Union City Radio

By Metro Washington Council & 89.3 FM WPFW

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March 17, 2021 Union City Radio Unionism transcends ideology
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says PRO Act will strengthen civil rights, make us safer on the job, create fair workplaces and build a stronger economy.
Today’s labor history: Rock DJ’s strike.
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFSCME @DCLERA
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 16, 2021 Union City Radio Fitness workers, unite!
Emily Collinson and Rachel Hornstein, former fitness trainers and organizers with Solidcore United, talk with reporter Chris Bangert-Drowns for WPFW’s Monday Morning QB about their effort to form a union at Solidcore fitness centers, and how that campaign reflects a broader resurgence in the labor movement.
Today’s labor history: United Federation of Teachers forms.
Today’s quote: Rachel Hornstein.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WPFWMMQB @AFTunion
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 15, 2021 Union City Radio AFL-CIO says filibuster "an artifact of Jim Crow"
Calls on Senate to enact “swift and necessary changes to procedural rules standing in the way of enacting a Workers First Agenda.”
Today’s labor history: 8-Hour Act approved under railway strike threat.
Today’s quote: Richard Trumka.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 14, 2021 Union City Radio This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights
Women want jobs, jobs, jobs; House passes historic PRO Act; DC launches new 1-stop vaccine sign-up.
Today’s labor history: Ford’s new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes. Goodbye, craftsmanship.
Today’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @aflcio @SharanBurrow @ituc @MayorBowser @tweetelissa
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 12, 2021 Union City Radio DC launches new 1-stop vaccine sign-up
“All workers should sign up and get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible.”
Today’s labor history: "Bread and Roses" textile strike ends.
Today’s quote: Lane Kirkland.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MayorBowser @tweetelissa
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 11, 2021 Union City Radio House passes historic PRO Act
Protecting the Right to Organize Act will “summon a new wave of worker power.”
Today’s quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Luddites destroy textile machines.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 10, 2021 Union City Radio Maryland’s unemployment system is busted
UNITE HERE Local 25 supports reforms "to ensure that a failure on this scale never occurs again."
Today’s quote: César Chávez.
Today’s labor history: NYC bus drivers strike.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @DCHotelworkers
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 09, 2021 Union City Radio Women want jobs, jobs, jobs
Plus freedom from violence and an end to discrimination, says Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.
Today’s quote: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Today’s labor history: Congress begins 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SharanBurrow @ituc
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 08, 2021 Union City Radio MD urged to prioritize vaccines for property services workers
“The quicker that happens, the quicker our region can recover and reopen.”
Today’s labor history: Fur and Leather Workers Union workers -- many of them women – strike and win.
Today’s quote: Amazon worker/organizer Jennifer Bates.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @32BJSEIU @CLUWNational @SolidarityCntr
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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March 07, 2021 Union City Radio This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights
“Make your voice heard,” Biden tells workers; $55.77 an hour; Coalition fights employer “scare tactics” on hazard pay.
Today’s labor history: Ford gasses and shoots unemployed auto workers.
Today’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @aflcio @1199SEIU @1199SEIU_MDDC #mdga21 #ProtectMDWorkers
Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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FAQs about Union City Radio:

How many episodes does Union City Radio have?

The podcast currently has 3,067 episodes available.