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Labor Walk - HARRISBURG, PA: Tue, November 3, 10am – 8pm

Labor Walk - LANCASTER, PA: Tue, November 3, 10am – 8pm

MD/DC AFL-CIO Labor 2020 phonebank (OH): Tue, November 3, 10am – 8pm

NoVA Election Day Virtual Phone Bank (morning): Tue, November 3, 10am – 2pm

MD/DC AFL-CIO Labor 2020 phonebank (PA): Tue, November 3, 11am – 8pm

NoVA Election Day Virtual Phone Bank (afternoon): Tue, November 3, 2pm – 8pm

Airport Union Caucus: Tue, November 3, 2pm – 3pm

LIVE election coverage on the Labor Radio Podcast Network: Tue, November 3, 5pm – 11pm

Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, November 3, 5pm – 6pm

MD/DC AFL-CIO Labor 2020 phonebank (PA): Tue, November 3, 5:30pm – 8:00pm
photo: UNITE HERE 25 member talking to DC voters for labor-endorsed candidate Ed Lazere last week; more on the Local 25 Twitter feed

Metro Washington Council, Community Services Agency and Claimant Advocacy Program staff are teleworking; reach them at the contact numbers and email addresses here. 

Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Talking SMART; Labor Express Radio; America’s Work Force; Crimes of Capital; Belabored

James Baldwin on The Fire This Time; SMART 88’s Jeff Proffitt runs for school board in Las Vegas; unions on two coasts fight for fair, progressive taxation; Insulators’ Pete IIelmini on getting out the union vote; the limitations of political parties and elections; what will labor do if Trump tries to steal the election?

Vote like your voice matters (Because it does!)
It’s Election Day. If you haven’t yet voted, this is your last chance to make sure your voice is heard, so wherever you live and whoever you support, be sure to get out to the polls today. Click here to find out who labor supports.
Find your in-person polling location here: Washington DC; Maryland; Virginia. 
"Today is our day," said David Stephen, the Metro Washington Council's Political Director. "We have a great opportunity to vote for pro-labor candidates up and down the ballot. Let's not take anything for granted. And remember, local elections are just as important as electing Joe Biden to be the next president. Don't believe the polls. Let's work until the very last minute to WIN!"

Laborers say Silver Line “over budget, late and defective”
"Would you buy a newly constructed house that had cracks in its concrete foundation? What if the builder told you that the cracks were no problem, you just needed to apply three coats of silane to the concrete every seven years and you should be fine? This is essentially the deal being offered to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which has been charged with building Phase 2 of the Silver Line," writes Dennis L. Martire in The Washington Post. Martire was on the MWAA Board during the procurement of Silver Line Phase 2, and is vice president and Mid-Atlantic regional manager of the Laborers’ International Union of North America. He points out that local politicians bullied MWAA into abandoning its plan to use union labor on the project, which he says is now over budget, late and defective. "The public should be outraged at how this project has been mismanaged," says Martire.
photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post

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