Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

One of labor’s biggest wins in the just-ended Maryland General Assembly session was House Bill 2 (Union Dues Subtraction), reports Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO President Donna Edwards.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS’ most controversial ruling: Lochner v. New York.     

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Two from AFGE; Solid State Books workers unionize; LexisNexis employees unionize; Compass contract fight comes to World Bank.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: First women-led American union launches six-day strike across New England.

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UNITE HERE members demand a $20 per hour minimum for Compass workers who serve elite clients in DC.
Today’s labor quote: Marlene Patrick Cooper.  
Today’s labor history: Mexican and Filipino farm workers arrested for union activities in Imperial Valley, CA.   

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MLex Guild covers more than 20 workers at MLex and FTCWatch in Washington, San Francisco and New York.
Today’s labor quote: Eugene Debs.  
Today’s labor history: International Hod Carriers & Building Laborers’ Union
founded.

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Store owners voluntarily recognize UFCW 400 as their workers’ union.
Today’s labor quote: Florence Reece.
Today’s labor history: The Iron City Forge of the Sons of Vulcan – forerunners of United Steel Workers – forms.   
 
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According to survey results released last Thursday by UNITE HERE Local 23.
Today’s labor quote: D. Taylor.
Today’s labor history: Jackie Robinson plays his first major league game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
   
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Federal workers union sees largest membership increase in almost seven years; TA at VA.
Today’s labor quote: Frances Perkins.
Today’s labor history: Immigrants rally across U.S. for rights.
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Hands Off DC scores a win; AFGE’s new local for European feds; I AM Story: the strike that rocked Memphis; “Kroger, Safeway, don’t merge in our neighborhood!”; Emergency action for fired Union Kitchen worker.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.        
Today’s labor history: IWW organizies the Leviathan.

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Supporters gathering at 2p today at Union Kitchen, 1251 9th St NW to demand immediate reinstatement of Carlos Hernandez, fired for supporting the union.  
Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney.
Today’s labor history: 300,000 members of the National Federation of Telephone Workers strike AT&T and the Bell System.  
   
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Supermarket workers turned out yesterday to warn that the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger will devastate local communities.
Today’s labor quote: I Am Story podcast.
Today’s labor history: First U.S. slave revolt.
  
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