Our Power is Our Labor
2022-04-14 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
On April 14 from 5-7 p.m., join our friends at the Washington Education Association for a cross-labor virtual forum in which we can learn from one another about how to build power within and across our unions. Let’s elevate our wins and unify. Join the conversation at https://wea.mobi/3v8O5o3

Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth
2022-04-18 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE ONLY
This event is hosted by the Northwest African American Museum and Town Hall.
A Conversation with Clyde W. Ford. Tickets are $6. Register at: https://my.townhallseattle.org/get-tickets/ecaf2ea1-aba5-11ec-b02c-459de4b6e019
When we look at American history, it’s impossible to look at our country’s institutions of power and wealth without also looking at the foundational labor of enslaved Black men and women. The slave trade was essential to U.S. commodities like tobacco and cotton, and it shaped institutions from transportation and law enforcement to medicine and financial services.
In his newest book, Of Blood and Sweat, author Clyde W. Ford looks at the lives of individual Black men and women and their roles in creating and sustaining the wealth of the white one percent throughout American history. Today, as activists take the fight for racial equity and justice to the streets, Ford traces the roots of this struggle from pre-colonial Africa through post-Civil War America.
Ford joins us at Town Hall to discuss how the past holds broad implications for present-day calls for racial equity, racial justice, and the abolishment of systemic racism and offers invaluable insight into our understanding of Black history and the story of America.

Portland Chapter Meeting (Online) - WED., APRIL 20 (Early Evening)
2022-04-20 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE CHAPTER MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is an early evening meeting.

PROTEC17 Union Representative Rachel Whiteside invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Detailed information on how to join the online chapter meeting is emailed out to members usually around a week before the meeting, followed by a reminder email the day before your chapter meeting. Please refer to your home email to get that information, or ask a co-worker, steward, or your union rep if you don’t receive the email. Hope to see you all there!
Topic: Portland Chapter Meeting (early evening)
Date: Wed., April 20, 2022
Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY

Starbucks Workers United Rally and March
2022-04-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98122, United States

What is the WTO?: How Workers Pay the Price for "Free Trade" & How We Fight Back!
2022-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Online meeting
This event is hosted by the WA Free Trade Coalition.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)? How do the WTO and “free trade” policies take power from the people and give it to corporations? From gig economy to offshoring and labor export policies, from cutting environmental protections to maintaining pharmaceutical monopolies and withholding healthcare––the working class pays the price for “free trade.”
Join the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, Migrante Portland, Trade Justice PNW, and the Washington Fair Trade Coalition to learn more about the WTO and “free trade,” how it affects all of us, and how we can fight back.
Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8297hgxETL6y8IC6sdDh3A

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
2022-05-01 - 2022-05-31
Join our friends at Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) for a series of events in May, which is Asian Pacific American Heritage month.

Portland Chapter Meeting
2022-05-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-18 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Please see our email (e-newsletter from 4/28 or reminder from 5/9) or login to the members-only web portal to find the Zoom link to the virtual Chapter meeting.

WSDOT Chapter Meeting - Wed., May 11th (Online)
2022-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Topic: WSDOT Chapter Meeting (Early Afternoon)
Date: Wed., May 11, 2022
Time: 12 Noon – 1:00 p.m. – Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY
Detailed information on how to join this online meeting will be emailed out to members one week prior to the meeting, on Wed., May 4, followed by a Reminder email the day before the meeting, on Tues., May 10. Please refer to your home email to get that information, or ask a co-worker, steward, or your union rep if you don’t receive the email. Hope to see you all there!

Tacoma Chapter Meeting
2022-05-11 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Detailed information on how to join the online meeting is sent to members’ home email approximately a week before the meeting.
Please check your home email for all the details on the meeting agenda and the online log-in information!
See you at the meeting!

Know Your Rights at Work
2022-05-12 10:30 - 12:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This training is hosted by the Washington State Labor Education and Research Center:
You are invited to a free, online, 2-hour participatory training for workers in Washington State. Learn how to use this website to know your own rights, and to help your coworkers, family, and friends protect their rights at work. Registration is required and space is limited. Interpretation and closed captioning available by preregistration. You will need a computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet access to participate.
To register, please complete the form at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsde-qqjspE9fmFJLTLFBalaIxKcz2Pq6N
Questions or more information? Email Emilie.Slater@seattlecolleges.edu

Seattle Chapter Meeting
2022-05-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-06-09 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Detailed information on how to join the online chapter meeting is emailed out to members usually around a week before the meeting, followed by a reminder email the day before your chapter meeting. Please refer to your home email to get that information, or ask a co-worker, steward, or your union rep if you don’t receive the email. Hope to see you all there!

