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Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Before he became the first major Black star in country music, his days were spent toiling in a smelter operated by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Helena, Montana.
Today’s labor history: California's longest nurses strike ends.
Today’s labor quote: Charley Pride
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Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Business lobbyists are working hard to deny many workers their right to return to work. Click here for talking points and DC City Council member phone numbers.
Today’s labor history: Arrested for organizing a strike by New York state employees.
Today’s labor quote: Lillian Roberts
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Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
WAMU workers unionize; How to drive union; Hold the line on the Right to Return to Work; Protect Maryland Workers coalition launched
Today’s labor history: South-West African workers stage general strike to protest the contract labor system.
Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers
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Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Plus: Verso Books staff joins News Guild; IUPAT 51’s November Facebook photo contest winner.
Today’s labor history: 1,300 undocumented workers arrested in immigration sweep.
Today’s labor quote: Robert F. Kennedy
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Coalition of frontline workers urges covid-19 labor protections.
Today’s labor history: Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union organized.
Today’s labor quote: Congolese proverb
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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
The Restaurant Association is quietly working behind the scenes to strip their workers out of bill before DC City Council.
Today’s labor history: IWW calls first sit-down strike in the U.S.
Today’s labor quote: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
United Auto Workers releases 2021 report on union-built vehicles.
Today’s labor history: Longest strike in U.S. tire industry history ends.
Today’s labor quote: Janet Wainwright
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Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Grocery store employees speak out as they face pressure of crowded stores, holiday stress, and coronavirus cases spiking.
Today’s labor history: 230 jailed teachers freed.
Today’s labor quote: American Federation of Labor preamble
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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Content creators across WAMU vote unanimously to form a union with SAG-AFTRA.
Today’s labor history: Protesters staged national hunger march on Washington, D.C. to demand unemployment insurance.
Today’s labor quote: Jared Bernstein
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Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
“Nurses played a vital component since this country was founded,” says NNU co-president Deborah Burger. “They were involved in social justice issues from the very beginning.”
Today’s labor history: United Mine Workers begin 110-day national coal strike.
Today’s labor quote: Isaac Myers
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