TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; 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
Video (please share!): ATU Local 689 Cinder Bed Road striking workers anthem
Union City Radio: 7:15a; WPFW-FM 89.3
Latina Equal Pay Day National Summit: Forging our Future: Wed, November 20, 9am – 6pm
National Education Association (NEA) / Chanin Room 1201 16th St. N.W. Washington D.C.
Click here to register
Justice for Mexican Unionists Murdered During NAFTA Renegotiations: Wed, November 20, 10:30am – 12:30pm
House Triangle (SE entrance of U.S. Capitol)• Capitol Driveway SE, Washington, D.C., DC 20004
RSVP here
MWC Education Committee Meeting: Wed, November 20, 3pm – 4pm
ASASP, 1300 Caraway Ct., Suite 204, Largo, MD 20774
RSVP to Louis Blount at [email protected]
Greensboro Massacre: 40 Years Later; Wed, November 20, 6pm – 8pm
Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA (map)
FREE; RSVP here
Continuing the Struggle: The International Labor Organization (ILO) Centenary and the Future of Global Worker Rights: Thu, November 21, 12pm – 8pm
Georgetown University, 37th and O St. NW
Details/register here
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, November 21, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online
Monthly NoVA Labor Meeting: Thu, November 21, 7pm – 9pm
NoVA Labor, 4536 B John Marr Drive, Annandale VA (map)
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ATU 689/Transdev Strike Update: Day 28
Today marks 28 days on strike for ATU Local 689 Metrobus workers who work for Transdev at WMATA's Cinder Bed Road garage. "We’ve got two huge days ahead of us," says ATU's Todd Brogan. Bargaining will finally resume today and tomorrow, with a federal mediator on hand. Also today, the lunchtime picket will be joined by AFM musicians. "Should be a fun one," says Brogan. Tuesday, they were joined by a group of AFA-CWA and APALA members on the WMATA HQ picket line (photo). "You’re welcome to join us any day!" Brogan urges. Check here for the schedule. On Thursday, at the next WMATA Board meeting, DC Jobs with Justice is organizing supporters to pack the room, and ATU 689 will be bringing the strikers along. Check here for details. On Monday, ATU released the strike anthem, written by striker Otis Price. It’s already gotten shared across the globe, but you can view it and share it here (see video). Read more here.
Nurses vote union in West Virginia
Nearly 1,000 Registered Nurses now have the ability to negotiate for safe staffing and improved patient care at Cabell Huntington Hospital after voting to organize with SEIU 1199. It’s one of the biggest organizing victories since West Virginia became a Right-to-Work state, and 1199 said that “nurses are sending a resounding message to working people across West Virginia that forming a union is the best way to shift the balance of power away from corporations and toward the people.” The win came just a little over a month after the nurses notified the hospital of the intent to organize in early October. “The nurses in our community know by uniting together, we can stand up for our patients, our families, and our community,” said Joyce Gibson, Regional Director for SEIU District 1199 WV/KY/OH.
NPEU charges National Center for Transgender Equality with firing workers for organizingThe Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) has filed charges against the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) for firing all the workers in the bargaining unit, in what NPEU says is “retaliation against the staff asking for voluntary recognition of their union.” The union adds that “By busting their staff’s union and retaliating against collective action, (NCTE has) done a disservice to their organization’s own mission.” Noting that one in six transgender workers have lost a job due to discrimination, NPEU says that NCTE “has not only taken away the staff’s livelihood, but has hurt the movement for transgender equality.”Read more here; photo courtesy LGBTQ Nation
Union Voice/Readers Write: Union Label memories“I wanted to thank you for the ride down memory lane with the video in today’s Union City,” writes Meghan Newkirk. “My mother worked at IBEW, as did my grandfather. Now I work for Ullico. We’ve been a union family for generations. I joke that ‘look for the union label’ was my cradle song. It was nice to hear it again.”
Today’s Labor Quote: Norman Thomas
“I am not a champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.”
The American socialist leader was born on this date in 1884.
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
First use of term “scab,” by Albany Typographical Society - 1816
The time clock is invented by Willard Bundy, a jeweler in Auburn, N.Y. Bundy’s brother Harlow starts mass producing them a year later - 1888
Mine fire in Telluride, Colo., kills 28 miners, prompts union call for safer work conditions - 1901
78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, W. Va. - 1968
- David Prosten
This week's featured job: Legislative Analyst/Counsel, DC City Council Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Administrative
Front Desk Receptionist, MSEA (Maryland State Education Association) (Posted: 11/15/2019)
Communications
Communications Officer, UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists) (Posted: 11/18/2019)
Misc
Pension Benefits Manager, SMW NPF (Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund) (Posted: 11/15/2019)
Political
Legislative Analyst/Counsel, DC City Council Committee on Labor and Workforce Development; email a cover letter and resume to Sam Rosen-Amy [email protected]
Deputy Director of Government Relations, SEIU (Posted: 11/13/2019)
Research
Research Coordinator, UNITE HERE Campaigns Department (Posted: 11/14/2019)
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