Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“Heroes, not zeros”

Angry voices from the picket line by striking Loudoun County transit workers who work for Keolis.  
Today’s labor quote: Raymond Jackson.
Today’s labor history: Chicano citrus workers strike.
   
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Carrying on MLK’s work

AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Fred Redmond on strengthening the bonds between the labor and civil rights movement at this weekend’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference.
Today’s labor quote: Fred Redmond.
Today’s labor history: Seattle police raid fails to prevent a general strike.
  
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UMD grad student union launches petition for rights and wages

Fearless Student Employees, the union for grad students at the University of Maryland, College Park, has launched a petition for collective bargaining rights and living wages for all Maryland higher-ed workers.
Today’s labor quote: Margo St. James.
Today’s labor history: The “Battle of the Running Bulls”.
 
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“Claiming our Power, Protecting Our Democracy”

That’s the theme of this year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference this weekend in Washington, DC. Starts Friday!
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: Former AFL-CIO President George Meany
dies.  

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UK worker strike wave

Hundreds of thousands of nurses, postal workers and rail workers in the UK have struck, and more may follow.  
Today’s labor quote: Patrick Dixon.  
Today’s labor history: 80,000 Chicago construction workers strike.  

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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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