Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights awarded to National Health Workers Union of Liberia and its exiled leader George Poe Williams.
Today’s labor quote: SEIU Local 500.  
Today’s labor history: Rev. Abernathy arrested while picketing Charleston hospital in a demand for union recognition.  
  
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Earning while you learn; Two wins for UNITE HERE 23; Ukraine workers’ Wartime Diaries; Pay gap persists at The Post.
Today’s labor quote: Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Today’s labor history: ILWU shuts down West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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Major rally on climate action planned for tomorrow in DC.
Today’s labor quote: Bernie Sanders.
Today’s labor history: One of the worst disasters in Virginia mining history.  
 
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Women and people of color are still paid less, compared with their male and White colleagues, according to Washington Post Guild study.
Today’s labor quote: Washington Post Guild.
Today’s labor history: Rockefeller signs Taylor Law.  
 
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Labour Initiatives, a local non-governmental organization in Ukraine, has launched a video series, dubbed Wartime Labor Diary, featuring interviews with workers documenting their often heroic efforts in Kyiv during wartime.
Today’s labor quote: “Comrade Gromov”.
Today’s labor history: The Ludlow Massacre.  
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Levy Nationals Ballpark workers win contract; Guckenheimer Google workers join union.  
Today’s labor quote: Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Today’s labor history: NYC bus boycott succeeds.   

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Washington DC Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee Training Director Chris Biondi on why apprenticeships make sense.  
Today’s labor quote: Chris Biondi.
Today’s labor history: Striking WV coal miners defend themselves.
 
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Nurses strike Howard University Hospital; Striking Howard University Hospital workers gain wide support; Restoring worker rights; Timesland contract; Movement certified.
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS screws up.

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Dealing with crises arising from conflicts and disasters; International Labour Organization (ILO) releases training manual for workers’ organizations.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: First women-led American union strikes, and wins.

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Timesland News Guild gets new contract; NLRB to certify union at Movement of Crystal City.
Today’s labor quote: Sylvain La.
Today’s labor history: Mexican and Filipino farm workers arrested for union activities.  
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