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Got local labor news? Email it to us today! Send tips, releases or suggestions to us at [email protected] Hold the line on the Right to Return to Work ![]() 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
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