Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

AFL-CIO says filibuster “an artifact of Jim Crow”; Fitness workers, unite!; Dear Comrades!; “We Were There” say women.
Today’s labor history: American Labor Union founded.
Today’s labor quote: Tarn Goelling.

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Many of those murdered were Asian and immigrant women who were targeted at their workplaces. World Against Racism day of action and concert.
Today’s labor history: Wal-Mart pays $11 million for misusing illegal immigrants.  
Today’s quote: Monica Thammarath.

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DC Labor FilmFest screens Andrei Konchalovsky’s "meticulous and majestic” film about rebellious workers in 1962 Russia on March 24; CLICK HERE for tickets: $2 from each ticket goes to MWC’s Community Services Agency.
Today’s labor history: Police evict workers occupying Woolworth’s.  
Today’s quote: Martin Conroy.

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AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says PRO Act will strengthen civil rights, make us safer on the job, create fair workplaces and build a stronger economy.
Today’s labor history: Rock DJ’s strike.  
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.

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Emily Collinson and Rachel Hornstein, former fitness trainers and organizers with Solidcore United, talk with reporter Chris Bangert-Drowns for WPFW’s Monday Morning QB about their effort to form a union at Solidcore fitness centers, and how that campaign reflects a broader resurgence in the labor movement.
Today’s labor history: United Federation of Teachers forms.  
Today’s quote: Rachel Hornstein.

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Calls on Senate to enact “swift and necessary changes to procedural rules standing in the way of enacting a Workers First Agenda.”
Today’s labor history: 8-Hour Act approved under railway strike threat.  
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.

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Women want jobs, jobs, jobs; House passes historic PRO Act; DC launches new 1-stop vaccine sign-up.
Today’s labor history: Ford’s new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes. Goodbye, craftsmanship.
Today’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons.

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“All workers should sign up and get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible.”
Today’s labor history: "Bread and Roses" textile strike ends.  
Today’s quote: Lane Kirkland.

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Protecting the Right to Organize Act will “summon a new wave of worker power.”
Today’s quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Luddites destroy textile machines.  

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UNITE HERE Local 25 supports reforms "to ensure that a failure on this scale never occurs again."
Today’s quote: César Chávez.
Today’s labor history: NYC bus drivers strike.  

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