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Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Union says DC mayor refusing to bargain in good faith with nurses who worked tirelessly during the pandemic.
Today’s labor quote: Hershey’s worker in Stuarts Draft, VA.
Today’s labor history: Greyhound drivers strike.
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Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
MontCo pulls Russian-made liquors from shelves after workers’ call. Plus: NewsGuild Local 32035 members at Bloomberg Industry Group hit the street for a new contract.
Today’s labor quote: Gino Renne.
Today’s labor history: SAG member Hattie McDaniel is first African-American to win an Academy Award.
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Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Labor and peace activist Gene Bruskin on the Ukraine crisis.
Today’s labor quote: Sean Blackmon.
Today’s labor history: South Africa workers strike in support of U.S. 3M workers.
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Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
War: Who is it good for?; Starbucks organizing comes to NoVA; One Fair Wage back in DC.
Today’s labor quote: Eugene V. Debs.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS rules sit-down strikes illegal.
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Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Absolutely no-one, says a labor statement on the crisis in Ukraine.
Today’s labor quote: Edwin Starr.
Today’s labor history: Labor organizer and civil rights activist Edgar Daniel Nixon dies.
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
UNITE HERE 7 says don’t patronize Merriweather until its union workers are back on the job with their union rights and contract intact.
Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers.
Today’s labor history: Cops beat women and children textile strikers in Lawrence, MA.
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Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Three more Virginia stores file for union elections, including the Huntsman Square Starbucks in Springfield, VA.
Today’s labor quote: Woody Guthrie.
Today’s labor history: Woody Guthrie writes “This Land Is Your Land.”
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Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Unions in Ukraine are hailing the reinstatement of Independent Trade Union of Aviation Workers leader Olena Bebeshko.
Today’s labor quote: Albert Shanker.
Today’s labor history: Planning the founding convention of the People’s Party.
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Initiative 82 – which would raise the minimum wage of tipped workers to full parity with minimum wage in D.C. -- returns to the ballot with DC City Council support.
Today’s labor quote: Saru Jayaraman.
Today’s labor history: CA passes 8-hour day.
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Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
A Starbucks worker speaks; Turning up the heat on UMD; Expanding access to DC’s Paid Family Leave; Starbucks solidarity brews up hot and strong.
Today’s labor quote: Bradley McKenzie.
Today’s labor history: Working-class women march on New York’s City Hall.
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