TODAY'S LABOR CALENDAR; click here for complete and latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report DCNA Strike Leafleting (5th & V): Wed/Thu/Fri, April 6-8, 7am – 9am
5th & V - HUH Ambulatory Care entrance; Tom Raymond (410) 844-1447
DCNA Strike Leafleting (HUH Main Entrance): Wed/Thu/Fri, April 6-8, 7am – 9am
2041 Georgia Ave - HUH Main Entrance; Tom Raymond (410) 844-1447
Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, April 6, 8:15am – 9:15am
Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria VA
Rally for Telework and Working Conditions: Wed, April 6, 11:30am – 1:00pm
Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, USA (Penn & 14th)
DCNA Strike Leafleting (University Quad): Wed/Thu/Fri, April 6-9, 12pm – 2pm
6th & Howard Place - University Quad
Arts Union Caucus: Wed, April 6, 3pm – 4pm
Senate Cafeteria Workers Picket: Wed, April 6, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
First & C Streets NE
OECD Global Deal Conference: A Better Future for Essential Workers: Thu, April 7, 8:00am – 9:55am
Register Here
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, April 7, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
Topics/Guests: DCNA strike at HUH; Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, AFSCME Local 2401 on the Rally for Telework.
SEIU Local 500 American University Faculty and Staff Rally: Thu, April 7, 5pm – 7pm
Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
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Senate cafeteria workers picket today
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Last fall, workers in the U.S. Senate cafeteria joined UNITE HERE Local 23. Now, just as the Capitol is re-opening and tours are returning, they’ve been told mass layoffs are headed their way. Cafeteria workers will be picketing outside the Senate this afternoon at 3:30; they’re fighting for a contract with fair wages, affordable health care, a pension and job security. Some 81 workers are set to be laid off by Restaurant Associates on April 14. “After facing down a violent insurrection on Capitol grounds and continuing to serve through more than two years of a pandemic, layoffs should not be on the table,” said Senator Sherrod Brown (D., OH), in a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. On Monday, cafeteria workers went door-to-door in the Senate building (photo below) to ask individual senators for help. photo by Pablo Manriquez @PabloReports
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D.C. City Council okays bill regulating hotels and returning housekeepers to work
The D.C. City Council passed emergency legislation on Tuesday that paves the way for Mayor Muriel Bowser to set new cleaning and maintenance standards at hotels. The vote was 11 to 2. According to the labor union representing many hotel workers, UNITE HERE Local 25, one byproduct of the legislation, which will likely mean hotels have to provide more routine cleaning services, is that housekeepers who continue to be laid off or scheduled fewer hours are able to return to work. "We gave money to hotels during the pandemic," said Councilmember Charles Allen. "I know I didn't vote for that to pad Marriott's bottom line. I did it to support workers and keep people employed during a very tough time." John Boardman, Local 25’s executive secretary-treasurer, says that if the mayor issues her regulations as expected, D.C. will have among the highest standards for hotel cleaning and maintenance nationwide.
- Excerpted from Council Passes Emergency Bill That Regulates Hotels And Returns Housekeepers To Work in dcist by Amanda Michelle Gomez; includes tweet from @charlesallen |
Timesland News Guild stages first picket
The Timesland News Guild on Tuesday staged its first picket, demanding “fair wages, fair mileage and fair health care!” outside the former home of The Roanoke Times. The paper is now owned by Lee Enterprises, an Iowa-based company that now owns a significant number of Virginia papers. The picket, attended by members and supporters, was organized as the Guild prepared to resume bargaining on Tuesday. “Our guild is fighting, not just for current members, but for our paper's future,” said the Guild. “Local news is more vital than ever. But low pay and benefits make it hard to stay in the industry.”
