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Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Errol Schweizer, host of The Checkout Podcast, explains the cost of corporate consolidation and profiteering.
Today’s labor quote: Errol Schweizer.
Today’s labor history: Hockey players organize.
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Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Union Kitchen workers seek to unionize; GMU janitors protest; The mysterious decline in union membership; DC teacher a “Never Quit” winner; CAP Union authorizes strike.
Today’s labor quote: Iron Workers.
Today’s labor history: Seattle General Strike begins.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Says salaries lag while members are asked to go “above and beyond” during pandemic.
Today’s labor quote: Katie Barrows.
Today’s labor history: Rosa Parks born.
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Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
“She’s one of the first ones here and one of the last ones to leave.”
Today’s labor quote: Alice Paul.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS bans child labor, establishes 40-hour work week.
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Despite major union momentum last year, membership fell; EPI explains why.
Today’s labor quote: Heidi Shierholz.
Today’s labor history: Iris Rivera refuses to make coffee.
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Problems with contractors and subcontractors include staffing shortage, bounced and late paychecks..
Today’s labor quote: John J. Sweeney.
Today’s labor history: Collar Laundry Union forms.
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Concerns include understaffing, retention, pay discrepancies and COVID leave
policies.
Today’s labor quote: Rob Ballock.
Today’s labor history: Texas pecan shellers strike.
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Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Confessions of a Union Buster; AFGE cheers Biden EO $15/hr fed wage; “Quitting in droves.”
Today’s labor quote: Erna Solberg.
Today’s labor history: Commission on International Labour Legislation established.
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Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Property service workers union supporting tipped workers.
Today’s labor quote: Dolly Parton.
Today’s labor history: “9 to 5” tops the charts.
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Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Classic 1979 Oscar-nominated documentary tells the story of the women of the General Motors sit-down strikes in 1936 and 1937. Labor Goes to the Movies podcast co-host Elise Bryant will host a Q&A afterwards with filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb. RSVP here.
Today’s labor quote: Bobbie McGee.
Today’s labor history: NYC maids organize.
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