Airport workers call out Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority. Today’s labor quote: Paul Blair.Today’s labor history: WEVD – named after Gene Debs – goes on the air.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @32BJSEIU

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Participation welcome in union contingent in annual parade. Today’s labor quote: Doug Larson.Today’s labor history: LA Times workers strike.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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Funeral for the longtime local labor leader will be held today.Today’s labor quote: George Meany. Today’s labor history: Birth of George Meany.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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Workers are frustrated after pushing American University for more than 18 months to get their first contract settled.Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers. Today’s labor history: NYNEX striker killed on picket line.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @austaffunion

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”A Four-Day Week at Five Days’ Pay”; Another one bites the dust; MetroAccess workers win 9-day strikeToday’s labor quote: Lane Kirkland.         Today’s labor history: Polish union Solidarity seizes the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational @ATULocal689 @ATUComm #UnionStrong

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ATU Local 689 MetroAccess workers reach tentative agreement with Transdev, ending nine-day strikeToday’s labor quote: Raymond Jackson.Today’s labor history: MLB players strike over salary caps.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ATULocal689 @ATUComm #UnionStrong

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Court strikes down Trump-era FLRA policy allowing agency heads to unilaterally rewrite union contracts. Today’s labor quote: Thomas Geoghegan. Today’s labor history: Feds drive jobless out of D.C.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational

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Striking MetroAccess workers – members of ATU 689 – and their supporters rallied Tuesday before contract negotiations with Transdev resumed.  Today’s labor quote: MetroAccess strikers’ song. Today’s labor history: Transport Workers Union support arrested leaders.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ATULocal689 @Transdev @ATUComm @joleneivey

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Rally set for 8:30a this morning prior to contract negotiations with Transdev.Today’s labor quote: Valerie Thomas. Today’s labor history: Bell Atlantic workers win strike.  @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ATULocal689 #Transdev. #TogetherWeFightTogetherWeWin #1u #UnionStrong

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Read Sara Jaffe in the August 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez. Today’s labor history: MA marijuana retailer hit with $300K in fines for wage theft.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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