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Airport workers rally today

DC housekeepers protest

MontCo Council approves Prevailing Wage expansion

Today's Labor History

Today's Labor Quote

Hiring Hall: DC-area union staff jobs!!

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

Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; [link removed] click here to hear today's report

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, March 30, 8:15am - 9:15am

Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA ([link removed] map)

Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact: Wed, March 30, 11am - 1pm [link removed] Register Now

Airport Worker Rally: Wed, March 30, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Join a Day of Action to Support Living Wages, Paid Time Off, and Health Care for Airport Workers. National Airport (DCA) - Departures Level Courtyard Area

Labor Webinar on Ukraine: Wed, March 30, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Learn more about the crisis and what the labor movement can do.
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[link removed] Pride at Work: Thu, March 31, 7:15pm - 8:15pm

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, March 31, 1pm - 2pm

WPFW 89.3 FM or [link removed] listen online.

Guests: Baltimore-D.C. Metro Building and Construction Trades Council (BDCBT) President Stephen Courtien; "ON THE LINE: A behind-the-scenes look at the fight to build a union" author Daisy Pitkin.

 


Airport workers rally today



Airport workers across the country are taking action today, demanding good jobs. Locally the action is at 11:30a at DCA (see Calendar). "We're tired of airlines driving a race to the bottom!" the workers, members of SEIU, say. "We call on CEOs to commit to ending poverty jobs NOW and make US Airports #GoodAirports!" Find out morehttp://goodairports.org/ here.

DC housekeepers protest

Hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 25, protested at the Washington Hilton earlier this week "to let guests know that the hotel has cut automatic daily housekeeping, which has been devastating for workers." The Hilton has cut automatic daily room cleaning, which is costing housekeepers hours and pay. "Please ask the front desk for your room to be cleaned daily to save jobs and get the services you paid for!" the union urges.

MontCo Council approves Prevailing Wage expansion
The Montgomery County Council last week unanimously enacted legislation expanding Montgomery County's prevailing wage requirements. The legislation "ensures more workers have the opportunity to earn a family-supporting wage in Montgomery County and continue contributing to the County by working on projects that benefit all residents," said Baltimore-D.C. Metro Building and Construction Trades Council (BDCBT) President Stephen Courtien. "This legislation will incentivize good jobs, strong apprenticeship training, and help build a thriving regional economy," Executive Vice President of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Metropolitan Washington Thomas Bello said. "We appreciate the opportunity to work with Councilmembers Tom Hucker and Will Jawando and thank the entire Council for voting to pass this important legislation." Read more [link removed] here.
NOTE: Tune in to the WPFW Your Rights At Work radio show tomorrow at 1p to hear BDCBT President Stephen Courtien discuss this issue.

Today's Labor Quote: D. Taylor

"It is by remembering our past that we prepare to fight for our future. We're measured by how we protect the most vulnerable and ensure their health and safety to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that is our guiding light."

Taylor is president of UNITE HERE, remembering the garment workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 25, 1911.

 


Today's Labor History
This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Industrial murder at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Last week's episode: [link removed] Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver.

March 30
Chicago stockyard workers win 8-hour day - 1918

At the height of the Great Depression, 35,000 unemployed march in New York's Union Square. Police beat many demonstrators, injuring 100 - 1930

Harry Bridges, Australian-born dock union leader, dies at age 88. He helped form and lead the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for 40 years. A Bridges quote: "The most important word in the language of the working class is `solidarity'" - 1990.

March 31

President Martin Van Buren issues a broadly-applicable executive order granting the 10 hour day to all government employees engaged in manual labor - 1840

Cesar Chavez born in Yuma, AZ.- 1927

Wisconsin state troopers fail to get scabs across the picket line to break a 76-day Allis-Chalmers strike in Milwaukee led by UAW Local 248. The plant remained closed until the government negotiated a compromise - 1941

- David Prosten.

 


Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus [link removed] click here for more listingshttp://www.dclabor.org/hiring-hall.html !

Communications
[link removed] Communications Associate, League of Conservation Voters (3/29)

Info Tech
[link removed] PAC Systems Manager - Data & Analytics, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 3/23/2022) District of Columbia

Misc
[link removed] Recruitment Coordinator, League of Conservation Voters (3/29)
[link removed] Membership Data Assistant - Data & Analytics Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 3/22/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Offshore Wind Field Campaigner, CJNRC (Climate Jobs National Resource Center), this is a REMOTE position (CJNRC is based in New York) (Posted: 3/23/2022)
[link removed] Offshore Wind Policy Analyst II, CJNRC (Climate Jobs National Resource Center), this is a REMOTE position (CJNRC is based in New York) (Posted: 3/23/2022)
[link removed] Field Representative, Mid-Atlantic Region, IATSE (Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists, IATSE Local 798), based out of the Mid-Atlantic Region (Posted: 3/23/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
[link removed] Campaign Researcher, UNITE HERE, may be based in Sacramento, CA; New Haven, CT; Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; or Seattle, WA (Posted: 3/22/2022)
[link removed] Pension Payment Analyst I, UANPF (United Association National Pension Fund), based in Alexandria, VA (Posted: 3/24/2022)

Political
[link removed] National Campaign Coordinator - Political, Electoral And Issues Mobilization Hub, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 3/22/2022)

 


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