Local labor movement welcomes members and supporters at the annual parade; CLICK HERE to RSVP; [email protected] or [email protected].  Today’s labor quote: Saru Jayaraman. Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO creates Working America.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkingAmerica @SaruJayaraman @9to5org @WorkersUnitedMA

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ATU Local 1777 reaches another strong tentative agreement.Today’s labor quote: Sandy Feldman. Today’s labor history: Battle of Blair Mountain.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ATUComm @ATULocal689

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Five-day strike wins first contract at American University.  Today’s labor quote: AU Staff Union. Today’s labor history: FDR’s Wealth Tax Act.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #AStrikeReadyU #HotLaborSummer #UnionStrong #1U #BigPurp #WeShutItDown @austaffunion

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Dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Club organize a union in 1996. Today’s labor quote: Lusty Lady dancers.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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Fannie Sellins and Joseph Starzeleski murdered by coal company guards on a picket line in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania in 1919. Today’s labor quote: Fannie Sellins.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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Strikebreaking origins of the word.Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph. Today’s labor history: Birth of strikebreaker Allan Pinkerton.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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1827 strike loss sparks labor journalism. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.Today’s labor history: Mechanics Gazette published.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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First Montgomery County Starbucks to organize hosts a Workers’ Strike Weekend.Today’s labor quote: Olney Starbucks workers.Today’s labor history: Sacco and Vanzetti executed.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @sbworkersunited @WorkersUnitedMA #WUNoMatterWhat #SBWorkersUnited #ToBeAPartner #strike #picketline #UnionStrong

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Joyce Miller becomes AFL-CIO Executive Council’s first female member.Today’s labor quote: Joyce Miller.  Today’s labor history: Air Line Stewardesses Association formed.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @afa_cwa

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Workers at the National Domestic Workers Alliance are members of CWA Local 1180. Today’s labor quote: Hold The Fort. Today’s labor history: IWW’s "Little Red Song Book" published.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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