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Why Ten Percent Unemployment Isn't Normal · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  Montana's tribal communities generally and oftentimes have, well, nearly
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  double digit unemployment numbers.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Wednesday, August 5th.
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  Some people will look at that and say, "Well, you know, that's, that's not
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  terrible. That's not terrible." Well, I'm gonna tell you what, guys, if, if
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  the rest of the country was at 10.8% unemployment, we'd be completely bankrupt.
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  That's from the Blue Collar News Podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  free weekly newsletter.
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  In today's labor history, on this date in 1993, the Family and Medical
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  Leave Act, the FMLA, took effect.
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  the first law signed by President Clinton, it allows many workers time
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  off each year due to serious health conditions or to care for a family member.
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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 Bill Clinton, who said, "Family and medical leave
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  is a matter of pure common sense and a matter of common decency."
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
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  Plus, a non-profit 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.