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Nov 10, 2020
Nov 10, 2020
2 min
“Workers will have a champion in the White House again,” tweeted the AFL-CIO.
Today’s labor history: first sit-down strike of the 1930s.
Today’s labor quote: Jeremy Brecher
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Nov 9, 2020
Nov 9, 2020
2 min
Part of the extended war between labor organizations and employers in the “gig economy.”
Today’s labor history: Committee for Industrial Organization founded.
Today’s labor quote: Philip Murray
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Nov 8, 2020
Nov 8, 2020
3 min
Voices of the people; Robert Reich on "transformational change."
Today’s labor history: FDR announces Civil Works Administration plan to put millions back to work.
Today’s labor quote: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Nov 7, 2020
Nov 7, 2020
2 min
“It’s not enough just to have the mayor and chancellor say, ‘Trust us.’”
Today’s labor history: Supreme Court upholds Taft-Hartley strike-breaking.
Today’s labor quote: Paul Jennings
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Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
3 min
Jane McAlevey on “deep organizing”; Robert Reich on "transformational change"
Today’s labor history: French transport worker who penned labor classic.
Today’s labor quote: “L’Internationale”
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Nov 5, 2020
Nov 5, 2020
3 min
Win or lose, the American labor movement is prepared to fight for – and defend -- every single vote.
Today’s labor history: "The Battle of Burbank"
Today’s labor quote: Lech Walesa
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Nov 4, 2020
Nov 4, 2020
4 min
Why labor opposed Trump.
Today’s labor history: Steelworkers at Bridgestone/ Firestone win back their jobs.
Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers.
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Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
2 min
Election Day 2020; vote like your voice matters, because it does.
Today’s labor history: striking dairy drivers dump milk on NYC streets.
Today’s labor quote: The Foley Sisters.
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Nov 2, 2020
Nov 2, 2020
3 min
Labor Radio Podcast Weekly features local candidates across U.S.
Today’s labor history: 150 arrested in IWW fight for free speech.
Today’s labor quote: Donna Sinclair.
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Nov 1, 2020
Nov 1, 2020
4 min
Tracking your absentee ballot & early voting; Trump’s “political cronyism”; WV Kroger workers protest cuts; Labor urges vote “against” MontCo Question B.
Today’s labor history: striking Louisiana sugar workers murdered.
Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass, read by Ossie Davis
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