Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

AFSCME MD mourns loss of 3 more members to COVID

“No matter how many get sick or die they continue to operate like business as usual.”
Today’s labor history: First U.I. in U.S.
Today’s labor quote: Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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Who does it take to flip a project?

Organizing tips from the International Cinematographers Guild.
Today’s labor quote: Bayard Rustin.
Today’s labor history: Working Class Stamps.  

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Union density rises

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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IATSE 22 members help stage “flawless” inauguration

“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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This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights

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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Biden fires NLRB’s unionbuster

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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Excluded Worker cash assistance available

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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“The least we can do”

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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Stand! screens free tonight online

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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Labor hails Biden’s COVID-19 relief package

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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