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The Stories Behind the Struggle · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  Yeah, this is, I think, the third iteration of laborradionetwork.org.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Thursday, July 23rd.
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  the, the goal is always to have a one-stop shop where people, if they
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  like listening to the Solidarity Report and they're thinking, "Man,
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  I wish there was some other podcast like this that I could listen to,"
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  we wanted to give them a place to go
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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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  1:00 today here on WPFW 89.3 FM.
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  On today's labor arts calendar, a number of events at the San Francisco
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  Labor Fest, including Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism.
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  That's online at 10:00 AM PST.
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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 1913, thousands of copper
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  miners in Michigan's Copper County struck for union recognition,
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  higher wages, and an eight-hour day.
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  The bitter eight-month strike ended in defeat after mass arrests,
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  violence, and the shooting and expulsion of Western Federation
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  of Miners President Charles Moyer.
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  Today's labor quote is by Charles Moyer, who said, The unions have
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  not, nor can they be, abolished.
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  And before the strikes in Colorado are settled, we will have demonstrated the
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  right to organize for mutual benefit."
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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.