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News and views from Labor Radio Podcast Network shows, plus labor quotes and history. #LaborRadioPod
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Nov 11, 2021
Nov 11, 2021
2 min
New campaign amplifies the role veterans and military families play in the American labor movement.
Today’s labor quote: Will Attig.
Today’s labor history: Haymarket martyrs hanged.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @unionveterans @HelmetsHardhats
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Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021
2 min
Mine Worker strike now in eight month. Plus: workers at Garlock Sealing Technologies win 3-day strike.
Today’s labor quote: Cecil Roberts.
Today’s labor history: First sit-down strike of the 1930s.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MineWorkers
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Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
2 min
New feature tracking breaking labor news on Twitter.
Today’s labor quote: Benjamin Todd Jealous.
Today’s labor history: Committee for Industrial Organization founded.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
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Nov 8, 2021
Nov 8, 2021
2 min
Rapper Luke Roderick’s one-minute union message, from RadioLabour.
Today’s labor quote: African proverb.
Today’s labor history: Black and white unite in New Orleans general strike.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @radiolabour
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Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021
6 min
Elected officials join Shoppers worker protests; Election Day in VA; Rich Trumka: Made in America; Labor voices from VA’s election; Garlock workers strike.
Today’s labor quote: Bayard Rustin.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS upholds Taft-Hartley Act.
@UFCW400 @Shoppers @TerryMcAuliffe @va_labor #GOTV @RepAndyLevin @MineWorkers @unitehere @DCHotelworkers @unitehere23 @GarlockFamily @RGVALF_AFLCIO
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Nov 5, 2021
Nov 5, 2021
2 min
Three hundred IAM workers strike Garlock Sealing Technologies in upstate New York.
Today’s labor quote: Vicki Synyard.
Today’s labor history: Eugene Victor Debs born.
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Nov 4, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
2 min
Rank-and-file union members speak out.
Today’s labor quote: Bert Bayou.
Today’s labor history: Populist humorist Will Rogers born.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @unitehere @DCHotelworkers @unitehere23
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Nov 3, 2021
Nov 3, 2021
2 min
Andy Levin (D, MI) remembers the late AFL-CIO leader.
Today’s labor quote: And Levin.
Today’s labor history: Striking drivers dump milk in NYC.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @RepAndyLevin @MineWorkers
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Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
1 min
“Every vote counts and we can't do it without you.”
Today’s labor quote: Virginia AFL-CIO.
Today’s labor history: Debs receives a million votes for President.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @TerryMcAuliffe @va_labor #GOTV
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Nov 1, 2021
Nov 1, 2021
2 min
“We work, we sweat, we want more in our check!”
Today’s labor quote: UFCW Local 400 members who work at Shoppers.
Today’s labor history: First general strike for the 10-hour day.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @UFCW400 @Shoppers
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