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National Women's Law Center and NWLC United sign first contract

MD/DC AFL-CIO convention emphasizes solidarity, organizing

A grocery worker's special birthday gift

Recruit volunteers, win elections!

Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

 

Weekend Labor Calendar

[link removed] 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 mailto:[email protected] [email protected].

Union City Radio: Thu, October 20, 7:15am - 7:20am
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM ([link removed] map)
2-minute audio version of the Metro Washington Labor Council's Union City newsletter.

UMD Labor Picnic: Fri, October 21, 12pm - 2pm

Hornbake Plaza, UMD Campus ([link removed] map)
Sam DiBella, [email protected], 401.219.4362

DC Labor to Labor Rally & Canvass: Sat, October 22, 9am - 2pm

IATSE 22 ([link removed] map); [link removed] Info/sign-up here.

NoVA Labor Walks: Sat, October 22, 9am - 1pm

4536 John Marr Dr, Annandale, VA 22003, USA ([link removed] map)
[link removed] Saturday Walk RSVP Link

Maryland Labor to Labor Walks (multiple locations): Sat, October 22, 9:30am - 2:00pm

[link removed] Info/RSVP here

Baltimore Weekend Warriors (1199SEIU labor canvass): Sat, October 22, 10am - 2pm

Baltimore County Democratic Club, 301 Allegheny Ave, Towson, MD 21204 ([link removed] map)
[link removed] Sign Up Now

Prince George's County Weekend Warriors (1199SEIU labor canvass): Sat, October 22, 10am - 2pm
AFSCME Council 67 Union Hall, 1400 Mercantile Ln Ste 188, Largo, MD 20774 ([link removed] map)
[link removed] Sign Up Now

Loudoun County NAACP's Freedom Fund Dinner: Sat, October 22, 6pm - 11pm
Loudoun County NAACP's fast-approaching [link removed] Freedom Fund Dinner

Baltimore/DC Chapter of Pride at Work: Sun, October 23, 12pm - 2pm
Yard House, 7000 Arundel Mills Cir R4, Hanover, MD 21076, USA ([link removed] map)

[link removed] CLICK HERE to hear yesterday's edition of the MWC's Your Rights At Work radio show on WPFW 89.3FM, featuring a chat with longtime labor journalist Joe Maniscalco, founder/publisher of [link removed] Work-Bites.com.

National Women's Law Center and NWLC United sign first contract

NWLC United and the National Women's Law Center on Thursday announced the ratification of their inaugural collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The agreement, signed on October 7, is the first union contract for employees of NWLC, who [link removed] formed a union with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) that was voluntarily recognized by NWLC on April 22, 2020. "The success of this first CBA is living proof that unions help women and gender-expansive people. It recognizes our staff's humanity over our labor, and it doesn't just help us--it provides material resources for our families, it is an investment in our communities, and it is an opportunity for radical rest and joy," said the NWLC United Bargaining Committee in a collective statement. The contract included improvements in pay, paid time off, COVID protections, and telework and remote work.


MD/DC AFL-CIO convention emphasizes solidarity, organizing

Over 250 Maryland labor leaders gathered last week in Baltimore for the 33rd Biennial Convention of the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO. "Our solidarity must be unambiguous," said State fed president Donna Edwards, who was re-elected to lead the federation for a third term. "How we respond to today's challenges and opportunities will define who and what we are as a labor movement in the future." Solidarity, organizing, and welcoming new activists and unions was at the top of the agenda for the gathering, and an all-star line-up of political leaders addressed the convention, including U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Representative Anthony Brown (MD 4), Maryland gubernatorial and lieutenant governor candidates Wes Moore and Aruna Miller, Maryland delegate Brooke Lierman (District 46), and Maryland Assembly Speaker Adrienne Jones. Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin (MD 8) keynoted the convention's dinner at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. The convention also featured panels on "Young workers, new organizing and solidarity" and "Climate jobs". Among the members from the DMV elected to the state fed's executive board were Ottis Johnson (AFGE), Rick Compher (IAM), Michael Spiller (OPEIU 2), Herbert Harris (BLET), Robert Hollingsworth (AFSCME Council 20), Dena Briscoe (APWU), Chris Madello (UA 602), Stephen Courtien (WBCTC), Mark Federici (UFCW 400), Raymond Jackson (ATU 689), Dyana Forester (MWC), Joe Dabbs (IBEW 26), Tarren Peterson (SEIU 1199), Carl Carson. "This is our moment to be bold and to stake our claim to inspiring our unions and harnessing the vitality of new workers joining our labor movement," said Edwards.

- Chris Garlock/Union City

A grocery worker's special birthday gift

Grocery worker Darlene Butler-Jones got a special birthday gift Tuesday when she went to see President Biden speak. After delivering his speech, President Biden took a moment to sing happy birthday to Butler-Jones (center, in headscarf), a proud UFCW 400 union member from Giant in Largo. "Happy birthday Darlene!"[link removed] tweeted Local 400. Biden also took time to shake hands with Local 400 members Bill Osborn from Giant Food in La Plata and Phil Contee from Safeway in Oxon Hill. "We're proud to have such amazing members in our union family!" added Local 400. photo (l-r): Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore, MD/DC AFL-CIO Sec-Treasurer Gerald Jackson, MD/DC AFL-CIO President Donna Edwards. photo by Chuck Cook


Recruit volunteers, win elections!

With just days left before critical midterm elections in DC and Maryland, YOU can make the difference in winning for a better future for our members and all workers, by recruiting volunteers for upcoming labor walks and phone banks. Please share the information below widely via social media, email and posting on your websites.

Saturday, October 22, 9a: Metropolitan Washington Council Labor Rally and Canvass; IATSE 22: 1810 Hamlin St NE, Washington, DC 20018. [link removed] CLICK HERE to RSVP

Saturday, October 22, 9:30: FOUR labor walks in Maryland: Baltimore City, Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County. [link removed] CLICK HERE to RSVP

Every Monday and Wednesday: DC Labor Phone Banks [link removed] CLICK HERE to RSVP

Every Tuesday and Thursday: Maryland Labor Phone Banks [link removed] CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Labor Quote: Fatima Goss Graves

"We are at a critical moment--a truly unprecedented time--for building worker power in this country, and I'm honored to lead an organization that is union proud. Our institution is stronger going forward because of this agreement."

Fatima Goss Graves is president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC). See National Women's Law Center and NWLC United sign first contract (above).

Today's Labor History

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] No Equal Justice. Last week's show: [link removed] Sharecroppers' struggles for rights and power.

October 21

Bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd is killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. He was a hero to the people of Oklahoma who saw him as a "Sagebrush Robin Hood," stealing from banks and sharing some of the proceeds with the poor - 1934

October 22

Postal workers Joseph Cursseen and Thomas Morris die after inhaling anthrax at the Brentwood mail sorting center in Washington, D.C., which has since been re-named after them. Other postal workers are made ill. Letters containing the deadly spores had been addressed to U.S. Senate offices and media outlets - 2001 [link removed] Read more here.

October 23
Strike of Teamsters, Scalesmen and Packers in New Orleans. City trade is paralyzed; in two weeks the walkout becomes a general strike, involving more than 20,000 whites and blacks together, in support of demands for union recognition and a 10-hour work day - 1892

David Prosten

 

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