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The Teacher Insurgency: Wed, December 9, 4pm – 5pm
Leo Casey, executive director of the Albert Shanker Institute, discusses his new book The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and Organizing Perspective.

Midwest Academy Awards: Wed, December 9, 6pm – 8pm
This year's awardees include Alicia Garza, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Michael Podhorzer, AFL-CIO Senior Advisor

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, December 10, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, December 10, 6pm – 8pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Arlington.

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Hold the line on the Right to Return to Work
It seems simple enough: assure workers who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic that they can return once it’s safe to do so. And the DC City Council unanimously passed a bill last week guaranteeing that right for DC workers in local hotels, restaurants, retail, entertainment venues, and contracting jobs. But the Restaurant Association is already quietly working behind the scenes to strip their workers out of the bill, and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has yet to commit to signing it into law. Sign here now to make sure the Council holds the line and keeps the bill from being watered down when it comes up for a final vote next week.
- David Stephen; photo: UNITE HERE 25 members Feven Birhane, Simon Salas, Abdulkarim Ibrahim, and Mario Moreno want the right to return to their jobs as servers at the Omni Shoreham.
Other recent updates:
Washington DC: Mayor Muriel Bowser Announces $1,200 Stimulus Payment For Select Residents
Maryland: Hogan Administration Announces $19 Million In Maryland Eviction Prevention Partnership Grants

CSA’s Holiday Basket Program: 15 families to go
Next Monday, December 14 is the deadline to adopt a family -- email [email protected] for details -- for this year’s Holiday Basket Program from the Metro Washington Council’s Community Services Agency. This year’s program is focused on families recently rehoused from homeless shelters, victims of domestic violence and people who do not qualify for unemployment. "The bulk of our Holiday Basket referrals this year are from organizations serving our communities' most vulnerable populations,” said CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote. CSA’s goal is to get 26 families "adopted", with 11 families so far, “thanks to our tremendously generous unions, allies and friends,” said DuCote. That includes the AFL-CIO, AFGE, OPEIU Local 2, the Electrical Workers, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, the Northern Virginia Labor Federation, AFT's Impressions Book Club, the DC Chapter of Epicureans and Metro Washington Council President Dyana Forester.
Contact [email protected] for more information.

See “Radium Girls” and support CLUW
If you missed last night’s screening of the new film Radium Girls -- or want to see it again or share it with friends/colleagues -- you can catch it here, where $2 of the ticket will go to support the Coalition of Labor Union Women’s work creating connections between the feminist movement and the labor movement in the United States. Based on true events of the 1920’s, Radium Girls stars Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Joey King and Abby Quinn as teen sisters dreaming of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids while they paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. But when Jo loses a tooth, Bessie’s world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels and leads to a lawsuit against American Radium. The notorious case ultimately led to a lasting impact in the area of workplace health and safety as well as the study of radioactivity. "The film was amazing," said one attendee last night. "So beautifully made and with such an important and meaningful subject."

Today’s Labor Quote: Janet Wainwright

“If you want to know one reason why this pandemic is getting worse, it’s very simple: We haven’t learned. We haven’t changed. And grocery companies like Kroger are choosing to make things worse.”

Janet Wainwright is a UFCW Local 400 shop steward and meat cutter at Kroger in Yorktown, Virginia who didn’t mince words recently when telling CNBC recently why grocery workers deserve hazard pay.

Today's Labor History

Ratification of a new labor agreement at Titan Tire of Natchez, Miss. ends the longest strike in the history of the U.S. tire industry, which began May 1, 1998 at the company's Des Moines, Iowa, plant - 2001

- David Prosten

Hiring Hall

Plus dozens more DC-area union jobs; click here!

Communications
Digital Communications Specialist – Communications, AFSCME (Posted: 12/2/2020)
Public Affairs Manager, ITEP (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy) (Posted: 12/8/2020)
Strategic Communicator, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project) (Posted: 12/7/2020)

Legal
Attorney, KCNF (Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.) (with some travel) (Posted: 12/2/2020)
June D.W. Kalijarvi Employment Law Fellowship, KCNF (Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.) (Posted: 12/2/2020)

Misc
Executive Director, Democracy Initiative (Posted: 12/3/2020)
Campaign Manager, Maryland Center on Economic Policy (Posted: 12/4/2020)

Research
Tax Research Intern, ITEP (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy) (Posted: 12/8/2020)
Campaign / Research Coordinator, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project) (Posted: 12/7/2020)

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