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Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
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Today’s labor history: History’s first recorded strike.
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis
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Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Coordinating UI in a crisis; Tentative agreement reached with Kroger; Defend the Post Office; AU Academic Affairs division unionizes.
Today’s labor history: AFL leader and organizer killed while trying to unionize African-American lumber workers.
Today’s labor quote: New York judge.
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Saturday Nov 21, 2020
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
Plus: Landmark agreement for U.S. offshore wind workforce transition.
Today’s labor history: Miners killed in Columbine Massacre.
Today’s labor quote: Sidney Hillman
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Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
“Our city’s first priority must be safety,” says union.
Today’s labor history: Time clock invented.
Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs
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Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Votes overwhelmingly to be represented by SEIU Local 500.
Today’s labor history: National Writers Union founded.
Today’s labor quote: Sam Sadow
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Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
“More cuts and delays is the opposite of what the USPS needs right now!” says APWU.
Today’s labor history: Seattle printers refuse to print an anti-labor ad.
Today’s labor quote: Wreck of the Carl D Bradley
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Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
“This would not have happened without the unity, solidarity and strength of our members,” said UFCW Local 400.
Today’s labor history: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York founded.
Today’s labor quote: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
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Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
"People need to know how to file and what to file," says Claimant Advocacy Program.
Today’s labor history: Punxutawney judge gags strikers.
Today’s labor quote: Bella Azbug
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Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
CA’s Prop 22: Bad news for workers everywhere; Union vets’ solidarity; Insulators 24 brings new life to old building; Voters OK pro-worker ballot measures.
Today’s labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions founded.
Today’s labor quote: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions
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Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
More than two dozen leaders from the labor movement have been appointed to Biden-Harris agency review transition teams.
Today’s labor history: Women’s Trade Union League founded.
Today’s labor quote: Margaret Dreier Robins
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