NEWS

Saturday, December 1, 2012
9am to 5pm
SEIU Headquarters, 1800 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, DC (Dupont circle metro)

Join part-time faculty, union members, and activists, contingent faculty advocates,full-time faculty, student groups, administration allies, members of The New Faculty and many more.

Speakers and Panelist to be announced.

This forum is free and open to the public. Breakfast and lunch will be served.

Call for Presentations!

For more information contact Ann McLeer at mcleera@seiu500.org.

“MIGRANTS’ PASSAGE AND THEIR HOPES ON THEIR JOURNEY”

2012 Roots of Migration Mid-Atlantic Tour featuring:

Leonila Romero González

Leonila, of the Dimension Pastoral de la Movilidad Humana (Catholic Migrant Ministry) for Mexico and of Las Patronas, works monitoring immigration through Mexico, advocating for migrants, and providing them with humanitarian aid as they make their harrowing travels North.

Where:Many Languages One Voice
3166 Mount Pleasant Street Washington,DC 202-621-0001
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Wednesday, October 24th
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Founders Room
American University School of Inte
ational Service
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016

Join UNITE HERE! Local 23 and the Real Food Real Jobs campaign for a Food Day celebration of food workers, students, and community members organizing for fair and sustainable food and jobs.

For more information contact Allison Burket at aburket@unitehere.org (202) 412-1612

CANCELLED

When: October 9, 2012
Where: Howard Hospital 2041 Georgia Avenue NW
Time: 11am to 2:30pm

DCNA to Hold Job Action – Demands that Howard University

Resume Contract Negotiations and Discuss Staffing

The District of Columbia Nurses Association (DCNA), the union representing Registered Nurses, Pharmacists, Dietitians and Social Workers at Howard University Hospital, urged Howard University President, Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., to resume negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement.
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CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF
BRIAN ANDERS

Brian Anders was, among many other things, a founding member and longtime Board Member of Empower DC. He passed away on August 28th 2012. Please read the tribute to him which appeared in The Nation (link below)

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169710/last-wish-brian-anders

Celebration

Saturday, October 13th
6:30-9 PM
Potter’s House
1658 Columbia Rd, NW

Pot-luck – Please bring a dish to share – pledge a dish by emailing Dyana.Forester@gmail.com

MUSIC * FELLOWSHIP * FILM OF BRIAN
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On September 19, 2012, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced that it had reached a tentative agreement on terms for a new contract with telecommunications giant Verizon Communications, preserving job security and retirement security for 34,000 workers. 11,000 members of the Inte
ational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are covered under similar agreements.

JOIN WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS IN TAKING COMMUNITY CONTROL!

COME AND DISCUSS:

• WHY TWO WALMARTS IN LESS THAN TWO MILES?

• NO GUARANTEES OF JOBS FOR DC RESIDENTS

• NO LIVING WAGE

• NO AFFORDABLE BENEFITS

HOW WILL THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BE CHANGED?

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?

For more information contact:
Faith Strategies – 202-723-5330 or Plymouthcongregational@yahoo.com
Respect DC – 202-255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org
Ward 4 Thrives – ward4thrives@gmail.com

Please join us as we celebrate the contributions that Dyana Forester has made to DC Jobs with Justice. She will be taking a new position at the National Office of Jobs with Justice as the Southe
Regional Field Coordinator.

When: October 25th
Where: Judy’s Restaurant
2212 14th St NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20009

Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Suggested donation $10. However this is a Roast. If you would like to join us in roasting Dyana, please pay an extra $10.

For more information contact Lillian at Lillian@dcjwj.org or 202-543-1542

Presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
at the AFI Silver Theatre:8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD

Come out and watch:
Adventureland
American Teacher
Billy Elliot
Black Legion
Box Car Bertha
BURN: One year on the front lines
To Save Detroit
Mo
ing Glory
Newsies
Office Space
The Pajama Game
Trash Dance

For information on tickets visit www.dclabor.org.