NEWS

Over 200 of the District’s residents crowded the halls of the Wilson Building for the Save Our Safety Net(SOS) Reality Tour on May 18th from 11am to 1pm. The goal of the tour was to show the council that the residents do care about services that could be possibly be cut under the FY 2012 budget. Because they could not bring the councilmembers to the people, they brought the people to the front door of the council members’ offices. The final budget will be voted on May 24th.
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Excluded worker congress: May 10th –May 12th, New York, NY
Inte
ational conference on the human right to organize
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For Immediate Release
May 9, 2011
Contact: Ken Zinn, 202-974-8256

Nurses Ratify New Contract at Washington Hospital Center

New Agreement Makes Advances on Patient Care, Wages and Wins Back Fired Nurses’ Jobs

WASHINGTON, DC—National Nurses United announced today that Registered Nurses at Washington Hospital Center voted Friday and Saturday to ratify a new contract with their employer.
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On April 10, 2011, 330 people gathered at Adas Israel congregation in Washington DC for Jews United with Justice (JUFJ)’s annual Labor Seder. This was the tenth year that JUFJ presented its Labor Seder and the theme was “everyone deserves a good job”. The Seder combined religion, social justice issues, songs, and fellowship so that everyone who attended felt involved. A Seder is a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Jewish exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 hundreds of people gathered at the Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt, Maryland to show their support for Teamster Locals 639, 730, 863, and 922. The Teamsters are trying to prevent Giant and C&S Grocers from outsourcing warehouse jobs . This would leave 600 family supporting jobs in our community without work.

Registered nurses at Washington D.C.’s largest hospital, Washington Hospital Center, announced plans for a one-day walkout on Friday, March 4.

The strike announcement follows negotiation sessions Thursday, Friday and Monday that the nurses say produced insufficient progress toward resolving the RNs’ primary conce
s regarding serious patient safety problems and nursing standards at the hospital.
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Calling all volunteers!

Are you interested in helping day laborers lea
English and defend their rights?

Would you like to foster relationships and build community?

DC JwJ is seeking volunteers for our English for Day Laborers program which brings basic ESL classes to workers in the Home Depot parking lot on Rhode Island Avenue NE.

Our new volunteer orientation is scheduled for:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
DC JwJ offices, 888 16th St NW suite 520r

Philadelphia native Lillian Walker Shelton was groomed to be involved in social justice causes from childhood, when her mother impressed upon her and her brothers to be active in their community and assist others.
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