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Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020
2 min
Primary results for DC City Council labor candidates. Today’s labor history: Supreme Court rules labor meeting ban is unconstitutional. Today’s labor quote: Ryan Timlin.
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
3 min
“Institutionalized oppression has resulted in the deaths of thousands." Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO opens new “House of Labor” in DC. Today’s labor quote: Bonnie Castillo.
Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
2 min
Union urges the company to “focus their attention on extending ‘hero pay’ until this crisis is over. Today’s labor history: International Ladies Garment Workers Union founded. Today’s labor quote: ATU Local 689.
Jun 2, 2020
Jun 2, 2020
2 min
Labor federation pledges to continue to fight for economic, social and racial justice after protests damage headquarters. Today’s labor history: Philadelphia printers stage first strike in America. Today’s labor quote: Communications Workers of America.
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
2 min
Labor-endorsed candidates and voting info available at dclabor.org. Today’s labor history: AFL charters Ladies Federal Labor Union Number 2703. Today’s labor quote: Charles Moyer.
May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020
4 min
A utility worker confronts the pandemic...Utility workers keep the lights on during the pandemic. Today’s labor history: Rose Will Monroe, popularly known as Rosie the Riveter, dies. Today’s labor quote: The Four Vagabonds.
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
3 min
Hamilton Nolan takes a deep dive into the rich and fascinating history of the Newspaper Guild and the Washington Post. Today’s labor history: building trades workers complete Ground Zero cleanup ahead of schedule. Today’s labor quote: Picketing steel workers at Memorial Day Massacre.
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
3 min
Tweet from 9am to 12 noon to lift up the needs of excluded workers. Today’s labor history: Disney animators strike for union. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020
3 min
“Our community needs us. They need to see the big white truck." Today’s labor history: general strike in Rochester, NY. Today’s labor quote: Josephine Shaw Lowell.
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
3 min
“You walk inside this home, and it's the weirdest feeling in the world. You think you're walking into this like minefield, you don't know if there's little ticking time bomb”…Today’s labor history: Supreme Court declares National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional …Today’s labor quote: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.