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].
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Prince George’s and Montgomery County COPE committee: Thu, October 6, 10am – 12pm
via Zoom, to register for the meeting, please click here.
Your Rights at Work radio show: Thu, October 6, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online. Today's guests include Nathan Merhige, the DC-based Iron Workers Local 5 member who nabbed first place in the 2022 Outstanding Ironworkers Apprenticeship Competition.
Giant & Safeway stewards support Shoppers workers (New Carrollton): Thu, October 6, 4pm – 5pm
Shoppers #2618 – New Carrollton 7790 Riverdale Rd, New Carrollton, MD 20784 (map)
Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, October 6, 6pm – 7pm
Meeting for Arlington union members and friends of labor.
NoVA Labor Pride at Work Rally for LGBTQ Students: Thu, October 6, 6:15pm – 7:15pm
Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Rd, Fall Church (map) The NoVA Labor Pride at Work chapter is joining the Rally to protest Governor Youngkin's policy. Meet before the rally at the union Starbucks at Gallows and Gateway. |
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Aruna Miller meets Metro maintenance workers
“These folks work 365 days a year, 24/7. I didn't know that.” Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Maryland Aruna Miller on Tuesday toured Metro’s Greenbelt Rail Yard, meeting workers who maintain Metro’s rail cars. “We are very indebted to all these folks for what they do, so we can ride the metro system safely,” Miller told Union City. “As a transportation engineer, this is so exciting to see public transit in the making here, how it's taken care of, how it works for everybody. I took away that there are a lot of men and women who work hard to make sure our metro system works safely for all of us.” “People don't really know what it is we do here at WMATA,” said ATU 689 president Raymond Jackson, “So the purpose of the tour was to give them a firsthand look.” Also on the tour, led by WMATA General Superintendent for Car Maintenance Brand Loney were ATU 689 leadership, MWC president Dyana Forester, Democratic nominee for Congress in MD-04 Glenn Ivey, and MD Delegates Julian Ivey (D-47A), Alonzo Washington (D-22), and Nicole Williams (D22).
- report/photo by Chris Garlock/Union City |
Metro Council Affiliate Directory updated
The Metro Washington Labor Council’s online Directory of Affiliates has now been updated with the current leadership of area union locals, contact info for each local, and their social media links. Any further updates should be sent to [email protected] |
In Memoriam: Rudolph Oswald (1932–2022)
Rudolph “Rudy” Oswald, a longtime labor leader, passed away Sept. 28 at the age of 90. The son of German immigrants, he became active in the labor movement after he was honorably discharged from the Army in 1957. First, Oswald (photo above) joined the Fire Fighters (IAFF), and later, he served as the economic research director for SEIU. In 1976, he became the chief economist and research director for the AFL-CIO, a position he held for 20 years. One of the founding members of the AFL-CIO Retirees Association, Oswald served as its first President. “He cared for each and every retiree from the Federation and its affiliated organizations,” said Jim Ellenberger, former president of the AFL-CIO Retirees Association. “Rudy’s advice was always thoughtful, measured and correct. Rest in Peace Brother!” Click here for Oswald’s obituary.
- Adapted from a report in the AFL-CIO Daily Brief |
Labor Quote: Josh Bivens
“Exorbitant CEO pay is a contributor to rising inequality that we could restrain without doing any damage to the wider economy.”
Bivens is Director of Research at the Economic Policy Institute and co-authored EPI’s report on how CEO pay skyrocketed in 2021, released on Tuesday.
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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.
Thirty-two thousand machinists begin what is to be a successful 69-day strike against the Boeing Co. (photo) The eventual settlement brought improvements that averaged an estimated $19,200 in wages and benefits over four years and safeguards against job cutbacks – 1995
1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines. They had been fired for getting married - 1986 First National Conference of Trade Union Women - 1918
- David Prosten
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