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Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Union popularity in the U.S. is now 65%; more than 60 million American workers would vote to join a union today if given the chance.
Today’s labor quote: Richard Trumka.
Today’s labor history: Getting money out of politics.
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Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
“To me, it represents all the people of the U.S. coming together as one to be healed.”
Today’s labor quote: Andrea Blackwelder Stanley.
Today’s labor history: Shay’s Rebellion.
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Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Stand! Labor musical; “The least we can do”; Excluded Worker cash assistance available; Biden fires NLRB’s unionbuster.
Today’s labor history: If Poison Doesn’t Work, Try Briggs!
Today’s labor quote: Richard Trumka.
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Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Peter Robb is a former management lawyer who helped Ronald Reagan bust the air traffic controllers union in 1981.
Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Birth of Terence Powderly.
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Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
DC Care program is for District residents ineligible for Unemployment Insurance.
Today’s labor quote: Randi Weingarten.
Today’s labor history: The Charleston Five.
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Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
How you can thank custodial staff who cleaned up after the Capitol insurrection and made democracy possible.
Today’s labor quote: Sharon McMahon.
Today’s labor history: A Snapshot in Misery.
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
DC Labor FilmFest’s virtual screening of hit labor musical; click here to RSVP. Includes post-film Q&A with director Robert Adetuyi, composer/producer Danny Schur and actor Gregg Henry.
Today’s labor quote: Stand!
Today’s labor history: Gunned Down in Cold Blood.
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Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
AFL-CIO says it’ll provide “healing and hope to those suffering under this deadly pandemic.”
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: We Want to Live, Not Just Exist.
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Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Biden’s Labor Secretary has the right tools; AFL-CIO calls for Trump’s resignation; COVID’s unequal effect on women workers; DC-area educators demand coordinated reopening plan; Workers worried about more attacks on DC
Today’s labor history: Standing Against Wage Theft.
Today’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons.
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Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Hotel and transit workers call for increased safety measures and/or closures around inauguration.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: The Rise of the Bellamyites.
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