Transit union calls on Loudoun County to fine Keolis for missed bus service during strike. Today’s labor quote: Eugene Debs. Today’s labor history: South African workers walk out in support of NJ workers.     @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @ATULocal689 @Teamsters 639 @ATUComm @AFLCIO @va_labor

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UNITE HERE Local 25 Political Director Sam Epps on connecting worker’s lives with political action; Epps is one of the 2022 Metro Washington Council’s Evening with Labor award-winners.Today’s labor quote: Sam Epps. Today’s labor history: Sit-in at Detroit Woolworth’s.     @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @UHLocal25 @unitehere  

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“We will strike and strike”; Labor’s next generation; Cannabis’ social equity; Major strike activity up nearly 50% in 2022; Union Vets delegation’s solidarity with Ukraine.Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King, Jr. Today’s labor history: 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ATULocal689 @Teamsters 639 @ATUComm @AFLCIO @va_labor @CLUWNational @LaborHeritage1 @UFCW400 @MDDCStateFed @EconomicPolicy @mpoydock @unionveterans @OMarkarova #Ukraine

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Urges support for rally this Saturday at 2 pm at the Lincoln Memorial supporting Ukraine and its workers.Today’s labor quote: AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council. Today’s labor history: Lawrence, MA cops beat women and children textile strikers.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @unionveterans @OMarkarova #Ukraine

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According to an analysis of BLS data by the Economic Policy Institute. Today’s labor quote: Margaret Poydock.Today’s labor history: Woody Guthrie pens a classic.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @EconomicPolicy @mpoydock

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Labor hails social equity in proposed MD legalized cannabis bill.Today’s labor quote: Donna Edwards. Today’s labor history: Knights of Labor and others plan People’s Party.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @UFCW400 @MDDCStateFed

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Elise Bryant on a new generation’s plans at the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the Labor Heritage Foundation. Today’s labor quote: Elise Bryant. Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO grants United Farm Workers a charter.     @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @CLUWNational @LaborHeritage1

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A striking Prince William County driver reports from the Teamsters 639 picket line at Keolis Transit. Today’s labor quote: Mustafa. Today’s labor history: UMWA ends Pittston strike.      @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @ATULocal689 @Teamsters 639 @ATUComm @AFLCIO @va_labor

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Farmers market workers organize; Keolis strike spreads to Prince William County; The trouble with Keolis; “Make me wanna holler”; Prince George’s County “is a union town”!Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King Jr.      Today’s labor history: Farm Labor Organizing Committee signs agreement with Campbell Soup.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @FRESHFARMunion @UFCW400 @ATULocal689 #ATUStrong @LoudounCoGovt @Teamsters @LoudounCoGovt @ATUComm @va_labor @pgcd8_burroughs @KrystalOriadha @WalaBlegay @Progressive_MD @NABTU @Plumbers_5_DC Carpenters @smartunionworks

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Dozens of area building trades workers and their community and political allies rallied in Greenbelt on Wednesday night. Today’s labor quote: Wala BlegayToday’s labor history: Fight for $15 rallies across U.S.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @pgcd8_burroughs @KrystalOriadha @WalaBlegay @Progressive_MD @NABTU @Plumbers_5_DC Carpenters @smartunionworksProud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.