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MetroAccess workers hit streets; Union Kitchen workers win union recognition; Towson Apple store workers make history; MWC candidates sweep DC primary.
Today’s labor quote: Eugene V. Debs.
Today’s labor history: American Railway Union members refuse to handle Pullman cars during strike.

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MWC candidates sweep DC primary

Plus labor wins in Virginia.
Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester.
Today’s labor history: Birth of Agnes Nestor.   
 
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Towson Apple store workers make history

Vote to join AppleCore union with IAM.
Today’s labor quote: AppleCORE.
Today’s labor history: Circus workers killed in train accident.   

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Union Kitchen workers win union recognition

Majority of employees at five Union Kitchen locations in DC vote to join UFCW Local 400.
Today’s labor quote: UFCW 400.  
Today’s labor history: Thirty-six killed in coal strike violence.

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DC labor turns out on Primary Day

Local labor movement turns out union vote in DC primaries.
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: 100,000 march with striking Detroit newspaper workers.

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MetroAccess workers hit streets

ATU 689 members “tired after years of being overworked and underpaid.”
Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs.
Today’s labor history: Striking African American auto workers attacked by the KKK.

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Grocery workers applaud new Giant in Ward 7

UFCW 400 welcomes agreement to open new Giant at Capitol Gateway Marketplace in N.E. DC.  
Today’s labor quote: Mark Federici.
Today’s labor history: Susan B. Anthony tried for voting.   

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Biden: “America’s always counted on union workers”

President Joe Biden spoke at the AFL-CIO convention on Tuesday.
Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Drag queens strike.  

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“It’s not one union’s fight”

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the new Center for Transformational Organizing.
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: Battle of Century City.   
 
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“Bring it on!”

The labor movement pays tribute to former president Rich Trumka at this week’s AFL-CIO convention.
Today’s labor quote: Richard Trumka.
Today’s labor history: First commercial computer installed.  
  
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