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].
Union City Radio: 7:15am, WPFW-FM 89.3 FM
2-minute audio version of the Metro Washington Labor Council's Union City newsletter.
DC Labor to Labor Rally & Canvass: Sat, October 29, 9am – 2pm
IATSE 22 (map); Info/sign-up here.
NoVA Labor Walks: Sat, October 29, 9am – 1pm
4536 John Marr Dr, Annandale, VA 22003, USA (map); Saturday Walk RSVP Link
Maryland Labor to Labor Walks (multiple locations): Sat, October 29, 9:30am – 2:00pm
Info/RSVP here
PLUS: CLICK HERE to catch this week's Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM): Elizabeth Falcon, DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director on the Still in the Dark: Tipped Wages in DC wage theft report and a caller suggests direct action at local Jose Andres restaurants. |
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AFGE urges State Department to act against antisemitism
AFGE has joined State Department employees and members of Congress in calling on the State Department to take action against instances of antisemitism at the agency, including a Foreign Service Officer who has been espousing hatred on members of the Jewish, LGBTQ+ communities, and people of color online for years. AFGE Local 1534, which represents employees at the State Department, sent a letter to the agency in August calling for an immediate removal of the Foreign Service Officer from State Department premises and an investigation into the matter. “The union believes this person presents a clear and present danger to our employees. We have all seen on the news how members of the Jewish faith, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ have been murdered at work and on the streets by the fanatics holding radical views,” said Local 1534 First Vice President Chris Barnes. Read more here.
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Labor Photo: WTU 6
Washington Teachers' Union Local 6 members and supporters were up and out before dawn yesterday “to rally for #FairContractNow”. |
Labor GOTV on the phones
“Less than two weeks to get out the vote!” tweeted AFSCME Council 3 yesterday. “Shout out to AFSCME Local 1678 for doing some great phone banking this week!” |
How to have a union Halloween
Click here for the AFL-CIO’s handy guide of union-made treats perfect for handing out on Halloween, and here for Labor411’s guide. |
Labor Quote: Jennifer Abruzzo
“We know all the steps to the monster mash, but do you know the steps to forming a union? Learn the moves!”
Yes, the NLRB General Counsel really tweeted this yesterday! btw here’s the link for the Basic Steps to Forming a Union pdf.
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Today’s Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The longest nurses’ strike. Last week’s show: No Equal Justice.
October 28
Wall street crashes – "Black Tuesday" – throwing the world's economy into a years-long crisis including an unemployment rate in the U.S. that by 1933 hit nearly 25 percent – 1929
October 29
Ed Meese, attorney general in the Ronald Reagan administration, urges employers to begin spying on workers "in locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns" to try to catch them using drugs – 1986
October 30
Tennessee sends in leased convict laborers to break a coal miners strike in Anderson County. The miners revolted, burned the stockades, and sent the captured convicts by train back to Knoxville – 1891
David Prosten
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