Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Honoring Saunders and Sweeney

Labor Heritage Foundation honors AFSCME President Lee Saunders.
at its Solidarity Forever Reception and Awards Ceremony; labor movement celebrates life and legacy for former AFL-CIO president John Sweeney.
Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney.
Today’s labor history: 1894 Pullman Strike begins.
  
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White House hosts union organizers

Baltimore County Public Library union organizer among those at gathering.
Today’s labor quote: Jaimie Caldwell.
Today’s labor history: Western Labor Union formed.   

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Reproductive rights are workers rights

Unions respond to the leaked Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade.
Today’s labor quote: Hayley Brown.
Today’s labor history: Longshoremen’s strike sparks general work stoppage in San Francisco.   

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Union City Radio Highlights

Remembering the “labor priest”; Kaiser Permanente therapists unionize with UFCW; Public Service Recognition Week; MWC releases endorsements; Partnership Award honors Claimant Advocacy Program.
Today’s labor quote: 1863 Brotherhood of the Footboard Constitution.
Today’s labor history: Brotherhood of the Footboard ratifies constitution.

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Partnership Award honors Claimant Advocacy Program

CAP director Tonya Love is this year's Partnership Award winner from the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: Spontaneous revolt by VA tobacco stemmers.

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MWC releases endorsements

More than two dozen get labor nod in DC, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.  
Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester
Today’s labor history: Battle of Harlan County.
   
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Public Service Recognition Week

“America’s dedicated public servants are the lifeblood of our democracy.”
Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Haymarket Massacre.   

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Kaiser Permanente therapists unionize with UFCW

The occupational, physical and speech therapists will be represented by UFCW Local 400 in the DMV area and UFCW Local 27 in the Baltimore region.
Today’s labor quote: Pete Seeger.
Today’s labor history: Chicago police kill 4, injure 200 at striker rally.   

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Remembering the “labor priest”

AFL-CIO and the Catholic Labor Network host “The Labor Movement and the Catholic Church, Then and Now” discussion of Monsignor George Higgins.
Today’s labor quote: Monsignor George Higgins.
Today’s labor history: General strike by the Chicago Trades Assembly.
 
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Union City Radio Highlights

Labor movement’s Nobel Prize awarded; Study: UMD boosts management, cuts teachers; Striking for the Earth?; Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: May Day originates in Chicago.

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