THIS WEEK’S LABOR CALENDAR PREVIEW: click here for complete and latest listings; email [email protected] to get listed!

Union City Radio: 7:15 am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here for today's report

DC Labor to Labor Phonebanks: Mon, September 26, 5pm – 8pm; CLICK HERE NOW to RSVP for one or more sessions.

Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, September 27, 5pm – 7pm; REGISTER HERE

Virginia Labor 2022 Virtual Phone Bank: Tue, September 27, 6pm – 8pm; Register here

Tri-County COPE: Tue, September 27, 7pm – 9pm

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, September 28, 8:15am – 9:15am

Roundtable on Labor and Muslim Engagement: Wed, September 28, 2pm – 4pm

Listening Session with Sodexo Food Service Workers: Wed, September 28, 2pm – 3pm; Online; RSVP here.
FCDC Labor Caucus: Wed, September 28, 7pm – 9pm

Your Rights at Work radio show: Thu, September 29, 1pm – 2pm

Public Roundtable: Guaranteed Income as Economic Justice: Thu, September 29, 6pm – 8pm; Register here.

DC Labor to Labor Canvass: Sat, October 1, 9am – 2pm; Info/sign-up here.

NoVA Labor Walks: Sat, October 1, 9am – 1pm; [email protected] or call 317-489-2501
Maryland Labor to Labor Walks (3 locations): Sat, October 1, 9:30am – 2:00pm

Info/RSVP here

AFGE urges action to avoid a government shutdown
On behalf of more than 700,000 federal and D.C. government employees nationwide and overseas, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is urging Congress to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution that keeps the government operating after the fiscal year ends this Friday, Sept. 30. Click here to tell Congress to support a continuing resolution and pass a full-year budget. “Government shutdowns have a negative impact on federal employees, who are either forced to work without a paycheck for the duration of the funding lapse or are locked out of their jobs altogether,” AFGE Deputy Director of Legislation Daniel Horowitz wrote in a letter to all members of the U.S. House and Senate. Such shutdowns also hurt the economy and citizens who rely upon the services, support, and protection these federal operations routinely provide, Horowitz added. See also: 4,436 Government Workers Joined AFGE in August

Labor 2022: GOTV in Maryland
“When union voters vote for union candidates, we win,” tweeted the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO after Saturday’s Maryland labor-to-labor walks. Participating unions included AFT Maryland, AFSCME Maryland, Painters DC 51, UMD Fearless Student Employees, UMD AAUP, and the Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO. Click here to find out more about the Maryland walks.

Labor Photo: Forester meets with new WTU leaders
New leaders at the Washington Teachers Union (AFT Local 6) got a chance to meet and talk with Metro Washington Council president Dyana Forester on Saturday at WTU’s offices.

Early voting begins in VA
Early voting for Virginia voters began on Friday, September 23, and continues through November 5; find out more here. Click here for the Virginia AFL-CIO’s endorsements.

Labor Quote: Dan Krauss

“The Anthrax Attacks” director Dan Krauss, on last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 893FM), talked about DC postal workers who spoke to him about the 2001 anthrax attacks:

“I appreciated their courage. Their dignity and the grace that they brought to every answer they gave me. I left those interviews feeling like there's hope for humanity, that these are the kind of people I want to spend time with.”

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Pueblo steelworkers’ historic strike. Last week’s show: It’s not working on the railroad.

Sociologist and photographer Lewis Hine is born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In 1908, Hine became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee and spent the next decade documenting child labor to help the organization’s lobbying efforts to end child labor in American industry. 1874

Graduate student employees at Temple University in Philadelphia win union recognition. The Temple University Graduate Students Association ratified its first contract in May 2002, significantly improving graduate employment in terms of healthcare and wages, and marking the first time that graduate students in the state bargained a contract with their employer. 2001

- David Prosten

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