Longtime labor journalist Joe Maniscalco on the proposal to abolish 24-hour shifts for home health-care workers in New York City. Today’s labor quote: Joe Maniscalco.  Today’s labor history: Tribune locks out workers at the New York Daily News.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkBitesNews

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Who’s really an employee?; The real inflation problem; Graduate workers team up with Painters; Trades: “Art without an audience”; Grocery union: Kroger/Albertsons merger “disastrous”.Today’s labor quote: Arthur Balfour.        Today’s labor history: Black and White unite in New Orleans General Strike. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @EconomicPolicy @iupat_dc51 @FSE_UMD @Plumbers_5_DC  @CBSSunday @UFCW400 @SenWarren @amyklobuchar @SenSanders @CoryBooker @SenBlumenthal

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UFCW 400 says proposed merger would “eliminate meaningful competition and drive up the price of groceries.”  Today’s labor quote: Senators Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal and Cory Booker.  Today’s labor history: Death of the "Sagebrush Robin Hood".@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @UFCW400 @SenWarren @amyklobuchar @SenSanders @CoryBooker @SenBlumenthalProud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Plumbers Local 5 training facility in Lanham, Maryland featured on last Sunday’s CBS Sunday Morning. Today’s labor quote: Zach Tanner.   Today’s labor history: Wisconsin dairy farmers strike.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @Plumbers_5_DC  @CBSSunday

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UMD Fearless Student Employees hand-bill with Painters District Council 51 at construction sites around the University of Maryland College Park.Today’s labor quote: Merle Travis.  Today’s labor history: Death of Eugene V. Debs.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @iupat_dc51 @FSE_UMD

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Over-inflated pay for CEOs, which last year soared to an eye-popping average of $15.6 million a year.Today’s labor quote: Pope John XXIII. Today’s labor history: J.P. Stevens signs first union contract.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @EconomicPolicy

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New DOL rule would make it harder for employers to intentionally misclassify their employees as independent contractors. Today’s labor quote: U.S. Department of Labor Today’s labor history: Salt of the Earth strike begins.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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“Three years is too long”; Hotel workers mourn; DC teachers demand contract; The million-dollar union member; Workplace violence hits home.Today’s labor quote: John Brown. Today’s labor history: French workers’ revenge. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @UFCW400 @UHLocal25 @IAFF36 @WTUTeacher #FairContractNow @cornellilr @TVanheuvelen @AFLCIO @AFSCMEMaryland

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AFSCME Local 557 steward speaks out at OSHA’s first-ever Workers’ Voice Summit. Today’s labor quote: Miriam Doyle. Today’s labor history: International Working People's Association founded.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFSCMEMaryland

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New paper in Cornell University's ILR Review says union members make $1.3 million more than non-union workers over the course of their careers.Today’s labor quote: Tom VanHeuvelen. Today’s labor history: San Jose Mercury News newspaper carriers win 4-day walkout.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @cornellilr @TVanheuvelen

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