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Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
The way that working people's lives have changed across time gets reflected in country music songs.
Today’s labor history: Striking United Rubber Workers return to work.
Today’s quote: Margo Price.
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
MetroAccess call center workers back at table; Vita Health workers win contract; Washington Gas workers ‘Blow the Whistle’ on corporate greed.
Today’s labor history: 100,000 textile workers strike in Philadelphia.
Today’s labor quote: Wilder Reed.
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Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
Teamsters Local 96 has scheduled a strike authorization vote for next week.
Today’s labor history: Nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications workers strike.
Today’s quote: Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
1199SEIU Maryland/DC members “show that union power!”
Today’s labor history: Railway Labor Act first federal protection of right to form unions.
Today’s quote: Jaime Contreras.
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Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
NNU honors the more than 400 RNs who have died of Covid in the pandemic.
Today’s labor history: Shootout in Matewan, W.V. between striking union miners and coal company agents. Click here for the climactic scene from John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan.
Today’s quote: John L. Lewis.
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Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
After 1-day strike Friday: “We’re done being disrespected.”
Today’s labor history: Amalgamated Meat Cutters union launches major organizing campaign.
Today’s quote: Big Bill Haywood.
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Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich debunks the Republican Party's phony attempt to rebrand itself as the "party of the working class."
Today’s labor history: Starbucks baristas join the IWW.
Today’s quote: Robert Reich.
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Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
MetroAccess OCC workers OK strike; Labor board recovers $18m for workers; Washingtonian staff strikes.
Today’s labor history: Minneapolis general strike.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
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Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
U.S. labor law guarantees non-union employees the right to engage in “protected, concerted activity.”
Today’s labor history: Milwaukee brewery workers strike.
Today’s quote: T-Bone Slim.
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Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
Fed up with unfair labor practices and poor treatment by their employer, MV Transportation.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 IWW dock workers strike in Philadelphia.
Today’s quote: Douglas Fraser.
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