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
Democratic Socialists of America Labor Speaker Series on IATSE Strathmore fight: Wed, July 14, 7pm – 9pm
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Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, July 14, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Alexandria.
For the zoom link contact [email protected]
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, July 15, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
Baltimore Labor Council meeting: Thu, July 15, 7pm – 9pm
Email for call-in details: [email protected]
NoVA Labor Monthly Meeting: Thu, July 15, 7pm – 8pm
The agenda will include presentations by Virginia AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays, AFL-CIO Political Director Julie Hunter, and NATCA's Bob Zabel and John Carr on Labor's 2021 political program. We will also hear updates on the strikes at Volvo and Met Warrior, and from union representatives of our women's professional soccer team, Washington Spirit. NoVA Labor meetings are open and take place every third Thursday at 7 pm except in August.
Home care workers take to the streets
DC-area home care workers joined fellow workers across the country yesterday as they took to the streets to demand jobs, care, and justice. "Any plan put forth by the Administration or Congress to move our country forward needs to ensure home care workers are respected, protected, and paid—once and for all," said the Jobs Care Justice coalition https://careisessential.org/, which coordinated 40 events across the country. "We’re in DC with thousands demanding Congress recognize that home and community care work —and the majority women and people of color who do this work — are valued!" tweeted 1199SEIU Maryland/DC. "The devaluation of care work robs so many compassionate, dedicated and talented people," said SEIU 32BJ District Director Louis Davis. "Our nation can't move forward until we address these injustices and give care workers the protection and pay they deserve."
MD workers notch another win in UI fight
"Another loss in court for @GovLarryHogan is a win for Maryland workers! Pandemic UI benefits will keep going out through mid-October," tweeted UNITE HERE Local 25 after news broke that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will not challenge the preliminary injunction that prevents him from ending enhanced unemployment early. Hogan "is polishing up his Republican bona fides, trying to make himself look like a tough guy by cutting vital benefits for laid-off workers — including many of our members. He should be ashamed,” said Local 25 political director Sam Epps.
UMD workers rally over telework
University staff at AFSCME Local 1072 rallied at the UMD College Park Main Administration Building on Tuesday, urging UMD president Pines to meet and discuss concerns about the school's outdated telework policy. "Telework is the future," said AFSCME Maryland president Pat Moran. "It's going to save our campus money and help protect our earth. Shame on UMD for refusing to work with AFSCME 1072 to negotiate a smart and fair policy"
Today’s Labor Quote: Woody Guthrie
You gotta go down and join the union
You got to join it by yourself
Ain't nobody here can join it for you
You gotta go down and join the union by yourself
Woody Guthrie, writer of "This Land is Your Land" and "Union Maid," was born in Okemah, Oklahoma on this date in 1912. Click on the video below to hear Woody, singing “You Gotta Go Down And Join The Union.”
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Dramatizing The Murals. The Memphis Fire Fighter Strike of 1978. Last week’s show: The Memphis Fire Fighter Strike of 1978.
Farmworkers set fire to a barn housing a combine harvester that threatened to undermine their livelihood harvesting grain in the Livermore Valley. - 1869
The Great Uprising nationwide railway strike begins in Martinsburg, W.Va. after railroad workers are hit with their second pay cut in a year. In the following days, strike riots spread through 17 states. The next week, federal troops were called out to force an end to the strike - 1877
Italian immigrants and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted in Massachusetts of murder and payroll robbery – unfairly, most historians agree – after a two-month trial, and are eventually executed. Fifty years after their deaths the state's governor issued a proclamation saying they had been treated unfairly and that "any disgrace should be forever removed from their names." - 1921
- David Prosten
Hiring Hall: 13 DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings!
Administrative
Accounting Clerk I – Financial Services Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 7/12/2021)
Communications
Digital Marketing Director, 617MediaGroup, based in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City (Posted: 7/9/2021)
Media Relations Manager – Communications, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 7/8/2021)
APWU Special Assistant to the President – Digital Media Manager, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 7/9/2021)
Internships
2021 Fall Legal Internship, NELP (National Employment Law Project), based in Washington, DC (with the option to work remotely) (Posted: 7/8/2021)
Misc
Lead Field Representative, AFSCME, based in Upper Marlboro, MD (Posted: 7/7/2021)
Organizing
Senior Union Organizer – Public Service Division, SEIU, based out of Washington, DC (Posted: 7/8/2021)
Organizer, AFT, based in Maryland (Posted: 7/12/2021)
Southeast NC Regional Organizer, Carolina Federation, based in or near New Hanover County, NC (Posted: 7/13/2021) Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Western Regional Organizing Manager, DNHC (Down Home North Carolina), location flexible: Western North Carolina (Posted: 7/13/2021) Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia
Union Organizer-in-Training (OIT) – Public Sector Campaign, SEIU, based in Fairfax, VA (Posted: 7/7/2021)
Political
Government Relations Specialist, AAUP (American Association of University Professors), based out of Washington, DC or Remote (Posted: 7/7/2021)
Organizational Specialist/Government Relations – Center for Public Affairs, MSEA (Maryland State Education Association), based in Annapolis, MD (Posted: 7/13/2021)
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