On this glorious Labor Day weekend, we wish you and your family health, happiness, and relaxation. We want to recognize the hard work you do to support our students and let you know how honored we are to be working for you. We also want to give our thanks to the countless workers and labor unions whose efforts throughout time have allowed us to have this three-day weekend (and weekends in general) as a break from our labors.
We encourage you to think about one way having a union has helped you, and one way YOU can help your union be stronger and better? Post your thoughts in the comments section below.
Looking for ways to help?
We have a few committees still looking for members:
We’d love for you to sign the Principles for Safe Re-Opening Petition:
Read the Principles for Safe Re-Opening and sign the Petition
A Conversation with Frontline Workers (3 pm PST, 9/4/20)
If you have the time today, we thought you might enjoy watching this conversation between AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and union members who are serving on the front lines as we battle COVID-19. From teaching our kids, to caring for the sick, to serving our communities, these workers will share their personal journeys and discuss why we need to pass the HEROES Act to protect and support those on the job.
We wish we could be enjoying our annual Labor Day Picnic in the park with all of you, and we really miss seeing you all in person. Here’s to a better, safer, future where we get to see your smiling faces once again.
Until next year,
Your Executive Council
I am grateful for so many ways unions in general and our own local have helped over the years I’ve worked at Lane. Too many to list.
But right now, in this unprecedented time, I’m especially grateful for the knowledge that we do stand together to offer support–even when we can’t stand next to each other in person.
Things like getting those CARES checks and my new Reliacard with money on it really helps at the moment.
I’m missing going to the usual Labor Chapter Labor Day Picnic, where I had really been looking forward, as COPE Chair this year, to talk with local candidates about how they could best support our members, students, and our college in the community.
(I am really hoping that members will contact me at cope@lccef.org, or at starchildf@lanecc.edu, to learn how you can join forces to help LCCEF understand and access political support when it is needed)
And one of the ways I’ve been helping my union be stronger and better is by participating on the Re-Opening Advisory Team, speaking up for the safety and health of our classified members as plans are developed to slowly and carefully re-open our campus in limited ways during a pandemic.
In solidarity with my Grandpa Wolf, who was a USPS mail carrier during World War II. He couldn’t enlist as a soldier, though he very much wanted to, because his feet, after years of pounding the pavement delivering mail, were flat. But he quickly realized the patriotism that delivering that mail during war-time meant, and I have always honored that. He was one of the first two union members I ever knew personally, and he was very proud of that.