Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tenants and Workers United, NAACP and other organizations schedule candidate forum at Cora Kelly Recreation Center.
Democratic and Republican candidates for Alexandria City Council are invited to attend a Thursday evening forum focused on “issues important to working people,” according to a flyer promoting the event. The two-hour forum is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Cora Kelly Recreation Center and is presented by the Democratic Latino Organization of Virginia, the Alexandria chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New Latino Movement, Tenants and Workers United and the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations. TWU and the Alexandria NAACP were involved in organizing a rally in Market Square last week intended to bring awareness to policy issues currently being debated in City Hall, including the Beauregard …
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The groups plan to demand better housing, health care, education and workers' rights.
A group of union workers—Tenants and Workers United—along with other community members, plan to rally in Market Square Tuesday afternoon to demand better housing, healthcare, education and worker rights. Under the banner "We Pay Taxes, We Invest in the City," local and regional organizations are expected to join the rally, including the Iron Workers Union Local 201, Mount Jezreel Baptist Church, NAACP (Alexandria Branch #7043), Northern Virginia Labor Federation, Northern Virginia Urban League, NOVA Coalition, Services Employees International Union and Virginia New Majority. The event is scheduled for 4-7 p.m. in front of City Hall. The coalition hopes to make people aware of policy issues currently being debated in City Hall including …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Drivers unhappy with difficulty changing companies as well as increased dues.
Alexandria Yellow Cab drivers will take their vehicles off the road from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in protest increased dues and unfair treatment from management, according to Gabriel Rojo, the director of Tenants and Workers United. The Alexandria Yellow Cab Committee is organizing the protest with the help of TWU. Taxi drivers will meet at the Nannie Lee Memorial Recreation Center at 11 a.m. to “demonstrate to the company’s ownership and management that the drivers are united and will not put up with unfair treatment,” Rojo said. Rojo said it has been difficult for drivers to move from company to company after the city amended its taxi code in 2010. Similar concerns led to the creation of the Union Cab Company in Alexandria about five …
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Cedar
2:17 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Thank you for this. I looked on the Tenants & Workers, NAACP and the city calendar websites & found no mention of this forum. If I hadn't read the Patch, I would not know about this new date. I'm counting on hearing more about important issues here. more ›