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Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
AFL-CIO Now blog compiles their top posts of the year.
Today’s labor quote: Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Today’s labor history: Chinese field workers arrive in Hawaii.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Change of heart at DC bookstore; Top labor stories of 2021; Who might strike in 2022?; Year of the Worker; “We Won’t Back Down”
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones
Today’s labor history: Formation of the IWW.
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Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Jerry Levinsky’s version of the Tom Petty classic is a fitting anthem for 2021…and the New Year.
Today’s labor quote: “We Won’t Back Down”.
Today’s labor history: 60,000 unemployed rally in Pittsburgh.
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Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
40 million workers quit. 100,000+ on strike. 550+ new unions. 2021 was the year of the worker. Check out the video from More Perfect Union.
Today’s labor quote: More Perfect Union video.
Today’s labor history: GM sit-down strike spreads to Flint, Michigan.
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Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Hundreds of big contracts will be up, reports Labor Notes.
Today’s labor quote: Louis Brandeis.
Today’s labor history: Steel Workers end Goodyear strike.
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Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Inspiring and hopeful stories from the In These Times labor beat.
Today’s labor quote: In These Times.
Today’s labor history: GM’s Fisher Body workers stage sit-in.
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Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Politics and Prose owners now say they’re open to recognizing union there.
Today’s labor quote: Adam Wescott.
Today’s labor history: FDR seizes railroads to avert strike.
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Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
How the bosses stole Christmas; Union saves jobs for Shoppers workers; Wins for Kellogg’s and Takoma Park workers; 21st Century comes to Colonial Williamsburg.
Today’s labor quote: Kathy Newman.
Today’s labor history: Knights of Labor founded.
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Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
UNITE HERE Local 25 hotel and restaurant workers win better working conditions at historic site.
Today’s labor quote: John Boardman.
Today’s labor history: Jailed AFSCME leader released on Christmas Eve.
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Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Union members at both Kellogg’s and the City of Takoma Park held out for better contracts.
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: AFL boycott sparks “contempt” ruling.
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