Today’s Labor Calendar
Click here for the complete calendar and details, including all DMV-area Labor-to-Labor GOTV activities. Got something to add or update? Email us at [email protected].
Union City Radio: 7:15 am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here for today's report
Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, October 5, 8:15am – 9:15a
Windmill Hill Park, 500 South Lee St, Alexandria (map) DC COPE meeting: Wed, October 5, 2pm – 3pm
RSVP here. To access the legislative agenda form, click here.
Tri-County COPE: Wed, October 5, 7pm – 9pm
To register for the meeting, please click here.
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 35 days to 11/8/22
With just over a month to go to the 2022 mid-term elections, Union City is launching a weekly round-up of DMV labor Get Out The Vote efforts, the issues affecting area working people, and labor’s candidates. Comments and suggestions welcome; email [email protected] Click here for 2022 labor endorsements, and follow us on Twitter.
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WHY THIS ELECTION MATTERS
ISSUES: Unemployment Insurance
At-Large DC Council member Elissa Silverman played a pivotal role in protecting unemployed workers during the pandemic. Silverman led the passage of emergency pandemic legislation to extend unemployment benefits for workers who couldn’t find jobs, giving families seven additional weeks of protection when they needed it most. She’s also worked to highlight and help resolve ongoing unemployment insurance issues, including holding the administration accountable for modernizing the UI system, which the pandemic showed is in desperate need of reform. Here’s more on what Silverman’s done on UI recently, her guide to Unemployment Insurance for DC workers, and labor’s flyer for Elissa Silverman.
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QUOTABLE: UNITE HERE 25 on Wes Moore
“We’re so glad Wes took the time to learn more about the on-the-ground issues affecting hospitality workers,” said Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer Paul Schwalb when Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore (below left) took a “back of the house” tour at the Gaylord National Harbor convention center on September 26. |
HOW TO GET INVOLVED: GOTV 2022
DC Labor to Labor Canvass (Ward 5): Sat, October 8, 9am – 2pm The Stagehand Union - IATSE 22, 1810 Hamlin St NE, Washington, DC 20018, USA (map) Info/sign-up here. photo below: BLET's Herb Harris at DC Labor to Labor Canvass with Elissa Silverman
NoVA Labor Car Show & Labor Walk: Sat, October 8, 8am – 2pm 7016 Infantry Ridge Rd, Manassas, VA 20109, USA (map)
NoVA Labor is sponsoring a Car Show at the IBEW Local 26 hall, and this week’s NoVA Labor's canvass will launch from Manassas for Congresswoman Wexton and Sonia Vasquez Luna. Contact: Bob Zabel 317-489-2501 [email protected]
Maryland Labor to Labor Walks: Sat, October 8, 9:30am – 2:00pm
Info/RSVP here; Four locations: St Mary's County, Prince George's County, Baltimore City, Harford County.
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Labor Quote: Lech Walesa
"He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed."
Polish Solidarity union founder Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize on this date in 1983. |
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Today's Labor History This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Socialist fairy tales. Last week’s show: Pueblo steelworkers’ historic strike.
2,100 supermarket janitors in California, mostly from Mexico, win a $22.4 million settlement over unpaid overtime. Many said they worked 70 or more hours a week, often seven nights a week from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. Cleaner Jesus Lopez told the New York Times he only had three days off in five years – 2004
The UAW ends a three-week strike against Ford Motor Co. when the company agrees to a contract that includes more vacation days and better retirement and unemployment benefits – 1976
A strike by set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif. (photo below) when scabs try to cross the picket line. The incident is still identified as "Hollywood Black Friday" and "The Battle of Burbank" – 1945
- David Prosten
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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus click here for more listings! |
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Administrative Secretary – Executive Office, APWU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 9/29/2022) District of Columbia
Communications
Art and Design Administrator, NATCA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 9/28/2022) District of Columbia Communications Specialist, NNU, based in Oakland, CA or the Washington, DC area (Posted: 10/1/2022) California, District of Columbia
Legal
One-Year Fellowship – Legal Department, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 9/28/2022)
Associate General Counsel/Liaison to the U.S. Department of Labor Specialist for Constitutions, Election, and Internal Standards of Conduct, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 9/30/2022) District of Columbia
Associate General Counsel, UMWA, based in Triangle, VA (in the Washington, DC metro area) (Posted: 9/30/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Legal Rights Attorney – General Counsel's Office, AFGE, based in Washington, DC (District 14) (Posted: 9/28/2022) District of Columbia Labor Relations Staff Attorney and/or a Senior Counsel for Labor Relations, NATCA, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 9/30/2022) District of Columbia
Misc National Representative I-IV – Organization & Field Services Department, AFT, AFT National Representatives work throughout the country (Posted: 10/1/2022) Strategic Campaigner II, CJNRC, This is a REMOTE position (Posted: 9/29/2022)
Major Gifts Coordinator, LCV, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/4/2022) District of Columbia Union Staff, NNU (Posted: 10/1/2022)
Field Representative – Airports Division – Washington, DC; Maryland & Virginia, SEIU 32BJ, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/1/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
Lead Field Representative, SEIU 32BJ, based in Washington, DC (covering DC, Maryland, and Virginia) (Posted: 10/1/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia Field Representative / Internal Organizer, AFSCME Council 3, based in Baltimore, MD (Posted: 10/3/2022) Maryland
Contract Administration Representative, SEIU 500, based in Gaithersburg, MD (Posted: 9/29/2022) Maryland
Organizing New Organizer, CIR/SEIU, this position may based anywhere in the United States (Posted: 10/1/2022)
Lead Organizer – Multiple Campaigns, Multiple Locations, SEIU 32BJ, based in Washington, DC; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; NJ, NY, and PA (Posted: 10/1/2022)
Organizer – Multiple Campaigns / Multiple Locations, SEIU 32BJ, based in Washington, DC; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; NJ; NY; and PA (Posted: 10/1/2022)
Political
Senior Field Representative – Political, Electoral and Issues Mobilization Hub, AFL-CIO, based in the Northeast Region (CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PR, RI, VT & WV) (Posted: 9/28/2022)
Legislative Advocate, NNU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 10/1/2022) District of Columbia
Research
Research Assistant – Research Department, AAUP, based in Washington, DC (option for telework) (Posted: 10/4/2022) District of Columbia
Campaign Researcher, UNITE HERE, may be based in Sacramento, CA; New Haven, CT; Washington, DC; or Seattle, WA (Posted: 10/1/2022) California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Washington |
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