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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
CAP director Tonya Love is this year's Partnership Award winner from the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: Spontaneous revolt by VA tobacco stemmers.
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Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
More than two dozen get labor nod in DC, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.
Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester
Today’s labor history: Battle of Harlan County.
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Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
“America’s dedicated public servants are the lifeblood of our democracy.”
Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Haymarket Massacre.
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Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
The occupational, physical and speech therapists will be represented by UFCW Local 400 in the DMV area and UFCW Local 27 in the Baltimore region.
Today’s labor quote: Pete Seeger.
Today’s labor history: Chicago police kill 4, injure 200 at striker rally.
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Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
AFL-CIO and the Catholic Labor Network host “The Labor Movement and the Catholic Church, Then and Now” discussion of Monsignor George Higgins.
Today’s labor quote: Monsignor George Higgins.
Today’s labor history: General strike by the Chicago Trades Assembly.
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Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Labor movement’s Nobel Prize awarded; Study: UMD boosts management, cuts teachers; Striking for the Earth?; Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: May Day originates in Chicago.
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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
“The Wobblies” opens 2022 DC Labor FilmFest Sunday at AFI Silver. Email cgarlock@dclabor.org to enter a raffle for free passes.
Today’s labor quote: Deborah Shaffer.
Today’s labor history: Coxey’s Army reaches DC.
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Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Grim statistics from the AFL-CIO’s annual report on worker safety and health.
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: Two coal mine disasters; creation of OSHA.
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Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Climate scientists urge colleagues to stage a mass walkout.
Today’s labor quote: Timothy F. Smith.
Today’s labor history: First strike for the 10 hour day.
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Reveals a “systematic trend toward hiring poorly paid precariously employed contingent faculty with expanded teaching loads.”
Today’s labor quote: Nate Beard.
Today’s labor history: Army seizes Montgomery Ward HQ after management defied the NLRB.
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