Samuel Gompers is one of those names you vaguely remember from AP U.S. History, along with The Grange and the Know-Nothings. They fit in somehow, but you don’t exactly remember why. While he may not be on the tips of people’s tongues, he does have a rather large monument on Massachusetts Avenue NW near Mount Vernon Square. Gompers, born in London in 1850, was a major figure in the American labor movement, organizing and…

British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labour Party boasts that one of its many accomplishments is that 200,000 more workers are now in recognized trade unions than were in the past — yet the 630 non-diplomatic employees at British embassies and consulates in the United States may soon be denied that very right. In the wake of cutbacks in sick leave and other such benefits in January, those employees voted to join the Silver Spring-based International…

Today will be partly cloudy with highs in the 40s. If you came to our happy hour thanks for stopping by, if not, go see what you missed! If you’re a blogger the MeetUp.com D.C. blogger meetup for March is this Wednesday, and with a couple notable RSVP’s already promises to be an interesting time. This weekend we took a walk around Second Street NE and reported on the controversy swirling around the FEC and…