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Give Residents the Power · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  that really is a core part of our platform.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Tuesday, November 3rd.
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  How do we actually make sure we give back to our local residents and give them the
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  capacity and the ability to be able to make a lot of these decisions themselves
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  and, and do the research themselves
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  That's from Riverside Rank and File on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  It's election day and a quiet day on the Labor Arts calendar, but the latest
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  labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org, where you can
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  also subscribe to the Labor Heritage Foundation's free weekly newsletter.
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  In today's labor history on this date in 2020, California voters approved
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  Proposition 22, exempting gig worker firms, including Uber, Lyft, and
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  DoorDash, among others, from having to classify their workers as employees,
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  meaning they have no access to some basic labor protections and benefits.
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  The Vote No on 22 campaign was financed by the companies to the
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  tune of more than two hundred million dollars, the most ever spent on a
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  ballot proposition in the state.
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  Until this year, that is, when billionaires spent more than three hundred
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  million on efforts to defeat California's billionaire tax, Proposition 40.
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  Today's labor quote is by Lucy Parsons, "Never be deceived that the rich will
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  allow you to vote away their wealth."
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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.