(audio) “I also think that one of the major challenges for Trade Unions is to explain that Trade Unions are not just protecting like a specific type of job that is by and large no longer realistic for many young people and for many young people, Trade Unions are something for old people--old white people, for boomers, right.”
That’s Cas Mudde (KAS MUDA), a political scientist from the University of Georgia. “That’s why Trade Unions at universities are important but of course universities are among the most privileged. Right and so you have to get to that level of people who are overall skeptical about old school type of mobilization which on top of that seed--is kind of mobilization as something for kind of rigid structures whereas they are going to work in an economy where they jump from one job to another.” Political scientist Cas Mudde (KAS MUDA), on State of the Unions, the AFL-CIO podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1931, 60,000 unemployed workers rallied at a Pittsburgh stadium. Today’s labor quote is from “Yablonski Murder,” by Hazel Dickens. United Mine Workers reformer Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, his wife and daughter were murdered on this date in 1969 by hitmen hired by union president Tony Boyle. Boyle was convicted of the crime and eventually died in prison. Well it's cold blooded murder friends, I'm talking about Now who's gonna stand up and who's gonna fight? You better clean up that union, put it on solid ground Get rid of that dirty trash, that keeps a working man down Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Hey, if you’re thinking about buying a new or used car soon, you can use the Union Plus Auto Buying Service to see what others are paying for the car you want, and lock in your price so there's no haggling at the dealership. Plus, you get rebates on new union made vehicles. Visit unionplus.org/autobuying.
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Union City Radio: Do the Waltons earn more in a minute than Walmart workers do in a year?12/30/2019 One of the Washington’s Post’s most popular fact checks of the year was whether the Walton family earns more in a minute than Walmart workers do in a year.
Turns out, no matter how you measure it, this claim from Senator Bernie Sanders was solid. The Post’s fact-checkers crunched the numbers and came up with $24,960 dollars a year for Walmart workers, while the Waltons are raking in $25,149 dollars a minute just from dividends paid on the family’s stock holdings. Keep in mind, though, that the Post’s figure for Walmart workers is based on a 40-hour week, while Walmart considers 34 hours full-time, which pegs annual pay closer to $16,000 a year. Meanwhile, those stock dividends keep rolling in, every minute of every day for the Waltons. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1936, the sit-down strike at General Motors spread to Flint, Michigan; it would last 44 days before ending in victory for the United Auto Workers. Today’s labor quote is by historian Nelson Lichtenstein, who said: “History sometimes turns on a narrow pivot. The deep structures of economic power and social consciousness usually constrain the opportunities and shape the choices men and women have to make. But there are also times when circumstances conspire to greatly diminish our usual sense of social inertia and institutional stasis, when tradition’s chains begin to crack and old fears diminish, thereby making the world once again seem plastic and open, not just to an ambitious few of will and vision but to a multitude of ordinary people who burst forward onto the stage of history.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. They’ve got a credit card with 24/7 U.S.-based phone customer service, competitive rates, AND exclusive benefits for union members. Join 700,000 union members who’re using the Union Plus Credit Card Program. Find out more at theunioncard.com. The Washington’s Post’s most popular fact check of the year surprised even the Post.
It wasn’t one of the thousands of lies told by President Trump that the Post has been debunking all year. Nope, at the top of the list was the truth about whether U.S. women’s soccer players are really earning less than men. Short answer: yes. A lot less. The 2018 Men’s Cup champions won $38 million dollars, which is more than the $30 million dollars in total prize money for the 2019 Women’s World Cup; the champion U.S. team collected just $4 million for winning their fourth World Cup. The so-called good news is that women soccer players are now earning 89 cents for every dollar paid to male soccer players, up from 38 cents back in 2016. But, it’s worth noting that the U.S. Women’s Team played almost double the number of games and won significantly more often than the U.S. Men’s team. This blatant discrimination is why the U.S. Women’s Team filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation last year. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1943, President Roosevelt seized the railroads to prevent a nationwide strike. His decision to temporarily place the railroads under the “supervision” of the War Department forced the five railroad brotherhoods to agree to his offer to arbitrate the wage dispute. Today’s labor quote is by former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez. The Occupational Safety & Health Act was signed into law on December 29, 1970. Tom Perez, who said: "No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. They’ve got a credit card with 24/7 U.S.-based phone customer service, competitive rates, AND exclusive benefits for union members. Join 700,000 union members who’re using the Union Plus Credit Card Program. Find out more at theunioncard.com. Hosted by Chris Garlock, with Peter Pocock
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