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Labor History Today (2/16/20): Striking Images: Labor on Screen and in the Streets

Maybe class-conscious films like 2020 Academy Award winners "American Factory" and "Parasite" are actually the rule and not the exception. So argues Kathy Newman this week. Plus, Saul Schniderman on how sales clerk Leura Collins’ decision to buy some chicken led to the Weingarten Rights. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Check out the Working Class Studies blog at https://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/ Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Workers “ready to strike” Giant, Safeway

“We'll do what it takes to win the fair contract we deserve.” Today’s labor history: Detroit newspaper strikers offer to go back to work. Today’s labor quote by Susan B. Anthony.

IUOE 99 authorizes strike at Dyncorp

Unanimous vote by frustrated workers. Today’s labor history: Hollywood writers return to work after three-month strike. Today’s labor quote by A. Philip Randolph.

Striking workers surged in 2018 and 2019

Largest two-year average in 35 years. Today’s labor history: birth of CIO founder John L. Lewis. Today’s labor quote by Frederick Douglass.

DC & fed workers to “Stand Up, Stand In” Tuesday

Plus, town hall Tuesday on threats to VA health care. Today’s labor history: 83-year-old “Mother” Jones arrested while protesting conditions in WV mines Today’s labor quote by “Mother” Jones.

MontCo workers make progress on contract

Plus, collective bargaining for public employees and repeal of so-called "right to work" advance in VA. Today’s labor history: Pemberton Mill collapse kills more than 100. Today’s labor quote by George Meany.

Labor History Today (2/9): John Sayles on “Matewan,” “Yellow Earth” and more

Writer, actor, and filmmaker John Sayles talks about his latest novel, “Yellow Earth,” and about his classic labor films Matewan and Eight Men Out. Plus, a reading from “Yellow Earth.” Also this week, Saul Schniderman on the arrest of “Mother” Jones while leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines, and Jacob Feinspan remembers the 1926 general strike by New York furriers. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Gebre on organizing sanitation workers

“There was a board called a bathroom board.” Today’s labor history: 150 killed by Osage Coal mine explosion. Today’s labor quote by Mary Kenney O’Sullivan.

Big turnout for MWC candidate education forum

Covered top-priority issues for labor in healthcare, education, transportation, and hospitality. Today’s labor history: 1,200 firefighters put down The Great Baltimore Fire. Today’s labor quote by Seattle labor leader.

How Labor can help battle addiction

Rev. Leah Daughtry on the Reconnecting McDowell project. Today’s labor history: premiere of Chaplin’s Modern Times. Today’s labor quote by Bill Clinton.