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Liz Shuler Elected AFL-CIO President at 2022 Convention alongside Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond

March For Our Lives takes on edge and urgency

Labor Photo: ATU 689 & CSA 2022 Labor Night at the Nats

Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Public Hearing Thursday

Report: Collective Bargaining Transforms Workers' Lives

Today's Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

 

Liz Shuler Elected AFL-CIO President at 2022 Convention alongside Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond

The AFL-CIO Convention delegates on Sunday elected Liz Shuler to serve as president of the federation of 57 unions and 12.5 million members. Shuler is the first woman to hold the office in the history of the labor federation. Delegates also elected Fred Redmond to serve as secretary-treasurer, the first African American to hold the office. In her [link removed] acceptance speech, Shuler delivered a call to action to organize, innovate and reshape the labor movement to meet the moment that the country is in as it continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Shuler also announced the AFL-CIO's moonshot to organize and activate 1 million workers throughout all 50 states to participate in the electoral process. [link removed] CLICK HERE to read more.


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Tues June 14th - National TPS Alliance March - 9 am

Join the march for permanent residency for TPS holders. Meet at Lamont Park in Mt. Pleasant, DC at 9 am. Press conference in front of White House at Noon

Wed. June 15th - Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act - Special Day of Action

The Coalition to Repeal Right to Work is hosting a Day of Action to encourage Senator Warner to co-sponsor the PRO Act: At 8:15 am, the 66th weekly vigil will take place at Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria. At noon, there will be a [link removed] Zoom conversation with Celine McNicholas, co-author of the just- released Economic Policy Institute report on the poor working conditions of "gig workers." Senator Warner has stated he opposes the PRO Act because he believes "gig workers" should not be able to unionize. The Coalition is asking people to call or write Senator Warner on Wednesday, so stay tuned to the Coalition's [link removed] Facebook page or email mailto:[email protected] [email protected] for the Action Network campaign and talking points.


Wed. June 15th - Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus - 7:30 pm
Meeting of Alexandria union members and friends of labor. Contact mailto:[email protected] [email protected] for the link.

Thurs. June 16th - Airport worker rally at the Capitol - 9:30 am

SEIU 32bj is holding a rally at the Capitol in support of the Good Jobs/Good Airports bill that will raise wages for airport workers nationwide.

Labor to Labor Phone Bank (District of Columbia City Elections) Thu, June 16, 5pm - 8pm

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Thurs. June 16th - [link removed] NoVA Labor Monthly Meeting - 7 pm

Topics include: Chair Phyllis Randall on progress in Loudoun County for working families; Rural Virginia Union Organizing - Insights from workers unionizing in Farmville and Roanoke; Memphis 7 and Martin Luther King's Legacy - In town for the Poor People's March on Washington, Memphis workers unlawfully fired by Starbucks will discuss fulfilling MLK's vision by organizing their union. NoVA Labor monthly meetings are open to all friends of labor.

Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls: Sat, June 18, 9am - 3pm
Pennsylvania Avenue NW & 3rd St SW, Washington, DC 20001, USA ([link removed] map)

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March For Our Lives takes on edge and urgency

By Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer

This time, at least at the lead rally in D.C., the renewed March for our Lives--the gun control movement students started four years ago--had an added edge and urgency. The D.C. rally on June 11 drew almost 30,000 people, but it wasn't the only one. More than 300 companion marches and events from coast to coast, echoed it, all with the same goal: To get Congress, and specifically the Senate's obstructionist pro-gun Republicans to jettison their support from the gun lobby and pass meaningful legislation to control the weapons of war that infest the U.S. Fortified by huge delegations of teachers from both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers, speakers ranging from March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg to Whitfield to AFT President Randi Weingarten to NEA President Becky Pringle, to Dr. Martin Luther King's granddaughter Yolanda all called for specific actions against gun violence--and the violent. "WTU president, teachers, and students stand with the city against gun violence," tweeted the Washington Teachers Union.


Labor Photo: ATU 689 & CSA 2022 Labor Night at the Nats (photo by Grecia Guzman)

Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Public Hearing Thursday

The Domestic Workers Bill of Rightshttps://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDN7ONahRUme5wLhpub5K5buDE1yjpVNwigI6Eh0Qu68mJXfU6p9E0NKkcGIVRQT-nEGBcPiNo6Ey76BHvWYGd81IkYE-VVBnJpRMdJiA12INoisgS4yo0TnhpYcCtKM_ZOiYu6plz4MqZn3en9HIlso5C__sVi8lOGQ-urEUxoxWiBUarorO06ow2vs4gIn__mU9yNNXzn1KA2HnhODvpnD-YMK_bp7mVd5_L620qiPlYj8bo069LpG1mJQJyCSBjXEUI9NAMl6_bWI5-NxFDvj6w3eGhIekXfyPLjVmOSeOkrCWY9KQHB4xF0ClI8OWG1mw6KRnc_I1ZFnQL3QSWtWtIcsj6A63uFFY61YRh0IXOQ6HmaIhxQ55KQGjtEdF570pO3kxaUeI0WUm-B7YV7dwjNup-jSyzc5qhLTE3racjsgx9Zl2SXWVxuJb3G6IMn3XwlFwBGNmGLXd9XB_wGzihGe0fNgY9p84jaUChZqN/3mp/RNEiiX2iQqW1ExouV6l3vQ/h0/IL85IN6ZExEHBNghuCBqsZuhF8uFmXFxKaBBPECJ8Eo will have a public hearing in the Labor and Workforce Development Committee on June 16th at 11am. We are breaking barriers in the labor movement, join us to stand in solidarity with domestic workers! In Washington DC, domestic workers are the only group of workers excluded from DC's Human Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination on the job. On Tuesday March 15, At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman introduced a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in the DC Council -- B24-0712,[link removed] the Domestic Worker Employment Rights Amendment Act of 2022. `

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- DC Jobs with Justice

Report: Collective Bargaining Transforms Workers' Lives

Workers in Honduras with collective bargaining agreements are less likely to feel compelled to migrate, less likely to face verbal abuse and more likely to earn better wages than workers without collective bargaining agreements, according to a new Solidarity Center-supported report. "Collective bargaining ultimately is about transforming lives," said Solidarity Center Executive Director Shawna Bader-Blau, who moderated a panel discussion launching the report. "Bargaining for Decent Work and Beyond: Transforming Work and Lives Through Collective Bargaining Agreements in the Honduran Maquila Sector," was published by the Center for Global Workers' Rights. [link removed] Find out more at Solidarity Center.


Today's Labor Quote: Liz Shuler

"No matter the challenge, when we organize, we rise."

From Shuler's [link removed] acceptance speech as newly-elected president of the AFL-CIO.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Detroit Remains: Using historical archeology to connect the past to the present; Last week's show: [link removed] The Memorial Day Massacre.


June 13
Congress creates a Bureau of Labor, under the Interior Dept. It later became independent as a Dept. of Labor without executive status in the Dept. of Commerce and Labor; in 1913 it became the Dept. of Labor we know today - 1884

American Railway Union, headed by Eugene V. Debs, founded - 1893

Tony Mazzocchi born in Brooklyn, N.Y. An activist and officer in the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union, he was a mentor to Karen Silkwood, a founder of the Labor Party and a prime mover behind the 1970 passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act - 1926

June 14
The first commercial computer, UNIVAC I, is installed at the U.S. Census Bureau - 1951

- David Prosten

 

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