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Transdev cuts health insurance for strikers, walks away from table

NED workers join OPEIU 2

Action Squared workers unionize

CSA featured in workplace giving campaign

David Stephen Metro Council's new Political/Legislative Director

Solidarity Center: New Report--Freedoms on the Move

Today's Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

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Transdev bus driver picket line (ATU 689): Daily 4:00am - 5:00pm
Gates of the Cinder Bed Road Division, 7901 Cinder Bed Road, Lorton, VA

[link removed] Come to Fredericksburg to Knock Doors for Neri! Mon, November 4, 9am - 9pm; Tue, November 5, 8am - 7pm
Jane Pickren's house, 11409 Roslyn Rd., Fredericksburg, VA

GOTV at NoVA Labor: Mon, November 4, 9am - 9pm; Tue, November 5, 9am - 9pm
NOVA Labor Office 4536 - B John Marr Dr., Annandale, VA

Rally to Support Striking Cinder Bed Bus Garage Workers: Wed, November 6, 12pm - 2pm
WMATA HQ; 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001-2610

[link removed] Ideas @Work: `American Factory': Wed, November 6, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, First St NE, Washington, DC 20515

photo: [link removed] National Nurses United WIN DC shows their support for Transdev strikers; [link removed] download the sign here, post on Twitter and tag @ATULocal689

Transdev cuts health insurance for strikers, walks away from table
For the second time in a week, WMATA's private contractor Transdev walked away from the bargaining table despite their workers being out on strike at WMATA's Cinder Bed Road Bus Garage. And in another union busting tactic to break the growing strike, Transdev announced they plan to remove all of the striking workers from their health insurance effective last Saturday. The workers walked out on October 24 to protest Transdev's unfair labor practices. "We will not be intimidated," said ATU president John Costa. "This company has treated these workers like this for over a year, this is only the most recent example in a long line of cruel actions." Sharita Autry, a bus operator at Cinder Bed Garage and one of the union's most dedicated supporters, marched on the picket line despite being 9 months pregnant and on October 30th, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl Layla Autry. "Transdev believes that this worker and her child do not deserve healthcare," said ATU Local 689. "Transdev has failed to provide service for 10 days," said Raymond Jackson, President and Business Agent of ATU Local 689. "Now they won't provide healthcare to their workers. Can someone tell me what value this company provides to WMATA at all?" Picketing continues daily and a major rally is planned at WMATA headquarters Wednesday at noon (see Calendar for details).

NED workers join OPEIU 2
Workers at the [link removed] National Endowment For Democracy voted last week to be represented by [link removed] OPEIU Local 2. The victory -- with nearly 90% voting for the union -- came after three other DC-based international grant-making organizations unionized with Local 2, two in the past fifteen months. "It's been so meaningful to be a small part of the organizing effort and to put my values into practice in the workplace. I'm so proud of the work we've done to make this happen," said Alex Steiner, Program Assistant for the Eurasia team at NED. "We're excited to see how collective bargaining will make a difference at the place we work everyday." NED is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.

Action Squared workers unionize
Action Squared employees--creators of progressive online organizing tools -- including [link removed] Action Network and [link removed] Action Builder -- [link removed] announced last Thursday that they're unionizing with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, IFPTE Local 70 ([link removed] NPEU). Action Squared managers have voluntarily recognized its staff's union.
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CSA featured in workplace giving campaign
The Community Services Agency was a featured nonprofit at the DC Department of Human Resources DC One Fund workplace giving event this past Wednesday. CSA Executive Director Sonte DuCote and other organizations' representatives made brief presentations about their work and spoke with DHS workers and AFSCME Local 2401 members like Latese M. Barksdale, Vocational Development Specialist for the Families First Program. "Workplace giving events are a great way to learn about organizations like CSA that have a daily impact on our communities," said DuCote. Delano Hunter, Director of the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, and this year's DC One Fund Chairman, also attended. "Please consider donating to the CSA at your workplace giving campaign using the numbers below or by visiting our [link removed] website," said DuCote.
photo: DuCote (l), with Latese M. Barksdale; photo by Lavette S. Sims, United Way of the National Capital Area
United Way and DC One Fund Designation Number: 8253
Combined Federal Designation Number: 19579
Maryland Charity Designation Number: 9320

David Stephen Metro Council's new Political/Legislative Director
David Stephen is the Metro Washington Council's new Political/Legislative Director. Stephen, coming off a stint on Capitol Hill working for Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA 13), previously worked at ATU 689 for five years and before that at the UAW's Global Organizing Institute. "David brings a deep understanding of the local labor movement to us at a critical moment as we prepare for next year's elections," said Metro Council president Jackie Jeter. "I have dedicated my entire professional career to the labor movement and progressive causes, and I'm looking forward to working with the Council's leadership and rank-and-file members to advance our movement's political agenda," said Stephen. He'll be at the upcoming COPE meetings in DC ([link removed] 11/14), PG/Montgomery ([link removed] 11/21) and Tri-County ([link removed] 11/26); reach him at mailto:[email protected] [email protected]

Solidarity Center: New Report--Freedoms on the Move
Freedoms on the Move, a new report by Solidarity Center and CIVICUS, makes clear that many migrant workers and refugees want to have a say in their communities and their workplaces, and in the decisions that affect their lives--and is an urgent call to action for unions and other civil society groups to include migrant workers and refugees in advancing these rights. The report was launched in New York City, where Felipe Gonzalez Morales, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, was among special guests asserting that migrant rights are human rights. Read more at Solidarity Center.

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Today's Labor Quote: Will Rogers

"The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket."

Populist humorist Will Rogers was born on this date in 1879.

Today's Labor History

Labor History Today (11/3): Precarious work in the movies
[link removed] Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Tom Zaniello talks with Sherry Linkon about his next book, an exploration of media accounts of precarious work, ranging from Edward R. Murrow's famous 1960 documentary Harvest of Shame to the storytelling of modern video games.
Kalmanovitz Associate Director Lane Windham on "The Uprising of the 20,000" in 1909.
October was LGBTQ History Month, and for this week's Cool Things from the Meany Archive, Chloe Danyo digs into the archive's Pride At Work collection and comes up with a historic pamphlet on organizing for lesbian and gay rights in unions.
Last week's show: (10/27/19): [link removed] Cannabis organizing; 2007 Writers Guild Strike

Some 3,000 dairy farmers demonstrate in Neillsville, Wisc., ultimately leading to the freeing of jailed leaders of a milk strike over low prices set by large dairy plants. Tons of fresh milk were dumped on public roads, trains carrying milk were stopped, some cheese plants were bombed during the fight - 1933

After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/Firestone win a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded that the workers accept 12-hour shifts - 1996

Labor history courtesy David Prosten.

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