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WV Kroger workers protest cuts

UFCW 1994's Gino Renne looks back...and ahead

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Special Meeting of the Fairfax County Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, October 28, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
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Labour calls for a new social contract; "Grand Theft Paycheck"; NFLPA's JC Tretter on renegotiating collective bargaining agreements for player safety during the pandemic; an interview with NYC Restaurant Workers Council organizers.

WV Kroger workers protest cuts
Union workers at Kroger stores in West Virginia are continuing demonstrations throughout the week to protest cuts to their health care benefits proposed by the company in recent contract negotiations. "Kroger's proposal could force the fund to cut benefits, increase costs to workers, or limit the number of employees eligible for health care," said Mark Federici, President of UFCW Local 400. "Many employees could see their health care benefits simply disappear." [link removed] Read more here, including details on daily protests Wednesday through Saturday at stores throughout the region.

UFCW 1994's Gino Renne looks back...and ahead
"He might not be a household name among most county residents. But for almost four decades, Gino Renne, head of the union that represents a majority of the Montgomery County government's workforce, has been an influential -- and intimidating -- presence in the Executive Office Building and the County Council chambers in Rockville." Renne, president of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, [link removed] candidly discusses his union's rise and the recent history of labor-management relations in Montgomery County's public sector in an interview with Bethesda Magazine published in conjunction with an examination of the history and role of Montgomery County's public employee unions that appears in the November/December edition of the magazine.

Today's Labor Quote: Abraham Lincoln

"There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other."

Today's Labor History

This week's [link removed] Labor History Today podcast: O Canada, organize!
How a little newspaper started labour journalism in Canada. The 1931 Fraser Mills Strike. And "Through Rain, Sleet, Snow and Terrorism."
Last week's show: [link removed] One Day More

The Gateway Arch, a 630 ft high parabola of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri is completed after two and one-half years. Although it was predicted 13 lives would be lost in construction, not a single Ironworker died - 1965

- David Prosten

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Administrative
[link removed] Office Assistant IV - AFSCME Organizing & Field Services (Posted: 10/15/2020)
[link removed] Executive Assistant, ACE-AFSCME Local 2250 (Posted: 10/21/2020)

Communications
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Information Tech
[link removed] Information Technology Director / Chief Security Officer - AFL-CIO Information Technology Department (Posted: 10/14/2020)

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Misc
[link removed] Director of State Partnerships, LCV (League of Conservation Voters) (Posted: 10/13/2020)
[link removed] Marketing and Sponsorship Administrator, NATCA (National Air Traffic Controllers Association) (Posted: 10/27/2020)
[link removed] Union Representative, WBNG (Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild) (Posted: 10/27/2020)
[link removed] Human Resources Manager, ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union) (Posted: 10/13/2020)
[link removed] Organizational Specialist - ESP Organizing & Statewide Program Lead, MSEA (Maryland State Education Association) (Posted: 10/15/2020)

Organizing
[link removed] Bilingual Lead Organizer, UFR (United for Respect) (Posted: 10/16/2020)
[link removed] Organizer-In-Training, SEIU (Service Employees International Union - International Positions) (Posted: 10/26/2020)
[link removed] Organizing Specialist - Organizing and Field Support, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 10/13/2020)
[link removed] Four Temporary Organizing Specialists - Organizing and Field Support, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 10/13/2020)

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