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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
A GW University Hospital RN speaks out about why nurses are unionizing.
Today’s labor quote: Angelo Estrellas
Today’s labor history: Colorado bans Mother Jones.
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Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
“Banking on our Future” Day of Action; Protect unionizing nurses!; Nurses file charges against GW University Hospital; CPD Staff Union standing strong; National Airport security officers authorize strike.
Today’s labor quote: Emma Goldman.
Today’s labor history: San Francisco brewery workers strike.
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Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Wages and health care are at issue; officers could walk off the job as soon as next week.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: Groundbreaking on the New York City subway system.
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Center for Popular Democracy Staff Union says they’re united in demands for open bargaining, and for the contract and workplace they deserve.
Today’s labor quote: Coalition of Labor Union Women.
Today’s labor history: Nixon sends troops to break Post Office strike.
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Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
DCNA says hospital is violating their workers’ legal rights to organize.
Today’s labor quote: Dolores Huerta.
Today’s labor history: Mark Twain extolls Knights of Labor.
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Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
George Washington University Hospital suspends nurses for organizing; Loudoun County bus drivers return to work.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: American Labor Union founded.
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
March 21 DC actions demanding that the country's biggest banks stop funding fossil fuels.
Today’s labor quote: David Mott.
Today’s labor history: Michigan authorizes workers’ cooperatives.
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Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Remembering Myrtle Witbooi; ”Keolis is a serial violator”; “Terrible impact” of Glen Allen Tyson Foods closing; Saket Soni’s “Great Escape.”
Today’s labor quote: Saul Alinsky.
Today’s labor history: NYC seizes Fifth Avenue Coach to end strike.
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Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Organizer’s book tells “True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America.”
Today’s labor quote: Saket Soni.
Today’s labor history: Chinese laborers blocked from U.S.
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Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
“Tyson Foods will continue to reap the lavish benefits of taxpayer dollars while Virginia will have 300 fewer jobs,” says UFCW 400.
Today’s labor quote: Mark Federici.
Today’s labor history: United Federation of Teachers formed.
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