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Striking Howard University Hospital workers gain wide support

Timesland News Guild reaches new contract

NLRB to certify first unionized climbing gym at Movement Crystal City

SAVE THE DATE: 16th Shoot for a Cure set for June 8

Photo Contest: Climate and Energy Jobs Through the Eyes of Union Members

Today's Labor History

Today's Labor Quote

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This week's guests: Chris Biondi, Training Director, Washington DC Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee; Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler, author, "Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office".

 

Striking Howard University Hospital workers gain wide support

Howard University nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and social workers, members of the D.C. Nurses Association, gained wide union and public support when they staged a 24-hour strike Monday. Between 100 and 200 picketers, depending on the time of day, paraded on the sidewalk in front of the hospital's main entrance on Georgia Ave., N.W. The union support came from the Metro Washington Labor Council, SEIU 32BJ and Locals 500 and 722, Jobs With Justice, several CWA members--and from frequent honking horns of solidarity from passing Metrobuses, whose operators are members of ATU Local 689. The "nurses are the ones who have been helping us in the pandemic," said Metro D.C. President Dyana Forester of UFCW Local 400. A picket line "is the last place they should be," but they were forced into it. Many speakers said the nurses deserved a large raise, not the hospital's proposed cuts in shift-staffing, which would cut their pay. [link removed] Read more here.

Mark Gruenberg. PAI News; photo by Chris Garlock/Union City

Timesland News Guild reaches new contract

Journalists of the Timesland News Guild have reached a new contract with Lee Enterprises "that secures important protections and employee pay raises," the union [link removed] reported on Tuesday. The Washington-Baltimore News Guild called it "an inspiring win for Guild members, the community, and local news!" The Guild represents about 30 people at The Roanoke Times and Laker Weekly.

NLRB to certify first unionized climbing gym at Movement Crystal City

Workers at Movement in Crystal City are one step closer to becoming the first unionized rock climbing gym in the US. Workers voted for a union in November 2021, but Movement filed objections, claiming that organizers interfered with the fairness of the election. After the National Labor Relations Board [link removed] overturned all three charges, the company declined to appeal the ruling, and the NLRB will certify the vote. "We're excited to give the workers at Crystal City a seat at the table," said organizer Sylvain La.


SAVE THE DATE: 16th Shoot for a Cure set for June 8

The 16th annual Shoot for a Cure - hosted by UFCW Locals 27 & 400 and sponsored by OPEIU 277/American Income - is set for Wednesday, June 8, at The Point at Pintail in Queenstown, MD. The event, which includes 100 Fun Targets, Individual Buckles, Team Plaques, Shooting Games, BBQ and a raffle, raises funds - this year's goal is $70,000 -- for The March of Dimes to end birth defects and other childhood afflictions. Click here to download a registration flyer. More info: mailto:[email protected] [email protected] (link to flyer and add to online calendar too)


Photo Contest: Climate and Energy Jobs Through the Eyes of Union Members

Don't miss your chance to enter the "[link removed] Future Is Union: Climate Urgency Through the Eyes of Workers" photo contest. Submit a photo that shows what climate work means to you and win up to $500 from the Climate Jobs National Resource Center. The contest is open to any union member who sees their work as a climate job--whether you're driving or fixing electric buses, working on wind turbines, teaching students about the climate crisis, cleaning up after climate-related disasters, working on green buildings, installing solar, operating water systems or doing anything else that relates to climate change. [link removed] Click here to learn more.


Today's Labor Quote: Harold Meyerson

"What the Amazon victory on top of the Starbucks victories has the potential to do is to incubate and to inspire similar efforts all over the place."

American Prospect editor Harold Meyerson discussed the historic union organizing win by the Amazon Labor Union on last week's Your Rights At Work radio show on WPFW; check out the [link removed] YRAW podcast here.

 

Today's Labor History

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Big Top Labor: Life and labor in the circus world; Last week's show: [link removed] Michael Honey on Dr, King: "All Labor Has Dignity".


April 13
International Hod Carriers & Building Laborers' Union (today's Laborers' Int'l Union) is founded, as 25 delegates from 23 Local Unions in 17 cities--representing 8,186 Laborers--meet in Washington DC - 1903

Labor leader and Socialist Party founder Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned for opposing American entry into World War I. While in jail he ran for president, received 1 million votes - 1919

April 14
More than 100 Mexican and Filipino farm workers are arrested for union activities, Imperial Valley, Calif. Eight were convicted of "criminal syndicalism" - 1930

John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" published - 1939

- David Prosten.

 

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

Administrative
[link removed] Administrative Assistant, Iron Workers, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/6/2022) District of Columbia

Communications

[link removed] Communications Director, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/11/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Senior Program Manager - Executive Communications, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/7/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Organizational Specialist - Public Affairs, MCEA, based in Rockville, MD (Posted: 4/7/2022) Maryland

Info Tech
[link removed] Membership Systems Manager - Data and Analytics, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 4/8/2022) District of Columbia

Legal

[link removed] Compliance Associate - Legal & Strategic Initiatives Department, LCV, based in Washington, DC (staff currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, through April 30, 2022) (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia

Misc

[link removed] Deputy Regional Program Director for the Americas, Solidarity Center (4/12)
[link removed] General Accountant - Finance, Solidarity Center, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/8/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Campaign Coordinator - Workers and Jobs, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 4/11/2022)
[link removed] Campaign Coordinator - Housing, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 4/11/2022)

[link removed] Senior Policy Analysts - Education, Labor & Worker Justice Team, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Director - Economic and Social Policy Department (ESP), ITUC CSI IGB (International Trade Union Confederation), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/12/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Executive Assistant, Jobs To Move America, based in Los Angeles, CA (preferred) - applicants living in any of the following states will be considered: AL, CA, DC, IL, MD, or NY (Posted: 4/11/2022) Alabama, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New York

[link removed] Bilingual Airports Grievance Representative, SEIU 32BJ, based in Boston, MA; Washington, DC; or Philadelphia, PA (Posted: 4/10/2022) District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
[link removed] Executive Assistant, SMART, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Controller-Senior Accountant, SolidaritUS Health, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/8/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Women Innovating Labor Leadership - WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Events and Travel Coordinator, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (with option for hybrid/remote work) (Posted: 4/8/2022) Maryland

Organizing

[link removed] Organizer, OPEIU, position available based in Washington, DC; New York, NY; or Philadelphia, PA (Posted: 4/11/2022) District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania
[link removed] Senior Organizer, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/7/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Senior Organizer - Healthcare Division, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/7/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Lead Organizer, SEIU 32BJ, based in the Richmond, VA Area - Multiple Campaigns (Posted: 4/10/2022) Virginia

[link removed] Organizing Positions, SEIU 32BJ, based in the Richmond, VA area (Posted: 4/10/2022) Virginia

Political

[link removed] Governance and Organizational Development Coordinator - Political, Electoral and Issues Mobilization Hub, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 4/6/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] National Young Worker Program Coordinator - Political, Electoral and Issues Mobilization Hub, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 4/6/2022) District of Columbia

[link removed] Congressional Champions Project Associate - Government Affairs Department, LCV, based in Washington, DC (staff currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, through April 30, 2022) (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia

Research

[link removed] Research Coordinator - Housing, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 4/11/2022)

 

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