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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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Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Perhaps the most moving moments came when solemn tribute was paid “to all of those we have lost” during the pandemic.
Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester.
Today’s labor history: Strikers forbidden to sing hymns.
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Robert Reich on the lessons for today from the 1946 strike wave.
Today’s labor quote: Robert Reich.
Today’s labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions founded.
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Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
MWC Affiliate TweetWatch; Warrior Met strikers sit in at BlackRock; Operation Union Veterans Day; Tentative agreement for Strathmore ticketsellers.
Today’s labor quote: Luke Roderick.
Today’s labor history: Union activist Karen Silkwood's suspicious death.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @radiolabour @MineWorkers @unionveterans @HelmetsHardhats @IATSElocal868 @IATSELocal22
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Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
After two very long years and a 10-hour mediation session on Tuesday.
Today’s labor quote: Debora Hayes.
Today’s labor history: Ellis Island closes.
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Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
New campaign amplifies the role veterans and military families play in the American labor movement.
Today’s labor quote: Will Attig.
Today’s labor history: Haymarket martyrs hanged.
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Mine Worker strike now in eight month. Plus: workers at Garlock Sealing Technologies win 3-day strike.
Today’s labor quote: Cecil Roberts.
Today’s labor history: First sit-down strike of the 1930s.
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Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
New feature tracking breaking labor news on Twitter.
Today’s labor quote: Benjamin Todd Jealous.
Today’s labor history: Committee for Industrial Organization founded.
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Rapper Luke Roderick’s one-minute union message, from RadioLabour.
Today’s labor quote: African proverb.
Today’s labor history: Black and white unite in New Orleans general strike.
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Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Elected officials join Shoppers worker protests; Election Day in VA; Rich Trumka: Made in America; Labor voices from VA’s election; Garlock workers strike.
Today’s labor quote: Bayard Rustin.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS upholds Taft-Hartley Act.
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