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Don’t Forget the Roses · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  I used to really like theater.
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  But lately, I've been kind of, taking a step back from, my artistic side
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  I have forgotten kinda, like, the, the rose part, if you will.
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  Like, I'm trying to get the bread.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, October 1st.
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  So when I came into this room with all these people from all walks of
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  life, and we come together, and we made these, really beautiful, pieces.
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  And it just, made me realize, like, how important doing theater and art is.
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  That's from the Labor Heritage Power Hour on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, Laborradionetwork.org.
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  And today at one o'clock right here on WPFW 89.3 FM.
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  Rochester's Eastman Theatre is our labor landmark of the week.
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  In 1946, 40 fired municipal workers, all war veterans, protested there
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  during an I Am an American Day program.
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  Photos of this and more labor landmarks are available at laborheritage.org.
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  In today's labor history, on this date in 1994, National Hockey League
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  team owners began a lockout of the players that lasted 103 days.
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  Today's labor quote is by sports writer Jack McCollum.
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  " Owners have to make up their minds.
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  When they sell their teams, they're committed capitalists.
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  When they seek to rig salaries in what should be a free market,
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  They're the most enthusiastic collectivists since Marx and Lenin.
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
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  Plus, a non-profit 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.