Mid-Atlantic Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Hires New...
Washington, DC – The Mid-Atlantic Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET) has added construction industry veteran David Allison as its Director. David Allison will head LECET...
View ArticleJustice for Corinthian Workers
Arlington, VA – On January 15, 2013 former employees of Arlington based Corinthian Contractors, Inc., local residents, and area immigration groups gathered to demand the company stop using unlawful...
View ArticleLiUNA Mid-Atlantic Supports Immigration Reform
Laborers Speak Out on Immigration Reform: “I’m here with my loud and proud brothers of the Mid-Atlantic region who are fighting for immigration reform,” says LiUNA Mid-Atlantic Region Vice President...
View ArticleLiUNA! Member, Organizer Takes GOLD at USA Judo Senior Nationals
Reston, VA – The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!) Mid-Atlantic Region is proud to announce that one of its members and lead organizers won the 2013 USA Judo Senior Nationals in...
View ArticleOne World Trade Center: Built by Local Laborers and the Trades
After over six years of construction, the final pieces of the One World Trade Center building are being put in place by Union members, making it the tallest building in the western hemisphere.
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After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Workers Demand ASI Clean up its Act!
Washington, DC – Several current and former asbestos workers protested Asbestos Specialist Inc (ASI) May 23 to demand their employer be held accountable for its dangerous behavior. The workers spoke...
View ArticleBridges Shouldn’t Have to Collapse for Congress to Get Serious About...
“How many more bridges must collapse, how many people must be hurt or die and how many billions of dollars must be drained from our economy before Congress makes investing in the basic infrastructure...
View ArticleCorporate Interest Groups Are Pushing So-Called Right-to-Work, Attacking Our...
Michigan Republicans passed a so-called right-to-work law, undermining the freedom to have a union in one of the strongest union states. Working people, unions and allies are mobilizing to stop the...
View ArticleThe State of American Infrastructure
A recent analysis concludes that the nation’s infrastructure is in dire disrepair. National and local funding levels for road and bridge improvements are not at required levels to meet current growing...
View ArticleProfiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement (Jhunio Medina)
The LiUNA! Mid-Atlantic Region presents Profiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement. This series of five short films takes a close look at LiUNA! members in the civil rights movement, and...
View ArticleProfiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement (Raymin Diaz)
The LiUNA! Mid-Atlantic Region presents Profiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement. This series of five short films takes a close look at LiUNA! members in the civil rights movement, and...
View ArticleProfiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement (Rudolph Tobin)
The LiUNA! Mid-Atlantic Region presents Profiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement. This series of five short films takes a close look at LiUNA! members in the civil rights movement,...
View ArticleProfiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement (Horace Burton)
The LiUNA! Mid-Atlantic Region presents Profiles in Courage: LiUNA! and the Civil Rights Movement. This series of five short films takes a close look at LiUNA! members in the civil rights movement, and...
View ArticleLiUNA Mid-Atlantic on NPR
Liuna protesters block a federal construction site in the District in 2011, alleging that only 13 percent of those working on the project are from D.C. Read the full story, click here.
View ArticleDC Residents Denied Work on Local Construction Sites
Despite a building boom in the District of Columbia, DC residents remain grossly underrepresented on area construction sites. Yet while recently strengthened local hiring rules could reduce the gap,...
View ArticleMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Leadership Supports the...
MWAA President on the benefits of using a Project Labor Agreement on Phase 1 of the Dulles Metro Rail Project: Richard “Dickie” S. Carter, MWAA Board member, comments on the benefits of PLAs on the...
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