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"Brother Cummings was a longtime friend of working men and women, not just in Maryland but across the country and around the world." Today’s labor history: 58,000 Chrysler workers strike. Today’s labor quote by Louis Brandeis.

Tentative agreement could end monthlong strike. Today’s labor history: Salt of the Earth strike begins. Today’s labor quote from The Bible.

Local janitors – members of 32BJ SEIU -- won a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract. Today’s labor history: John Brown launches guerilla warfare against slavery. Today’s labor quote by John Brown.

SEIU 32BJ’s Maria Naranjo on the origins of "chingchinas," the soda can noisemakers. Today’s labor history: International Working People's Association founded. Today’s labor quote by John Sweeney.

The strike by more than 48,000 auto workers continues to galvanize the country. Today’s labor history: International Working People's Association founded. Today’s labor quote by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

On this week’s show: Jody Allen, Assistant Professor of History at the College of William and Mary and Director of The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation. Jody discusses William and Mary's slaveholding past and the genesis, research, and ongoing community outreach of The Lemon Project with Working History podcast host Beth English. Plus: SEIU 32BJ’s Maria Naranjo on the origins of "chingchinas" -- soda can noisemakers -- during the Justice for Janitors campaigns of the mid-Eighties. 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. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock.

New Trump rule on pork production threatens worker safety and consumer health. Today’s labor history: plantation workers strike in Hawaii. Today’s labor quote from the "Bread and Roses" strike.

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“Those companies owe it to those workers to re-train them." Today’s labor history: 18,000 Mexican and Mexican-American workers strike in Pixley, California. Today’s labor quote by Samuel Gompers.

“I know first-hand how important the decisions of politicians can be to the everyday lives of workers." Today’s labor history: Chicago sanitation workers win 9-day strike. Today’s labor quote by “boom boom room” arbitration panel.