Metro DC CLUW is proud to support the Boycott Target Campaign. Locally and nationally, CLUW has a longstanding history of standing for inclusion, diversity and social justice. At the start of the second Trump administration we witnessed Target abandon these commitments, capitulating to an administration that has made racism and discrimination part of its national policy. Click here to read more.
Members of Metro DC CLUW joined nearly 400 attendees for CLUW’s 23rd Biennial Convention held November 8-11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. The chapter had 17 members attend the conference, with members actively participating in convention programming and committees. Click here to read more.
Metro DC CLUW proudly celebrated its 2025 Gloria T. Johnson Awards as an evening reception on September 24, 2025. During the evening we honored three union women from the metro DC area who are leaving their mark on the local labor community. Click here to read more.
Metro DC CLUW proudly relaunched its Gloria T. Johnson Awards as an evening reception in September 2024. During the evening we honored six union women from the metro DC area who have an undeniable impact on the local labor community. Click here to read more.
Metro DC CLUW is the proud recipient of the 2023 Joyce Miller Organizing Award, which it received at the 22nd Biennial Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) Convention. Nearly a dozen Metro DC CLUW chapter members traveled to Minneapolis in November to attend the constitutional convention. The chapter has worked hard over the last two years to revitalize the chapter and welcome more union activists into the coalition. Click here to read more.
Metro DC CLUW President Chelsea Bland joins the Network NoVa Friday Power Lunch for their Labor Day show, Hot Labor Summer: Feel the Union Heat, to discuss the history of CLUW and why it's important for union women and femmes to be at the forefront of the labor movement. Chelsea's segment begins at 21:28.
On Wednesday, June 28 in recognition of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, the chapter held its Women in Labor Series: Rainbow Chat virtual panel discussion. The event was hosted via Zoom and focused on the stories, experiences and leadership of queer women and femmes in the labor movement. Chapter President Chelsea Bland was the host for the discussion and the panelists included Keturah Johnson, International Vice President of AFA-CWA & Metro DC CLUW member; Kristina Romines, Economic Justice & Capacity Building Director at APALA; Emma Turzillo, Rank-and-File Organizer with Friends of Trevor United; and Kalima Ramsey-Walker, SMART Sheet Metal Worker.