Sluggish institutions, corporate mergers, billionaires behaving badly: 2022 was a watershed year for the labor beat, reports In These Times magazine.Today’s labor quote: Olga Miranda. Today’s labor history: IWW founded in Chicago.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @inthesetimesmag

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New work-related words; Double win at MOM’s & La Colombe; Inequality continues to rise; Solidarity Forever, remixed.Today’s labor quote: Hank Williams.        Today’s labor history: United Transportation Union founded.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MerriamWebster @UFCW400 @lcworkersunited @EconomicPolicy @radiolabour

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The original Solidarity Forever was written in 1915; here’s a new millennium version.Today’s labor quote: “Jock” Yablonski. Today’s labor history: GM sit-down strike spreads.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @radiolabour

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Special broadcast of hour-long version of the Dec. 11 DC Labor Chorus Evening of Favorite and Sacred Songs concert, today at 1p on WPFW’s Your Rights At Work show. Today’s labor quote: Elise Bryant. Today’s labor history: Steel Workers end 86-day strike at Goodyear. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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EPI report says the top 1% now hold a record share of total earnings while the bottom 90% lose ground.Today’s labor quote: Elise Gould. Today’s labor history: Auto workers strike GM’s Fisher Body plant in Cleveland.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @EconomicPolicyProud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Workers at MOM’s Organic Market in College Park and the Chinatown La Colombe vote to unionize with UFCW Local 400.Today’s labor quote: Chinatown La Colombe workers. Today’s labor history: Roosevelt seizes railroads to block strike. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @UFCW400 @lcworkersunited

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Some of this year’s new work-related words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.  Today’s labor quote: Merriam-Webster.  Today’s labor history: Knights of Labor founded.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MerriamWebster

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Budtenders organize, teachers settle, drivers picket; DC-area Starbucks workers join national strike; IUOE 99’s JAC recognized for “Notable Contribution”; Union leaders on Moore-Miller Transition Committee; La Colombe baristas’ union vote today.Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs*Today’s labor history: Debs released from prison.*Read by Rick Smith, from Labor History in 2:00.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WTUTeacher @UFCW400 @ATUComm @WorkersUnited @SBWorkersUnited #DoubleDownStrike #WUNoMatterWhat @iamwesmoore @arunamiller @SFTroupers @lcworkersunion @UFCW400 #lacolombe

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Urge supporters to stop by Chinatown location – 900 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 – to show their solidarity.  Today’s labor quote: La Colombe baristas. Today’s labor history: AFL found in contempt of court for urging a boycott.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @lcworkersunion @UFCW400 #lacolombe

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The Metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO on Tuesday applauded the efforts of the Moore-Miller transition team to include representatives of working families in Maryland.Today’s labor quote: San Francisco Mime Troupe. Today’s labor history: Deportation of “labor agitators” marks the beginning of the so-called “Red Scare”.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @iamwesmoore @arunamiller @SFTroupers

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