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Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Elise Bryant on a new generation’s plans at the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the Labor Heritage Foundation.
Today’s labor quote: Elise Bryant.
Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO grants United Farm Workers a charter.
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
A striking Prince William County driver reports from the Teamsters 639 picket line at Keolis Transit.
Today’s labor quote: Mustafa.
Today’s labor history: UMWA ends Pittston strike.
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Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Farmers market workers organize; Keolis strike spreads to Prince William County; The trouble with Keolis; “Make me wanna holler”; Prince George’s County “is a union town”!
Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King Jr.
Today’s labor history: Farm Labor Organizing Committee signs agreement with Campbell Soup.
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Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Dozens of area building trades workers and their community and political allies rallied in Greenbelt on Wednesday night.
Today’s labor quote: Wala Blegay
Today’s labor history: Fight for $15 rallies across U.S.
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Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Marvin Gaye, Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King at Tuesday night’s Leesburg rally by striking Keolis transit workers.
Today’s labor quote: Julius.
Today’s labor history: NYC furriers strike.
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
The French transit company – whose workers are striking in Loudoun and Prince William County – also has problems in Reno, Las Vegas and Raleigh.
Today’s labor quote: Susan B. Anthony.
Today’s labor history: Civil Works Emergency Relief Act relieves Depression-era poverty and unemployment
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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Teamsters 639 members strike Keolis in Prince William County; ATU 689 members have been striking the company in Loudoun County for last four weeks.
Today’s labor quote: ATU 689.
Today’s labor history: Western Federation of Miners strikes for the 8-hour day.
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Freshfarm Workers Union unionizes workers at DC-area farmers markets.
Today’s labor quote: Pasha Fesenko.
Today’s labor history: Hollywood writers end 3-month strike.
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Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Defenders of Wildlife not so great with people; Defenders of Wildlife settles; workers demand contract; Rejecting a “culture of fear”; Two organizing wins; Freshfarm workers unionize.
Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass.
Today’s labor history: Birth of John L. Lewis, president of the Mine Workers and founder of the CIO.
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Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
25 employees responsible for staffing and operating 28 local farmers markets in DC, Maryland and Virginia join UFCW 400.
Today’s labor quote: Freshfarm workers organizing committee.
Today’s labor history: Forty workers killed in Staten Island explosion.
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