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News and views from Labor Radio Podcast Network shows, plus labor quotes and history. #LaborRadioPod
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Nov 30, 2020
Nov 30, 2020
2 min
“It all comes down to power. Who has it and who doesn't.”
Today’s labor history: “Battle in Seattle”; unionists and activists shut down WTO.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones
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Nov 29, 2020
Nov 29, 2020
3 min
Georgia on your mind (and your phone); Global unemployment causes human rights abuses; Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act would strip working people of freedoms.
Today’s labor history: NLRB says medical interns can unionize.
Today’s labor quote: Tom Donahue
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Nov 28, 2020
Nov 28, 2020
3 min
Kids group releases new song dedicated to the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.
Today’s labor history: Birth of William Sylvis.
Today’s labor quote: Kids United Nouvelle Génération
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Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
3 min
Trump caves after bosses call for Biden transition.
Today’s labor history: Midland Steel sitdown strike.
Today’s labor quote: Bob Dylan
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Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
2 min
Act would deny National Labor Relations Act protection to more than 600,000 workers.
Today’s labor history: 25 young women die in Newark factory blaze.
Today’s labor quote: Bayard Rustin
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Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020
2 min
International news from RadioLabour: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, on the need for a new social protection plan for workers.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 New Orleans workers, black and white, unite in solidarity parade.
Today’s labor quote: Sharan Burrow
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Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
2 min
AFL-CIO coordinates online labor-to-labor phonebanks for the upcoming Georgia special election.
Today’s labor history: Gompers’ Cigarmakers local chartered.
Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers
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Nov 23, 2020
Nov 23, 2020
2 min
Portside recommends labor radio and podcasts to check out and share with friends and co-workers.
Today’s labor history: History’s first recorded strike.
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis
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Nov 22, 2020
Nov 22, 2020
3 min
Coordinating UI in a crisis; Tentative agreement reached with Kroger; Defend the Post Office; AU Academic Affairs division unionizes.
Today’s labor history: AFL leader and organizer killed while trying to unionize African-American lumber workers.
Today’s labor quote: New York judge.
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Nov 21, 2020
Nov 21, 2020
2 min
Plus: Landmark agreement for U.S. offshore wind workforce transition.
Today’s labor history: Miners killed in Columbine Massacre.
Today’s labor quote: Sidney Hillman
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