LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15a M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3 Transdev bus driver picket line (ATU 689): Fri, November 1, 3:30am – 5:00pm; Sat, November 2, 3:30am – 5:00pm; Sun, November 3, 3:30am – 5:00pm
Labor Walk for Derrick Mallard (Bowie, MD): Sat, November 2, 9:30am – 12:00pm 
Transdev bus strike Day 8 update: Wet, but “We’re not going anywhere”
As Lorton bus drivers prepare to enter Day 9 of their strike against Transdev, the ATU Local 689 Metrobus workers at WMATA's Cinder Bed Road garage “are a little wetter thanks to today’s rain, but their morale remains high,” reports ATU’s Todd Brogan. “’We’re not going anywhere’ is the mood,” Brogan added. On Thursday, bargaining with Transdev resumed, four members of the VA General Assembly submitted a letter to Paul Wiedefeld and Senator Bernie Sanders issued a message of support. Pickets continue over the weekend (see Calendar); for latest solidarity updates follow ATU Local 689 on Facebook. Click here to read more on how you can help. photo: UFCW 400 at Transdev picket line on Wednesday 
Last big push for Tuesday’s labor vote
Election Day is next Tuesday, November 5th, and labor is hitting the doors throughout the metro Washington area this weekend to get out the union vote. Among the candidates are bus driver (and ATU 689 member) Derrick Mallard and local Carpenters union president Neri Canahui-Ortiz. See Calendar, above, for details on all the labor walks. 
Worried BWI workers file more safety charges against airport contractor
Workers at BWI continue to report feeling unsafe and have filed a second round of charges with the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) alleging that their employer has again violated safety regulations. Read more here 
AFSCME demands safe staffing in Maryland Members from AFSCME Council 3 headed to Annapolis last Monday to demand a solution to the growing crisis around staffing in state agencies. 
VA transit workers fight Fairfax union-busting
Dozens of transit workers and their allies picketed the Fairfax Connector's West Ox garage Wednesday morning to protest the County's move to try and break the Cinder Bed Road strike by putting out WMATA routes with Connector buses. Read more here 
Office workers ratify contract at SEIU
SEIU and OPEIU Local 2 announced on Tuesday that that they have reached an agreement on a new contract after a majority of Local 2 members voted to ratify SEIU’s offer. Read more here Trump administration backs down, withdraws “pay to protest” rules
In response to more than 140,000 comments received from the public and stakeholders, the National Park Service (NPS) on Monday announced it was “withdrawing its August 2018 proposal to revise the First Amendment and Special Use Permit regulations for the National Mall, President’s Park and other national parks in the Washington, D.C. area.” Read more here photo: at the January 21, 2017 Women's March; photo by Chris Garlock 
Today's Labor Quote: Peter Cooper
The American industrialist and philanthropist (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883), who said: 
Today's Labor History Labor History Today (10/28): Cannabis organizing; 2007 Writers Guild Strike November 1
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