Courageous Conversations on Race and the Labor Movement
2022-05-19 17:45 - 19:45
This event is sponsored by: Kitsap Central Labor Council, Olympic Central Labor Council, WFSE 1181, UFCW 3000, OPEIU 8 and the WA State Labor Council, AFL-CIO

How do we talk to members and coworkers who think differently than us (politics, racial and gender justice, membership, etc…)? Would you like to be a better leader in your workplace and a voice for change? These are such big issues – what can we actually do about it?

This participatory workshop is designed to give you practical tools for building union solidarity within your workplace. This 2 hour session will help you to engage in effective conversations to build unity and solidarity among those you work with. Learn more at wslc.org/race-and-labor.

Courageous Conversations on Race and the Labor Movement will be held Thursday May 19, 2022 from 5:45pm to 7:45pm, Interpretation and closed captioning are available upon request.

This will be a Hybrid Workshop with opportunities to participate in person or virtually. Food will be provided at the in person gatherings in Port Angeles and Silverdale. To participate virtually you will need a computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet access. The in-person gatherings may change to virtual if the COVID conditions change. We will make sure everyone is updated if they do.

Register at: https://act.aflcio.org/events/courageous-conversations-on-race-and-the-labor-movement-kitsap-olympic-labor-councils-hybrid-event/

Revolutionary Nonviolence
2022-05-20 03:00 - 07:00 | Online meeting
The University of Washington Tacoma’s Labor Solidarity Project will present “Revolutionary Nonviolence: An Online Seminar on Organizing for Freedom” on Friday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The seminar will feature Dr. Kent Wong, the Director of the UCLA Labor Center, along with labor and community activists, and UWT students. Click here to register.

PROTEC17 Chapter Leadership Training
2022-05-21 02:00 - 04:00, 2022-05-25 14:30 - 16:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Please join us for an upcoming virtual training and development opportunity specifically for union member leadership – YOU!

Sat., May 21 from 9-11 a.m; or
Wed., May 25 from 3:30-5:30 p.m

In these virtual workshops, we will go over foundational information and explore best practices key to engaging and mobilizing members to build a strong union, including:

Understanding union governance and structure, including recent improvements to our union’s constitution
Sharing best practices for Chapter meetings
Creating member engagement opportunities and building solidarity

The two workshops will go over the same material. If you haven’t already, choose the day/time that works best for you, and register for one today! REGISTER for the 5/21 training HERE, or the 5/25 training HERE.

Labor History Webinar
2022-05-26 08:30 - 10:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is a webinar hosted by Labor’s Bookstore.
With a resurgence of union organizing, looking at our history shows how we have adapted to a changing world, and how we overcame fierce opposition. Both instructive and inspiring, this course will cover more than 200 years of struggle and will also emphasize our future.
The course will include:

How is our history recorded
Early Organizing–Craftsmen and Criminals
Fighting Back Against the Factory system
Slavery and Resistance to a labor system
The Growth of National Unions
Sit-Down Strikes
The Post-War Social Compact
The Red Scare and the Rise of Anti-Unionism
Tomorrow’s Organizing

Bill Barry is a retired organizer and active labor history teacher.
The cost is $30. A link will be sent one-week prior to the event.

Spokane Lunch & Learn
2022-06-01 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Important! Registration is required to attend.
For Spokane members only. You’ll need to register in advance to be able to join the meeting.
Details on how to register for this meeting will be sent to members’ home email one week before the event.

Race and Labor | Bridging the Divide: Tools for Building Union Solidarity
2022-06-04 09:00 - 11:00
This event is sponsored by: Thurston-Lewis-Mason CLC, Twin Harbors CLC, and the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.

How do we talk to members and coworkers who think differently than us (politics, racial and gender justice, membership, etc…)? Would you like to be a better leader in your workplace and a voice for change? These are such big issues – what can we actually do about it?

This participatory workshop is designed to give you practical tools for building union solidarity within your workplace. This 2 hour session will help you to engage in effective conversations to build unity and solidarity among those you work with. Learn more at wslc.org/race-and-labor.

Bridging the Divide will be held Saturday, June 4 from 9:00 -11:00am PST. Interpretation and closed captioning are available upon request. You will need a computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet access to participate virtually.

