What We’re Doing In Washington, D.C. Select typeArticleEventMedia HitMultimediaReportResolutionSpeechStatement Apply June 21, 2024 Blog 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. July 11, 2023 Blog Service & Solidarity Spotlight: George Washington University Hospital Registered Nurses Join D.C. Nurses Association/NNU Registered nurses at George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) voted to be represented by the D.C. Nurses Association, an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU). The union effort comes during a nationwide nursing shortage, and the nurses at GWUH cited staffing shortages among the reasons to pursue a union. October 26, 2021 Speech Shuler: We Need to Pass the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act Remarks of AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler at the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act Press Conference, Rayburn 2359. April 6, 2021 Blog Washington Teachers’ Union President Elizabeth Davis Passes The Washington, D.C., metro area labor movement lost one of its most outspoken leaders Sunday night when Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) President Elizabeth Davis died in a car crash. January 28, 2020 Blog Washington Labor Leader Jackie Jeter Retiring Long-time labor activist Jackie Jeter (ATU), president of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, will retire at the end of January after a life-long career in the labor movement. November 18, 2019 Speech Trumka on New NAFTA at Maryland/DC AFL-CIO Convention: We Are Not There Yet We’ve been lobbying the White House specifically on NAFTA for more than two years, slowly but surely moving the ball down the field. But we are not there yet. Let me repeat: we are not there yet. I know from experience this can be one of the most dangerous points in a negotiation. An agreement is in sight so you fold on core issues in order to get across the finish line. I will not allow that to happen. Load More