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Challenger paratransit workers reach first-time tentative agreement

"Stop Trump's assault on federal unions"

MWC seeks Political & Legislative Director

Teams teeing up for CSA golf tourney

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Book talk: Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor:: Mon, September 9, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Economic Policy Institute 1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC xxxxxx
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[link removed] Worker Misclassification (panel discussion): Tue, September 10, 9:00am - 10:30am
Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, 640 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001

Rally for the Be Heard in the Workplace Act: Tue, September 10, 11am - 12pm
Union Station Plaza or Columbus Plaza, at the intersection of Delaware, Louisiana and Massachusetts Avenues and E and First Streets, Northeast in Washington, D.C.

Book Event: Living and Dying on the Factory Floor: Tue, September 10, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Institute for Policy Studies, 1301 Connecticut Ave., NW, 6th floor

Challenger paratransit workers reach first-time tentative agreement
After a strike threat and a campaign to mobilize members, elected officials and allies, WMATA MetroAccess paratransit workers in Gaithersburg, MD have reached a first-time tentative agreement with their employer Challenger Transportation. Representing more than 190 workers, ATU Local 1777 reached the deal after a marathon bargaining session at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center late last week. The agreement addressed major worker concerns on stagnant wages, the company's reliance on overtime and part-time workers, poor healthcare benefits, and overall lack of respect. Local 1777 members are expected to hold a ratification vote in the next few weeks.

"Stop Trump's assault on federal unions"
The American Federation of Government Employees is echoing calls from 218 lawmakers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, for Congress to take immediate action to prevent the White House from undermining the collective bargaining rights of federal employees. In a letter sent yesterday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House appropriations leaders, the lawmakers say that agency budgets being finalized this month by Senate and House appropriators must include House-passed language that would prevent President Trump's political appointees from unilaterally stripping federal employees of their collective bargaining rights and protections against whistleblower retaliation and other mismanagement. "Without this provision, the Trump administration will likely succeed in crushing the federal employee unions, making a mockery of the collective bargaining guarantee and rendering the task of effectively representing union members all but impossible," lawmakers state in the letter, which was initiated by AFGE members and organized with help from nearly a dozen other federal labor unions.
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MWC seeks Political & Legislative Director
The Metro Council is seeking experienced, committed and dynamic individual with leadership capabilities to fill the position of Political/Legislative Director. [link removed] Click here for details on responsibilities and qualifications. Deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 10; please send cover letter and résumé to: mailto:[email protected] [email protected]. Please post and pass along!

Teams teeing up for CSA golf tourney
Major sponsors for CSA's upcoming golf tournament include UnitedHealthcare, SEIU Local 722, AETNA and the Baltimore Washington District Council LIUNA! Deadline to register is Monday, September 16th; the tournament is September 23. "A team of four is $500 and includes our outstanding banquet catered by Martin's Crosswinds," said CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote. "The banquet alone is worth the price of admission, and don't forget about the chance to win a Lincoln MKC" she added. For more information email: mailto:[email protected] [email protected]

Today's Labor Quote: Steven Greenhouse

Greenhouse, in his new book [link removed] "Beaten Down, Worked Up" writes "In no other industrial nation do employers fight so hard to defeat, indeed quash, labor unions." Greenhouse argues that we need a strong workers' movement "to serve as a countervailing force to corporate power."

Today's Labor History

[link removed] 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.

More than 1,000 Boston police officers strike after 19 union leaders are fired for organizing activities. Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge announced that none of the strikers would be rehired, mobilized the state police, and recruited an entirely new police force from among unemployed veterans of the Great War (World War I) - 1919

Sixteen striking Filipino sugar workers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai are killed by police; four police died as well. Many of the surviving strikers were jailed, then deported - 1924

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