(audio) “Unions are actually more popular with the public than they have been in years because people are finally connecting the dots that coming together is more powerful, especially when you’re in a union and you have the protection of a union…”
That’s AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler on the latest edition of State of the Unions, the AFL-CIO’s podcast, talking about this moment for collective action: (audio) “I think most people see...that this rugged individualism that has been the storied narrative of America forever is broken and that the economy isn't working for most working people, so coming together in a union is the right remedy.” Catch “State of the Unions” wherever you listen to podcasts. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1934, the Battle of Rincon Hill took place during the West Coast Longshoremen's Strike in San Francisco. Some 5,000 strikers fought 1,000 police, scabs and national guardsmen. Two strikers were killed, and 109 people injured. The incident, known as "Bloody Thursday," led to a general strike. Today’s labor quote is by New York Senator Robert Wagner, who sponsored the National Labor Relations Act, signed into law on this date in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt. Robert Wagner, who said that "The national labor relations bill which I now propose is novel neither in philosophy nor in content. It creates no new substantive rights. It merely provides that employees, if they desire to do so, shall be free to organize for their mutual protection or benefit." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about hitting a theme park with your family this summer, visit unionplus.org/entertainment to get savings at America’s favorite theme parks. Source: Senator Robert F. Wagner, Speech on the National Labor Relations Act (February 21, 1935). Congressional Record, 74th Cong., 1st sess., Vol. 79, 2371-72.
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