Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Peter Robb is a former management lawyer who helped Ronald Reagan bust the air traffic controllers union in 1981.
Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Birth of Terence Powderly.  

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DC Care program is for District residents ineligible for Unemployment Insurance.
Today’s labor quote: Randi Weingarten.
Today’s labor history: The Charleston Five.  

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How you can thank custodial staff who cleaned up after the Capitol insurrection and made democracy possible.
Today’s labor quote: Sharon McMahon.
Today’s labor history: A Snapshot in Misery.
 
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DC Labor FilmFest’s virtual screening of hit labor musical; click here to RSVP. Includes post-film Q&A with director Robert Adetuyi, composer/producer Danny Schur and actor Gregg Henry.    
Today’s labor quote: Stand!  
Today’s labor history: Gunned Down in Cold Blood.  

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AFL-CIO says it’ll provide “healing and hope to those suffering under this deadly pandemic.”  
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: We Want to Live, Not Just Exist.  

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Biden’s Labor Secretary has the right tools; AFL-CIO calls for Trump’s resignation; COVID’s unequal effect on women workers; DC-area educators demand coordinated reopening plan; Workers worried about more attacks on DC
Today’s labor history: Standing Against Wage Theft.  
Today’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons.

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Hotel and transit workers call for increased safety measures and/or closures around inauguration.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: The Rise of the Bellamyites.
 
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Union leaders say the lack of a cohesive plan has created havoc for DC-area families, and poses a threat for students and teachers.
Today’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons.
Today’s labor history: Johnny Cash Plays Folsom Prison.
 
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ITUC’s Sharan Burrow says “a convergence of crises” is disproportionately affecting women care workers around the world.
Today’s labor quote: John Lewis.
Today’s labor history: The Cost of Wartime Industrial Peace.  

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AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka says “Marty Walsh will be an exceptional labor secretary for the same reason that he was an out-standing mayor: he actually carried the tools.”
Today’s labor quote: Jack London.
Today’s labor history: The Battle of Running Bulls.  

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