Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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Today’s labor history: Hormel meatpackers' strike begins.
Today’s labor quote: Barack Obama.

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Hundreds turn out for AFSCME Local 1072 protest.
Today’s labor history: Troops drive jobless out of DC.
Today’s labor quote: Big Bill Haywood.

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Contract approval comes after workers voted to strike.
Today’s labor history: Air Line Pilots Association founded.
Today’s labor quote: John Gibson.

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The AFL-CIO president died August 5. He devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership as the voice of America’s labor movement.
Today’s labor history: Bell Atlantic workers win strike.
Today’s labor quote: Rich Trumka.

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Strikes work! MetroAccess call center workers win 12% raises; UMD shuttle bus drivers protest; Assessing labor’s wins and losses

Today’s labor history: Cesar Chavez awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Today's quote: Richard Trumka.

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Highlights the successful campaign to pass the DC Paid Family Leave Program.
Today’s labor history: Verizon workers strike.
Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester.

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DC City Council wraps unconventional budget season.
Today’s labor history: Family and Medical Leave Act takes effect.
Today’s labor quote: Bill Clinton.

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At issue: unsafe buses, cutting routes, exclusion of university staff from pandemic hazard pay, and management negligence.
Today’s labor history: Teamsters strike UPS.
Today’s labor quote: 1919 Paterson silk strike.
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“This is just the beginning,” says local transit union leader.
Today’s labor history: Air traffic controllers strike.
Today’s labor quote: Tonia White.

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“If you come back and you’re not vaccinated, everybody in that workplace is jeopardized,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
Today’s labor history: Hatch Act passed.
Today’s labor quote: Randi Weingarten.
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