Episodes

Thursday Feb 16, 2023
“Make me wanna holler”
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
The trouble with Keolis
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
Keolis strike spreads to Prince William County
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
Farmers market workers organize
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
Union City Radio Highlights
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
Freshfarm workers unionize
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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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Two organizing wins
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Johns Hopkins grad students join Teachers and Researchers United; education professionals at the Maryland School for the Deaf join the AFT.
Today’s labor quote: Nicole Goldberg.
Today’s labor history: Boeing engineers and technical workers strike.
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Rejecting a “culture of fear”
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Fired Defenders of Wildlife worker says “Enough is enough; we're sick of losing people, we're sick of being seen as the enemy.”
Today’s labor quote: Eleanor Roosevelt.
Today’s labor history: Vigilantes beat IWW organizers in San Diego.
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Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Defenders of Wildlife settles; workers demand contract
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
The non-profit agreed to pay $87K for firing a union organizer, but Defenders United/OPEIU 2 workers rallied Monday to demand a contract.
Today’s labor quote: Kerry Skiff.
Today’s labor history: Hockey players organize.
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Monday Feb 06, 2023
Defenders of Wildlife not so great with people
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Workers to rally today against union-busting at non-profit.
Today’s labor quote: Erica Prather.
Today’s labor history: Seattle General Strike begins.
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