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MontCo elected officials request WMATA review of MetroAccess contractor
Sixteen elected officials representing parts of Montgomery County on Tuesday delivered a joint letter to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) requesting the agency “review its relationship with Challenger,” a private company contracted to provide MetroAccess paratransit service to county residents. The letter points to past performance issues with Challenger as well as an escalating labor dispute (MontCo paratransit workers prepare for strike 8/30/2019) between the company and its 190 employees, who have authorized but not yet set a date for a strike. In their message, the elected officials called on WMATA to “evaluate whether Mr. Mohebbi is meeting his moral and legal obligations to the agency, MetroAccess riders, and to the Maryland residents he employs.”

Labor Day 2019: NoVA Labor Picnic
"Here's a photo from our NoVA Labor picnic of Neri Canahui-Ortiz, a candidate for House of Delegates," writes NoVA Labor president Ginny Diamond. "Neri has been a member of the Executive Board of NoVA Labor and president of his Carpenters Union local." More than 800 union members and their families attended NoVA Labor's annual Labor Day picnic, where candidates for state and local office talked about the importance of flipping the General Assembly on November 5th. Click here to see more photos on NoVA Labor's Facebook page.
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Today's Labor Quote: John Lennon

"A working class hero is something to be."

Today's Labor History

Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Who really inspired Joe Hill to write “The Rebel Girl?” We dig deep into this mystery and uncover some new heroes of the American labor movement. We also explore the lives and work of five pioneering female journalists in “Labor Feminism in the Federated Press” on the latest Tales from the Reuther Library podcast.

Twelve thousand New York tailors strike over sweatshop conditions - 1894

What many believe was to become the longest strike in U.S. history, 600 Teamster-represented workers walk out at the Diamond Walnut processing plant in Stockton, Calif., after the company refused to restore a 30 percent pay cut they had earlier taken to help out the company. The two sides ultimately agreed to a new contract after 14 years - 1991 photo by David Bacon

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