TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; click here for complete and latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report 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. No More Excuses: Voting Rights Now! (gather at 9:30 at AFL-CIO): Wed, November 17, 10am – 12pm
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA (map)
Many groups, including League of Women Voters, People for the American Way and DC Vote, are coming together to get President Biden to push harder to get voting rights bills through the United States Senate - including by stopping the filibuster if necessary. You can also watch the event online live here.
“Stop Airline Turkeys from Gobbling up Contracted Workers’ Benefits!”: Wed, November 17, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
MWAA Headquarters: 2733 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA (map)
A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry (webinar): Wed, November 17, 4:00pm – 5:30pm Register Here UMWA/Warrior Met Coal protest/informational picketing at Fidelity: Thu, November 18, 10am – 11am
1900 K Street, 1900 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006 Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, November 18, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online. Montgomery/Prince George's COPE (rescheduled date):
Thu, November 18, 2pm – 4pm PGCPS Rally - Wear Red for Ed! Thu, November 18, 6pm – 7pm PGCPS Sasscer Administration Building, 14201 School Ln, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, USA (map) Baltimore Labor Council meeting: Thu, November 18, 7pm – 9pm
Email for call-in details: [email protected] NoVA Labor monthly meeting: Thu, November 18, 7pm – 9pm
Important post-election NoVA Labor meeting featuring reports on strikes at Kellogg, Warrior Met and John Deere; organizing at Starbucks and at Hershey; new rights for immigrants organizing under the NLRB; and more. We will also have a special guest speaker, Professor Adolph Reed, Jr., one of the founders of the U.S. Labor Party. Our meetings are open and all friends of labor are welcome.
There is Power in a Union for Professionals: Thu, November 18, 8pm – 10pm FREE; RSVP HERE;
Hosted by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE), There is Power in a Union for Professionals overviews how you and your coworkers can come together for better pay, benefits, and careers. |
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“Stop airline turkeys from gobbling up contracted workers’ benefits!”
With Thanksgiving around the corner, a human-size turkey will join Virginia Delegates Alfonso Lopez and Elizabeth Guzman outside of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) headquarters this afternoon (see Calendar) to demand that airlines ensure contracted wheelchair and customer service agents, baggage handlers, cabin and terminal cleaners and security officers receive paid sick leave and affordable health care. “The airlines gobbled up a $54 billion in federal bailout
while contracted workers got sick and died to keep airports running, it’s time for them to stop from profiting at the expense of worker health and safety,” says Delegate Guzman. “The airlines can and must prioritize public health by ensuring that contracted workers receive paid sick leave and health care,” says Delegate Lopez. “We sacrificed our lives working through COVID, but we still don’t get benefits and must come to work sick because we can’t afford to lose pay,” said Paul Blair, 32BJ SEIU member and terminal cleaner at Dulles Airport suffering from arthritis and heart problems. “How much pain must I endure to make sure I don’t lose my job?” Today’s event is part of a week of action Nov. 15-19 by the unions of Airport Workers United.
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Warrior Met strike comes to DC
One of the nation’s longest and most bitter labor strikes will be moving its fight from rural Alabama to Washington, D.C. this Thursday, Nov. 18 (see Calendar)
. The United Mine Workers of America, on strike at Warrior Met Coal, will be joined by additional UMWA members and allies for an event outside of Fidelity Investments, investors with shares in the mining company. Thursday’s event is in conjunction with events worldwide as part of a collective UMWA International Day of Action. photo: UMWA demo in NYC; photo by Joe Maniscalco |
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Today’s Labor Quote: Brian Murray
“Why should 8 hours a day of our lives not be democratic?"
Murray is one of the workers organizing a union at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York. |
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Tom Morello holds the line. Last week's show: Communists and community in wartime Detroit.
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York is founded "to provide cultural, educational and social services to families of skilled craftsmen." The Society remains in existence to this day - 1785
International Brotherhood of Longshoremen change name to Longshoremen’s Association - 1959
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Confidential Secretary, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Record Secretary
, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Communications
Communications Director, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/11/2021)
Senior Communication Specialist, International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC)
Legal
Staff Attorney / Staff Negotiator, AFA, based in Washington, DC (remote from within the US) (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Law Fellow – Property Services Division, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/10/2021)
Law Clerk – Summer 2022
, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/10/2021)
Misc
Facilities Management Analyst – Administration Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Accounting Clerk I – Financial Services Department (3 positions)
, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Assistant Director – Accounting, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/10/2021)
Campaign Lead (PERIS), CWA, Travel position (Preference for candidates willing to work out of Washington, DC; Tampa, Florida; or the Florida panhandle) (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Director – Occupational Safety and Health Office, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/15/2021)
Confidential Secretary, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Contract Administration Representative
, SEIU 500, based in Gaithersburg, MD (Posted: 11/10/2021)
Balloting & Council Services Specialist, ALPA, based in McLean, VA (Posted: 11/11/2021)
Director – Human Resources, UANPF, based in Alexandria, VA (Posted: 11/15/2021)
Organizing
Field Organizing Specialist, AFSCME (Maryland Council 3) for covering western Maryland (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Political
Legislative Representative and/or a Senior Political and Legislative Representative, NATCA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Research
Health and Safety Advocate – Research and Collective Bargaining Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Senior New Employee Outreach and Training Advocate – Research and Collective Bargaining Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/12/2021)
Research Director – Campaigns Department, LCV, based in Washington, DC (this position is Flexible and may be worked within the United States) (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Assistant Director of Research, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/9/2021)
Senior Researcher, International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) (11/16)
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