Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Union City Radio Highlights

Turning out the Maryland labor vote; Local updates: honors, elections & retirements; FairHotel relaunched; Massive staff shortages threaten state.
Today’s labor quote: Sidney Hillman.      
Today’s labor history: 14,000 federal and state troops put down Pullman strike.

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Massive staff shortages threaten state

AFSCME 31 says state needs to fill more than 7,000 vacant positions in Maryland.
Today’s labor quote: Denise Henderson Johnson.
Today’s labor history: First U.S. anthracite coal strike; IWW wraps up founding convention.  

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FairHotel relaunched

FairHotel.org helps travelers pick hotels that support working people.
Today’s labor quote: FairHotel.org Tipping Guide.
Today’s labor history: NYC cloakmakers strike.

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Local updates: honors, elections & retirements

DCHA honors MWC president Forester and AFGE 70 member Franselene St. Jean-Clarke; LaBille reelected at SMART Local 100; Hogan retires from IBEW Local 26.
Today’s labor quote: Richie LaBille.
Today’s labor history: Debs arrested during the Pullman strike.

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LGBTQIA+ trivia quiz

OPEIU Local 2’s LGBTQIA+ themed trivia game celebrates the just-concluded Pride Month.
Today’s labor quote: Tammy Baldwin.
Today’s labor history: National Labor Relations Act signed into law.

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Turning out the Maryland labor vote

Metro Washington Labor Council and state AFL-CIO coordinate phonebanks and door-to-door canvasses to turn out union vote in Maryland on July 19.
Today’s labor quote: Margaret Poydock.
Today’s labor history: Baltimore Evening Sun newsboys die in blaze.
 
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Union City Radio Highlights

“A devastating blow to working women”; “We will mobilize millions of women across the country”; DC teachers rally for contract; Belarus union leaders under attack.
Today’s labor quote: Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Today’s labor history: Children strike Paterson silk mills.

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Belarus union leaders under attack

Rudy Porter, Solidarity Center Regional Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, reports. The BKDP has put out a call for international solidarity and supporters are signing this LabourStart petition.
Today’s labor quote: Rudy Porter.
Today’s labor history: Arizona copper miners strike.  

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DC teachers rally for contract

Pledge building-wide solidarity in struggle for fair contract.
Today’s labor quote: Jacqueline Pogue-Lyons.
Today’s labor history: Alabama outlaws leasing convicts to mine coal.   

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Lawmakers demand equal pay for NABET-CWA workers

Coalition of House Democrats calls for members of NABET-CWA Local 52031 employed at Maslow Media Group to receive equal pay for equal work.  
Today’s labor quote: Bob Williams.
Today’s labor history: FDR signs EO establishing NLRB.

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