Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Joyce Miller becomes AFL-CIO Executive Council’s first female member.
Today’s labor quote: Joyce Miller.  
Today’s labor history: Air Line Stewardesses Association formed.  

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Workers at the National Domestic Workers Alliance are members of CWA Local 1180.
Today’s labor quote: Hold The Fort.
Today’s labor history: IWW’s "Little Red Song Book" published.  

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Airport workers call out Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority.
Today’s labor quote: Paul Blair.
Today’s labor history: WEVD – named after Gene Debs – goes on the air.   

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Participation welcome in union contingent in annual parade.
Today’s labor quote: Doug Larson.
Today’s labor history: LA Times workers strike.  
 
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Funeral for the longtime local labor leader will be held today.
Today’s labor quote: George Meany.
Today’s labor history: Birth of George Meany.
  
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Workers are frustrated after pushing American University for more than 18 months to get their first contract settled.
Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers.
Today’s labor history: NYNEX striker killed on picket line.   

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”A Four-Day Week at Five Days’ Pay”; Another one bites the dust; MetroAccess workers win 9-day strike
Today’s labor quote: Lane Kirkland.        
Today’s labor history: Polish union Solidarity seizes the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk.

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ATU Local 689 MetroAccess workers reach tentative agreement with Transdev, ending nine-day strike
Today’s labor quote: Raymond Jackson.
Today’s labor history: MLB players strike over salary caps.  

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Court strikes down Trump-era FLRA policy allowing agency heads to unilaterally rewrite union contracts.
Today’s labor quote: Thomas Geoghegan.
Today’s labor history: Feds drive jobless out of D.C.   

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Striking MetroAccess workers – members of ATU 689 – and their supporters rallied Tuesday before contract negotiations with Transdev resumed.  
Today’s labor quote: MetroAccess strikers’ song.
Today’s labor history: Transport Workers Union support arrested leaders.
  
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