Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, April 20, 5pm – 6pm

Meeting of union members and community allies in Loudoun County. On the agenda: collective bargaining ordinance; wage theft targeting immigrants at the data centers; union-busting at Loudoun Transit.

Liz Davis lives! If you missed last week's tribute to WTU president Liz Davis, you can hear heartfelt memories on the Your Rights At Work segment here. Chris Garlock and Ed Smith hosted AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram, Metro Washington Council president Dyana Forester, former MWC president Jos Williams and APWU Nation’s Capital and Southern MD Local president Dena Briscoe.

“Stop The Greed, Stop the Layoffs at Johns Hopkins”
LIUNA Local 572 is urging support to save the jobs of union members at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Under JHU's current proposal, union employees would be laid off and forced to reapply for their positions at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where they will be paid less than half their current wages, receive fewer benefits and lose the seniority they have spent years to build. Click here to sign the petition.

Solidarity Center Report: Podcast: Domestic Workers: Leading, Growing, Thriving
In Latin America, domestic workers—mostly Black and Indigenous women—are breaking decades of intergenerational oppression and forging new paths through holistic leadership training, expanding their strength by connecting with each other, says Adriana Paz. Paz, Latin America regional coordinator for the International Domestic Workers Federation, shared her insights on the latest episode of The Solidarity Center Podcast.

Union Voice/Readers Write: Union electrician wanted
"Does anyone know good union plumbers/electricians/handymen in the DC region?" wonders O. Michael Leslie. "A coworker and great union organizer just brought a home and is looking to have some work done." IBEW 26's Tom Clarke recommends Birckhead Electric; call Chris Wortz at 240-375-7539 or email [email protected]

Today's Labor Quote: Addie Wyatt

"Each of us is a link in this great union chain that stretches around the world. I will try every day to keep my link united, active and strong."

A civil rights activist and American labor leader, Wyatt is known for being the first African-American woman elected international vice president of a major labor union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Ludlow: My name is Louis Tikas. Plus Saul Schniderman on Anne Feeney.
Last week’s show: The US-Canadian Labor History Collaborative

An American domestic terrorist’s bomb destroys the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people, 99 of whom were government employees - 1995

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