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Feb 15, 2021
Feb 15, 2021
1 min
Jamie McCallum on his new book, “Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work Is Killing the American Dream.”
Today’s labor history: Birth of Susan B. Anthony.
Today’s labor quote: Karl Marx.
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Feb 14, 2021
Feb 14, 2021
5 min
Help get Warner on board PRO Act; How unions have responded to COVID; Why workers support the SECURE Act; Building Futures “changes lives."
Today’s labor quote: Sylvia Casaro Dietert.
Today’s labor history: Frederick Douglass is born.
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Feb 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021
2 min
Sylvia Casaro Dietert, Director of the Building Futures Pre-Apprenticeship Program at the Metro Washington Council's Community Services Agency.
Today’s labor history: Birth of John L. Lewis, head of the Mine Workers and CIO founder.
Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass
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Feb 11, 2021
Feb 11, 2021
2 min
DC joins global day of protest against military coup in Myanmar.
Today’s labor history: Seattle General Strike ends.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
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Feb 10, 2021
Feb 10, 2021
2 min
“My work as an essential cleaner at Walter Reed Military Hospital can mean life or death," says Barbara Rauda, a member of 32BJ SEIU and a TPS recipient.
Today’s labor history: AFL founds Building and Construction Trades Department.
Today’s labor quote: George Orwell.
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Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021
2 min
The International Labour Organization reports.
Today’s labor history: 19,000 Boeing workers launch strike.
Today’s labor quote: Chinese proverb.
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Feb 8, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
2 min
Today’s labor history: Birth of Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, first female general organizer for the American Federation of Labor.
Today’s labor quote: Mary Kenney O'Sullivan.
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Feb 7, 2021
Feb 7, 2021
6 min
Protect DC Workers!; Teachers urge caution on re-opening schools; DC City Council approves COVID protection bill; Stories and music to end medical debt.
Today’s labor history: The Sugar That’s Not So Sweet.
PLUS: Remembering John Sweeney and Anne Feeney.
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Feb 5, 2021
Feb 5, 2021
2 min
End Medical Debt Maryland campaign launches online Saturday night.
Today’s labor history: First U.S. daily labor newspaper.
Today’s labor quote: Anne Feeney.
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Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021
2 min
“This bill empowers workers to make sure that their employers obey the law and keep them safe.”
Today’s labor history: Unemployment demonstrations across the U.S.
Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney.
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