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The Labor Movement Must Face Its Past · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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I think we have to be honest about it.
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I think we have to say, you know, the labor movement was just a creature of
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the society in which it was operating,
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, September 21st.
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and it was a very racist, sexist, uh, discriminatory society that, uh, that
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the labor movement, as much as it sees itself as representing opposing
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views, was very much a part of that.
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And accept that, that mistakes happened,
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That's from Apple Box Talks on the Labor Radio Podcast Network,
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In today's labor history, on this date in 1913, Mother Jones led a
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march of miners' children through the streets of Charleston, West Virginia.
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You can discover these stories where they happened.
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The online Labor Landmarks map is available at laborheritage.org.
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Today's labor quote is by Mary Harris Mother Jones.
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" Someday the workers will take possession of your city hall,
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and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit."
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast Network.