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, July 6, 8:15am – 9:15am
Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria, VA
Weekly breakfast vigil hosted by the Coalition to Repeal Right to Work to protest Senator Warner's opposition to the PRO Act, which would impose penalties on corporations that bust union organizing drives; abolish the Jim Crow era "right-to-work" laws; and allow gig workers to bargain for pay and benefits.
Arts Union Caucus: Wed, July 6, 3pm – 4pm
Meeting for unions representing broadcast and performing arts. Chaired by Martha Mountain.
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, July 7, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
This week’s guests: Sean Hendley on a win by a Takoma Park union; labor historian Joe McCartin on the Supreme Court's history of bad decisions, Errol Schweizer on Why Worker Organizing Is So Essential To The Food Industry. Call in: 202-588-0893
Labor Interfaith Committee: Thu, July 7, 5pm – 6pm
Chaired by Hon. Joshua Cole and Idris Mutakabbir (IBEW Local 26). The goal of this committee is to build relationships between labor and faith communities with the aim of supporting worker organizing efforts.
MWC MD Primary GOTV for MD Statewide and District 2 & 6: Sat, July 9, 10am – 2pm
Two sites: Canvass Launch Site 1: UFCW 400, 8400 Corporate Dr #200, Landover, MD 20785 (District 2); Canvass Launch Site 2 : ATU 689, 2701 Whitney Pl, District Heights, MD 20747 (District 6); RSVP HERE |
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LaBille, Killeen, Mahar & Noble re-elected at SMART 100
Richie LaBille III has been reelected Business Manager at SMART Local 100. Also re-elected as business agents for Local 100 were Tom Killeen (who also serves on the MWC Executive Board), Michael Mahar and Michael Noble. Together they comprised the winning “SMART 100” slate. “We have grown our membership, increased the size of our apprenticeship program, and gained new market share,” LaBille says. SMART – officially the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – was formed when the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association and the United Transportation Union merged in January 2008. photo: at the SMART 100 election.
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IBEW 26’s George Hogan retires
After half a century of service, George Hogan is retiring from IBEW Local 26. Hogan, a 50-year member of the local, has served as Business Manager since 2016. “We are grateful for Brother Hogan’s service to Local 26 and to the Metro Washington Labor Council,” said MWC president Dyana Forester. Hogan will pass the torch of leadership of the 10,000-member local to newly-elected Business Manager Joe Dabbs on July 8. Also being sworn in that evening will be delegates to the MWC, including Local 26 Executive Board members Christopher Brooks and Tom Clark, Treasurer Paul Henriques and Recording Secretary Richard Murphy. photo: Hogan (left) and Dabbs.
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How to help labor win in the upcoming Maryland primary
The Metropolitan Washington Labor Council is sponsoring two phone banks (July 11 and 13) and two canvass launches (July 9 and July 16) to turn out the labor vote for Tom Perez and MWC-endorsed county candidates in the upcoming Maryland primary on July 19. Sign up to participate by clicking here. The first canvass is this Saturday, July 9, at two locations starting at 10a: 8400 Corporate Dr #200, Landover, MD 20785 (District 2) and 2701 Whitney Pl, District Heights, MD 20747 (District 6). Click here for the Maryland State AFL-CIO Endorsement List.
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DCHA honors Forester & St. Jean-Clarke
Metro Washington Labor Council President Dyana Forester and AFGE 70 member Franselene St. Jean-Clarke were honored last Thursday by the DC Housing Authority. As former Commissioners, Forester and St. Jean-Clarke worked to ensure District working families were provided with clean and sustainable housing.
photo: (l-r) DCHA Executive Director Dionne Bussey-Reeder, St. Jean-Clarke and Forester. |
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Labor Quote: Frederick Douglass
“Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.”
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Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: A Supreme disaster for workers; Last week's show: Working People’s Hidden Histories.
