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Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Supermarket workers turned out yesterday to warn that the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger will devastate local communities.
Today’s labor quote: I Am Story podcast.
Today’s labor history: First U.S. slave revolt.
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
AFSCME’s new I AM Story podcast explores the events that transpired in Memphis 55 years ago as sanitation workers struck and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched with them, in a labor struggle that rocked a city and altered our history.
Today’s labor quote: UFCW 400.
Today’s labor history: Explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia kills 29 miners; worst U.S. mine disaster in 40 years.
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
More than 10,000 federal employees working for U.S. agencies in Europe now have a union local to represent them: AFGE Local 14.
Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: Mine Workers beat back concessions at Pittston.
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Biden pledges veto of GOP meddling; audio postcard from last week’s march and rally.
Today’s labor quote: Hands Off DC.
Today’s labor history: MLK returns to Memphis to support strikers.
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Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
“You are a nurse, not a slave”; “Call ‘em up and call ‘em out”; Solidarity at Solid State Books; Workers love Starbucks; Howard Schultz, not so much.
Today’s labor quote: Lou Brock.
Today’s labor history: The Great Hershey Sit-down.
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Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Reactions to Wednesday’s Senate hearing on unionbusting at Starbucks.
Today’s labor quote: Becky Hess.
Today’s labor history: Cowboys strike.
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Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Workers announce plans to unionize with UFCW 400.
Today’s labor quote: Solid State Books workers.
Today’s labor history: Battle in Seattle shuts down WTO.
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Hundreds of union members and their allies packed Lawyers Mall in front of Maryland’s State Capitol Monday night; we’ve got an audio postcard.
Today’s labor quote: Courtney Jenkins.
Today’s labor history: The Battle of Wall Street.
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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Director Vincent Mondillo on his new film, which screens free Wednesday, March 29 7p at the E Street Theatre; click here for free tickets.
Today’s labor quote: Vincent Mondillo.
Today’s labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
A GW University Hospital RN speaks out about why nurses are unionizing.
Today’s labor quote: Angelo Estrellas
Today’s labor history: Colorado bans Mother Jones.
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