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- 0:02having that contract in my hands and reading it, I was like, "Oh, my gosh."
- 0:06this is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Friday, November 6th.
- 0:11I realized that people died for our right to unionize in this country.
- 0:16So I, I felt, um, that immense gratitude.
- 0:18I decided I wanted to get involved, get active, and give back
- 0:22That's from Shift Change on the Labor Radio Podcast
- 0:26network, laborradionetwork.org.
- 0:30on-the-weekend labor arts calendar, this year's Rochester Labor Film Series
- 0:34wraps up with a screening of WTO '99, 7:30 PM tonight in Rochester, New York.
- 0:41And Alys Bryant accepts the 2026 Paul Robeson Award at the
- 0:46Peace and Justice Awards Gala tomorrow night in Washington, DC.
- 0:51Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
- 0:58In today's labor history, on this date in 1922, a coal mine explosion in
- 1:05Spangler, Pennsylvania, killed 79 after operators secured a non-gaseous rating
- 1:12despite repeated gas burns to miners.
- 1:16More labor history quotes and arts are available on LHF's Labor Arts and
- 1:22Culture Database at laborheritage.org.
- 1:26Today's labor quote is by Miles Horton: "If you ever get to the
- 1:32place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead."
- 1:37Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
- 1:40Plus, a nonprofit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
- 1:45More information at unionplus.org.
- 1:50This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.