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
DC Labor FilmFest: 20 Years of Great Labor Films!
WORK SONGS: Available April 30 – Tickets $12
THE LUNCHROOM: Available May 4 – Tickets $5
IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE: Available May 6 – Tickets $5
MISS MARX: Just opened yesterday! Tickets $5
"Wednesdays with Warner": Wed, May 12, 8:15am – 8:45am
Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA (map)
Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, May 12, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Alexandria.
Contact [email protected] for the zoom link.
Montgomery/Prince George's COPE: Thu, May 13, 10am – 12pm
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, May 13, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, May 13, 6pm – 7pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Arlington.
LABOR GOES TO THE MOVIES podcast Movie Club discussion: Thu, May 13, 7pm – 8pm
Join podcast hosts Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant -- and special surprise guests -- for a freewheeling discussion of the films in this year's DC Labor FilmFest!
RSVP HERE
MetroAccess OCC workers OK strike if necessary
Fed up with unfair labor practices and poor treatment by their employer, MV Transportation, ATU Local 689 members working at the MetroAccess Operations Control Center (OCC) Call Center in Hyattsville have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike if necessary. WMATA contracts with private contractor MV Transportation to provide dispatch, reservation, and scheduling of all MetroAccess paratransit services. Despite working through the pandemic for more than a year on an expired contract, MetroAccess Call Center workers were offered a meager 1% wage increase and the union reports that morale is plummeting, with turnover at near 100%. The union has also filed multiple charges of unfair labor practice violations against MV Transportation. Negotiations resumed Tuesday. Transit workers in the region have been forced to strike multiple times since 2019, including the Fairfax Connector, Omniride, and the 85-day long WMATA Cinder Bed Bus Garage strike that ended with WMATA agreeing to end privatization in the Metrobus and Metrorail systems.
ACLU staff union wins voluntary recognition
ACLU Staff United, the union of ACLU national workers, was voluntarily recognized on Tuesday by ACLU management. ACLU Staff United is organized with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70. “We appreciate that we can now get to the bargaining table to create a better, stronger ACLU for the members of our bargaining unit,” the union said in a statement. “Congratulations to ACLU Staff United. Through strong organizing, they won their union,” said NPEU Interim President Katie Barrows. “We are glad ACLU Staff United was able to collaborate with management on a voluntary recognition agreement, and we stand ready to support them as they negotiate their first union contract.” ACLU Staff United is made up of national American Civil Liberties Union workers from the national headquarters in New York and offices in D.C., San Francisco, and Raleigh, national chapter workers in the Dakotas and Puerto Rico, and remote workers across the U.S.
Today’s Labor Quote: from the film Miss Marx
Just as the workers are the creatures of the tyranny of idlers,
women are the creatures of the tyranny of men.
Part of the 2021 DC Labor FilmFest, MISS MARX opened yesterday in the AFI's Virtual Screening Room: Tickets $5
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Sea Shanties and the Pleasure of Work. Last week’s show: 50 years of “Strike!”
Laundry & Dry Cleaning International Union granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1958
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots merges with Longshoremens’ Association - 1971
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raid the Agriprocessors, Inc. slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, arrest nearly 400 immigrant workers. Some 300 are convicted on document fraud charges. The raid was the largest ever until that date. Several employees and lower and mid-level managers were convicted on various charges, but not the owner –- although he later was jailed for bank fraud and related crimes - 2008
- David Prosten
Hiring Hall: Plus dozens more DC-area union jobs; click here!
Communications
Director of Communications, NRLCA (National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association), based in Alexandria, VA (Posted: 5/5/2021)Assistant Communications Director – Digital, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers International Union), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/7/2021)
Director of Communications, NRLCA (National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association), based in Alexandria, VA (Posted: 5/5/2021)
Information Tech
Technological Education Specialist – Field Services & Education, AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 5/4/2021)
Information Technology (IT) Officer, Solidarity Center, based in Washington, DC
Legal
Attorney, KCNF (Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/10/2021) Legal Assistant/Secretary – Women’s Fair Practices Department, AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), based in Washington, DC [National Office] (Posted: 5/6/2021)
SOC Staff Attorney, SOC (Strategic Organizing Center), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/5/2021)
Misc
Operations Manager, Together We Rise, SEIU (Service Employees International Union – International Positions), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/5/2021)UniServ Director – Territory 10 (Arlington), VEA (Virginia Education Association), based in Arlington, VA (Posted: 5/5/2021)
Staff Representative, AFSCME (Council 67), based in Baltimore, MD (Posted: 5/5/2021)
West Virginia Labor Representative, NNU (5/11)
Field Program Specialist, Sudan, Solidarity Center (5/11)
Country Program Director, Brazil, Solidarity Center (5/11)
Program Officer III for Equality and Inclusion, Solidarity Center (5/11)Field Program Specialist for Migration, North Africa, Solidarity Center (5/11)Country Program Director, Mexico, Solidarity Center (5/11)Country Program Director, Bangladesh, Solidarity Center (5/11)
Organizing
CWA Senior Campaign Lead – Alphabet Workers Union, CWA (Communications Workers of America), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/11/2021)
Chispa National Campaign Manager – Community & Civic Engagement Department, LCV (League of Conservation Voters), based in Washington, DC (location is flexible) (Posted: 5/7/2021) Senior Organizer – States Power Building Team, UFR (United for Respect), may be worked from anywhere in the United States (remote) (Posted: 5/5/2021)
Political
Assistant Political Director, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers International Union), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/7/2021)
Director of Politics and Policy, UFR (United for Respect), this position is remote but Washington, DC location is a plus (Posted: 5/7/2021)
Research
Prospect Research Associate – Development Department, LCV (League of Conservation Voters), based in Washington, DC (location is flexible) (Posted: 5/6/2021) Senior Research Associate – National Strategic Retail Department, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers International Union), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 5/5/2021) District of Columbia
Senior Research Coordinator – Wall Street Accountability Campaigns, UFR (United for Respect), Remote (NY/NJ, Washington DC, or Bay Area CA preferred) (Posted: 5/6/2021)
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