by dcjwjeditor | May 30, 2013 | Projects
Washington, DC – Several current and former asbestos workers protested Asbestos Specialist Inc (ASI) May 23 to demand their employer be held accountable for its dangerous behavior. The workers spoke with passers-by and patrons of National Press Club building...
by dcjwjeditor | May 20, 2013 | Actions & Events
Our Eleventh Annual “I’ll Be There” Awards,is scheduled for Thursday June 27, 2013. As per our local tradition, we will celebrate at the AFL-CIO Samuel Gompers Room located at 815 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006. The Awards will take place from 6:30pm to...
by dcjwjeditor | Apr 30, 2013 | Campaigns, Patient Protection Act
The Patient Protection Act is legislation before the DC Council to ensure that patients get the best care possible when they need it through safe staffing. Please join DC nurses, patients and community allies to encourage the Council’s Committee on Health to...
by dcjwjeditor | Apr 29, 2013 | Campaigns
On Friday April 26th, students from Cesar Chavez Public Charter School joined with community leaders, and ATU Local 689 members at a city council hearing asking council members not to privatize 20 public bus lines. In the fall of 2012 the District Government...
by dcjwjeditor | Mar 8, 2013 | Campaigns, Real Jobs, Real Food
Posted by Erin ODonnell on March 7, 2013 Spurring on the DC food service workers’ fight for greater access to fresh, healthy food and good, sustainable jobs using fresh-cooked ingredients, Howard University workers employed by Sodexo celebrated another victory of DC’s...
