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Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, November 16, 5pm – 6pm

Meeting of union members and community allies in Loudoun. Update on efforts for collective bargaining rights for county workers, school employees and bus operators.

Chesapeake Bay CLUW monthly meeting: Tue, November 16, 7pm – 9pm

Red Lobster at Auth Road in Suitland, MD. 20746 (map)

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Wednesdays with Warner (Week 35): Wed, November 17, 8:15am – 9:15am
Join us at Windmill Hills Park, 500 S. Lee St. Alexandria, for Week 35 of keeping the focus on the right to organize. Senator Warner should sign on to the PRO Act to put a stop to union-busting and to end the Jim Crow right to work laws.

Rally for Health Care and Sick Pay for Airport Workers: Wed, November 17, 1pm – 2pm
Crystal City MWAA office, 2733 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA
Come to a rally to support airport workers who are asking the Airports Authority to ensure that all workers, both direct employees and contract workers, at Dulles and DCA receive health care and paid sick days.

MWC Affiliate TweetWatch

WTU 6
So great to be with our amazing @WTUTeacher members #FaithWang, #AnthonyAllard and #AmberTerry who teach in DC and were at the #WhiteHouse today for the historic signing of the #InfrastructureBill
- Randi Weingarten @rweingarten

IATSE 600
BREAKING: IATSE Members Ratify Contracts with Producers, Studios and Streaming Services

32BJ SEIU
Airport workers across the country are fed up with low wages and understaffing. We're kicking off a week of action to call out airlines and their contractors for destabilizing air travel by allowing low pay and few benefits. #GoodAirports

Strike halted, tentative agreement reached between Alliance unions and Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions on Saturday reached tentative agreement on a four-year contract, covering nearly 50,000 Kaiser Permanente health care employees in 21 local unions, and strengthening the Labor Management Partnership. "The Alliance of Health Care Unions fought to preserve a Kaiser Permanente where patients can count on excellent patient care and service. This has guided our work for 24 years. This agreement will mean patients will continue to receive the best care, and Alliance members will have the best jobs," said Hal Ruddick, Executive Director, Alliance of Health Care Unions. Read more here.

Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden

"A lot of people told me the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal was impossible, but I refused to believe that. I believed we could get a bipartisan agreement and still come together in this country to get big things done. We’ve accomplished what Washington has long promised but never done: a historic investment in this country’s infrastructure."

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: Tom Morello holds the line. Last week's show: Communists and community in wartime Detroit.

A county judge in Punxutawney, Pa. grants an injunction requested by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. forbidding strikers from speaking to strikebreakers, posting signs declaring a strike is in progress, or even singing hymns. Union leaders termed the injunction “drastic.” - 1927

The National Football League Players Assn. ends a 57-day strike that shortened the season to nine games. The players wanted, but failed to win until many years later, a higher share of gross team revenues - 1982

- David Prosten.

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