Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

"The work of dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy is just beginning.”
Today’s labor history: one of the worst disasters in Virginia mining history.
Today’s quote: Jean Ross.

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Historic ordinance permits workers to bargain over a majority of work-related issues.
Today’s labor history: NYS Taylor Law permits public employees union rights but bans right to strike.
Today’s quote: Adrian Alvarez.

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LIUNA Local 572 urges support to save the jobs of union members at JHU.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 celebrate textile workers’ win in Lowell, MA.
Today’s quote: Louis Tikas.

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Contract obstruction…EPI’s Thea Lee outlines another of the 7 Anti-Union Shenanigans the PRO Act Would Fix.
Today’s labor history: Government employees bear brunt of American domestic terrorist’s bomb.
Today’s quote: Addie Wyatt.

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Amazon union election exposes broken system; Alexandria tenants form union; CLN report documents rampant wage theft
Today’s labor history: WV coal miners strike, defend against National Guard. 
Today’s labor quote: Thea Lee.

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Workers at Washington DC’s largest construction sites need DC’s wage and hour laws enforced.
Today’s labor history: 20,000 blockade World Bank and IMF meetings.  
Today’s quote: Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

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Celebrating the life and work of the president of Washington Teachers Union, AFT Local 6, who died recently.
Today’s labor history: American Federation of Teachers founded in Chicago.  
Today’s quote: Liz Davis.

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Release White Paper exposing CIM's plans to displace working class residents of Southern Towers.
Today's Labor Calendar: Director John Sayles will be on hand for a Q&A after tonight’s screening of the film Martin Eden beginning at 7pm.
Today’s labor history: Mexican and Filipino farm workers arrested for union activities in California’s Imperial Valley.  
Today’s quote: John Steinbeck.

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“Heroic Amazon workers in Bessemer…have made history, helping pave the path toward workplace justice for all.”
Today’s labor history: Debs imprisoned for opposing WWI.
Today’s quote: Andy Levin.

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Current labor law denies workers a meaningful right to organize and shows why PRO Act is needed.
Today’s labor history: Ford fires UAW union organizers.
Today’s quote: NewsGuild member.

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