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Join us for Week 35 of our gathering in support of the PRO Act, which would outlaw the union busting tactics used with impunity by anti-union corporations like Amazon and Starbucks to crush organizing drives. It would also end the Jim Crow-era "right to work" laws. Windmill Hill Park, 500 South Lee St., Alexandria
Employment Relations in Healthcare: Is There a Better Way? Wed, November 10, 12pm – 1pm
Join the DC chapter of the Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA) in exploring labor-management partnerships around the country and what they have accomplished.
Free; Register here.
International Solidarity Committee: Wed, November 10, 6pm – 7pm
Committee to join in solidarity with workers around the world.
Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, November 10, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Meeting of Alexandria union members and friends of labor.
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Shuler to attend Evening with Labor
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler has been confirmed to speak at Friday’s 43rd Evening with Labor. “Liz has been walking picking lines, rallying workers and knocking on doors in key elections,” said Metro Washington Labor Council president Dyana Forester. “We are so honored to have her join us for our annual celebration.” The Council’s 2020 event was just weeks away last year when the pandemic shut everything down and last fall’s Delta variant caused yet another postponement. “Everyone will be vaccinated or tested to ensure maximum safety for those attending in-person,” Forester said, noting that this year there’s an option for virtual attendance;
click here now to order (in-person tickets are sold out). |
Georgetown breaks worker justice ground with new construction procurement policy
Excerpted from The Catholic Labor Network
One way Catholic institutions can demonstrate their faith – and evangelize the world – is by honoring Catholic Social Teaching in their labor relations practices. Many do this by recognizing and bargaining with unions representing their employees and by paying a living wage to workers in all job classifications; some do so by obliging their service contractors to do the same. Georgetown University has now broken new ground in this field with a remarkable plan to incorporate labor standards into its construction procurement contracts. Read more… |
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Warrior Met strikers sit in at BlackRock
Striking members of the Mine Workers took their struggle for justice from Alabama to the heart of America’s financial sector in Manhattan. Since April, UMWA members have been on strike against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Hundreds of members from the UMWA, the New York City Central Labor Council and its affiliated unions gathered last Thursday outside the offices of BlackRock, one of Warrior’s biggest investors, to pressure management to bargain in good faith. Mine Workers president Cecil Roberts and others were arrested after blocking the street.
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Union Voice/Readers Write: Lewis resigned, not died
“One of the very few minor errors in the labor history section today,” writes Rudy Porter. “Murray (above left) became CIO President after Lewis (above right) resigned (not died, as we had in Today’s Labor History). Lewis actually lived until 1969. I read the entries every day. Keep up the great work!” |
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Today’s Labor Quote: Cecil Roberts
“We have veterans on strike in Alabama. We have veterans coming here today who have fought for this country. At the same time, people in these big fancy offices up here haven’t done a damn thing to support the United States and its democracy that we all enjoy.”
The UMWA president at last week's civil disobedience at BlackRock in NYC. |
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Communists and community in wartime Detroit. Last week's show: From the Necropolis Strike to Striketober.
Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn. Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers. Labor historians believe this may have been the first sit-down strike of the 1930s. Workers held the plant for three days, demanding a wage increase. The governor mediated a settlement - 1933
The ship Edmund Fitzgerald – the biggest carrier on the Great Lakes – and crew of 29 (names above) are lost in a storm on Lake Superior while carrying ore from Superior, Wisc. to Detroit. The cause of the sinking was never established - 1975
Tile, Marble, Terrazzo Finishers, Shop Workers & Granite Cutters International Union merges into United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners - 1988
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Office Administrator – Civil, Human and Women’s Rights
, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 10/26/2021)
Confidential Secretary, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Communications
Web Producer – Communications, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 10/26/2021)
Social Media Specialist, CNA/NNU, based in Oakland, CA; Glendale, CA; San Diego, CA; Sacramento, CA; or Washington, D.C. area preferred (remote location applicants will be considered) (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Communications Specialist
, NNU, may be based in California: Oakland, Los Angeles, or Sacramento, CA, or in the Washington, DC area (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Senior Communication Specialist, ITLC, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 11/2/2021)
Info Tech
Data Specialist on AFA-CWA Delta Flight Attendant Organizing Drive
, AFA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/2/2021)
Junior Data Engineer – Data & Analytics, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/5/2021)
Misc
Human Resources Associate II – Human Resources, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/8/2021)
Accounting Manager – Accounting Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/5/2021)
Assistant Accounting Manager – Accounting Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Program Assistant – Safety & Health Department
, IBT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/3/2021)
Rent Control Organizer, JWJ, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Labor Relations Specialist, NEASO, based in Washington, DC (temporarily remote) (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Union Staff
, NNU (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Field Representative, NPEU, based in Washington, DC (currently REMOTE) (Posted: 11/8/2021)
National Negotiator or Assistant Counsel (Negotiations), NTEU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Human Resources Coordinator, Labor Relations, Sierra Club, Washington, DC or Oakland, CA preferred (Posted: 10/26/2021)
SMART Membership and Skills Video, Journey level and Apprenticeship opportunities (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Program Officer II for Rule of Law
, Solidarity Center, based in Washington, DC (currently remote) (Posted: 10/25/2021)
Record Secretary, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Senior Accountant, IAM CREST, based in Upper Marlboro, MD (Posted: 10/25/2021)
Deputy Field Director, DHNC, based in NC, SC, VA, and WV (Posted: 11/8/2021)
Organizing
National Representative I-IV – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 11/1/2021)
Union Organizer-In Training (OIT) – Public Sector Campaign
, SEIU, based in Fairfax, VA (Posted: 10/27/2021)
Union Organizer-in-Training (OIT) – Public Sector Campaign, SEIU, based in Richmond, VA (Posted: 10/27/2021)
Political
Deputy Director – Political Department, AFT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/5/2021)
Research
Research and Organizing Assistant, IUOE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/5/2021)
Assistant Director of Research, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Senior Researcher
, ITLC, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 11/2/2021) |
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