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
photo: Indivisible team walks picketline last week
Union City Radio: 7:15a; WPFW-FM 89.3
WMATA HQ Picket with Striking Metrobus Workers: Wed, December 4, Thu, December 5, 7:45am – 9:45am & 11:30am – 1:30pm
600 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001-2610
Medstar Georgetown University hospital worker candlelight vigil: Wed, December 4, 5pm – 6pm
Location TBD; follow 1199 on Twitter for latest details
Ideas@Work: Cas Mudde: The Far Right Today: Thu, December 5, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC xxxxxx; RSVP here
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, December 5, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online
Coalition to Repeal "Right-to-Work": Thu, December 5, 7pm – 9pm
Busboys & Poets, 4251 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA
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Medstar Georgetown workers to hold candlelight vigil tonight
Hospital workers at Medstar Georgetown University will hold a candlelight vigil today (see Calendar) to try to move management past its "final" contract offer. The workers, members of 1199SEIU, have been fighting for three years for a "decent" raise and for some say over their working hours.
United Way NCA Build-a-Bear distribution seeks volunteers
United Way NCA needs volunteers this week to assist in the distribution of supplies to partner schools across the region, reports Community Services Agency Executive Director Sonte DuCote. This Friday, volunteers are needed to help retrieve and load Build-a-Bear donations; volunteers must be able to lift up to 25 pounds. Register here. "Remember we win when we 'Live United'," DuCote adds. Details: Ta'Lisa Turner-Pitts, Volunteer Engagement Associate, at [email protected] or Torrance Hucks, Volunteer Engagement Manager, at [email protected].
Labor On The Move: SEIU 32BJ Political Director updates
Martin Thomas has moved to a new position at SEIU 32BJ. The former 32BJ Political Director for DC, MD and VA has joined the union's Policy and Research Department, where he’ll work on campaigns throughout the Union. He’ll continue to be based in 32BJ's DC office. Ricardo Campos is taking over as 32BJ's Political Director for DC, MD and VA; you can reach him at [email protected] or 818-602-1593. photo courtesy LaborPress
Today’s Labor Quote: Walter Reuther
“We shall realize and hold on to our gains only by making progress with the community and not at the expense of the community.”
photo: Reuther (far left), marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The UAW president was elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations on this date in 1951.
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Making the Woman Worker
Eileen Boris on “Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards” from the Working History podcast. Plus this week’s labor history highlights!
Last week's show: (11/24): FWW&CP, the ILO and Lattimer ReduxDebs, Sanders, Socialism and 2020
President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943
- David Prosten; photo courtesy ThisDayInWorldHistory.com
This week's featured job: Digital Ads Specialist, UFCW
Communications
Graphic Design Specialist – AFSCME Communications Department (Posted: 11/25/2019)
Communications Officer, UCS (Union of Concerned Scientists) (Posted: 11/18/2019)
Digital Ads Specialist, UFCW (Posted: 11/21/2019)
Information Tech
Data and Digital Strategist, IUOE (Posted: 11/22/2019)
Contributions Compliance Technician, SEIU Benefit Funds (Temporary Position - up to 1 year) (Posted: 11/19/2019)
Health & Welfare Fund Technician, SEIU (SEIU Benefit Funds) (Term) (Posted: 11/19/2019)
Data Engineer (Infrastructure), UFCW Data & Analytics Department (Posted: 11/21/2019)
Misc
Program Coordinator – Labor-Management Trust Fund (Posted: 11/21/2019)
Union Staff, NNU (Posted: 12/2/2019)
Organizing
Field Organizer, BAC (Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & DC) (Posted: 11/25/2019)
Organizing Director, LIUNA-MAROC (Laborers' Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition) (Posted: 11/25/2019)
Political
Legislative Representative – AFGE Legislative Department (Posted: 11/19/2019)
State Legislative Coordinator, Teamsters (Posted: 11/20/2019)
Legislative Advocate, NNU (Posted: 12/2/2019)
Policy Analyst / Government Relations Specialist, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/27/2019)
Political Coordinator / Government Relations Specialist, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/25/2019)
Research
Senior Lead Researcher – Economic Power and Growth, AFL-CIO (Posted: 12/2/2019)
Policy Analyst / Government Relations Specialist, VEA (Virginia Education Association) (Posted: 11/27/2019)
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