Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“We are the working class and we are the people who make money for billion dollar corporations; we deserve better.” Hear the whole interview on Your Rights At Work.
Today’s labor quote: Kat Wiggers.
Today’s labor history: Detroit newspaper workers end strike.  

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Why your groceries cost so much; Union Kitchen workers stage 2-day strike; 70 ways to boost unions; Congressional workers organize.
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.
Today’s labor history: Hollywood writers win 3-month strike.

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Resolution Recognizing Congressional Workers’ Right to Organize supported by 130 in Congress.
Today’s labor quote: Andy Levin (D., MI).
Today’s labor history: WI governor threatens to sic National Guard on state workers.   
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Congressional Workers Union is unionizing the personal offices and committees of Congress.
Today’s labor quote: Congressional Workers Union.
Today’s labor history: Workers killed in explosion on Staten Island, NY.    
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White House releases report outlining steps it intends to take to promote union membership and collective bargaining among both public and private sector employees.
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: Boeing workers strike.
  
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Say management retaliated against them for trying to organize a union, United Kitchen Workers.
Today’s labor quote: Union Kitchen rally.
Today’s labor history: Vigilantes attacks IWW organizers.   

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Errol Schweizer, host of The Checkout Podcast, explains the cost of corporate consolidation and profiteering.
Today’s labor quote: Errol Schweizer.
Today’s labor history: Hockey players organize.   

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Union Kitchen workers seek to unionize; GMU janitors protest; The mysterious decline in union membership; DC teacher a “Never Quit” winner; CAP Union authorizes strike.
Today’s labor quote: Iron Workers.
Today’s labor history: Seattle General Strike begins.

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Says salaries lag while members are asked to go “above and beyond” during pandemic.
Today’s labor quote: Katie Barrows.
Today’s labor history: Rosa Parks born.   

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“She’s one of the first ones here and one of the last ones to leave.”
Today’s labor quote: Alice Paul.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS bans child labor, establishes 40-hour work week.  
 
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