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Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Why labor opposed Trump.
Today’s labor history: Steelworkers at Bridgestone/ Firestone win back their jobs.
Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers.
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Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Election Day 2020; vote like your voice matters, because it does.
Today’s labor history: striking dairy drivers dump milk on NYC streets.
Today’s labor quote: The Foley Sisters.
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Labor Radio Podcast Weekly features local candidates across U.S.
Today’s labor history: 150 arrested in IWW fight for free speech.
Today’s labor quote: Donna Sinclair.
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Tracking your absentee ballot & early voting; Trump’s “political cronyism”; WV Kroger workers protest cuts; Labor urges vote “against” MontCo Question B.
Today’s labor history: striking Louisiana sugar workers murdered.
Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass, read by Ossie Davis
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Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Metropolitan Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO urges support for labor endorsed candidates.
Today’s labor history: Mt. Rushmore, work of 400 stone masons, completed; Alliance of Bill Posters disbands.
Today’s labor quote: George Henry Evans
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
“Right-wing stealth measure” could bankrupt Montgomery County, warns a coalition of groups that includes a number of local unions.
Today’s labor history: Attorney General urges bosses to spy on workers.
Today’s labor quote: George Orwell
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
“Many employees could see their health care benefits simply disappear.”
Today’s labor history: "Black Tuesday" Wall Street crash.
Today’s labor quote: Harry S. Truman
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Executive order would undermine protections for career civil servants from being hired or fired for political reasons.
Today’s labor history: Gateway Arch completed safely.
Today’s labor quote: Abraham Lincoln
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Links to all the information you need to ensure your vote is counted.
Today’s labor history: New York City subway opens.
Today’s labor quote: Booker T. Washington
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Landmark report released: “Celebrating Women in Civil Society and Activism.”
Today’s labor history: immigrant-built Erie Canal opens.
Today’s labor quote: Father John Raho
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