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Union City Radio Highlights

Labor Spring sweeps nation; HMS Host workers ratify 1st contract; Why the Fair Wage Act is necessary; STEM women of the world, unite!; “Hands off DC!”
Today’s labor quote: Lane Kirkland.
Today’s labor history: "Bread and Roses" textile strike ends with victory.

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“Hands off DC!”

Audio from Wednesday’s spirited rally protesting this week's move by Congress to block the implementation of new criminal justice reforms in DC.
Today’s labor quote: DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Today’s labor history: Cesar Chavez ends 24-day fast for non-violence.  
   
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STEM women of the world, unite!

Unionists focusing on increasing women working in STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Today’s labor quote: Armelle Seby.
Today’s labor history: 16-month "Slovak strike" begins.     

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Why the Fair Wage Act is necessary

$17 [in 2030] is going to be like $13 today," says 1199SEIU MD/DC political director Ricarra Jones.
Today’s labor quote: Frances Perkins.  
Today’s labor history: César Chávez leads march of 5,000 striking farmworkers in Salinas, California.    

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HMS Host workers ratify 1st contract

Plus: AFSCME higher education bargaining team at Bowie State University bargains for their first unified contract.  
Today’s labor quote: SEIU 32BJ.
Today’s labor history: IWW founder Lucy Parsons dies.    

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Labor Spring sweeps nation

Largest series of labor-focused teach-ins in recent memory, launched by the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University in collaboration with multiple organizations and campuses.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. James Benton.
Today’s labor history: Unemployed demonstrate across U.S. during the Great Depression.

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Union City Radio Highlights

Political action at work; “Fine Keolis” says ATU; “Organize or die”; Labor hails Julie Su nomination as labor secretary; Black women workers connecting globally.
Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney.      
Today’s labor history: 12,000 television and movie writers launch three-month strike.

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Black women workers connecting globally

Members of the Black Women’s Roundtable shared strategies for advancing racial and gender justice through labor movements worldwide at a recent Solidarity Center event.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: AFL leader William Green born.    

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Labor hails Julie Su nomination as labor secretary

AFL-CIO says “there’s no one more dedicated and qualified to defend the fundamental rights of working people.”
Today’s labor quote: Susan B. Anthony.
Today’s labor history: 6,000 drivers strike Greyhound.  
 
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“Organize or die”

IATSE 22’s Chuck Clay on how joining a union improves workers lives; Clay is one of the 2022 Metro Washington Council’s Evening with Labor award-winners.
Today’s labor quote: Chuck Clay.  
Today’s labor history: Hattie McDaniel first African-American to win an Academy Award.  
  
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