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Sign up now for Book Palooza and/or DCNA strike picket
Book Palooza: The Washington Teachers Union is partnering with the WTEF, AFT and other community groups to give out 40,000 books. They’re looking for volunteers to help this week: WTEF WTU AFT: Reading Opens the World Book Palooza & Community Fair (signupgenius.com)
DCNA Strike picket: DCNA members at Howard University Hospital are striking on Monday, April 11th from 7:30am to April 12th at 7:30am. “We need you!” says DCNA. Click here to let them know when you can join the picket line in front of the hospital (2041 Georgia Avenue, NW, DC). |
New “Take Action Now” page
Now you just need one click to find the latest DC-area labor action pages. Our “Take Action Now” page will host current action campaigns like the AFL-CIO’s “Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court” petition or DCNA’s “Tell Howard University to give DCNA members the respect we and our patients deserve” petition. If you’ve got a DC-area action to add, just email us the details at streetheat@dclabor.org. And remember, the calendar of area labor events is here, continually updated.
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Today’s Labor Quote: Rose Schneiderman
“Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers…Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement” Rose Schneiderman, born on this date in 1882, was a prominent member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, an active participant in the Uprising of the 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York City led by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1909, and famous for an angry speech about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. |
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Michael Honey on Dr, King: "All Labor Has Dignity"; Last week's episode: Industrial murder at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
April 6
The first slave revolt in the U.S. occurs at a slave market in New York City’s Wall Street area. Twenty-one blacks were executed for killing nine whites. The city responded by strengthening its slave codes – 1712
A sympathy strike by Chicago Teamsters in support of clothing workers leads to daily clashes between strikebreakers and armed police against hundreds and sometimes thousands of striking workers and their supporters. By the time the fight ended after 103 days, 21 people had been killed and 416 injured – 1905
What was to become a two-month strike by minor league umpires begins, largely over money: $5,500 to $15,000 for a season running 142 games. The strike ended with a slight improvement in pay - 2006
April 7
National Labor Relations Board attorney tells ILWU members to “lie down like good dogs,” Juneau, Alaska – 1947
Some 300,000 members of the National Federation of Telephone Workers, soon to become CWA, strike AT&T and the Bell System. Within five weeks all but two of the 39 federation unions had won new contracts – 1947
15,000 union janitors strike, Los Angeles – 2000
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Administrative Clerk, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 4/1/2022) Maryland
Accounting Assistant, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 4/4/2022) Maryland
Auditor, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 4/4/2022) Maryland
Administrative Assistant, SolidaritUS Health, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/4/2022) District of Columbia Communications
Web/Digital Content Lead, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/4/2022) District of Columbia
Social Media Specialist, CAN/NNU, based in Oakland, CA; Glendale, CA; San Diego, CA; Sacramento, CA; or the Washington, DC area (Posted: 4/1/2022) California, District of Columbia Legal
Paralegal, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 4/1/2022) Maryland
Law Clerk – Fall 2022, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 3/31/2022) District of Columbia
Associate General Counsel, IBT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/4/2022) District of Columbia (National search)
Misc
Pension Benefit Analyst I, UANPF (United Association National Pension Fund), based in Alexandria, VA (Posted: 4/4/2022) Virginia
Chief Growth Officer, SolidaritUS Health, based in Washington, DC (Remote) (Posted: 4/4/2022) District of Columbia
Accounts Payable Program Manager, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/4/2022) District of Columbia
Union Staff, NNU (Posted: 4/1/2022)
Field Representative, Mid-Atlantic Region, IATSE 798, based out of the Mid-Atlantic Region (Posted: 4/1/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.
Assistant Director – Auditing Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/2/2022) District of Columbia
Deputy Director – Membership and Organization Department, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 3/31/2022) District of Columbia (National search)
Compliance Associate, LCV (4/5)
Congressional Champions Project Associate, LCV (4/5).
Organizing
Union Organizers, AFT (AFT Virginia), based in Fairfax County, VA (Posted: 4/4/2022) Virginia
Organizing Director, UWUA, Remote (this position may be worked remotely) (Posted: 4/1/2022)
Organizing Director, DC JWJ, to oversee staff as well as manage a limited portfolio of campaign responsibilities. (4/5)
Labor Organizer, DC JWJ, to support the organization’s labor campaigns, worker solidarity organizing and just pay coalition. (4/5)
Database Coordinator and Organizer, DC JWJ, to be responsible for managing the database and implementing systems of data collection and usage for a new city-wide anti eviction program. (4/5)Political
Senior Legislative Representative and Policy Advisor, IBT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/1/2022) District of Columbia |
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