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IBEW 26 Steps Up Donations to Shoebox Project
The United Way Shoebox Project -- to distribute shoeboxes filled with toiletries or emergency preparedness items to those most in need -- is underway...
· Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO · May 16, 2012
Labor Photo: Locals Stand with McDuffie in Ward 5 Special Election
Local union members took to the streets in Ward 5 yesterday to stand with labor-endorsed City Council candidate Kenyan McDuffie...
· Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO · May 16, 2012
Events
Worker Rights and the Global Food Supply Chain
Join the Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO and Just Jobs Network (Center for American Progress) to look at the global food supply chain that bring food to American and European dinner tables...
· May 16, 2012
Labor Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Labor's International Hall of Fame announces that the more than 600 union members who perished on November 11, 2001 will be inducted as a collective group at the organization's induction ceremony at the AFL-CIO...
· May 17, 2012
Rally of 1,000 Women Across Washington
The DC Federation of Democratic Women is partnering with NAACP-DC, numerous women's organizations, unions, and churches to sponsor the "DCFDW's 1,000 Women Across Washington Rally."
· May 17, 2012
Labor News Feeds
Senate Passes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved (78-20) legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank through 2014. Last week, the House passed (330-90) the same bill and it now goes to the White House for President Obama’s signature.
· AFL-CIO Blog · May 16, 2012
Today in Labor History: May 17; Labor Book: The Worst Children’s Jobs in History; Labor Humor: Failed Experiment
Today in Labor History: May 17 Twelve Starbucks baristas in a mid-town Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies. Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers their union to...
· UCS Labor News Daily · May 17, 2012
Ireland: IMPACT calls on Government to deliver reforms on collective bargaining and employees' rights
LabourStart headline - Source: RTÉ
· Labourstart World Labor Updates · May 17, 2012