HEI Hotels and Resorts, owner of the Sheraton Crystal City, is one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the US yet employees have experienced reduced hours and layoffs, shortages in cleaning supplies and basic materials, and increased workloads - especially in housekeeping.

Now, HEI workers are fighting back! Supported by student activists and local community leaders, workers presented their general manager, Pradeep Bobba, with a demand for a air and democratic process for deciding whether to form a union, without management interference. ow, HEI managers have fired union leader Ferdi Lazo and Hermen Romero. Support workers' right to organize!

Join us Thursday, August 13, to hear an update about our campaign for a Fair Purple Line, and plan our next steps in this exciting campaign!  This is also an opportunity to meet JUFJ's new Program Director and Rabbi in Residence, Rabbi Elizabeth Richman!

Light dinner will be provided.

RSVP & for more info: aaron.lawee@gmail.com

Join Moishe House Silver Spring, Jews United for Justice, Avodah-AJWS, and Shomrei Adamah for a delicious and informative BBQ.

We'll be feasting on homemade local, organic, Kosher burgers and vegetarian delights, and exploring what being a consumer of food actually means.

Topics of discussion will include:

++ Local and organic - what it means and why it's important

++ Migrant worker rights and last year's immigration raid on the Agriprocessors Kosher meat plant in Postville, Iowa.

++ The effect of our food production and consumption on the environment.

++ Why this is a Jewish issue.

This event is funded by a generous grant from the Jewish Community Relations Council (http://www.jcouncil.org/) and is completely free, but please RSVP so we know how much food to buy.

Now is the Time for Action! During his campaign, Adrian Fenty promised
to usher in a new era, bring us together and put the needs of the people
over petty political agendas. But now, he is pursuing an agenda to
privatize city services increasing the burden on DC residents through
excessive fees. DC workers want to work with the Mayor, but his style of
governance and his penchant for placing powerful moneyed interests over
the public good are not what are best for DC or its residents. In these
tough times, DC residents need a leader who will fight to save public
services, not sell them out. Join us Weds to take back DC!

Stand in solidarity with the hotel workers of Northern Virginia this Thursday, July 30th from 4:30-6:30pm at a rally and picket at the Sheraton Crystal City.  Workers at this hotel are fighting back against the hotel management company HEI in response to reduced hours, layoffs, increased workloads, and the recent firings of union supporters, one who was fired five days after leading a delegation to the hotel manager.

Please come and support the hotel workers this Thursday!  The Sheraton is located at 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.  The closest metro stop is Crystal City.    With further questions, please call DC Jobs with Justice at 202-974-8281.

Stand with workers at the Sheraton Crystal City hotel as they demand the reinstatement of fired union activist Ferdi Lazo and a free and fair process for deciding about unionization. More info:http://www.heiworkersrising.info

Speak Out by uninsured and under-insured patients, doctors, nurses, political & community leaders including Rev. Hagler and Audri Scott Williams. Music and performances. Sponsored by Labor Campaign for Single-Payer, Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO, Healthcare-Now, and Spirit of Truth Foundation.  For more info visit www.Healthcare-Now.org.

Homelessness among singles and families is on the rise in the District of Columbia. Well after hypothermia season has ended, there are no vacancies in the individual women's emergency shelter system, and the few vacancies in the men's system are far removed from people and supportive services. People with no place to go are being denied shelter and forced to stay in unsafe places. Family homelessness in the District has risen 25% since last year, and over 200 families remain on the wait list for emergency shelter. Meanwhile, the number of available units at D.C. General family emergency shelter is continuously decreasing and the shelter is currently down to 35 units from the 75 it was operating during hypothermia season. This shelter is slated to close even as families report that they are being turned away due to a lack of capacity in the system.

 
View and discuss hort videos about OUR EXPERIENCES, OUR DREAMS, & OUR SHARED ACTS OF POWER. ADD YOUR INSIGHT to the vision we are weaving together, to organize for equity across racial and ethnic lines through the stories of the people. 

FREE & OPEN TO ALL!

For more info, contact 202-232-2915 or mfirmino@onedconline.org, or visit

www.onedconline.org.