Today’s Labor Calendar
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2-minute audio version of the Metro Washington Labor Council's Union City newsletter.
Transit Strike Picket Lines in Leesburg, Woodbridge and Manassas: Feb 27 – Mar 3, 2023
Prince William County Transit - Teamsters Local 639; 14700 Potomac Mills Rd, Woodbridge,VA. (3:30 am to 5 pm); 7850 Doane Drive, Manassas, VA ( 9 am - 5 pm)
Loudoun County Transit - ATU Local 689; 43031 Loudoun Center Place, Leesburg - 3:30 am to 3 pm.
Donate to the ATU689 strike fund at: Local 689 Loudoun County Transit Strike Fund by clicking here.
MWC Evening with Labor: Fri, March 3, 6:30pm – 11:00pm
Martin's Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Dr, Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA (map)
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Teaming up for a healthy workplace
Last week, AFSCME Maryland teamed up with the teachers' unions in support of HB 900/SB 355 (Public Buildings - Indoor Air Quality). “We all deserve to work in safe & healthy environments,” tweeted AFSCME Maryland. “That starts w/indoor air quality standards & workplaces that have proper ventilation & are free of mold.” |
Laurel public works employees demand worker rights
Department of public works employees testified at the Laurel City Council Monday night. “With UFCW 1994/MCGEO they are demanding the right to collective bargaining, which is currently not in the city code for department of public works employees,” reports John Barry.
photo by Amy Millar/UFCW 1994 |
Student debt is a worker issue
“We are on the steps of the Supreme Court demanding that they cancel student debt!” tweeted SEIU 500 yesterday. |
2023 EVENING WITH LABOR PREVIEW: OPEIU 2, IATSE 22 & UFCW 400 to receive organizing awards
The Organizing Awards recognize efforts to bring the benefits of unionization to unorganized workers in the Metro Washington area. This year’s winners are OPEIU 2, IATSE 22, and UFCW 400. The 2023 Evening with Labor will be held this Friday, March 3, at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt; click here to order tickets.
OPEIU 2: Continuing its years-long streak of nonprofit organizing, Local 2 remains one of the most active and successful unions to win campaigns with diverse groups of nonprofit workers. Between 2021-2022, employees at the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), DC SAFE, Defenders of Wildlife, The Public Interest Network, EMILY’s List, MADRE, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) all – about 1,000 new members -- won unions with OPEIU Local 2. Contract bargaining is now underway as Local 2’s new members fight to secure their rights and build a powerful coalition of unionized nonprofit employees under OPEIU’s Nonprofit Employees United (NEU), a growing initiative that brings member leaders together to improve their workplaces as a united front.
IATSE 22: IATSE Local 22 has organized community theatres, including 40 at the Signature Theatre and more than 60 at the Shakespeare Theatre.
UFCW 400: UFCW 400 organized seven workplaces covering 260 workers’ including workers at Politics and Prose, Union Kitchen, Kaiser Permanente, MOM's Organic Market, La Colombe Coffee Roasters, Zen Leaf, and Potomac Holistics. |
Labor Quote: Quentin Blackman
“I’m proud to be a part of the Senate community that helped make this happen. I know I spoke to so many of the Senators myself, some several times.”
As one of dozens of Senate cafeteria workers who received layoff notices three times in 18 months, Blackman – a member of UNITE HERE 23 -- was a key leader in helping to secure a first-ever union contract for dining hall workers at the U.S. Senate. |
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Today’s Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Buffalo Soldier turned revolutionary. Last week’s show: Celebrating Black History Month.
After five years of labor by 21,000 workers, 112 of whom were killed on the job, the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) is completed and turned over to the government. Citizens were so mad at Pres. Herbert Hoover, for whom the dam had been named, that it was later changed to Boulder Dam, being located near Boulder City, Nev – 1936
CIO president John L. Lewis and U.S. Steel President Myron Taylor sign a landmark contract in which the bitterly anti-union company officially recognized the CIO as sole negotiator for the company's unionized workers. Included: the adoption of overtime pay, the 40-hour work week, and a big pay hike – 1937
Screen Actors Guild member Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award, honored for her portrayal of “Mammy” in “Gone with the Wind” (Actually leap year Feb. 29) – 1940
David Prosten
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative
Workers’ Compensation Administrative Assistant, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/22/2023) District of Columbia
Customer Service Representative, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/17/2023) District of Columbia
Confidential Legal Secretary, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/17/2023) District of Columbia
Accounting Clerk II - Payroll – Accounting Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/22/2023) District of Columbia
Accounting Manager - Accounts Payable – Accounting Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/22/2023) District of Columbia
Audit Clerk IV – Grade 8, CWA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/27/2023) District of Columbia
Communications
Video Editor – Communications Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/24/2023) District of Columbia
Pressman I – Grade 8, CWA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/16/2023) District of Columbia
Campaign Communications Manager, PowerSwitch Action, remote or based out of a partner office (partner cities include: San Jose, Chicago, and New York) (Posted: 2/17/2023)
Assistant Editor, SIU (Seafarers International Union), based in Camp Springs, MD (Posted: 2/16/2023) Maryland
Legal
Associate General Counsel – Office of the General Counsel, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/23/2023) District of Columbia
Senior Staff Attorney – Work Structures, NELP, based out of Berkeley, CA; Washington, DC; or New York City, NY (Posted: 2/27/2023) California, District of Columbia, New York
Assistant General Counsel – Healthcare Division, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/15/2023) District of Columbia
Misc
Energy Project Coordinator, CJNRC (Climate Jobs National Resource Center), this is a REMOTE position (CJNRC is based in New York) (Posted: 2/24/2023)
Executive Director, DMO (Democratic Municipal Officials), based in Washington, DC (requires regular travel) (Posted: 2/17/2023) District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
Occupational Safety Professional/ Industrial Hygienist (Entry Level) – Safety & Health Department, IBT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/15/2023)
Democracy for All Digital Coordinator, LCV, location is Flexible (LCV is headquartered in Washington DC, the employee may decide whether to work remotely or from an LCV office) (Posted: 2/23/2023) District of Columbia
Director of Budget and Finance – NFFE Headquarters, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/27/2023) District of Columbia
Deputy Director – State Power Program, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/16/2023)
Workforce Development and Training Manager, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (on-site) (Posted: 2/17/2023) District of Columbia
Occupational Safety Professional/ Industrial Hygienist (Entry Level) – Safety & Health Department, IBT, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/15/2023)
Organizing
Organizer, SEIU 500, based in Gaithersburg, MD (Posted: 2/17/2023) Maryland
Community Organizer, (APRI (Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute), based in Memphis/Rural West TN (Posted: 2/21/2023)
Organizing Director, (FCFT, Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, AFT Affiliate Local 2401) based in Springfield, VA (Posted: 2/23/2023) Virginia
Political
Government Affairs Administrative Associate, LCV, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/16/2023) District of Columbia
Political Organizer, SEIU32BJ, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/22/2023) District of Columbia
Political Coordinator, UNITE HERE (Local 25), based in Washington, DC (Posted: 2/24/2023) District of Columbia
Research
Researcher, SEIU (1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East), positions available in both the New York, NY and Baltimore, MD areas (Posted: 2/23/2023) Maryland, New York |
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