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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center staff unionize

Council Updates: EWL rescheduled; MWC Board vacancy

MontCo Dems "Hearing From Our Heroes"

Local Labor History: Mystery Man

What We're Reading

Today's Labor History

Today's Labor Quote

Hiring Hall: 40+ DC-area union staff jobs!

TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; [link removed] click here for latest listings

Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; [link removed] click here to hear today's report

Labor Arts Caucus (NoVA Labor): Wed, August 5, 3pm - 4pm
Via Zoom

Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, August 5, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Via Zoom

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, August 6, 1pm - 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or [link removed] listen online

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, August 6, 6pm - 9pm
Zoom

Lift Every Voice! Voting Rights, Worker Power & The Fight of Our Lives
Thu, August 6, 6pm - 8pm
Zoom; [link removed] RSVP HERE

Hearing From Our Heroes: Frontline Workers Tell Their Stories: Thu, August 6, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Zoom

All of Us: SNAP* the Vote! Thu, August 6, 7pm - 8pm
Facebook Live; [link removed] RSVP here

Fairfax County Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, August 6, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Zoom

Congressional Progressive Caucus Center staff unionize
Staff at the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (CPC Center) is joining the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU). The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center Union (CPC Center Union) requested voluntary recognition from management, which has indicated they will be moving forward with that process. "We believe in unity and equity and have dedicated our careers to serving and fighting for justice," said the representatives of the CPC Center Union. "We believe that unionizing will help uphold the CPC Center's values and commitment to empowering and strengthening communities of all backgrounds across the nation." The CPC Center works to identify and develop solutions to build a more just, equitable, and resilient nation.

Council Updates: EWL rescheduled; MWC Board vacancy
EWL rescheduled to April 2021: Evening with Labor has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 3, 2021. "We had really hoped to be able to hold this year's Evening with Labor in mid-October," says EWL Committee Chair George Farenthold, "But due to ongoing limitations on gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic, it's just not possible to do so safely and that of course is still and always our paramount concern." Stay tuned for updates/further details.
MWC Board vacancy: A special election will be held at the October 19 MWC meeting to fill the vacancy created by last month's resignation by UFCW Local 400 president Mark Federici, who stepped down in accordance with the Council's constitution, which bars more than one delegate from the same local holding office (recently-elected MWC president Dyana Forester is a Local 400 delegate). Nominations to fill the vacant Board seat will be held at the September 21 Metro Council meeting.

MontCo Dems "Hearing From Our Heroes"
The Montgomery County Dems Labor Advisory Committee is holding a Hearing From Our Heroes meeting this Thursday, August 6. Participating unions include AFGE, AFSCME 3, IFPTE, MCGEO/UFCW 1994, SEIU 500, ATU, MCEA, NABTU, 1199SEIU. [link removed] RSVP here.

Local Labor History: Mystery Man
He was a library technician at UMD's McKeldin Library and an AFSCME shop steward when this photo was taken in 1974. Who is it? Email mailto:[email protected] [email protected]

What We're Reading
[link removed] 94-year-old `Rosie the Riveter' once made warplanes and red bandannas. Now she makes face masks with the same cloth (Washington Post)
Mae Krier fondly reminisces about her favorite bandanna she wore while toiling away in the Boeing factory where she helped make B-17 and B-29 warplanes as a teenage girl during World War II. For many years, Krier, now 94,has paid tribute to her beloved Rosie the Riveters by making red bandannas with white polka dots. Since the war against the novel coronavirus started, Krier shifted her energy from making Rosie bandannas to Rosie face masks, cut from the same cotton cloth.

Today's Labor Quote: Mae Krier

"When the war was over, men came home with flags, and Rosie came home with a red slip. We never got any credit or recognition. I didn't think that was fair."

photo by Meg Krier

Today's Labor History

This week's [link removed] Labor History Today podcast: Christopher Martin, author of No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class.
Plus Florence Reece and Rebel Diaz ask "Which Side Are You On?" and this week's Labor History in 2.
[link removed] Last week's show: Confederate monuments and the Knights of Labor

August 5
Using clubs, police rout 1,500 jobless men who had stormed the plant of the Fruit Growers Express Co. in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, demanding jobs - 1931

During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the
National Labor Board to enforce the right of collective bargaining. Ultimately declared illegal by the Supreme Court, it was replaced two years later by the National Labor Relations Board. 1933

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) took effect today. The first law signed by President Clinton, it allows many workers time off each year due to serious health conditions or to care for a family member - 1993

August 6
Cigarmakers' International Union of America merges with Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union - 1974

Workers at Verizon, the nation's largest local telephone company, launch what is to become an 18-day strike over working conditions and union representation. 2000

