This Week’s Labor Calendar Preview
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
DC Labor to Labor Phonebanks: Mon, October 31, 6pm – 8pm; CLICK HERE NOW to RSVP for one or more sessions.

Maryland Labor Phone Bank: Tue, November 1, 6pm – 8pm; RSVP HERE

Virginia Labor 2022 Virtual Phone Bank: Tue, November 1, 6pm – 8pm; Tuesday Night Virtual Phone Bank Zoom Registration

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, November 2, 8:15am – 9:15am; Windmill Hill Park, 500 South Lee St, Alexandria (map)

NoVA Labor text bank: Wed, November 2, 6pm – 8pm
Phone/Text Bank party (Pride@Work): Wed, November 2, 6pm – 8pm

Your Rights at Work radio show: Thu, November 3, 1pm – 2pm; WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.

Protest for a fair contract at Shoppers! (Dumfries, VA): Thu, November 3, 4:45pm – 5:45pm; Shoppers #2674 (4174 Fortuna Center Plaza, Dumfries, VA 22025 (map)

Maryland Labor Phone Bank: Thu, November 3, 6pm – 8pm; RSVP HERE

Rally for Collective Bargaining in Fairfax County (VA): Thu, November 3, 6pm – 8pm; Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA (map)

Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, November 3, 6pm – 7pm; ZOOM LINK.

WMATA's Financial Past, Present, & Future: Panel Forum: Thu, November 3, 7pm – 9pm; 2701 Whitney Pl, District Heights, MD 20747, USA (map)

GMU Worker Rights Coalition: Fri, November 4, 12pm – 1pm; ZOOM LINK

DC Labor to Labor Rally & Canvass: Sat, November 5, 9am – 2pm; IATSE 22 (map); Info/sign-up here

NoVA Labor Walks: Sat, November 5, 9am – 1pm; 4536 John Marr Dr, Annandale, VA 22003, USA (map)

Maryland Labor to Labor Walks (multiple locations): Sat, November 5, 9:30am – 2:00pm; Info/RSVP here

Immigrant & Union Rally with Wes Moore & Aruna Miller: Sat, November 5, 10am – 12pm; Marian Fryer Town Plaza, 2424 Reedie Dr, Wheaton, MD 20902, USA (map)

PLUS: CLICK HERE to catch last week's Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM): Errol Schweizer, host of The CheckOut podcast and Jonathan Williams from UFCW Local 400 on Why a Kroger/Albertsons merger is a bad idea.

OPEIU 2 workers at MTA approve historic deal

OPEIU Local 2 last week ratified one of the largest salary contracts for their members at the Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA). In addition to a 20% increase over four years -- with 10% of that this year – the deal includes a $1,700 signing bonus and a supplemental bonus of $1,050. “We upgraded about five classifications too,” said Local 2’s Mike Spiller. Also included is an attendance bonus of $800, with multiple incentive bonuses for unit wide attendance. Local 2 represents about 160 employees in the MTA offices, payroll and accounting and mobility call center.

Unions at Work: DC Fire Fighters

Labor Photo: Weekend labor GOTV
“From Salisbury to Hagerstown, and everywhere in between, union members are knocking union doors for labor’s endorsed candidates,” tweeted the MD/DC AFL-CIO on Saturday. “It’s time, y’all. Let’s GOTUV!”

Election Day is in 8 days. Are you ready?

Do you know how you’re voting? Do you know who you’re voting for? If not, no worries. We can help you figure that out.

Find your polling place, and get information about early voting and voting by mail.

Make a voting plan on where and how you’re going to vote.

Check our endorsements to make sure you’re supporting pro-worker candidates. CLICK HERE for DC-area labor endorsements.

And that’s it, you’re ready to cast your ballot. Too many of our freedoms are at stake this election, including our freedom to organize and join a union. The best way to protect our freedoms is with our votes.

- Team AFL-CIO

Labor Quote: Martin Luther King Jr.

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.

Today’s Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Pride on the line. Last week’s show: The longest nurses’ strike.

In response to an ongoing attempt by coal mine owners to replace miners with convicts leased by the state, a group of miners burn the Tennessee Coal Mining Company stockade in Briceville and seize the Knoxville Iron Company stockade at Coal Creek, freeing over 300 convicts and supplying them with food and civilian clothes.

Today in Labor History

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