Labor/Immigrant Rights

Virginia Immigrant People's Coalition Day of Action!

Submitted by lhe on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 11:52am
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Date: 
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 8:00am - 2:00pm
Location : 
Virginia

Location: Richmond, VA

Event Details: 

The 2012 Virginia General Assembly is in full force, and legislators from around the commonwealth are introducing bills that would create a climate of hatred in Virginia. The Virginia Immigrant People’s Coalition, which brings together immigrant-led groups and their allies, has re-formed to coordinate a grassroots response to the proposed legislation.

Join VIP Coalition for a day of action in Richmond in organized lobby visits and holding a rally and press conference outside to demand dignity for all those who live in Virginia.

Contact: For more information please click here.

Film screening: "More Than a Month"

Submitted by lhe on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 11:08am
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Date: 
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location : 
DC

Location: Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW

Event details: Shukree Hassan Tilghman's "More Than a Month" follows Tilghman, as he embarks on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. More Than a Month examines what the treatment of history tells us about race and power in contemporary America.

February 4th Stand with Hotel Workers

Submitted by rgroom on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:03am
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Date: 
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 5:15pm
Location : 
Virginia

When:  Saturday, February 4th at 5:15pm

Where: Corner of South Eads and 18th street in Arlington, Virgina.  One block from Crystal City metro.

Description:  Join a picket line to support workers at the Sheraton Crystal City hotel who are demanding a fair process of deciding unionization.

For more information: http://www.heiworkersrising.org.

February 4th Stand with Hotel Workers

Submitted by rgroom on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:03am
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Date: 
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 5:15pm
Location : 
Virginia

When:  Saturday, February 4th at 5:15pm

Where: Corner of South Eads and 18th street in Arlington, Virgina.  One block from Crystal City metro.

Description:  Join a picket line to support workers at the Sheraton Crystal City hotel who are demanding a fair process of deciding unionization.

For more information: http://www.heiworkersrising.org.

Cuban Photo Exhibit Opening

Submitted by dderbyshire on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:52pm
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Date: 
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 6:00pm
Location : 
DC

Location: Mary Graydon Center, Floor 5, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Description: Celebrating the International Year of Afro-Descendants in 2011, Roberto Chile's exhibit seeks to portray and celebrate the African roots of the Cuban people. "Afrodescendientes" reflects the lives of the descendants of African slaves who, following their liberation, settled in Guanabacoa , Cuba .

Tipped Minimum Wage = Legalized Gender Discrimination? Congressional Briefing on Gender Equity in Restaurant Industry

Submitted by rlehner on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:40pm
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Date: 
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 9:00am - 10:30am
Location : 
DC

Location:  Canon House Office Building - B-338, Washington, DC

Event Details: The restaurant industry’s treatment of women made headlines in the last few months in the context of the Presidential campaign. However, few reporters covered the real story: women make up the majority of the industry’s more than 10 million workers, but suffer in its lowest-paying positions with little access to benefits.

Moreover, 66% of the industry’s 3.6 million tipped workers are women, for whom the federal minimum wage has been frozen at $2.13 for over twenty years. This makes the restaurant industry the only sector of the U.S. economy in which a lower wage for women is set by law and not just employer practice.

Contact: 202-559-7496 or genderequityreport@rocunited.org

Immigration Film Series

Submitted by lhe on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 12:52pm
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Date: 
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 7:00pm
Location : 
Virginia

Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Boulevard, VA

Event details: Come see stories of the human side of U.S. immigration policy and learn how the law affects the lives of individual people. Join the Immigration Working Group for screenings and discussion of:

"Tony and Janina's American Wedding": After 18 years in America, Tony and Janina Wasilewski’s family is torn apart when Janina is deported back to Poland, taking their 6 year old son Brian with her. Set in Chicago, the film follows the Wasilewski’s 3-year struggle to be reunited, as their Senator Barack Obama rises to the Presidency.  

Contact: Call (703) 892-2565

Metro Council Delegate Meeting

Submitted by rlehner on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 12:03pm
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Date: 
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 6:30pm
Location : 
DC

Location: AFL-CIO   815 16th St NW Washington D.C.

Event Details: Come hear the latest updates on the local labor movement featuring reports from the Community Services Agency, Union City, and COPE. “As always, all are welcome and encouraged to attend!” says Council President Jos Williams.


Contact: www.dclabor.org

Occupy DC Movie Night: The Corporation

Submitted by lhe on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:28pm
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Date: 
Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Location : 
DC

Location: The Radical Space-DC, 5525 Illinois Ave NW, DC (near Georgia Ave-Petworth)

Description: Join in for an exciting documentary, which reveals how corporations are being given the same rights as humans and have a constant impact on the lives of all Americans. Discussion will follow the film. 

For more information about this event, click here.

Emira Woods and Film: Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Submitted by dderbyshire on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 3:51pm
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Date: 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location : 
DC

Location: 1901 Fort Place, SE

Description: Hear FPIF Co-Director, Emira Woods after the screening of this award-winning documentary about a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia. Attend a screening and discussion of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a documentary about the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war, and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003. The post-screening speaker will be IPS Foreign Policy In Focus co-director, Emira Woods, who is from Liberia.

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