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Go All In for the Working Class · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  something changed.
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  there's something going on.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, November 10th.
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  For me, this is the moment to do big things because the anger was
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  real, the anger was justified.
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  and please, Democrats, listen This is a moment to be visionary.
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  This is a moment to be bold.
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  This is a moment to go all in for the working class.
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  That's from The Rick Smith Show on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  On today's labor arts calendar, the Workers Unite Film Festival screens
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  Collision Course: PATCO, Reagan, and the Strike That Changed America
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  and other films in New York City, starting at 4:00 this afternoon.
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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 1933, Hormel workers in Austin,
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  Minnesota, occupied their plant for three days demanding higher wages.
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  A wobbly organizer helped lead what may have been the decade's first
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  sit-down strike, which led to the independent union of all workers.
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  The governor mediated a settlement.
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  More labor history quotes and arts are available on LHF's Labor Arts and
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  Culture Database at laborheritage.org.
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  Today's labor quote is by strikers at the Hormel plant in 1933, who said,
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  "We're taking possession, so move out."
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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 Carlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.