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Through the Ring of Labor · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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"Stand with your back to the river and look through the ring
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of labor at the square symbols of capitalism that labor built."
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Thursday, September 3rd.
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Welcome to transcending Detroit's labor legacy landmark.
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The brain child of, the Michigan Labor History Society,
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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 here on WPFW 89.3 FM at 1:00 this afternoon.
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On today's Labor Arts Calendar, the new Rochester Labor Library will
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hold an open house today from 4:00 to 7:00 in Rochester, New York.
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Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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In today's labor history, on this date in 1991, 25 workers died unable to escape a
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fire at the Imperial Poultry Processing Plant in Hamlet, North Carolina.
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Managers had locked fire doors to prevent the theft of chicken nuggets.
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The plant had operated for 11 years without a single safety inspection.
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Today's labor quote is by Wayne Downer.
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"You couldn't tell if the bodies were black or white because
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everybody was black from the smoke."
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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.