Swahili Village allegedly owes hundreds of thousands of dollars and hundreds of paid sick leave days to employees, most of whom are people of color including African immigrants.

The workers allege management has fired employees involved with unionization efforts.

Labor exploitation often happens in plain sight. In the D.C. area, this can include domestic work, restaurants, landscaping, and day labor.

The vote comes as nurses at the hospital push for their own union.

Food service workers employed by Compass Group — whose contract expired in January — are picketing outside the World Bank on Wednesday.

The suit comes a month after a settlement between the food incubator and the National Labor Relations Board over union-busting.

Some bus services, including commuter routes to D.C. and routes connecting to the Silver Line, have been suspended.

Multiple local firefighters and paramedics have accused D.C. of violating a longtime federal court decision that protects their rights to wear a beard for religious reasons.

D.C. has many workforce development and readiness programs, but some are unpaid or underpaid and most don’t include job placement.

“You know, I felt that [the strike] wasn’t going to take that long because…we do move the city,” says one Circulator operator who has been driving for 13 years.