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Aug 10, 2022
Aug 10, 2022
2 min
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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Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 2022
2 min
Rally set for 8:30a this morning prior to contract negotiations with Transdev.
Today’s labor quote: Valerie Thomas.
Today’s labor history: Bell Atlantic workers win strike.
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Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022
2 min
Read Sara Jaffe in the August 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: MA marijuana retailer hit with $300K in fines for wage theft.
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Aug 5, 2022
Aug 5, 2022
1 min
Join International Chemical Workers Union Council/United Food and Commercial Workers Local 566C.
Today’s labor quote: Bill Clinton.
Today’s labor history: FDR’s National Labor Board.
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Aug 4, 2022
Aug 4, 2022
2 min
“This election was the workers’ chance to stand up to the agency,
and they did.”
Today’s labor quote: Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
Today’s labor history: Paterson silk workers strike.
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Aug 3, 2022
Aug 3, 2022
1 min
AFL-CIO’s new Center for Transformational Organizing “will convert the energy of this moment into real union growth.”
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: "Which Side Are You On?" author Florence Reece dies.
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Aug 2, 2022
Aug 2, 2022
1 min
Organizing drive at Medieval Times gains momentum.
Today’s labor quote: Erin Zapcic.
Today’s labor history: Hatch Act passed.
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Aug 1, 2022
Aug 1, 2022
2 min
United Auto Workers prepare for possible battle in next year’s contracts with major auto companies; Labor Notes’ Jonah Furman reports on Your Rights At Work radio show.
Today’s labor quote: Sid Hatfield.
Today’s labor history: Union supporter Sid Hatfield murdered.
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Jul 31, 2022
Jul 31, 2022
4 min
Taking it to the aisles; Unionizing The Hill; What do you care most about?; Shakespeare doth organize; VCU Aramark workers win first contract
Today’s labor quote: William "Big Bill" Haywood.
Today’s labor history: The Great Shipyard Strike of 1999.
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Jul 29, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
1 min
UNITE HERE 23 members win raises, health insurance,
a pension and more. Plus: LSR Refinishing workers want a union.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: Five-year grape boycott bears fruit.
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