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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
New video explains how proposed merger could jack up consumer prices and corporate profits while cutting worker wages.
Today’s labor quote: Benjamin Lorr.
Today’s labor history: 20,000 female garment workers strike in New York City.
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Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
AFL-CIO plans to maintain and build on existing infrastructure to coordinate upcoming electoral and organizing campaigns.
Today’s labor quote: Mia Dell.
Today’s labor history: UAW strikes 92 GM plans in 50 cities.
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Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Vets, racism and the vote; MOM’s says yes to union; Make Amazon Pay! DC baristas organize, doctors rally; Brewing a Red Cup Rebellion
Today’s labor quote: William Faulkner.
Today’s labor history: Time clock invented.
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Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
DMV Starbucks baristas join national strike.
Today’s labor quote: Paul Robeson, from “Joe Hill”
Today’s labor history: Joe Hill executed in Utah.
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Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Workers at La Colombe Coffee Roasters organize with UFCW 400; SEIU’s resident doctors at Children’s National rally.
Today’s labor quote: La Colombe Coffee Roasters workers.
Today’s labor history: 33 die in Lake Michigan ship sinking.
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Global day of action planned for November 25, “Black Friday.” Hear more at RadioLabour.
Today’s labor quote: Nick Rudikoff.
Today’s labor history: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
of the City of New York founded.
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Workers at Timonium MOM’s Organic Market vote in union, College Park MOM’s workers announce plans to unionize.
Today’s labor quote: College Park MOM’s workers.
Today’s labor history: National Football League Players Association ends
57-day strike.
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Union Veteran’s Council fights right-wing attempt to block counting military ballots.
Today’s labor quote: Will Attig.
Today’s labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions (AFL precursor) founded.
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Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Baby economics; Supermarket workers union deplores gun violence after fatal shootings; The people speak; Arlington Starbucks workers win union; “Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends and Enemies”
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.
Today’s labor history: National Federation of Telephone Workers founded.
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Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
New book about privatization of veterans’ healthcare “tells a working-class story, a labor story, and a political story.”
Today’s labor quote: Chris Lombardi.
Today’s labor history: The Centralia Massacre.
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Do Veterans Need a New Agenda in Washington? Join the authors of Our Veterans—Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven—for a post-mid-term discussion of veterans healthcare and related issues and why progressives should pay more attention to veterans affairs.
Mon, November 14, 2022, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST, The American Prospect 1225 I Street Northwest #600 Washington, DC 20005
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