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Union City Radio Highlights

2022’s top labor stories; More top labor stories from 2022; Union leaders make Power 100; Congressional Workers Union warns of GOP rights grab; “Hire local,” urge trades.
Today’s labor quote: Mary Kenney O’Sullivan.
Today’s labor history: “Great Steel Strike” ends.

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“Hire local,” urge trades

Area trades unions urge the Prince George’s County Council to hire union on construction projects. Watch the NBC4 report here.
Today’s labor quote: Ed Burroughs.
Today’s labor history: DC and Capitol police injured by pro-Trump rioters.    
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Congressional Workers Union warns of GOP rights grab

Last year's House Resolution enshrining collective bargaining rights for House staffers is in the GOP’s crosshairs.
Today’s labor quote: Saul Levin.  
Today’s labor history: Ford raises pay to keep unions out.   

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Union leaders make Power 100

AFSCME Maryland President Patrick Moran and Maryland State Education Association President Cheryl Bost have made the Daily Record’s 2022-23 Power 100 list.
Today’s labor quote: Patrick Moran.  
Today’s labor history: NYC social workers and transit workers strike.
   
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More top labor stories from 2022

Harold Meyerson’s top 2022 picks from The American Prospect.
Today’s labor quote: Harold Meyerson and Steven Greenhouse.
Today’s labor history: Alphabet Workers Union organizes at Google.  

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2022’s top labor stories

Sluggish institutions, corporate mergers, billionaires behaving badly: 2022 was a watershed year for the labor beat, reports In These Times magazine.
Today’s labor quote: Olga Miranda.
Today’s labor history: IWW founded in Chicago.   

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Union City Radio Highlights

New work-related words; Double win at MOM’s & La Colombe; Inequality continues to rise; Solidarity Forever, remixed.
Today’s labor quote: Hank Williams.       
Today’s labor history: United Transportation Union founded.  

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Solidarity Forever, remixed

The original Solidarity Forever was written in 1915; here’s a new millennium version.
Today’s labor quote: “Jock” Yablonski.
Today’s labor history: GM sit-down strike spreads.   
 
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Hear the DC Labor Chorus!

Special broadcast of hour-long version of the Dec. 11 DC Labor Chorus Evening of Favorite and Sacred Songs concert, today at 1p on WPFW’s Your Rights At Work show.
Today’s labor quote: Elise Bryant.
Today’s labor history: Steel Workers end 86-day strike at Goodyear.

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Inequality continues to rise

EPI report says the top 1% now hold a record share of total earnings while the bottom 90% lose ground.
Today’s labor quote: Elise Gould.
Today’s labor history: Auto workers strike GM’s Fisher Body plant in Cleveland.   

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