http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Sat, 19 Jul 2008 6:34:31 CDT en-us http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401215_pf.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401215_pf.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:49:18 CDT We've seen the federal government at its worst over the past six months. Consider the controversies over contaminated tomatoes and meat, tainted toys, toxic trailers, counterfeit Heparin, aircraft groundings, veterans' care, missing warheads and unrelenting contract fraud. For every NASA success on the surface of Mars, there seems to be a failure back on Earth. http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70217 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70217 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:49:56 CDT “We had a great crowd today” at Tuesday’s screening of “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” reports AFT’s Jodie Fingland. “Everyone really enjoyed the film and Norm Hill did a great job informing staff about some of Bayard's accomplishments that weren't in the film.” Meanwhile, AFGE Local 12 screened the first half of “Brother Outsider” on Tuesday and will show the rest of it next Tuesday, reports Traci DiMartini. The film screens at noon on Friday at the... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70158 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70158 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:54:59 CDT Office Space Available: 3100 square feet, 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW (K Street to L Street, between 14th and 15th Streets). Available 8/1/08; currently occupied by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE), who is offering a sublease through 2011 at $37/sq ft. Contact DPE Executive Director David Cohen at dcohen@dpeaflcio.org or call 202-638-0320. http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70157 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70157 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:53:40 CDT By Philip Dine Coverage of labor or workers' issues in general is all too rare in the media, and discussion of these topics is even more scarce in the rarified atmosphere of Washington's top think tanks. So it was gratifying to participate in one such event last Friday at the Center for American Progress. That a packed and engaged audience showed up only added to the sense that maybe, just maybe, the belief by editors and producers around the country that no one cares about unions and... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70156 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70156 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:46:27 CDT We missed an important date in labor history on June 21, the 4-year anniversary of BIGLabor.com’s “Today In Labor History,” which has become one of UNION CITY’s most popular features. “Every week's offering is likely to change year to year as I continue to find appropriate items and/or finetune existing items, and as new ‘history’ happens every day” reports David Prosten of Union Communication Services, which publishes BigLabor. “We also wanted to let you know that we're... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70155 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70155 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:44:59 CDT “More stuff on pro-labor things to do in the city or online.” “Earlier notice of upcoming events.” “Use headers and bullet points to make it easier to navigate.” These are just a few of the more than 100 comments and suggestions that have already come in response to our annual Union City Reader Survey. 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Everyone who completes our brief 4-question survey will be entered in a drawing for cool union... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70154 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70154 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:43:23 CDT Labor strongly objected to three last-minute nominees to the District’s Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) in testimony last Friday before the DC City Council’s Committee On Workforce Development And Government Operations. “We are objecting strongly to the process of appointments as well as, at this point, to the nominees themselves,” testified Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams, noting that Mayor Adrian Fenty has created a crisis at the PERB �" which makes critical... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70153 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70153 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:38:16 CDT A century ago, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision was handed down that had a huge and long-lasting impact on wage and hour regulations. The National Consumer League is hosting a free conference marking the centennial of the 1908 “Muller v. Oregon” case this Wednesday, featuring the Metro Council’s Jos Williams, UFCW VP Michael Wilson, Mary Beth Maxwell Of American Rights at Work and more on the history and future of the struggle for fair wages, hours and working conditions. Free but... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70152 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70152 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:36:05 CDT He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. The film “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” �" which screens in DC three times this week -- asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history. One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the march... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70151 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/organizations/apalanet.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/70151 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:33:45 CDT Workers will rally outside Verizon headquarters in DC Tuesday at noon to demand that Verizon take responsibility for the unpaid wages of subcontracted workers. The workers are employees of subcontractors hired by Verizon to dig trenches for new fiber optics cable. Workers have asked Verizon to intervene on their behalf, but the company "has denied responsibility for the nonpayment of dozens of workers," says CASA de Maryland. The rally is being organized by CASA de Maryland, the Washington... http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40281&dcn=e_gvet http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40281&dcn=e_gvet Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:26:10 CDT The House on Thursday passed legislation that would institute a paid parental leave policy for all federal employees. The House voted 278-146 to pass H.R. 5781, which would provide four weeks of paid maternal or paternal leave for the birth or adoption of a child. It would, for the first time, let new parents use their accrued sick leave for an additional eight weeks of paid leave.