(audio) “The economy, as we know, hit young workers the hardest after the recession.”
That’s AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler on the latest edition of State of the Unions, the AFL-CIO’s podcast, talking about young people and the labor movement: “Young people were working two and three jobs just to make ends meet. And, so I think they’re finally seeing—with all this worker activism and with this notion that coming together collectively is more powerful—that unions are a path forward for them. So, perhaps just continuing to build on that momentum, educating our leadership on the value of bringing in young perspectives and having a seat at the table, so that young people aren't just boxed out and on the sidelines. It used to be that you’d attend a meeting as a young person, and they’re like ‘Yeah, come back to me in five years, kid, when you’ve been around for awhile.’ We need their voices now. We need their expertise now.” Catch “State of the Unions” wherever you listen to podcasts. On today’s labor calendar, locked-out Baltimore Symphony musicians picket this morning from 11 am to 12:30 pm; for details and all the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1894, some 14,000 federal and state troops finally succeeded in putting down the strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company, which had been peaceful until July 5, when federal troops intervened in Chicago, against the repeated protests of the governor and Chicago’s mayor. A total of 34 American Railway Union members were killed by troops over the course of the strike. Today’s labor quote is by Mary McLeod Bethune, the educator and civil rights activist, born on this date in 1875. Mary McLeod Bethune, who said: “If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re planning to go to the movies this summer, you can save up to 37% off tickets with Union Plus Movie Discounts at national chains. Visit unionplus.org/movies.
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