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WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Wednesdays with Warner: Week 31: Wed, October 20, 8:15am – 9:15am
Join us at our 31st weekly vigil to ask Sen. Warner to stand with workers and sign on to the PRO Act. Two locations: Windmill Hill Park, 500 South Lee St. in Alexandria, and outside the District Office at 8000 Towers Crescent Dr, Vienna.
NoVA Labor Organizing Committee: Wed, October 20, 12pm – 1pm
Discussion of our Geographical Organizing Model to make NoVA a Union Town. Workers in every segment of our economy deserve the right to a seat at the table through collective bargaining.
AFSCME 3 "March to Support Our COVID-19 Heroes": Wed, October 20, 5:30pm – 7:00pm State Center• 301 W. Preston St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (map) RSVP here.
NoVA Volunteer Phone Bank: Wed, October 20, 6pm – 8pm Candidates on zoom: Oct. 19th Alex Askew, Katie Sponsler; Oct. 20th Elizabeth Guzman, Chris Hurst
We will be calling fellow union members about this important election! Please click the link above to register. Post cards and lit are available for pick up at the NoVA Labor office. For more info contact Bob Zabel. [email protected]. 317-489-2501 |
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AFSCME 3 leads march to support COVID-19 heroes
AFSCME Council 3 members, leaders and allies will rally and march today “to support our COVID-19 heroes.” They’ll meet at the State Center Complex in Baltimore starting at 5:30 for a rally and then march to the Walters Art Museum (see Calendar). “AFSCME 3 members have been on the frontline of this pandemic to support and protect all Marylanders,” says the union, which is fighting for living wages and to fix and expand collective bargaining. “AFSCME 3 members are COVID-19 heroes.” |
MontCo workers support vaccines, oppose mandates
“County employee unions aren’t the problem here,” Amy Millar, assistant to the president of UFCW 1994 MCGEO testified on Tuesday, calling on the Montgomery County Council to reject legislation to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all county employees. The union is “unequivocally” pro-vaccine, Millar testified, noting that 78% of the County workforce have already submitted documentation that they are fully vaccinated. But the proposed legislation oversteps the Council’s authority, Millar told the Council, mandating conditions of employment and threatening to harm the community’s access to public transit on Ride-On where there are already 60 vacancies, a number she warned could grow with this mandate. Earlier this month, Local 1994 expressed its concern that the legislation, introduced by County Councilmembers Will Jawando and Hans Reimer, sought to upend "the collaborative approach we have developed with our employees." Local 1994 called on the County Council to slow down implementation of this bill and allow negotiated policy to work.
- David Stephen, MWC Political Director |
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Cocktails & Conversation: Ending Violence in Our DC Communities
Increased violence is plaguing DC communities, affecting working people throughout the District. Metro Washington Labor Council president Dyana Forester will moderate a no-holds-barred discussion on the issue this Friday, “Cocktails & Conversation: Ending Violence in Our DC Communities,”
with DC Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, local entrepreneur and philanthropist Darnell Perkins, Aisha N. Braveboy, State's Attorney for Prince George’s County and trial lawyer J. Wyndal Gordon. Hip-hop rapper and actress Yo-Yo will also perform. The event is free, but space is limited; RSVP here OR on Facebook. Hosted/sponsored by the Metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO. |
Workers Unite! FilmFest available online: Last day
Films from the Workers Unite! film festival are available online today until 11pm EST Online exclusives includes “’Women of Steel,’ ‘Anyway, Jeff Bezos Can Kiss Our Ass’ and ‘Conversations Between Shifts’. Films are available on-demand here
. All films are available to watch now. Unlock and start watching before 11PM EST on Oct 20th; once you’ve started to watch, you have 24 hours to complete watching. |
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Today’s Labor Quote: Liz Shuler
“Winning in Virginia could strengthen our case for the Workers First Agenda. But we need more people on the ground in Virginia.”
Shuler is president of the AFL-CIO; Click here
to find out more about getting involved in labor's effort in the Virginia elections. |
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: “It Didn’t Start with Amazon: A Conversation About the History of Organized Labor in the South.” Last week's show:
The Battle of Virden.
