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Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
The Last Week Tonight host discusses the mechanics of union busting and why the companies who do it face so few consequences. Click here to watch the full segment.
Today’s labor quote: John Oliver.
Today’s labor history: Boston Stores workers’ Christmas strike.
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Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Tudors Biscuits workers demand union; AFGE members’ fight for dignity on the job changed TSA; Women hardest hit during pandemic; The “Mother of Thanksgiving”
Today’s labor quote: John Oliver.
Today’s labor history: NYC photoengraver strike shuts down papers.
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Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Coalition of Labor Union Women president Elise Bryant remembers s’hero Sarah Josepha Hale.
Today’s labor quote: Elise Bryant.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 workers, black and white, march in New Orleans.
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Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
ILO calls for care economy work on RadioLabour podcast.
Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers.
Today’s labor history: Cigarmakers International Union Local 144 chartered.
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Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
On 20th anniversary of Transportation Security Administration, AFGE publishes series on battle for rights on the job.
Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.
Today’s labor history: The first recorded strike.
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Management calls cops but UFCW 400 vows to keep fighting.
Today’s labor quote: Adam Smith.
Today’s labor history: 20,000 female garment workers strike in NYC.
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Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
America is on strike; Infrastructure bill: What it means for you; Airline turkeys gobble up worker benefits; “No Contract, No Coal!”
Today’s labor quote: Donald Robert Perry Marquis.
Today’s labor history: 200,000 GM auto workers strike in 50 cities.
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Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Voices from Thursday’s DC protest by striking Warrior Met Coal miners and their allies.
Today’s labor quote: UMWA protest chant.
Today’s labor history: Joe Hill executed.
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Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Airport Workers United demands paid sick leave and affordable health care.
Today’s labor quote: Paul Blair.
Today’s labor history: Seattle printers nix anti-labor ad.
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Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
AFL-CIO calls it “a tremendous victory for working people in America.”
Today’s labor quote: Brian Murray.
Today’s labor history: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York founded.
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