Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

UMD shuttle bus drivers protest

At issue: unsafe buses, cutting routes, exclusion of university staff from pandemic hazard pay, and management negligence.
Today’s labor history: Teamsters strike UPS.
Today’s labor quote: 1919 Paterson silk strike.
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Strikes work! MetroAccess call center workers win 12% raises

“This is just the beginning,” says local transit union leader.
Today’s labor history: Air traffic controllers strike.
Today’s labor quote: Tonia White.

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AFL-CIO chief supports vaccine mandates

“If you come back and you’re not vaccinated, everybody in that workplace is jeopardized,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
Today’s labor history: Hatch Act passed.
Today’s labor quote: Randi Weingarten.
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Union-busting at the Walters Art Museum

Another example of why workers need the Protecting the Right to Organize – or PRO – Act.
Today’s labor history: LBJ signs Medicare Act.
Today’s labor quote: Jimmy Hoffa.
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“Tales of the Resistance: Persistence”

Episodes 3 & 4 from the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s latest radio drama.
Today’s labor history: The March of the Mill Children.  
Today's quote: Mother Jones.

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Bloomberg forces workers back to offices

Fearing rising COVID19 cases, workers want flexibility.
Today’s labor history: National Labor Union founder dies.  
Today's quote: Daughters of St. Crispin demand equal pay.

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CEOs soar while workers struggle

Growing pay inequality showcases need to pass PRO Act.
Today’s labor history: National Labor Union founder dies.  
Today's quote: William Sylvis.

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Closing in on the PRO Act

Protecting the Right to Organize three votes from passage in the U.S. Senate.
Today’s labor history: "Battle of the Viaduct."
Today's quote: Damon Silvers.

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This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights

Anti-Union Shenanigans #6 & #7; Biden: “Send the PRO Act to my desk!”; “We Are Zoomers and We Want the PRO Act.”

Today’s labor history: First U.S. general strike.

Today's quote: Elizabeth Warren.
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“We Are Zoomers and We Want the PRO Act”

A 22-year-old City Councilmember and a 23-year-old Policy Analyst on how the PRO Act would “massively expand union membership and democratize workplaces.”
Today’s labor history: Northern Michigan copper miners strike.
Today's quote: James Coleman and Nick Gonzalez.

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