Episodes

Monday Oct 05, 2020
WAMU staff organizes
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Petition signed by 99 percent of eligible staff urges station to recognize the union voluntarily. Today’s labor history: CA supermarket janitors win $22.4 million for unpaid overtime. Today’s labor quote: Lech Walesa.
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Sunday Oct 04, 2020
This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
50 ways Trump failed workers; Giant Foods turns deaf ear to hazard pay request; CSA launches holiday basket program. Today’s labor history: Truman seizes oil refineries, breaks strike. Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.
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Saturday Oct 03, 2020
US labor recognizes its past racism
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
On the anniversary of the Klan killing of four little girls, the AFL-CIO calls for action against systemic racism.
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Friday Oct 02, 2020
“Essential workers turn out essential voters” at WH demo
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
“Trump underestimated COVID and he underestimates immigrants, but we are going to show him.” Today’s labor history: American Federation of Labor endorses 6-hour day campaign. Today’s labor quote: Emilie Telander.
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
CSA launches holiday basket program
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
“The need has never been greater.” Today’s labor history: stove workers union merges with boilermakers. Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Giant Foods turns deaf ear to hazard pay request
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
UFCW locals demand hazard pay negotiations at Giant
Grocery store boss refuses to even open talks with workers. Today’s labor history: striking steelworkers charged with treason. Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
50 ways Trump failed workers
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Economic Policy Institute’s report on 50 ways that the Trump administration has been bad for workers. Very, very bad. Today’s labor history: protesters take to the streets of Europe over labor issues. Today’s labor quote: Margaret Poydock.
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
World lost 495 million jobs in 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Worker’s income dropped by $3.5 trillion. Today’s labor history: Wobblies indicted for opposing war. Today’s labor quote: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Sunday Sep 27, 2020
This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
3 organizing wins; Labor mourns Ginsburg’s passing; Transdev fires ATU leader. Today’s labor history: striking textile workers demand bread for their starving children. Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
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Saturday Sep 26, 2020
U.S. unemployment soars as Trump fumbles
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
AFL-CIO outlines efforts to help millions of workers. Today’s labor quote: Lucretia Mott.
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