens Union Shop Stewards,” said local President Raymond Jackson. “Workers are ready to fight as long as it takes!” Read more »
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Stephen Starr to face union-busting charges
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The National Labor Relations Board is pursuing charges against restaurateur Stephen Starr and his company, Starr Restaurants, over union-busting allegations at St. Anselm. Filed on November 20, the charges are the latest development in a nearly yearlong standoff between Starr and UNITE HERE Local 25. Read more »
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More D.C. restaurants face threat of boycott from congressional Democrats
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Congressional Democrats are throwing their support behind union efforts at The Duck & the Peach, La Collina, and The Wells. The three Capitol Hill restaurants are hot spots for political fundraisers and workers informed management yesterday that they want a fair process to unionize with UNITE HERE Local 25. Read more »
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Protect America's Workforce Act to come to a vote this week
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Amid paralell union drives, I.M.P. refuses to bargain with IATSE
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Staffers at some of DC's most iconic music venues are digging their heels in on their desire to form a union, claiming that management has opted to voluntarily engage with the organizing efforts of some, but not others, Deadline reports.
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"I.M.P. reached out to UNITE HERE Local 25 and signed an agreement and then effectively told the IATSE locals to go f*ck themselves," says Christopher "Goose" Ruble, the secretary treasurer of IATSE Local 22 and a part-time rigger at the Anthem who is helping coordinate the unionizing effort. "They were confident that Unite Here’s unit was a cohesive unit that made sense, and they were not sure or not convinced that that was true for the production or box office workers."
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Donate to CSA's 2025 Holiday Basket Program
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This has been a difficult year for some union families, and just as they do every year, the Community Services Agency (CSA) is working to make the season a little easier.
Donations are currently open for the Community Services Agency's 2025 Holiday Basket Program. Donate by Friday to support union families this holiday season.
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Please join us in welcoming Rion Dennis as the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO's new Political and Legislative Director. Dennis joins our team after running his own Government Affairs consulting business where he had clients like Our Revolution, Working Families Party, Progressive Maryland, Elevate Energy and the Sunrise Project. Previously Dennis served as Senior Director of Government Affairs for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Legislative and Advocacy Director for Americans for Financial Reform.
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Dennis has led corporate accountability campaigns at the Change to Win Labor Federation with CWA and UAW around companies resisting unionization. At ROC United (the restaurant worker association) he led the effort to increase the federal tipped minimum wage in Congress as well as coordinate all state and local policy campaigns for their nine worker centers across the country. Dennis has served as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director for the NAACP, leading campaigns to reform the criminal justice system, expand Medicaid and voting rights. He also served as Executive Director of Progressive Maryland, the state’s largest progressive advocacy organization, where he led numerous successful legislative campaigns on budget and tax reform, re-enfranchisement of felon voting rights, criminal justice reform, marriage equality, worker protections, telecommunication and environmental regulations as well as election and civil rights protections.
We look forward to working with Rion in his new role on our team. Welcome!
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Upcoming Actions + Events
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Registration is open for AFL-CIO's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference
January 15-18, 2026 in Baltimore, MD
The civil rights and labor movements have long worked together to fight for and win a better future for working people.
At our 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, we’re honoring our history and fighting for a better future. Register to attend.
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