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Wed. Oct. 13th - Volunteer Phone Bank - 6:00-8:00 pm.
We will be calling fellow union members about this year's election. Please click the below link to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqd-ivqTorE9zYavOc0TV6vTPxX9nUEfE8
Post cards and no contact lit resources are available for pick up at the NoVA Labor office.
For more info contact Bob Zabel. [email protected]. 317-489-2501
Wed. Oct. 13th - Wednesdays with Warner - 8:15 am
Join the Coalition to Repeal Right-to-Work for the 30th weekly protest starting at Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee Street in Alexandria and then marching to a nearby intersection. With Democrats in control of Congress and the White House, workers still do not have the right to organize unions without retaliation, intimidation and threats. Ask Senator Warner to sign the PRO Act to support fundamental worker rights.
Wed. Oct. 13th - Loudoun County Employee Rally - 5 pm
Rally for Collective Bargaining for Essential Loudoun County Workers
Outside the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, SE, Leesburg, VA 20175
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/850627118941232
Celebrating 20 years of jobs with justice in DC
In 2001, a coalition of leaders from labor, faith, community groups, and student organizations came together to create a new home for workers rights organizing in DC. That coalition became DC Jobs with Justice, and although a lot has changed since 2001, “Our work is stronger now and more necessary than ever,” says DC JWJ. This year is the 20th anniversary of DC Jobs with Justice and they're getting ready to celebrate; registration is now open for the 2021 I'll Be There Awards. Register here to join the virtual event on October 21: “The I’ll Be There Awards is our biggest event of the year and it brings together the workers' rights community in DC to honor outstanding leaders and remind one another of our values as a community,” says DC JWJ.
Solidarity Center Report: Unions Protect Agricultural Workers' Rights
A new Solidarity Center-supported report shows collective bargaining agreements ensure worker rights, health and dignity of workers harvesting palm oil in Colombia, bananas in Guatemala, strawberries in Mexico and grapes, olives and wine in Morocco. Researchers found that unions are performing the task of government to protect workers’ legal rights, increasing stability in otherwise precarious employment sectors and providing a mechanism for women to advance gender equality in job status and earnings as well as address rampant gender-based violence associated with their jobs. Find out more at Solidarity Center.
Today's Labor Quote: Susan Hopgood
“One of the more permanent human truths is that we don't fully value what we have until it's gone.”
Susan Hopgood is President of Education International (EI) and the Federal Secretary of the Australian Education Union (AEU). Hear more on the Radio Labor podcast.
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: The Battle of Virden. Last week's show: Sharecroppers’ struggles for rights and power.
American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all German-made products as a protest against Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany - 1934
More than 1,100 office workers strike Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers win union recognition and pay increases - 1985
National Basketball Association cancels regular season games for the first time in its 51-year history, during a player lockout. Player salaries and pay caps were primary issue. The lockout lasted 204 days - 1998
Hundreds of San Jose Mercury News newspaper carriers end 4-day walkout with victory - 2000
- David Prosten.
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