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The Boat's Gotta Float · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  You're all in it together.
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  That's what I would say, and that's kinda something I always held at the, uh, front
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  of my mind while I was on the strike line.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Monday, July 27th.
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  Like, my fate is now inextricably tied to these people.
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  Yeah.
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  Whether I like it or not, we all go to- We became family real quick.
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  Yeah, we're, we're out there together.
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  Real quick.
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  Doesn't matter what I think, you… We're all in the same boat.
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  Yeah.
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  The boat's gotta float.
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  That's from the Labor Notes podcast
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  on the Labor Radio Podcast network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  monopolies, and the role of AI.
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  That's online at the San Francisco Labor Fest at 7:00 PM PST.
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  Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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  And today's labor history on this date in 1869, William Sylvis died.
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  Sylvis was the founder of the National Labor Union.
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  Today's labor quote is by William Sylvis who said, "Our cause is a common one.
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  It is a war between poverty and wealth.
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  This moneyed power is fast eating up the substance of the people.
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  We have made war upon it, and we mean to win it.
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  If we can, we will win through the ballot box.
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  If not, then we shall resort to sterner means."
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
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  Plus, a nonprofit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
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  More information at unionplus.org.
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  This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.