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Support the still-laid-off Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel (former Sheraton) workers: Thu, February 24, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Meet in the grassy area by the Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel at 10175 Little Patuxent Parkway. ([link removed]. map)

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VA Starbucks organizing drive gathers steam

The Starbucks union organizing drive continued to gain momentum in the DMV as three more Virginia stores filed for NLRB elections on Monday, bringing that state's total to 10. Today, Virginia AFL-CIO President will join U.S. Senator Tim Kaine in Richmond to visit workers at two Starbucks in Richmond to support their recent efforts to unionize. "The company reaps in record-breaking, behemoth profits year after year, yet fails to provide a happy living wage for its hardest workers who serve coffee around the world under the siren every day," said the Starbucks Workers United Organizing Committee of Farmville, Virginia in a letter to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson. Senator Kaine and President Crouse-Mays will visit the following Richmond stores on Wednesday: 11:25 AM Forest Hill (6980 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, VA 23225), 12:10 PM Carytown (3555 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23221).


Here are the stores in Virginia that are unionizing:

Richmond: Carytown - 3555 West Cary St, Richmond; Huguenot Village - 2059 Huguenot Road, N. Chesterfield; Westchester Commons - 15605 WC Commons Way, Midlothian; N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard & Myers - 1017 N Boulevard, Richmond; Forest Hill & Cherokee - 6980 Forest Hill Ave, Richmond; Midlo & Carmia Way - 11136 Midlothian Tpke, North Chesterfield; Willow Lawn : 1601 Willow Lawn Drive, Richmond.

Roanoke: 8 Old Whitmore Ave, Roanoke (Bridges)

Farmville: 2003 South Main Street, Farmville

Springfield: 7475 Huntsman Blvd, Springfield (Huntsman Square)

Supporting Merriweather Lakehouse workers

Supporters of laid-off Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel (former Sheraton) workers who are entitled to recall rights will gather on Thursday (see Calendar). They'll also join in celebrating the passage of CB 10, "Howard County Hospitality Workers' Right to Return." "This has been a long struggle, and we will welcome the hotel workers - represented by Local 7 UNITE HERE - as they return from a delegation to their former employer asking that they be recalled for any and all available jobs in accordance with newly passed CB10," says David LeGrande, Vice-Chair, Our Revolution Howard County. "After the event, you can join us in leafleting to make sure hotel customers, neighbors, and local shoppers know not to eat, meet, or sleep at the Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel until these workers are back to work with their union rights and contract intact."


Today's Labor Quote: Woody Guthrie

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

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Today's Labor History

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Black labor in Richmond. Last week's episode: [link removed] The Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial.


February 23
W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights activist, born - 1868

Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" following a frigid trip -- partially by hitchhiking, partially by rail -- from California to Manhattan. The Great

Depression was still raging. Guthrie had heard Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" and resolved to himself: "We can't just bless America, we've got to change it" - 1940

Association of Flight Attendants granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1984

Following voter approval for the measure in 2003, San Francisco's minimum wage rises to $8.50, up from $6.75 - 2004

February 24

U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women, justified as necessary to protect their health. A laundry owner was fined $10 for making a female employee work more than 10 hours in a single day - 1908

Women and children textile strikers beaten by Lawrence, Mass. police during a 63 day walkout protesting low wages and work speedups - 1912

- David Prosten.

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Administrative
[link removed] Confidential Legal Secretary, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (national office) (Posted: 2/18/2022) District of Columbia

Communications

[link removed] Communications Director, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/22/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Communications Coordinator, SEIU VA 512, based in Virginia (Posted: 2/18/2022) Virginia

Info Tech

[link removed] Senior Associate, Campaign Support - Membership, Data & Analytics Department, AFT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/16/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Senior Database Specialist, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (position may be worked Remote) (Posted: 2/18/2022) District of Columbia

Misc
[link removed] Financial & Economic Analyst, IAM, based at the IAM headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD (Washington, DC metropolitan area) (Posted: 2/17/2022) Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

[link removed] Senior Program/Policy Specialist/Analyst (Legal Services) - Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy, NEA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/16/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Controller-Senior Accountant, SolidaritUS Health, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/18/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Business Analyst, IUPAT, based in Hanover, MD (Posted: 2/22/2022) Maryland

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[link removed] Organizer, JWJ, based in Washington, DC (may be worked remote from anywhere in the United States) (Posted: 2/15/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Worker and Network Organizer, National COSH (National Council for Occupational Safety and Health), based out of Washington, DC - location is remote / flexible (Posted: 2/16/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Digital Organizer, SEIU 668, based out of Harrisburg, PA (but can be based remotely anywhere in Pennsylvania) (Posted: 2/18/2022) Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
[link removed] Lead Organizer, SEIU 32BJ, based in the Richmond, VA Area - Multiple Campaigns (Posted: 2/18/2022) Virginia

[link removed] Organizing Positions, SEIU 32BJ, based in the Richmond, VA area (Posted: 2/18/2022) Virginia
[link removed] Internal Organizing Coordinator, SEIU 1, based in Columbus. OH (Posted: 2/15/2022) Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Research

[link removed] Deputy Research Director, ACRE (Action Center on Race and the Economy), based out of either Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area, or Washington, DC (Posted: 2/15/2022) California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas (National search)

[link removed] Campaign / Research Coordinator - Healthcare, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 2/22/2022)

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