Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Loudoun County Transit workers OK strike

“We know what’s fair. All we are asking for is that Keolis recognize our union and the contract that was already there.”
Today’s labor history: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.  
Today’s quote: Ruth Rubin (Ballad of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, sung by Bev Grant).

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Big day for labor events

Wednesdays for Warner for the PRO Act; COVID vaccination forum; We Were There; Dear Comrades.
Today’s labor history: Breaking ground on the NYC subway.  
Today’s quote: Coalition of Labor Union Women.

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Gandhi’s labor quote (Not)

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” So said Mahatma Gandhi. Or did he?
Today’s labor history: Coalition of Labor Union Women founded.  
Today’s quote: Arthur Schopenhauer (Nicholas Klein).

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“We Were There” say women

Coalition of Labor Union Women celebrates 47th anniversary with online performance of play featuring inspiring women leaders from the past through the present.
Today’s labor history: Mark Twain hails Knights of Labor.  
Today’s quote: Lucy Parsons.

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This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights

AFL-CIO says filibuster “an artifact of Jim Crow”; Fitness workers, unite!; Dear Comrades!; “We Were There” say women.
Today’s labor history: American Labor Union founded.
Today’s labor quote: Tarn Goelling.

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Atlanta murders targeted working women

Many of those murdered were Asian and immigrant women who were targeted at their workplaces. World Against Racism day of action and concert.
Today’s labor history: Wal-Mart pays $11 million for misusing illegal immigrants.  
Today’s quote: Monica Thammarath.

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Dear Comrades!

DC Labor FilmFest screens Andrei Konchalovsky’s "meticulous and majestic” film about rebellious workers in 1962 Russia on March 24; CLICK HERE for tickets: $2 from each ticket goes to MWC’s Community Services Agency.
Today’s labor history: Police evict workers occupying Woolworth’s.  
Today’s quote: Martin Conroy.

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Unionism transcends ideology

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says PRO Act will strengthen civil rights, make us safer on the job, create fair workplaces and build a stronger economy.
Today’s labor history: Rock DJ’s strike.  
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.

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Fitness workers, unite!

Emily Collinson and Rachel Hornstein, former fitness trainers and organizers with Solidcore United, talk with reporter Chris Bangert-Drowns for WPFW’s Monday Morning QB about their effort to form a union at Solidcore fitness centers, and how that campaign reflects a broader resurgence in the labor movement.
Today’s labor history: United Federation of Teachers forms.  
Today’s quote: Rachel Hornstein.

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AFL-CIO says filibuster "an artifact of Jim Crow"

Calls on Senate to enact “swift and necessary changes to procedural rules standing in the way of enacting a Workers First Agenda.”
Today’s labor history: 8-Hour Act approved under railway strike threat.  
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.

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