- David Prosten

Hiring Hall

Administrative
[link removed] Field Accountant / Trainer, AFGE (Posted: 7/27/2020)
[link removed] Accounting Clerk, PPNPF (Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund) (Posted: 7/24/2020)

Communications
[link removed] Senior Editorial and Speechwriter - Communications, AFL-CIO [Headquarters] (Posted: 8/3/2020)
[link removed] Senior Digital Strategist - Communications, AFL-CIO [Headquarters] (Posted: 7/23/2020)
[link removed] Social Media Specialist, CNA/NNU (Posted: 8/1/2020)
[link removed] Senior Digital Specialist, SEIU (Posted: 7/16/2020)
[link removed] Senior Communications Coordinator, SEIU (Posted: 7/16/2020)

Information Tech
[link removed] Data Assistant (4 Positions) - Data, Analytics and Infrastructure Resource, AFL-CIO (Headquarters and Field) (Posted: 7/15/2020)

Legal
[link removed] Post-Graduate Legal Fellow Sponsorship for Immigrant and Workers Rights, NELP (National Employment Law Project) (Posted: 7/20/2020)

Misc
[link removed] National Campaign Coordinator (2 positions) - Political, Electoral and Issues Mobilization, AFL-CIO (Posted: 7/16/2020)'
[link removed] National Representative I-IV - AFT Organization & Field Services Department (Posted: 8/1/2020)
[link removed] Grassroots Campaign Strategist, Democracy Initiative (may be done as a Remote position) (Posted: 7/29/2020)
[link removed] Union Staff, NNU (National Nurses United) (Posted: 8/1/2020)
[link removed] Asian American Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Collaborative (ACE) Director, NVM (New Virginia Majority) (Posted: 7/20/2020)
[link removed] Special Projects Coordinator and Assistant to the Department Manager, PPNPF (Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund) (Posted: 7/24/2020)
[link removed] Director of the Public Division, SEIU (Posted: 7/22/2020)
[link removed] Director of Operations, SEIU (Posted: 7/22/2020)
[link removed] SMART Membership and Skills Video, Journey level and Apprenticeship opportunities, SMART (Posted: 8/1/2020)
[link removed] Leadership Development and Equity Program Manager, UFR (United for Respect) (Posted: 7/31/2020)
[link removed] Coordinator - Project to Combat Forced Labor, WRC (Worker Rights Consortium) (Posted: 7/31/2020)

Organizing
[link removed] Director - AFGE Membership & Organizing Department (Posted: 7/28/2020)
[link removed] Part-time Organizer, DCNA (District of Columbia Nurses Association) (Posted: 7/22/2020)
[link removed] ACE Lead Organizer, NVM (New Virginia Majority) (Posted: 7/20/2020)
[link removed] ACE Community Organizer, NVM (New Virginia Majority) (Posted: 7/20/2020)
[link removed] (Union) Organizing Coordinator I, SEIU (for covering Washington, DC / Maryland / Virginia) (Posted: 7/15/2020)
[link removed] Temporary Member Strength Organizer (MSO) - Higher Education Orientation, SEIU 500 (Posted: 7/30/2020)
[link removed] Civic Engagement Relational Organizer, UFR (United for Respect) (Posted: 7/31/2020)
[link removed] New Jersey Lead Organizer, UFR (United for Respect) (Posted: 7/31/2020)
[link removed] Organizer - Wall Street Accountability, UFR (United for Respect) (Posted: 7/31/2020)
[link removed] Lead Organizer, CASA (CASA de Virginia) (Posted: 7/21/2020)
[link removed] Lead Organizer, ideally located in Northern Virginia (will consider exceptional candidates who are located elsewhere) Green Workers Alliance (Posted: 7/20/2020)

Political
[link removed] Legislative Representative / Generalist - Advocacy/Government Affairs, AFL-CIO [Headquarters] (Posted: 7/17/2020)
[link removed] Legislative Advocate, NNU (National Nurses United) (Posted: 8/1/2020)
[link removed] Policy Analyst - Legislative Affairs, SEIU (Posted: 7/15/2020)
[link removed] CA Legislative Content Specialist, Remote (Posted: 7/22/2020)

Research
[link removed] Writer / Researcher - Political, Electoral & Issues Mobilization, AFL-CIO [Headquarters] (Posted: 7/31/2020)
[link removed] Strategic Researchers and Organizers, AFL-CIO (Posted: 7/29/2020)
[link removed] Research Assistant - Revolving Door Project, CEPR (Center for Economic and Policy Research) (Posted: 8/3/2020)
[link removed] Research Analyst - Retail Accountability Campaigns, UFR (United for Respect) (Posted: 7/23/2020)

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