TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; click here for complete and latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report
"Wednesdays with Warner": Wed, April 7, 8:15am – 8:45am
Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA
Weekly action urging Senator Warner to sign on to the PRO Act to Protect the Right to Organize.
NoVA Labor Arts Union Caucus: Wed, April 7, 3pm – 4pm
Meeting of unions of the performing and broadcast arts.
Contact Jess Speaker for the link: [email protected]
Film: Lapsis: Wed, April 7, 7pm – 9pm
CLICK HERE for tickets: $12; $2 from each ticket purchased goes to MWC’s Community Services Agency. Support provided by American Income Life.
Post-screening Q&A moderated by labor journalist Sarah Jaffe, with Katie Parker, Administrative Organizer for NPEU, the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union and EPI Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock
Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, April 7, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Alexandria; contact [email protected] for the link.
Montgomery/Prince George's COPE: Thu, April 8, 10am – 12pm
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, April 8, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online
PRO Act Digital Day of Action with Tim Schlittner, AFL-CIO Communications Director
Labor Committee on the Environment: Thu, April 8, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Committee of union members and environmentalists to promote a pro-worker agenda for a clean economy.
Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, April 8, 6pm – 7pm
Meeting for union members and community allies in Arlington.
A Woman’s Place Is in Her Union: How the PRO Act Will Help Women Workers: Thu, April 8, 7pm – 9pm
CSA celebrates 30th anniversary
“A great resource.” “A life line.” “It helped me to breathe.” “A crucial service provider.” From workers to unions to local agencies, the praises poured in this week as the Community Services Agency (CSA) of the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO celebrated its 30th anniversary on April 4. Over three decades, CSA has partnered with local unions and agencies to support area workers during strikes, layoffs, government shutdowns and now pandemics. CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund has helped over 10,000 workers since 1995. Its Building Futures Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program has upgraded the skills of nearly 2,000 low-income District residents creating a pipeline for them into well paying jobs and union apprenticeships in the building trades. Read more here. Photo: CSA founder Kathleen McKirchy
Great Labor Arts Exchange registration opens
Registration is now open for the 2021 Online Great Labor Arts Exchange. Dedicated to the life and work of Anne Feeney, this year’s theme is Singing Through the Hard Times. “We’ll be honoring the 2021 Joe Hill Award recipients, Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki, as well as the 2020 recipients Ysaye Barnwell and Steve Jones,” says LHF Executive Director Elise Bryant. “Last year was so much fun and fostered even more strength in our solidarity, despite the fact that we could not be together in person, that we’re going online again this year. You’ll be able to listen, sing-a-long and most importantly, share in the communal joy of being together during these difficult times.”
Remembering Liz Davis
Shock waves continued to reverberate through the metro Washington area following the death Sunday night of WTU president Liz Davis. Here are more reactions…
“Liz was always willing to listen to other points of view and never shied away from an unpopular fight if she believed that it would bring justice to the men and women who educate and shape our children’s future.”
Jaime Contreras, 32BJ SEIU Vice President
"We have noticed an outpouring of sadness across our DC community. We realized she touched many more lives than we imagined."
DC Jobs With Justice
"We could depend upon Liz to be a fierce advocate for teachers and students because she knew our teachers and our students."
Mysiki Valentine, Executive Director of MLOV (Many Languages One Voice)
Send your Liz Davis tributes to us at [email protected] Click here for more photos.
Today’s Labor Quote: Elizabeth Davis
After teachers last month narrowly voted against striking over reopening plans, Davis said:
“I thought the majority of teachers would vote for the collective action. Either way, we’re going to address the problem.”
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Canal workers, gays & miners, Gandhi’s labor quote. Last week’s show: The Hardhat Riot.
Some 300,000 members of the National Federation of Telephone Workers, soon to become CWA, strike AT&T and the Bell System. Within five weeks all but two of the 39 federation unions had won new contracts - 1947
National Labor Relations Board attorney tells ILWU members to “lie down like good dogs,” Juneau, Alaska - 1947
15,000 union janitors strike, Los Angeles - 2000 photo: Militant/Carol Lesnick
- David Prosten
Hiring Hall: Plus dozens more DC-area union jobs; click here!
Internships
The Kalmanovitz Initiative (KI) is now accepting applications for the Summer 2021 Research in Action and Organizing Internships. These paid internships are open to all Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students.
Misc
Stationary Engineer Apprenticeship, IUOE 99: Applications accepted May 3—7, must be completed in person at 9315 Largo Drive West, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. $35 application fee includes drug screen. For additional information go to www.iuoelocal99.org. Equal Opportunity M/F
Director – Fields Services & Education, ELS, AFGE (Posted: 3/31/2021)
National Representative I-IV – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT (Posted: 4/1/2021)
Union Staff, NNU (National Nurses United) (Posted: 4/1/2021)
Organizing
Field Coordinator – Organizing & Field Services, AFSCME (Posted: 4/1/2021)
Political
Director of Legislative & Political, ELS, AFGE (Posted: 3/31/2021)
Senior Government Affairs Advocate, Conservation – Government Affairs, LCV (League of Conservation Voters) (Posted: 4/1/2021)
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