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 Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, April 20, 8:15am – 9:15am
Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria
The Labor Board Crew: Remaking Worker-Employer Relations from Pearl Harbor to the Reagan Era: Wed, April 20, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
RSVP HERE.
Plumbers Local 5 Apprenticeship School Industry Day and Open House: Thu, April 21, 10:30am – 4:00pm
10:30a-4p: Trade show; 10:30a-4p: Facility Tours; 11a-1p: Food trucks
[email protected]
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, April 21, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
This week’s guests: John Doherty (Painters), on the 4/23 Fight for our Future rally; Robin Runge on Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work: The Campaign for an ILO Convention; Michael Matejka on the Marseilles Steve Sutton Memorial Dedication.
Baltimore Labor Council meeting: Thu, April 21, 7pm – 9pm
Email for call-in details: [email protected] NoVA Labor monthly meeting: Thu, April 21, 7pm – 9pm
Features Christian Smalls, leader of the victorious Amazon Labor Union, and Sara Nelson, president of the Flight Attendants Union and U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, introduced by Virginia AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays.
RSVP HERE.
Fight For Our Future: Rally For Climate, Care, Jobs And Justice: Sat, April 23, 1pm – 4pm
Lafayette Square, Pennsylvania Ave NW &, 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 |
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Study: People of color and women “still vastly underpaid” in Post newsroom
While The Washington Post has made some progress closing the pay gap, women and people of color are still paid less compared with their male and White colleagues, the Washington Post Guild reported last week. The follow-up to the Guild’s 2019 pay study re-examined compensation at The Washington Post by race, gender, age and department, concluding “Though the company seems to be making a concerted effort to hire more people of color, it is not retaining them.” The study also found that while the Post has expanded exponentially over the past several years, “its workforce has remained just as White,” with Black employees declining as a share of the business side of the company by 8.3 percentage points, and as a share of the newsroom by one percentage point. The report includes recommendations on ways the Post can build on its latest commitments to diversity and inclusion, which will be formal proposals the Guild brings to contract bargaining this spring.
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CLUW’s Union Women in Uniform fashion show
The Chesapeake Bay CLUW chapter is hosting the 2022 Union Women in Uniform Fashion Show Luncheon on Sunday, April 24th at ATU Local 689 in Forestville, MD. If you’re a union woman who wears a uniform to work, they’re looking for models. Text CLUWMODEL to Ave Marie Houston at 267-670-3777 or email CLUWMODEL to [email protected]. Tickets on sale now: $50 individual. $400 per table. To purchase tickets contact Angel Savoy at [email protected] or
240-551-4978. |
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Today’s Labor Quote: George Meany
Meany, a former president of the AFL-CIO, was on one of the Sunday talk shows some years ago. The moderator said, “Mr. Meany, last week we had Mr. So-and-So on the program, he’s a very wealthy financier and lawyer, and he referred to you as a dumb plumber.”
“Well,” Meany said, “that’s an old one, we hear it all the time. You know, I’m from New York and I would a hell of lot rather live in New York if it had no wealthy financiers and lawyers than if it had no plumbers.”
Thanks to Friday's Folklore's Saul Schniderman for sharing this story and quote after seeing Washington DC Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee Training Director Chris Biondi’s quote here. |
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Working on Earth Day; Last week's show: Big Top Labor: Life and labor in the circus world.
April 20
10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers’ win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. – 1912
Ludlow massacre: Colorado state militia, using machine guns and fire, kill about 20 people—including 11 children—at a tent city set up by striking coal miners – 1914
United Auto Workers members end a successful 172 day strike against International Harvester, protesting management demands for new work rules and mandatory overtime provisions – 1980
April 21
New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signs Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike – 1967
Some 12,500 Goodyear Tire workers strike nine plants in what was to become a three week walkout over job security, wage and benefit issues - 1997
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Administrative Assistant, Iron Workers, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/6/2022) District of Columbia
Communications
Communications Director, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/11/2022) District of Columbia
Senior Program Manager – Executive Communications, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/7/2022) District of Columbia
Organizational Specialist – Public Affairs, MCEA, based in Rockville, MD (Posted: 4/7/2022) Maryland
Info Tech
Membership Systems Manager – Data and Analytics, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 4/8/2022) District of Columbia
Legal
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
Deputy Regional Program Director for the Americas, Solidarity Center (4/12)
General Accountant – Finance, Solidarity Center, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/8/2022) District of Columbia
Campaign Coordinator – Workers and Jobs, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 4/11/2022)
Campaign Coordinator – Housing, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 4/11/2022)
Senior Policy Analysts – Education, Labor & Worker Justice Team, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia
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
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
Bilingual Airports Grievance Representative, SEIU 32BJ, based in Boston, MA; Washington, DC; or Philadelphia, PA (Posted: 4/10/2022) District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Executive Assistant, SMART, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia
Controller-Senior Accountant, SolidaritUS Health, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/8/2022) District of Columbia
Women Innovating Labor Leadership – WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/5/2022) District of Columbia
Events and Travel Coordinator, ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (with option for hybrid/remote work) (Posted: 4/8/2022) Maryland
Co-Director Position, Midwest Academy (4/19)
Organizing
Organizer, OPEIU, position available based in Washington, DC; New York, NY; or Philadelphia, PA (Posted: 4/11/2022) District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania
Senior Organizer, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/7/2022) District of Columbia
Senior Organizer – Healthcare Division, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 4/7/2022) District of Columbia
Lead Organizer, SEIU 32BJ, based in the Richmond, VA Area – Multiple Campaigns (Posted: 4/10/2022) Virginia
Organizing Positions, SEIU 32BJ, based in the Richmond, VA area (Posted: 4/10/2022) Virginia
Political
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
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
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
Research Coordinator – Housing, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 4/11/2022)
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