TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report
NoVA Labor Volunteer Phone Bank: Nov 1 & 2, 2021
Zoom Link. Trainings at 10:AM and 2:00PM. Training Zoom Link. For more info contact Bob Zabel. [email protected]. 317-489-2501
VA Labor GOTV: Annandale: Mon, November 1, 9am – 12pm
4536 John Marr Dr., Annandale VA at 9 AM
Join American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten and National AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre to kick off our canvassing event! RSVP HERE
Contact Bob Zabel if you plan to come by and get a packet. [email protected]. 317-489-2501
Labor Election Eve Rally with Terry McAuliffe, AFSCME president Lee Saunders & AFT president Randi Weingarten: Mon, November 1, 7pm – 8pm
Caboose Commons, 2918 Eskridge Rd, Fairfax.
VA Labor GOTV (Election Day!): Annandale: Tue, November 2, 9am – 8pm
4536 John Marr Dr., Annandale VA at 9 AM
Join National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee Saunders, AFT President Randi Weingarten, and Lieutenant Governor candidate Hala Ayala to kick off our canvassing event!
RSVP HERE
Contact Bob Zabel if you plan to come by and get a packet. [email protected]. 317-489-2501
VA Labor GOTV (Election Day!): Richmond: Tue, November 2, 9am – 8pm
5809 Lakeside Ave., Henrico, VA at 9 AM
Join National AFL-CIO Executive Vice President
Tefere Gebre to kick off our canvassing event! RSVP HERE
NOTE: CLICK HERE for the complete NoVA Labor election activity calendar listings thru Election Day (11/2). photo: GOTV instructions at NoVA Labor on Saturday; photo by Chris Garlock.
| “90,000 union voters to turn out” with 1 day to go in VA
Yesterday, hundreds of union volunteers knocked doors across Virginia to Get Out The Vote for the pro-worker candidates up and down the ballot. But with Governor Terry McAuliffe leading anti-worker candidate Glenn Youngkin by just 1 point in a recent poll, “There's still so much to do in these last few days,” said AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler Saturday at a labor GOTV rally in Annandale. “There are still more than 90,000 union voters to turn out,” reports the AFL-CIO. Click here to find out about
phonebanking and here to find out about door-knocking
. “Don't sit this election out,” urged the Virginia AFL-CIO. “We need all hands on deck! Come out and join us in protecting our rights and voices both on and off the job. Every vote counts and we can't do it without you.” photo: GOTV instructions at NoVA Labor on Saturday; photo by Chris Garlock. |
Politico, E&E News workers organize, win recognition
Shortly after PenGuild
announced on Friday that a supermajority of newsroom employees at Politico and E&E News had formed a union "in the spirit of love for journalism, respect for our colleagues and hope for this company’s future," the new union – a unit of the Washington-Baltimore local of NewsGuild-CWA – tweeted that “@politico management just notified newsroom employees that they reached out to @newsguild to discuss an agreement to VOLUNTARY RECOGNIZE our union.” Congratulations poured in, including from NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss, who tweeted “Welcome to a family of thousands of journalists, media workers and activists!” Organizers will now meet with Politico management to discuss who’s in the union. “We truly are mightier together!” tweeted PenGuild. Politico and E&E were both recently sold to German publishing giant Axel Springer.
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Evening with Labor awardees: ATU 689/ATU 1764; DCNA & SEIU1199
The 2020 Evening with Labor, rescheduled for November 12, honors those who have gone above and beyond to support and fight for the local labor movement. We’ll be featuring them this week in Union City. This Friday, October 29, is the deadline to reserve your ticket(s) and/or ad in the EWL program book; Get your ad and ticket orders in now! For ticket credit card purchases, CLICK HERE. For check payments or to avoid additional online fees,
register using this google form. Note that an option to attend virtually is available this year.
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Golden Picket Award
ATU 689/ATU 1764
Local transit workers – members of ATU locals 689 and 1764 – joined the latest national surge in strikes in the Fall of 2019 when they launched not one, but two strikes (and came close to a third) against Fairfax Connector contractor Transdev. They took on a huge multinational company and endured the cold and rain as their unyielding battle for justice and fairness garnered support from every corner of the local labor movement, as well as from community, political and religious allies. Their fortitude and belief in their cause – and their spirit as they danced and sang on the picket line -- served as a welcome inspiration in the nation’s capitol.
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Golden Picket Award
DCNA & SEIU1199
Even as health care has become a major issue on the national political stage, health care workers and the patients they care for have been hit hard by hospital closings and cutbacks in recent years. DCNA and SEIU1199 have been absolutely tireless in their battles to save healthcare for all, most especially for those in underserved parts of the metro Washington community. The 2019 fights over the United Medical Center, Howard University Hospital and the East End Hospital Campaign exemplified both the ongoing challenges faced by these unions and their ability to craft creative and effective tactics and strategies. Taking full advantage of the Metro Council’s coalition of unions, community, religious and political allies, these unions continue to set a shining example for all of us.
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Today’s labor quote: Muriel Bowser
“You do what you have to do for the working people; it is to time to elect Terry McAuliffe and Virginia Democrats up and down the ballot! ”.
The DC Mayor spoke at Saturday's UNITE HERE GOTV rally in Virginia. photo: UNITE HERE canvassers on Saturday. |
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This week’s Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: From the Necropolis Strike to Striketober. Last week's show: “
Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery"
Nation's first general strike for 10 hour day; Philadelphia - 1835
Some 400,000 soft coal miners strike for higher wages and shorter hours - 1919
The UAW begins what was to become a successful 172-day strike against International Harvester - 1982
Some 20,000 Google employees around the world stage a wave of walkouts after the New York Times reported that the company had paid millions of dollars in exit packages to male executives accused of sexual harassment. One of the accused got $90 million. 2018
- David Prosten.
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