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Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020
3 min
Latest examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Today’s labor history: Southern Tenant Farmers' Union organized. Today’s labor quote: Chris Rhomberg.
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
3 min
SF LaborFest…. Scholars Strategy Network staff organize…Tales of the Resistance radio serial…Is it safe to fly? Today’s labor history: white waiters strike against African American workers. Today’s labor quote: UNITE HERE constitution bars discrimination.
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
2 min
DC City Council votes $9 million for Excluded Workers. Today’s labor history: Longest UAW strike begins. Today’s labor quote: Saul Alinsky.
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
2 min
Transport Workers say yes, but passengers must help. Today’s labor history: Pullman strike finally put down by troops. Today’s labor quote: Sidney Hillman.
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
3 min
From the San Francisco Mime Troupe. This week, "The Mystery of the Missing Worker." Today’s labor history: 
Transport Workers Union fights speed-up. Today’s labor quote: Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020
2 min
Joining NPEU “will allow staff to use our combined years of experience organizing scholars to build a more effective, democratic organization.” Today’s labor history: birth of labor organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor. Today’s labor quote: William "Big Bill" Haywood.
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
2 min
Celebrating its 27th year, the SF LaborFest runs throughout the month of July with many free online events. Today’s labor history: striking New York longshoremen keep new immigrants from strikebreaking.. Today’s labor quote: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020
3 min
As protests grow, Luci Murphy and The People's Music Network ensure there are songs to go with them. Today’s labor history: Andrew Carnegie sends in Pinkerton thugs to put down Homestead strike. Today’s labor quote: "Father Was Killed by the Pinkerton Men."
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
2 min
Former MWC president Jos Williams and others pay tribute to the longtime social justice activist, who recently died of COVID-19. Today’s labor history: the Battle of Rincon Hill. Today’s labor quote: Jos Williams.
Jul 4, 2020
Jul 4, 2020
2 min
Frederick Douglass -- the former Maryland slave who became a national leader of the abolitionist movement -- calls out our nation’s founders for their hypocrisy on freedom and slavery. “Out of a Burning House: Claiming Black Independence” airs July 4 from 10AM until 2PM on WPFW 89.3FM.