Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Despite major union momentum last year, membership fell; EPI explains why.
Today’s labor quote: Heidi Shierholz.
Today’s labor history: Iris Rivera refuses to make coffee.  
 
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Problems with contractors and subcontractors include staffing shortage, bounced and late paychecks..
Today’s labor quote: John J. Sweeney.
Today’s labor history: Collar Laundry Union forms.   

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Concerns include understaffing, retention, pay discrepancies and COVID leave policies.
Today’s labor quote: Rob Ballock.
Today’s labor history: Texas pecan shellers strike.   

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Confessions of a Union Buster; AFGE cheers Biden EO $15/hr fed wage; “Quitting in droves.”
Today’s labor quote: Erna Solberg.
Today’s labor history: Commission on International Labour Legislation established.

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Property service workers union supporting tipped workers.
Today’s labor quote: Dolly Parton.
Today’s labor history: “9 to 5” tops the charts.   

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Classic 1979 Oscar-nominated documentary tells the story of the women of the General Motors sit-down strikes in 1936 and 1937. Labor Goes to the Movies podcast co-host Elise Bryant will host a Q&A afterwards with filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb. RSVP here.
Today’s labor quote: Bobbie McGee.
Today’s labor history: NYC maids organize.   

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Low-wage nursing home workers face untenable levels of pressure.
Today’s labor quote: Yvonne Slosarski.
Today’s labor history: Pirate pioneers workers comp.
  
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Will raise the pay of nearly 70,000 American workers.  
Today’s labor quote: Sojourner Truth.
Today’s labor history: Supreme Court upholds “Yellow Dog” contracts.   

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Union organizer Bob Muehlenkamp on the new “activist edition” of Marty Levitt’s 1993 book.
Today’s labor quote: Marty Levitt.
Today’s labor history: First canned beer goes on sale.   

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MLK at the AFL-CIO; Howard County hospitality workers seek right to return to work; As Metro GM exits, transit workers urge WMATA to listen; Norton introduces pay equity bill.
Today’s labor quote: William “Big Bill” Haywood.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 clothing workers strike in Rochester, NY.

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