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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: D.C. Hospitality Workers Secure New Contract with Salary Increase, Benefits

Thousands of Washington, D.C., hospitality workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 25, ratified a new four-year contract last week, delivering historic wins to members on core issues.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers at National Sawdust Successfully Vote to Join Union

Ushers at Brooklyn’s nonprofit music venue National Sawdust in New York voted overwhelmingly last week to join Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 306.
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Worker Wins: We Will Have Their Backs

Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Public Theater Workers Vote to Join IATSE

Crew members at off-Broadway’s Public Theater have officially voted to join the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), becoming the fifth off-Broadway group to do so since IATSE launched its organizing efforts earlier this year.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Fairfax County Public Schools Workers Win Historic Election

As of early Monday morning, more than 27,500 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) workers are now members of Fairfax Education Unions (FEU)—an alliance between Fairfax Education Association (FEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) affiliate, Fairfax County Federation of Teachers (FCFT). Teachers, counselors, librarians, bus drivers, custodians, teaching assistants and other critical staff members who make the ninth largest school district in the country run voted by a massive margin to organize for the wages, benefits, and voice on the job they deserve.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Eight Tribune Publishing Units Ratify Historic First Contract

After five years of negotiations between Alden Global Capital and a joint bargaining committee, journalists at eight Tribune Publishing-owned outlets voted overwhelmingly to ratify a historic first contract.