Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“Quitting in droves”

Low-wage nursing home workers face untenable levels of pressure.
Today’s labor quote: Yvonne Slosarski.
Today’s labor history: Pirate pioneers workers comp.
  
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AFGE cheers Biden EO $15/hr fed wage

Will raise the pay of nearly 70,000 American workers.  
Today’s labor quote: Sojourner Truth.
Today’s labor history: Supreme Court upholds “Yellow Dog” contracts.   

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Confessions of a Union Buster

Union organizer Bob Muehlenkamp on the new “activist edition” of Marty Levitt’s 1993 book.
Today’s labor quote: Marty Levitt.
Today’s labor history: First canned beer goes on sale.   

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Union City Radio Highlights

MLK at the AFL-CIO; Howard County hospitality workers seek right to return to work; As Metro GM exits, transit workers urge WMATA to listen; Norton introduces pay equity bill.
Today’s labor quote: William “Big Bill” Haywood.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 clothing workers strike in Rochester, NY.

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Norton introduces pay equity bill

“Salary transparency is an important tool to combat the gender and race wage gap.”
Today’s labor quote: Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Today’s labor history: Police attack picketing longshoremen in Charleston, S.C.   

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As Metro GM exits, transit workers urge WMATA to listen

ATU 689 responds to WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s retirement.
Today’s labor quote: Bob Muehlenkamp.
Today’s labor history: Springsteen's "My Hometown," tops charts.  
 
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Howard County hospitality workers seek right to return to work

Bill would require employers to rehire previously laid off workers for open positions.
Today’s labor quote: Bruce Springsteen and Willie Nelson.
Today’s labor history: Bruce Springsteen appears at benefit for laid-off 3M workers.
  
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MLK at the AFL-CIO

In a historic speech to the 1961 AFL-CIO convention, Dr. King connected the civil rights movement and the labor movement.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: “Take This Job and Shove It” tops Billboard list.
  
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Protect our voting rights

“Our freedom is on the line.” AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler on making our voices heard.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: JFK signs Executive Order 10988, guaranteeing federal workers the right to join unions.   

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Union City Radio Highlights

Unions sue OSHA; DC firefighter meets twins he delivered; Voting Rights Week of Action; National Center for Transgender Equality workers unionize
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: United States Civil Service Commission established.

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