Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is the largest one day food drive in the country; leave a bag of non-perishable food next to your mailbox on Saturday, May 13th, and your letter carrier will handle the rest.
Today’s labor quote: Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
Today’s labor history: Western Labor Union formed.

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AFL-CIO’s latest report on workplace deaths and injuries.
Labor quote: Ken Loach’s “Spirit of ‘45”.
Today’s labor history: 4,000 Farah garment workers strike.

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2023 Arthur Svensson prize awarded to Elizabeth Tang, who leads International Domestic Workers' Federation (Radio Labour)
Today’s labor quote: Elizabeth Tang.
Today’s labor history: 12,000 Steelworkers at Goodyear win 18-day strike.

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GWU residents unionize; Hollywood writers strike; “Joy is an act of spiritual and political resistance”; Union agreement at Brookings Institution.
Today’s labor quote: Knights of St. Crispin.
Today’s labor history: “Bloody Tuesday”.

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Brookings United reaches an initial one-year agreement, the first time in Brookings’ 107-year history.
Today’s labor quote: Amy Liu.
Today’s labor history: Battle of Harlan County.

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AFT president Randi Weingarten, receiving the Labor Heritage Foundation’s Solidarity Forever Award on Tuesday.
Today’s labor quote: DC Labor Chorus.
Today’s labor history: Haymarket Massacre.

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Nearly 12,000 movie and television writers walked out Tuesday over pay and working conditions.
Today’s labor quote: Writers Guild of America.
Today’s labor history: Birth of Pete Seeger.

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Vote to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, which also represents the residents and interns at Children’s National Hospital and Howard University Hospital.
Today’s labor quote: Maryssa Miller.
Today’s labor history: Hitler abolishes labor unions.

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WPFW (89.3 FM) celebrates International Workers Day, Wobblies rally and march, DC Labor FilmFest opens tonight.
Today’s labor quote: Billy Bragg sings The Internationale.
Today’s labor history: 8-hour day demonstrations launch May Day tradition.

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Fast, but not fair; Georgetown Labor Spring; “Blackberry” opens DC Labor FilmFest; Labor Radio Podcast Weekly; Workers Memorial Day
Today’s labor quote: Barack Obama.  
Today’s labor history: Obama Administration’s National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections.

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