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Union Kitchen workers win union recognition

Towson Apple store workers make history with union vote

Today's Labor History

Today's Labor Quote

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Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, June 22, 8:15am - 9:15am

Windmill Hill Park, 500 S. Lee St., Alexandria, VA

This is the 67th week that supporters of the right to organize have held their breakfast vigil in the park, hosted by the Coalition to Repeal Right to Work. The PRO Act would give "gig workers" the right to unionize and would abolish the Jim Crow era "right to work" laws.

[link removed] Fairfax County Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, June 22, 7pm - 8pm

Meeting for union members and friends of labor in Fairfax County.

Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, June 23, 1pm - 2pm

WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.

Hosts: Chris Garlock and Ed Smith; JOIN US AT 202-588-0893. Guests (scheduled): Travis Acton, Union Kitchen workers win recognition; Michael Gene Sullivan, SF Mime Troupe; Kathy M. Newman, Immersed in the Work of Art.

DC Metro LCLAA Mixer and Fundraiser: Thu, June 23, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

LCLAA advocates for immigration reform and pay equity.

AFL-CIO Building, Black Lives Matter Plaza, NW, Washington, DC

$35 donation - [link removed] Click here to buy tickets.

[link removed] Alexandria Planning Commission and Vote: Thu, June 23, 7pm - 8pm

Unite Here, Building Trades and ADC Labor Caucus are advocating for a delay in the vote on the Hillco Project.

 


Union Kitchen workers win union recognition

Union Kitchen is now unionized. After management delayed for months, all the votes were finally counted yesterday and a majority of employees at five Union Kitchen locations voted to join UFCW Local 400. The union called on owner Cullen Gilchrist to respect the outcome of the election, cease his delay tactics, and sit down to negotiate a union contract. "We would like to thank all of our customers, elected officials, community allies, fellow union members and supporters everywhere who never stopped believing this day would come," [link removed] said Local 400. "We know we can count on you moving forward." The union called on owner Cullen Gilchrist "to respect the outcome of this election, cease his delay tactics, and finally sit down with us to negotiate a union contract." The newly unionized workforce includes approximately 50 employees and coincides with a wave of union organizing occurring across the country, notably at major corporations such as Starbucks and Amazon. In fact, according to the NLRB, [link removed] union elections filings in the first half of fiscal year 2022 are up 57% from the year before.

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Towson Apple store workers make history with union vote
A majority of employees at a US Apple store in Towson, Maryland have voted to form the tech giant's first union, in the wake of similar unionization drives at Starbucks and Amazon locations. "We did it Towson! We won our union vote! Thanks to all who worked so hard and all who supported! Now we celebrate... Tomorrow we keep organizing," AppleCORE tweeted. Workers will form their own branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union, once the agency has certified the results.
Adapted from a [link removed] report in RawStory.

SAVE THE DATE: 25th Annual CSA Golf Tourney set for Sept. 12
The 25th annual Metropolitan Washington Council Community Services Agency's golf tournament will be held on Monday, September 12, 2022 at the Enterprise Golf Course, 2802 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, MD 20721. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m.

Labor Quote: UFCW Local 400
Which thanked Union Kitchen customers, elected officials, community allies, fellow union members and supporters everywhere who they said "never stopped believing this day would come. We know we can count on you moving forward."

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Today's Labor History

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Labor history at the AFL-CIO & Labor Notes; Last week's show: [link removed] Detroit Remains: Using historical archeology to connect the past to the present.

June 23
Congress overrides President Harry Truman's veto of the anti-worker Taft-Hartley Act. The law weakened unions and let states exempt themselves from union requirements. Twenty states immediately enacted open shop laws and two more did so later - 1947

The newly-formed Jobs With Justice stages its first big support action, backing 3,000 picketing Eastern Airlines mechanics at Miami Airport - 1987

A majority of the 5,000 textile workers at six Fieldcrest Cannon textile plants in Kannapolis, N.C., vote for union representation after an historic 25-year fight - 1999

June 24
Birth of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr - 1848

Birth of Agnes Nestor, president of the International Glove Workers Union and longtime leader of the Chicago Women's Trade Union League. She began work in a glove factory at age 14 - 1880

17 workers are killed as methane explodes in a water tunnel under construction in Sylmar, Calif. - 1971

- David Prosten.

