Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Double win at MOM’s & La Colombe

Workers at MOM’s Organic Market in College Park and the Chinatown La Colombe vote to unionize with UFCW Local 400.
Today’s labor quote: Chinatown La Colombe workers.
Today’s labor history: Roosevelt seizes railroads to block strike.
 
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New work-related words

Some of this year’s new work-related words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.  
Today’s labor quote: Merriam-Webster.  
Today’s labor history: Knights of Labor founded.   

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Union City Radio Highlights

Budtenders organize, teachers settle, drivers picket; DC-area Starbucks workers join national strike; IUOE 99’s JAC recognized for “Notable Contribution”; Union leaders on Moore-Miller Transition Committee; La Colombe baristas’ union vote today.
Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs*
Today’s labor history: Debs released from prison.
*Read by Rick Smith, from Labor History in 2:00.

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La Colombe baristas’ union vote today

Urge supporters to stop by Chinatown location – 900 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 – to show their solidarity.  
Today’s labor quote: La Colombe baristas.
Today’s labor history: AFL found in contempt of court for urging a boycott.  
  
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Union leaders on Moore-Miller Transition Committee

The Metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO on Tuesday applauded the efforts of the Moore-Miller transition team to include representatives of working families in Maryland.
Today’s labor quote: San Francisco Mime Troupe.
Today’s labor history: Deportation of “labor agitators” marks the beginning of the so-called “Red Scare”.
  
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IUOE 99’s JAC recognized for “Notable Contribution”

Operating Engineers Local 99’s apprenticeship program has produced more apprentices than all other programs in the state of Maryland combined in the last 44 years.
Today’s labor quote: Samuel Gompers.
Today’s labor history: Supreme Court rules picketing unconstitutional.  

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DC-area Starbucks workers join national strike

Nationwide 3-day ‘Double Down Strike’ of 100 Starbucks includes stores in Olney and Baltimore.
Today’s labor quote: Michelle Eisen.
Today’s labor history: AFL endorses constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote.  

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Budtenders organize, teachers settle, drivers picket

Potomac Holistics budtenders protested union-busting Friday, DC teachers approved their contract, and Roanoke transit workers picketed.  
Today’s labor quote: J.J. Richards.
Today’s labor history: 47-day Greyhound Bus strike ends.
 
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Union City Radio Highlights

Starbucks workers: “We wanted to be heard”; Starbucks rally audio postcard; “Elon Musk is a terrible boss”; Rail workers rally for sick days; Workers at Maryland’s OPD win union election.
Today’s labor quote: Deborah Samson.    
Today’s labor history: GM closes 21 North American plants, slashes tens of thousands of jobs.

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Workers at Maryland’s OPD win union election

New unit covers over 600 workers statewide at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.  
Today’s labor quote: Patrick Moran.
Today’s labor history: The Willmar 8: female bank tellers in Willmar, MN stage first-ever bank strike.    

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