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 37): Wed, December 1, 8:15am – 9:15am Windmill Hills Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA (map)
Join NoVA Labor for Week 37 of their weekly gathering to ask Senator Warner to sign on to the PRO Act. Corporations bust union organizing campaigns every day with threats and intimidation. The PRO Act would protect workers' right to organize unions. Hosted by the Coalition to Repeal Right to Work.
Accountability And Safety For All: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Workers in the Informal Economy: Thu, December 2, 9:00am – 10:30am
Registration is required to attend.
Register Here! Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, December 2, 1pm – 2pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
Guests: David Story (I’m a Defense Industry Worker. It’s Time to Cut the Pentagon Budget); James Schiffman on the ongoing battle for workplace safety in public universities. Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society: Thu, December 2, 4pm – 6pm Jack Metzgar on his new book,
Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society. Register Now Arlington Dems Labor Caucus:
Thu, December 2, 6pm – 7pm Meeting of Arlington union members and friends of labor. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89012860678 Women Who Organize: Building Power with Workers: Thu, December 2, 7pm – 9pm WILL Empower Young Womxn's Labor Leadership Group invites you to a virtual conversation. REGISTER. |
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Solidarity Center Podcast: 'I Feel Strong When I See Other Women with Us'
From factory floors to sprawling, informal markets, Nigerian union women are taking action to end gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) at work, says Rita Goyit at the Nigeria Labor Congress. Speaking on this week's Solidarity Center Podcast, Goyit describes an informal survey of more than 900 women workers that found 57 percent had experienced GBVH at work, and tells how union activists are connecting with women workers to determine the best strategies to end GBVH.
“We’re putting our heads together until we find the solution … because the women are with us. Because I feel strong when I see the other women around me in our campaigns, in the negotiations that we do.” Download this and more episodes at The Solidarity Center Podcast, or wherever you get podcasts. |
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Today’s Labor Quote: Rosa Parks
“My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.”
African American Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of a Montgomery, Ala. bus on this date in 1955, fueling the growing civil rights movement's campaign to win desegregation and end the deep South's "Jim Crow" laws.
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Long live Mother Jones!
Last week's show: Murder, Race and (In)Justice.
James Oppenheim’s poem “Bread and Roses” published in The American Magazine; the phrase was originated by state factory inspector Helen Todd around the issue of women's suffrage - 1911
The Ford Motor Co. introduced the continuous moving assembly line which could produce a complete car every two-and-a-half minutes - 1913
Kellogg cereal adopts 6-hour day - 1930
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Confidential Assistant to the Director – Field Services & Education Department, AFGE, based in Washington, DC / National Office (Posted: 11/29/2021)
Office Assistant III – Research and Collective Bargaining Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/19/2021)
Accountant / Administrative Assistant – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/23/2021)
CBA Clerk
, SMW NPF, based in Falls Church, VA (Posted: 11/24/2021)
Apprenticeship - Administrative Assistant, Plumbers 5, based in Lanham, MD Office (serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC) (Posted: 11/24/2021)
Accounting Clerk I, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/17/2021)
Communications
Web Communications Strategist – Communications, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Director of Communications – AFL-CIO Technology Institute, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Deputy Communications Director, EPI, based in Washington, DC (EPI staff are currently working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.) (Posted: 11/16/2021)
Assistant Director of Communications for National Media, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/22/2021)
Assistant Director of Communications for Politics, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/22/2021)
Communications Specialist, SMART, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/17/2021)
Communications Manager
, DHNC, location is flexible within North Carolina (will require occasional travel) (Posted: 11/17/2021)
Information Tech
Programmer, SMW NPF, based in Falls Church, VA (REMOTE) (Posted: 11/24/2021)
Software Engineer, UFR, fully remote—even post-pandemic (Posted: 11/19/2021)
Internships
Spring and Summer 2022 Labor Capital Strategies (LCS) Fellowships, Kalmanovitz Initiative. Applications for the Spring 2022 fellowship are due by Friday, December 31, 2021 and for the Summer 2022 fellowship by Friday, March 11, 2022. The Spring fellowship will run for 10 weeks and the Summer fellowship will run for 8 weeks.
You can reach out to Juan L. Belman Guerrero at [email protected]
Legal
Associate General Counsel – Office of the General Counsel, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Misc
Development Director – AFL-CIO Technology Institute, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Operations Manager – AFL-CIO Technology Institute, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Specialist on Immigration and Labor – Advocacy / Global Team
, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/19/2021)
Labor Relations Specialist – Field Services & Education Department, AFGE, based in Washington, DC / National Office (Posted: 11/29/2021)
Sr. Program/Policy Specialist/Analyst (Health) – Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy
, NEA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/29/2021)
Integrated Campaigns Coordinator, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/16/2021)
Pension Analyst, based in Falls Church, VA (Posted: 11/24/2021)
Accountant
, SMW NPF, based in Falls Church, VA (Posted: 11/24/2021)
Program Officer I for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Solidarity Center, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/29/2021)
Chief Financial Officer, UFR, location: fully remote – even post-pandemic (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Athena Coalition Director, UFR, fully remote—even post-pandemic (Posted: 11/22/2021)
Auditor, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 11/17/2021)
UniServ Directors – Western Maryland
, MSEA, positions available in Allegany and Garrett Counties, MD (Posted: 11/18/2021)
Executive Director, PGCEA, based in Forestville, MD (Posted: 11/30/2021)
Field Services Specialist, Washington Teachers’ Union; For the full job description and instructions on how to apply, please click here.
Field Representative, NPEU Fundraising Operations Associate, LCV, Washington, DC. Deadline to apply is December 12, 2021. Organizing
Union Organizers, AFT VA, based in Fairfax and Hampton, VA (Posted: 11/18/2021)
Full-Time Temporary Organizer, AFT WVA, based in Charleston, WV (Posted: 11/17/2021)
Organizing Director
, NVM, based in Norfolk, VA (Posted: 11/18/2021)
Political
Senior Field Representative – Political, Electoral & Issues Mobilization Hub, AFL-CIO, for covering the East Region – At Large (must live within 100 miles of major airport) (Posted: 11/19/2021)
Research
Policy Research Director – AFL-CIO Technology Institute, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/23/2021)
Labor Economist III – Research and Collective Bargaining Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/30/2021)
Care and Leave Policy Advocate – Research and Collective Bargaining Department
, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/30/2021)
Policy and Economic Analyst – Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN), EPI, based in DC Metropolitan Area (EPI staff are currently working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic) (Posted: 11/23/2021) |
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