LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings Worker Misclassification (panel discussion): Tue, September 10, 9:00am – 10:30am
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. Read more here 
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. Click here for details on responsibilities and qualifications. Deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 10; please send cover letter and résumé to: [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: [email protected] Today's Labor Quote: Steven Greenhouse
Greenhouse, in his new book “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 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. 
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