Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Teamsters Local 96 has scheduled a strike authorization vote for next week.
Today’s labor history: Nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications workers strike.
Today’s quote: Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

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1199SEIU Maryland/DC members “show that union power!”
Today’s labor history: Railway Labor Act first federal protection of right to form unions.

Today’s quote: Jaime Contreras.

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NNU honors the more than 400 RNs who have died of Covid in the pandemic.
Today’s labor history: Shootout in Matewan, W.V. between striking union miners and coal company agents. Click here for the climactic scene from John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan. 

Today’s quote: John L. Lewis.

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After 1-day strike Friday: “We’re done being disrespected.”  
Today’s labor history: Amalgamated Meat Cutters union launches major organizing campaign.

Today’s quote: Big Bill Haywood.

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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich debunks the Republican Party's phony attempt to rebrand itself as the "party of the working class."
Today’s labor history: Starbucks baristas join the IWW.

Today’s quote: Robert Reich.

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MetroAccess OCC workers OK strike; Labor board recovers $18m for workers; Washingtonian staff strikes.
Today’s labor history: Minneapolis general strike.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.

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U.S. labor law guarantees non-union employees the right to engage in “protected, concerted activity.”
Today’s labor history: Milwaukee brewery workers strike.

Today’s quote: T-Bone Slim.

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Fed up with unfair labor practices and poor treatment by their employer, MV Transportation.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 IWW dock workers strike in Philadelphia.

Today’s quote: Douglas Fraser.

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“We have more fights ahead to ensure our workplaces follow health and safety protocols.”
Today’s labor history: Laundry & Dry Cleaning International Union chartered.   
Today’s quote: Miss Marx.

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After not-so-veiled threat by boss.
Today’s labor history: Pullman strike starts.   
Today’s quote: Eugene V. Debs.

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