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Union City Radio: 7:15am M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3
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
Show your support for the strike: download the sign here, post on Twitter and tag @ATULocal689. photo: Green New Deal VA supports the strike
Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO 32nd Biennial Convention: Nov 17 – 19, 2019
Maryland Live! Casino & Hotel 7002 Arundel Mills Circle, #7777 Hanover, MD 21076
Agenda posted here; 410-269-1940 or email to [email protected].
CANCELED: Metro Washington Council Delegate Meeting: Mon, November 18, 6:30pm
– 8:00pm
Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO 32nd Biennial Convention (Days 2 & 3): Mon, November 18, 8am – 8pm; Tue, November 19, 8am – 12pm
Maryland Live! Casino & Hotel 7002 Arundel Mills Circle, #7777 Hanover, MD 21076
Bread and Roses series: Water Rising: Tue, November 19, 6pm – 8pm
Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
FREE; RSVP here
Nonprofit Professional Employees Union inks first contract with The Democracy Collaborative The Democracy Collaborative (TDC) and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, IFPTE Local 70 (NPEU) have signed the organization’s first collective bargaining agreement. “This contract represents our bargaining unit’s commitment to making The Democracy Collaborative a model of the kind of workplace we advocate for every day,” said union bargaining representative and TDC staff member Katie Parker. Ted Howard, TDC president and co-founder, added that “Since establishing TDC as a nonprofit research institute twenty years ago, we have always endeavored to provide best-in-class compensation and an empowering work environment for the staff that provide the indispensable foundation for our work to advance the democratic economy. As a rapidly growing organization, we see this contract as a natural way to continue and deepen that commitment.” Read more here.
LCLAA-DC's new Board takes office
The DC Metro chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement has a newly-appointed board. Edmundo Osorio (IAM) is the president of the chapter, Sonia Lozano (LIUNA) is Vice President and Jessica Tamayo (SEIU 32BJ) is Financial Secretary, and Recording Secretary is Vidette Mejias (NEA). Executive Board members are Pedro Clavijo (Bricklayers), David Fernandez-Barrial (AFSCME 2910) and Jorge Bonilla (IAM). "LCLAA plays a key role in advancing justice for Latino working families," said LCLAA is welcoming the new board. "As we continue to expand our outreach, our chapters play a pivotal role in the overall growth and success of this organization and its goals!"
Metro Council and UFCW 400 win ILCA media awards
The Metro Council’s website and Union City newsletter took home a pair of honors at the International Labor Communications Association's 2019 Labor Media Awards last Friday. UFCW Local 400 collected a third place award for Writing-Best Series (State/Local) for "Local 400 ACTS!" The Metro Council's dclabor.org website took first place in the General Excellence - Blog (State/Local) category and the Union City newsletter won third place in General Excellence - Electronic Publication (State/Local). A number of DC-based international unions also won awards; click here for the full list of winners.
photo: UC Managing Editor Chris Garlock with ILCA president Lisa Martin; photo by Jill Cashen
Today's Labor Quote: Tom Kelly
“The next time you wonder what the union does for you, take a look at the car you drive, the house you own, the standard of living you have, and realize that the union got these for you and that management is hell bent on driving your standard of living into the ground.”
President of a postal workers local in Vermont. Video: one of the classic television commercials from the early 1980s featuring members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Today's Labor History
Labor History Today (11/17): Remembering Lattimer, GINA and Newsies
Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Paul Shackel, author of “Remembering Lattimer,” on one of the largest labor massacres in U.S. history. Lewis Maltby on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the major workplace protection measure celebrating its’ 10th anniversary. Plus a sneak preview of “Newsies,” now at Arena Stage in DC.
Last week's show: (11/10/19): Debs, Sanders, Socialism and 2020
Seattle printers refuse to print anti-labor ad in newspaper - 1919
31 men died on Lake Michigan with the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley during one of the worst storms in the lake’s history. The 623-foot ship, carrying limestone, broke in two. Four crewmen survived - 1958
Labor history courtesy David Prosten.
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