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LCLAA's National Latina Equal Pay Day Summit

2019 Labor411 directories available

Today's Labor History

Today's Labor Quote

Hiring Hall

TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; [link removed] click here for latest listings

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

Union City Radio: 7:15a; WPFW-FM 89.3

Solidarity with MAF Workers: Planning Call
Wed, November 13, 2pm - 3pm

Evening Conversation with Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks: Wed, November 13, 6pm - 8pm
Painters District Council 51, 4700 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706

Fredericksburg Labor Meeting: Wed, November 13, 6pm - 8pm
Mill Creek Clubhouse,6304 Cullin Stone Way. Spotsylvania, VA

Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, November 13, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Alexandria Democratic Committee, 618 N Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314

The Environmental and Humanitarian Crisis in Okinawa: Thu, November 14, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC xxxxxx (President's Room)

National Day of Action in Defense of Grad Rights: D.C.: Thu, November 14, 1pm - 2pm
National Labor Relations Board 1015 Half St SE, Washington, District of Columbia 20570
Hosted by AFT Academics and Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees - GAGE

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, October 31, 1pm - 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen [link removed] online.

DC COPE: Thu, November 14, 2pm - 4pm
IATSE Local 22, 1810 Hamilton Street, NE, Washington, DC, US, 20002

Got local labor news? Share it with the DC labor community here! Email us at mailto:[email protected] [email protected] today!

LCLAA's National Latina Equal Pay Day Summit
Each year, the women's rights community highlights gender and racial wage gaps on various "equal pay days." The most well-known is National Equal Pay Day in April, when the earnings of women overall finally catch up to the earnings of men from the previous year. While women typically earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, the wage gap is even wider for women of color. Latinas have the largest wage gap. According to the most recent available data, Latinas are paid just 54 cents for every dollar earned by White, non-Hispanic men. This means they have to work nearly 23 months to earn what White men earn in 12 months.
Join LCLAA for the Latina Equal Pay Day National Summit: Forging our Future in Washington D.C., on November 20th to learn more about the inequality that Latinas face and to stand with Trabajadoras to demand equal and fair pay across occupations. [link removed] Click here for details and to register.

2019 Labor411 directories available
We just got our hands on a stash of this year's [link removed] Labor411 Directory and are making them available on a first-come, first-served basis. This handy guide will take you to labor-friendly museums, restaurants, grocery stores, hotels and a whole lot more in the DC area. Perfect for distributing at membership meetings, shop steward trainings, conferences, etc. Limited availability; email mailto:[email protected] [email protected]

Today's Labor Quote: Gil Scott Heron

What would Karen Silkwood say
If she was still alive?
That when it comes to people's safety
Money wins out every time.

From his song "We Almost Lost Detroit"; on this date in 1974, union activist Karen Silkwood was killed in a suspicious car crash on her way to deliver documents to a newspaper reporter during a safety investigation of the plutonium processing plant in Oklahoma where she worked.

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Today's Labor History

Labor History Today (11/10): Debs, Sanders, Socialism and 2020
[link removed] Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Leon Fink talks with Patrick Dixon about Eugene Debs, Bernie Sanders, American socialism and the 2020 race for president of the United States.
On this week's Cool Things from the Meany Archive, Alan Wierdak and Chloe Danyo explore a document from two decades ago that links the newly-formed Pride@Work with a push to include alternative medicine in Medicare for All legislation.
Last week's show: (11/3/19): [link removed] Precarious work in the movies

259 miners died in the underground Cherry Mine fire. As a result of the disaster, Illinois established stricter safety regulations and in 1911, the basis for the state's Workers Compensation Act was passed - 1909

A Western Federation of Miners strike is crushed by the militia in Butte, Mont. - 1914

The Holland Tunnel opens, running under the Hudson River for 1.6 miles and connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey City, NJ. Thirteen workers died over its seven-year-long construction - 1927

GM workers' post-war strike for higher wages closes 96 plants - 1945

Striking typesetters at the Green Bay, Wisc. Press Gazette start a competing newspaper, The Green Bay Daily News. With financial support from a local businessman who hated the Press Gazette, the union ran the paper for four years before their angel died and it was sold to another publisher. The Gannett chain ultimately bought the paper, only to fold it in 2005 - 1972

- David Prosten. Photos: Left: Cross-section of tunnel during construction shows the crucial ventilation ducts. Photo: New York Public Library. Right: Tunnel construction workers, or "sandhogs," tighten a bolt in the tunnel's arched ceiling. Photo: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. photo courtesy [link removed] TribecaTrib

Hiring Hall

This week's featured job: Executive Director, Center for Military Recruitment and Veterans' Employment (CMRAVE) Helmets to Hardhats® Program

Administrative
[link removed] Program and Operations Assistant, Vamos4PR, SEIU 32BJ (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Senior Accountant - Payroll, UFCW (Posted: 11/5/2019)
[link removed] Senior Accountant - Accounts Receivable, UFCW (Posted: 11/5/2019)

Communications
[link removed] Communications Director, EPI (Posted: 11/4/2019)
[link removed] Press Secretary and Policy Research Specialist, MSEA (Maryland State Education Association) (Posted: 10/29/2019)
[link removed] Communications Specialist, MCEA (Montgomery County Education Association)(Posted: 11/4/2019)

Information Tech
[link removed] System Support Analyst II - AFSCME Information Technology Department, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/9/2019)

Legal
[link removed] Assistant to Judicial Panel Chairperson - Judicial Panel, AFSCME [Headquarters] (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] 2020 Summer Legal Internship, NELP (National Employment Law Project) (Posted: 11/7/2019)
[link removed] National Negotiator or Assistant Counsel (Negotiations), NTEU Negotiations DepartmentC (Posted: 11/4/2019)

Misc
[link removed] Customer Service Technician, AFGE (Posted: 11/6/2019)
[link removed] Program Specialist, AFGE Women's and Fair Practices Department (Posted: 10/31/2019)
[link removed] Western Regional Office Coordinator, AFT Organization & Field Services Department (Posted: 11/6/2019)
[link removed] Policy Advisor, BlueGreen Alliance (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Executive Director, Center for Military Recruitment and Veterans' Employment (CMRAVE) Helmets to Hardhats® Program, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 11/6/2019)
[link removed] Central Region Coordinator, Teamsters (Posted: 11/5/2019)
[link removed] Union Staff, NNU (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] National Negotiator or Assistant Counsel (Negotiations), NTEU Negotiations DepartmentC (Posted: 11/4/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Virginia Beach, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Portsmouth, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Roanoke, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Lynchburg, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)

Organizing
[link removed] Strategic Researchers and Organizers, AFL-CIO (Posted: 11/4/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Virginia Beach, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Portsmouth, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Roanoke, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)
[link removed] Field Staff Representative (UniServ Director), Lynchburg, VA, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/1/2019)

Political
[link removed] Senior Campaign Lead, CWA Legislative-Political Department (Posted: 11/8/2019)
[link removed] Political Coordinator, SEIU (1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East) (Posted: 11/7/2019)

Research
[link removed] Strategic Researchers and Organizers, AFL-CIO (Posted: 11/4/2019)

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