Eugene V. Debs, U.S. labor leader and socialist, dies in Elmhurst, Ill. Among his radical ideas: an eight-hour workday, pensions, workman's compensation, sick leave and social security. He ran for president from a jail cell in 1920 and got a million votes - 1926
Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry. Dozens of union members were among those blacklisted following as a result of HUAC’s activities - 1947
Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan writes to PATCO President Robert Poli with this promise: if the union endorses Reagan "I will take whatever steps are necessary to provide our air traffic controllers with the most modern equipment available and to adjust staff levels and work days so that they are commensurate with achieving a maximum degree of public safety." He got the endorsement. Nine months after the election, he fires the air traffic controllers for engaging in an illegal walkout over staffing levels and working conditions - 1980
Death of Merle Travis, songwriter and performer who wrote "Sixteen Tons" (below) & "Dark as a Dungeon" - 1983
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Bookkeeper, AFSCME Council 20; Send resume, cover letter and salary history to [email protected] be sure to reference Bookkeeper in Subject. Field Auditor I – Auditing Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/8/2021)
Accounting Clerk II – Accounting Department
, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/8/2021)
Communications
Director of Social and Digital Media, CEPR (Center for Economic and Policy Research), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/7/2021)
Communications Strategist
, CJNRC (Climate Jobs National Resource Center), this is a REMOTE position (CJNRC is based in New York) (Posted: 10/7/2021)
Creative and Digital Associate or Creative and Digital Manager, ITEP (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy), based in Washington, DC (may be remote) (Posted: 10/5/2021)
Communications Director
, TTD (Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/7/2021)
Campaign Communications Specialist, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/6/2021)
Information Tech
Network Security Administrator – Information Technology
, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 10/15/2021) District of Columbia
Legal
Staff Attorney / Staff Negotiator, AFA (Association of Flight Attendants–CWA), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/13/2021)
Associate General Counsel – Office of the General Counsel
, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/8/2021)
Misc
Deputy Director of the Industrial Union Council – Advocacy Hub, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 10/13/2021) District of Columbia
Deputy Director of Working for America Institute
, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 10/13/2021) District of Columbia
HR Deputy Director, EEO/ ER/ LR/ HR Lead – Human Resources Department, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/14/2021)
Deputy Director – Membership and Organization Department, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/4/2021)
Human Resources Assistant II – Human Resources Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/7/2021)
National Representative I-IV – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT, National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 10/6/2021)
Field Manager – Field Mobilization Department, ARA (Alliance for Retired Americans), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/13/2021)
Development Associate, NELP (National Employment Law Project), based in Berkeley, CA; Washington, DC; or New York City, NY (Posted: 10/8/2021)
Union Representative
, TNG-CWA (Washington-Baltimore News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 32035), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/6/2021)
Coalitions Coordinator – Food and Environment Program, UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists), based in Washington, DC (remote) (Posted: 10/6/2021)
Service Representative – Bilingual English/Spanish preferred, UFCW 400, based in Washington, DC Metropolitan Area (with regional travel throughout Local 400) (Posted: 10/12/2021)
Director of International Advocacy, WRC (Worker Rights Consortium), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/15/2021)
ARPA Coordinator
, VEA (Virginia Education Association), based in Richmond, VA (Posted: 10/8/2021)
Organizing
Senior Organizer, SEIU 500, based in Gaithersburg, MD (Posted: 10/14/2021)
Organizer, SEIU 500, based in Gaithersburg, MD (Posted: 10/14/2021)
Digital Organizing Manager, SEIU 500, based in Gaithersburg, MD (Posted: 10/13/2021)
Research
Healthcare Associate – Research & Strategic Initiatives Department, AFT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/14/2021)
Higher Education Associate – Research, Strategic Initiatives & Economic Security, AFT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/14/2021)
Research Associate Intern – Center for Science and Democracy, UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists), based in Washington, DC (remote) (Posted: 10/6/2021)
Data and Targeting Specialist – Data and Analytics Department, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/5/2021)
Virginia Worker Power Policy Analyst, TCI (The Commonwealth Institute), based in Richmond, VA (with possible remote option) (Posted: 10/14/2021) |
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