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”A Four-Day Week at Five Days’ Pay”; Another one bites the dust; MetroAccess workers win 9-day strike
Today’s labor quote: Lane Kirkland.        
Today’s labor history: Polish union Solidarity seizes the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk.

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MetroAccess workers win 9-day strike

ATU Local 689 MetroAccess workers reach tentative agreement with Transdev, ending nine-day strike
Today’s labor quote: Raymond Jackson.
Today’s labor history: MLB players strike over salary caps.  

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Another one bites the dust

Court strikes down Trump-era FLRA policy allowing agency heads to unilaterally rewrite union contracts.
Today’s labor quote: Thomas Geoghegan.
Today’s labor history: Feds drive jobless out of D.C.   

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“Don’t play with our money!”

Striking MetroAccess workers – members of ATU 689 – and their supporters rallied Tuesday before contract negotiations with Transdev resumed.  
Today’s labor quote: MetroAccess strikers’ song.
Today’s labor history: Transport Workers Union support arrested leaders.
  
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MetroAccess workers strike enters 2nd week

Rally set for 8:30a this morning prior to contract negotiations with Transdev.
Today’s labor quote: Valerie Thomas.
Today’s labor history: Bell Atlantic workers win strike.  

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”A Four-Day Week at Five Days’ Pay”

Read Sara Jaffe in the August 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: MA marijuana retailer hit with $300K in fines for wage theft.

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WV chemical workers organize

Join International Chemical Workers Union Council/United Food and Commercial Workers Local 566C.
Today’s labor quote: Bill Clinton.  
Today’s labor history: FDR’s National Labor Board.   

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IT workers at USDA unionize

“This election was the workers’ chance to stand up to the agency,
and they did.”
Today’s labor quote: Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
Today’s labor history: Paterson silk workers strike.   

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Leading the future

AFL-CIO’s new Center for Transformational Organizing “will convert the energy of this moment into real union growth.”  
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: "Which Side Are You On?" author Florence Reece dies.   

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Come All Ye Union Members!

Organizing drive at Medieval Times gains momentum.
Today’s labor quote: Erin Zapcic.
Today’s labor history: Hatch Act passed.  

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