Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Emergency action for fired Union Kitchen worker

Supporters gathering at 2p today at Union Kitchen, 1251 9th St NW to demand immediate reinstatement of Carlos Hernandez, fired for supporting the union.  
Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney.
Today’s labor history: 300,000 members of the National Federation of Telephone Workers strike AT&T and the Bell System.  
   
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“Kroger, Safeway, don’t merge in our neighborhood!”

Supermarket workers turned out yesterday to warn that the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger will devastate local communities.
Today’s labor quote: I Am Story podcast.
Today’s labor history: First U.S. slave revolt.
  
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I AM Story: the strike that rocked Memphis

AFSCME’s new I AM Story podcast explores the events that transpired in Memphis 55 years ago as sanitation workers struck and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched with them, in a labor struggle that rocked a city and altered our history.
Today’s labor quote: UFCW 400.  
Today’s labor history: Explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia kills 29 miners; worst U.S. mine disaster in 40 years.   

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AFGE’s new local for European feds

More than 10,000 federal employees working for U.S. agencies in Europe now have a union local to represent them: AFGE Local 14.
Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: Mine Workers beat back concessions at Pittston.

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Hands Off DC scores a win

Biden pledges veto of GOP meddling; audio postcard from last week’s march and rally.
Today’s labor quote: Hands Off DC.
Today’s labor history: MLK returns to Memphis to support strikers.    

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Union City Radio Highlights

“You are a nurse, not a slave”; “Call ‘em up and call ‘em out”; Solidarity at Solid State Books; Workers love Starbucks; Howard Schultz, not so much.
Today’s labor quote: Lou Brock.
Today’s labor history: The Great Hershey Sit-down.

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Workers love Starbucks; Howard Schultz, not so much

Reactions to Wednesday’s Senate hearing on unionbusting at Starbucks.
Today’s labor quote: Becky Hess.
Today’s labor history: Cowboys strike.   
 
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Solidarity at Solid State Books

Workers announce plans to unionize with UFCW 400.
Today’s labor quote: Solid State Books workers.
Today’s labor history: Battle in Seattle shuts down WTO.   
 
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“Call ‘em up and call ‘em out”

Hundreds of union members and their allies packed Lawyers Mall in front of Maryland’s State Capitol Monday night; we’ve got an audio postcard.
Today’s labor quote: Courtney Jenkins.
Today’s labor history: The Battle of Wall Street.  
 
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“American Hospitals: Healing A Broken System”

Director Vincent Mondillo on his new film, which screens free Wednesday, March 29 7p at the E Street Theatre; click here for free tickets.
Today’s labor quote: Vincent Mondillo.
Today’s labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.   

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