Register at: https://act.aflcio.org/events/june-4-thurston-lewis-mason-and-twin-harbors-counties-race-labor-workshop

Portland Chapter Meeting
2022-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM

WSDOT Chapter Meeting
2022-06-08 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Detailed information on how to join this online meeting will be emailed out to members one week prior to the meeting, on Wed., June 1st, followed by a Reminder email the day before the meeting, on Tues., June 7th. Please refer to your home email to get that information, or ask a co-worker, steward, or your union rep if you don’t receive the email. Hope to see you all there!

Portland Chapter Meeting
2022-06-15 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE CHAPTER MEETING VIA ZOOM

Juneteenth Celebration - Skate to Freedom Party and Community Day
2022-06-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Judkins Park, 2150 S Norman St., Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
This event is hosted by the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM).
NAAM will host a Skate Party with complimentary skate rental, a community day featuring local Black-owned vendors and food trucks, family friendly activities, music and so much more. Join us for the ultimate Juneteenth immersive experience! Registration forthcoming on the NAAM website.

Juneteenth Celebration
2022-06-20 10:00 - 17:00 | Seward Park, 5900 Lake Washington Blvd S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
You are invited to a celebration of Juneteenth for King County and City of Seattle employees!
Juneteenth, which falls each year on June 19, commemorates the end to slavery in the United States. It’s considered the oldest African American holiday. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday. This year, for the first time, City of Seattle employees will get a paid holiday to celebrate the occasion.
A joint group of City and County employees are planning a free event to honor Juneteenth on Monday, June 20, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Seward Park. The event, open to employees and their families, will focus on unity and fellowship and feature food, music, art, and more! It will provide an opportunity to connect and celebrate.
A special thanks goes out to the team of collaborators planning this event, including RSJ Change Teams, Affinity Groups, and the King County Office of Equity and Social Justice in partnership with King County’s Black leaders. Please mark your calendar for this event and stay tuned for more announcements on this fun family event.
Please RSVP here to let planners know if you are interested in attending the June 20th event

Benton Franklin Chapter Meeting
2022-06-21 05:00 - 06:00 | BFHD Spruce Room
Join your fellow PROTEC17 members at the next Chapter meeting!
This is an in-person meeting!
Join us as we discuss our upcoming contract negotiations. PLUS, there will be a taco salad bar! 🌮 🥗
Hope to see you there!

Summer Institute for Union Women 2022 - Western Region
2022-06-23 - 2022-06-25 | Online meeting
Save the Date for this virtual event hosted by the Washington Labor Education and Resource Center.
More information to come soon. $50 registration fee.
Questions? Contact: Emilie.Slater@seattlecolleges.edu

PROTEC17 @ Seattle Pride Parade!
2022-06-26 10:00 - 14:00 | 4th Ave & Spring, Seattle
If you’re in Seattle, march with your fellow PROTEC17 and other union members in the Seattle Pride Parade on Sun., June 26 starting at 11 a.m.!
We will be joining as part of the ‘Pride at Work‘ contingency (#68). Throw on your PROTEC17 gear and meet us on 4th Ave. between Spring and Seneca at 10:45 a.m. — look for our PROTEC17 signs! We will have some PROTEC17 Pride hats and our new vinyl Pride stickers (see heart image at top of this message!) for members who participate! RSVP to Deidre Girard, PROTEC17 Communications Director.
*Parade organizers are requiring proof of vaccination and/or a negative COVID test result within 48 hours of the event to participate, so please bring your vax card (or photo of) and/or negative test results.

PROTEC17 Workers' Roundtable (PWR!) Meeting
2022-07-12 14:30 - 15:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Join us for the next meeting of the PROTEC17 Workers Roundtable (PWR!) virtual meeting on July 12 at 3:30 p.m. to connect with other PROTEC17 members to mobilize around the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, which threatens reproductive rights.
REGISTER HERE to take action, connect with others, and together, we will reimagine our future where each and every person has the dignity, respect, and freedom to choose how and when to expand their family and thrive.

WSDOT Chapter Meeting
2022-07-13 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Detailed information on how to join this online meeting will be emailed out to members one week prior to the meeting, on Wed., July 6th, followed by a Reminder email the day before the meeting, on Tues., July 12th. Please refer to your home email to get that information, or ask a co-worker, steward, or your union rep if you don’t receive the email. Hope to see you all there!