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Hiring Hall: DC-area union jobs, plus [link removed] click here for more listingshttp://www.dclabor.org/hiring-hall.html !

Administrative
[link removed] Accountant, CPWR (The Center for Construction Research and Training), based in Silver Spring, MD (Posted: 6/15/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
[link removed] Executive Assistant, SMART, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/14/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] General Office Clerk V, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/16/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Administrative Assistant / Accountant, AFT, based in Charleston, WV (Posted: 6/9/2022) West Virginia

Communications
[link removed] Writer/Researcher (3 positions) - Political, Elector and Issues Mobilization, AFL-CIO, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] or Remote (Posted: 6/9/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Communications Specialist, NNU, based in Washington, DC; Oakland or Los Angeles, CA (Posted: 6/15/2022) California, District of Columbia

Info Tech
[link removed] PAC Systems Manager - Data & Analytics, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC [Headquarters] (Posted: 6/6/2022) District of Columbia

Internships
Internship, Alliance for Retired Americans; resume and cover letter to David Blank, [email protected] (6/1)

Legal
[link removed] General Counsel / Director of Legal Services, VEA, based in Richmond, VA (Posted: 6/10/2022) Virginia

Misc
[link removed] Human Resources Assistant II - Human Resources, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/13/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Lead Field Representative - Washington, DC; Maryland & Virginia, SEIU 32BJ, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/10/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Human Resources Manager, SMART, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/14/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Program Officer for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Solidarity Center, based in Washington, DC (hybrid telework/in-person schedule) (Posted: 6/14/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Senior Program Officer for Grassroots Internationalism, Solidarity Center
[link removed] Field Representative, ACE-AFSCME Local 2250, based in Upper Marlboro, MD (Posted: 6/14/2022) Maryland

Organizing
[link removed] Deputy Director of Higher Education Organizing - Organization & Field Services, AFT (Posted: 6/16/2022), District of Columbia
[link removed] Deputy Director of Organizing and Field Services, AFT (Posted: 6/16/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Organizer (USA), ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Available in Various Locations in US) (Posted: 6/17/2022)
[link removed] Full-Time Organizer, DC JWJ, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/17/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Organizer / Organizer-in-Training, LIUNA-MAROC (Laborers' Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition), based in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area (DC, MD, VA) (Posted: 6/17/2022) District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
[link removed] Organizing Campaign Coordinator - Public Service Division, SEIU, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/20/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Lead Organizer, UFCW 400, based in Washington, DC Metropolitan Area (with regional travel throughout Local 400) (Posted: 6/6/2022) District of Columbia (National search)
[link removed] Organizer (USA), ATU, based in Silver Spring, MD (Available in Various Locations in US) (Posted: 6/17/2022)
[link removed] Organizer - Higher Education (temporary position), MSEA, based in Annapolis, MD (Posted: 6/13/2022) Maryland (National search)
[link removed] Lead Organizer - Higher Education (temporary position), MSEA, based in Annapolis, MD (includes field work) (Posted: 6/10/2022) Maryland (National search)
[link removed] Organizer In Training - Public Sector Campaign, SEIU, based in Fairfax, VA (Posted: 6/20/2022) Virginia

Political
[link removed] Deputy Legislative Director, UFCW, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/8/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] State Democracy Policy Director, LCV, flexible location. The deadline to apply is July 11, 2022.

Research
[link removed] Senior Health and Safety Policy Advocate - Research and Collective Bargaining Department, AFSCME, based in Washington, DC (Posted: 6/10/2022) District of Columbia
[link removed] Campaign / Research Director - Housing, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 6/7/2022)
[link removed] Campaign / Research Director - Workers and Jobs, PESP (Private Equity Stakeholder Project), currently available as a Remote position (Posted: 6/7/2022)

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