Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

On 20^th anniversary of Transportation Security Administration, AFGE publishes series on battle for rights on the job.
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.
Today’s labor history: The first recorded strike.

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Management calls cops but UFCW 400 vows to keep fighting.
Today’s labor quote: Adam Smith.
Today’s labor history: 20,000 female garment workers strike in NYC.

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America is on strike; Infrastructure bill: What it means for you; Airline turkeys gobble up worker benefits; “No Contract, No Coal!”
Today’s labor quote: Donald Robert Perry Marquis.
Today’s labor history: 200,000 GM auto workers strike in 50 cities.

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Voices from Thursday’s DC protest by striking Warrior Met Coal miners and their allies.
Today’s labor quote: UMWA protest chant.
Today’s labor history: Joe Hill executed.
 
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Airport Workers United demands paid sick leave and affordable health care.
Today’s labor quote: Paul Blair.  
Today’s labor history: Seattle printers nix anti-labor ad.

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AFL-CIO calls it “a tremendous victory for working people in America.”
Today’s labor quote: Brian Murray.
Today’s labor history: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York founded.

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Perhaps the most moving moments came when solemn tribute was paid “to all of those we have lost” during the pandemic.

Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester.
Today’s labor history: Strikers forbidden to sing hymns.
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Robert Reich on the lessons for today from the 1946 strike wave.
Today’s labor quote: Robert Reich.
Today’s labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions founded.

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MWC Affiliate TweetWatch; Warrior Met strikers sit in at BlackRock; Operation Union Veterans Day; Tentative agreement for Strathmore ticketsellers.
Today’s labor quote: Luke Roderick.
Today’s labor history: Union activist Karen Silkwood's suspicious death.

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After two very long years and a 10-hour mediation session on Tuesday.
Today’s labor quote: Debora Hayes.
Today’s labor history: Ellis Island closes.

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