Operating Engineers Local 99’s apprenticeship program has produced more apprentices than all other programs in the state of Maryland combined in the last 44 years.Today’s labor quote: Samuel Gompers.Today’s labor history: Supreme Court rules picketing unconstitutional.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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Nationwide 3-day ‘Double Down Strike’ of 100 Starbucks includes stores in Olney and Baltimore. Today’s labor quote: Michelle Eisen. Today’s labor history: AFL endorses constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkersUnited @SBWorkersUnited #DoubleDownStrike #WUNoMatterWhat

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Potomac Holistics budtenders protested union-busting Friday, DC teachers approved their contract, and Roanoke transit workers picketed.  Today’s labor quote: J.J. Richards. Today’s labor history: 47-day Greyhound Bus strike ends.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WTUTeacher @UFCW400 @ATUComm

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Starbucks workers: “We wanted to be heard”; Starbucks rally audio postcard; “Elon Musk is a terrible boss”; Rail workers rally for sick days; Workers at Maryland’s OPD win union election.Today’s labor quote: Deborah Samson.     Today’s labor history: GM closes 21 North American plants, slashes tens of thousands of jobs. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #SBWU1YearStrong #SBWU #sbworkersunited #tobeapartner #WUNoMatterWhat #wumarjb #UnionStrong #1U @SBWorkersUnited @va_labor @labourstart @AFSCME @BernieSanders @AOC @SenWarren @RashidaTlaib @RepAndyLevin @NALC_National @GoIUPAT @smartunionworks @TTDAFLCIO @Teamsters #1u #SupportRailWorkers @AFSCMEMaryland

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New unit covers over 600 workers statewide at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.  Today’s labor quote: Patrick Moran. Today’s labor history: The Willmar 8: female bank tellers in Willmar, MN stage first-ever bank strike.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFSCMEMaryland

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Union and congressional allies join rally at U.S. Capitol, demand sick days for rail workers.  Today’s labor quote: Andy Levin.  Today’s labor history: AFL invests in organizing women.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @BernieSanders @AOC @SenWarren @RashidaTlaib @RepAndyLevin @NALC_National @GoIUPAT @smartunionworks @TTDAFLCIO @Teamsters #1u #SupportRailWorkers

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Labourstart’s Eric Lee on why Musk’s takeover of Twitter “set off alarm bells ringing for trade unionists.”Today’s labor quote: Eric Lee. Today’s labor history: AFSCME’s Lillian Roberts arrested for organizing an illegal strike in New York.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @labourstart @AFSCME

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Voices from the December 9 Starbucks rally in Arlington, Virginia.  Today’s labor quote: DeMaurice Smith.Today’s labor history: AFL founder Sam Gompers dies.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SBWorkersUnited @va_labor

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The voices of local Starbucks baristas Jillian O'Hare and Aleah Bacetti.Today’s labor quote: Jillian O'Hare.  Today’s labor history: Immigration sweep at U.S. meat plants.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #SBWU1YearStrong #SBWU #sbworkersunited #tobeapartner #WUNoMatterWhat #wumarjb #UnionStrong #1U

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Workers and the World Cup; Shoppers workers OK new union contract; Transit workers win Labor Organizing Award; Why Starbucks workers are organizing; Starbucks workers rally todayToday’s labor quote: Arthur Balfour.         Today’s labor history: General strike in London, Ontario.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @EdgeofSports @workerscup @UFCW400 @UFCW27 @shoppers @MineWorkers @ATULocal689 @DCJWJ @SBWorkersUnited #WUNoMatterWhat #wumarjb #sbwu #sbworkersunited #1U #workersrights #tobeapartner #corporatebullying

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