July 6
Two strikers and a bystander are killed, 30 seriously wounded by police in Duluth, Minn. The workers, mostly immigrants building the city’s streets and sewers, struck after contractors reneged on a promise to pay $1.75 a day - 1889
Rail union leader Eugene V. Debs is arrested during the Pullman strike, described by the New York Times as "a struggle between the greatest and most important labor organization and the entire railroad capital" that involved some 250,000 workers in 27 states at its peak - 1894
Transit workers in New York begin what is to be an unsuccessful 3-week strike against the then-privately owned IRT subway. Most transit workers labored seven days a week, up to 11.5 hours a day - 1926
July 7
Striking New York longshoremen meet to discuss ways to keep new immigrants from scabbing. They were successful, at least for a time. On July 14, 500 newly arrived Jewish immigrants marched straight from their ship to the union hall. On July 15, 250 Italian immigrants stopped scabbing on the railroad and joined the union – 1882
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones begins "The March of the Mill Children", when, accompanied part of the way by children, she walked from Philadelphia to President Theodore Roosevelt's home on Long Island to protest the plight of child laborers. One of her demands: reduce the childrens' work week to 55 hours – 1903
Some 500,000 people participate when a two-day general strike is called in Puerto Rico by more than 60 trade unions and many other organizations. They are protesting privatization of the island's telephone company - 1998
- David Prosten.
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Communications
Web/Digital Content Lead, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/28/2022) District of Columbia
Communications and Political Specialist, PGCEA, based in Forestville, MD (Posted: 6/29/2022) Maryland
Assistant Director Communications of Health Care, SEIU (18 days)
Info Tech
Data Entry Clerk – Per Capita Department, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/30/2022) District of Columbia
Tech Aid 1, UAW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 7/5/2022) District of Columbia
Full Stack Developer II, AFSCME (6/30)
Misc
Membership Dues Database Specialist–Membership Dues (Grade 10), CWA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 7/5/2022) District of Columbia
Public Affairs Administrator, NATCA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/29/2022) District of Columbia
Deputy Director of Public Affairs, NATCA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/29/2022) District of Columbia
Union Staff, NNU (Posted: 7/1/2022)
Deputy Director of Corporate Accountability, UFR, remote (may be worked from anywhere in the United States) (Posted: 7/5/2022)
Field Representative – Tri-state Area (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York), IATSE 161, based in the New York City, NY area (will include periodic travel to New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions) (Posted: 6/30/2022)
UniServ Director / Internal Organizer, MCEA, based in Rockville, MD (Posted: 6/28/2022) Maryland
Broadcast Business Representative – Washington-Mid Atlantic Local, SAG-AFTRA, based in Bethesda, MD (Posted: 6/29/2022) Maryland
Integrated Campaign Coordinator, SEIU (13 days)
Senior Policy Advisor, Technology and Innovation Policy, BlueGreen Alliance (18 days)
Senior Policy Advisor, Manufacturing & Industrial Policy, BlueGreen Alliance (18 days)
Campaign Coordinator, Public Division, SEIU (18 days)
Leadership Coaching Manager, SEIU (18 days)
MTES Travel Program Coordinator, SEIU (13 days)
Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, UFCW (7 days)
Campaign Coordinator – Workers and Jobs, Private Equity Stakeholder Project (22 days)
Food Safety Project Coordinator, National Farmers Union (28 days)
Field Coordinator – 2 Positions, AFSCME (6/29)
Organizing
Field Coordinator – Organizing and Field Services Department (2 positions), based in the field with headquarters in DC (Posted: 6/30/2022) District of Columbia
Lead Organizer – Organizing and Field Services Department, AFSCME, based in the field with headquarters in DC (Posted: 6/30/2022) District of Columbia
Lead or Senior Organizer – Amazon Organizing Team, UFR, remote (may be worked from anywhere in the United States) (Posted: 6/29/2022)
Field Representative / Internal Organizer, AFSCME MD Council 3, for covering Maryland (Posted: 7/1/2022) Maryland
Bilingual Organizer, SEIU32BJ, based in Richmond, VA (Posted: 6/29/2022) Virginia
Senior Organizer, Healthcare Division, SEIU (18 days)
Organizing Campaign Coordinator, Public Service Division, SEIU (20 days)
Lead Organizer, AFSCME (6/29) Political
Government Relations Specialist, AAUP, Washington, DC
Research
Research Associate, SEIU (18 days)
Research Librarian I, AFSCME (6/24)
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