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Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
This is the AFL-CIO's week of action on the PRO Act. Please call Senator Warner at 202-224-2023 or 703-442-0670 and ask him to co-sponsor the bill.
Today’s labor history: Western Federation of Miners dynamites Bunker Hill Company mill.
Today’s quote: Jacob Coxey
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Labor renews battle for workplace safety on annual Workers Memorial Day.
Today’s labor history: Coal mine accidents kill hundreds.
Today’s quote: “We Just Come To Work Here”
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
This is the AFL-CIO's week of action on the PRO Act. Please call Senator Warner at 202-224-2023 or 703-442-0670 and ask him to co-sponsor the bill.
Today’s labor history: Eisenhower signs discriminatory Executive Order 10450.
Today’s quote: Oppenheim’s poem “Bread and Roses.”
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Kalmanovitz Institute’s “Public Forum on Empowering a Post Pandemic Working Class.”
Today’s labor history: U.S. Army seizes Montgomery Ward HQ.
Today’s quote: Lane Windham.
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Labor responds to Chauvin murder convictions; “Stop The Greed, Stop the Layoffs at Johns Hopkins”; Alexandria expands city workers’ rights
Today’s labor history: NYT declares 8-hour struggle “un-American.”
Today’s labor quote: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy.
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
“We still have a long way to go to end the systemic cycle of injustice, racism, and hatred.”
Today’s labor history: UFW founder Cesar Chavez dies.
Today’s quote: Ida Mae Stull.
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
"The work of dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy is just beginning.”
Today’s labor history: one of the worst disasters in Virginia mining history.
Today’s quote: Jean Ross.
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Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Historic ordinance permits workers to bargain over a majority of work-related issues.
Today’s labor history: NYS Taylor Law permits public employees union rights but bans right to strike.
Today’s quote: Adrian Alvarez.
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
LIUNA Local 572 urges support to save the jobs of union members at JHU.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 celebrate textile workers’ win in Lowell, MA.
Today’s quote: Louis Tikas.
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Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Contract obstruction…EPI’s Thea Lee outlines another of the 7 Anti-Union Shenanigans the PRO Act Would Fix.
Today’s labor history: Government employees bear brunt of American domestic terrorist’s bomb.
Today’s quote: Addie Wyatt.
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