“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.”
Donahue served as secretary-treasurer of the national AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995 and president in 1995. This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Monopoly and Class Struggle: The games we play Last week’s show: Uprising of the 20,000 “Fighting Mary” Eliza McDowell, also known as the “Angel of the Stockyards,” born in Chicago. As a social worker she helped organize the first women’s local of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1902 – 1854 Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md. - 1930 More than 12,000 members of the Insurance Agents Union strike in 35 states and Washington D.C. against the Prudential Insurance Co. - 1951 Unionists and activists shut down World Trade Organization meeting, Seattle, Wash. - 1999 - David Prosten click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Fairfax County Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, November 25, 7:30pm – 9:00pm MWC, CSA and CAP offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday; have a safe holiday! The next Union City will appear on Monday, November 30; check out Union City Radio daily here. Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Belabored; Union Strong; America’s Workforce Radio; RadioLabour; The Blue Collar Gospel Hour What’s next for working people under a Biden/Harris administration? We’ve got excellent reports from Belabored, Union Strong, America’s Workforce Radio and RadioLabour. This week’s show also features a brand-new Network member, The Blue Collar Gospel Hour, where union autoworker, poet, and activist Dan Denton hosts a podcast for the 99% – featuring entertainment, news, music, poetry, art and interviews with interesting people. This week Dan visits with co-worker Gerri Edwards, an LGBTQ+ activist and pioneer who also hosts a popular, award winning Star Trek original story podcast series. Following votes taken over two days at stores throughout the region, UFCW Local 400 members working at Kroger stores under their West Virginia contract voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement. Highlights include fully funded health care, raises and no increase to prescription drug costs maximums. Read more here.
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