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Power on the Workroom Floor · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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I think the most obvious reason to advocate for the right to strike is
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that we have been getting bad contracts for years and years and years.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, August 18th.
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and people are realizing that, we really don't have a ton
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of leverage over our boss.
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We spend a lot of time on, Capitol Hill negotiating to protect our
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boss, to protect the Postal Service.
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and it doesn't leave us a lot of, power on the workroom floor to, negotiate
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come collective bargaining season.
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That's from the Next Gen Carriers podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast
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network, laborradionetwork.org.
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Today's labor arts calendar and the latest labor arts news and events
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are available at laborheritage.org,
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In today's labor history on this date in 1927, radio station WEVD, named
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for Eugene Victor Debs, went on the air in New York City, operated by
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the Forward Association as a memorial to the labor and socialist leader.
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Today's labor quote is by Eugene Victor Debs, who said, "I can see the dawn
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of a better day for humanity. The people are awakening. In due time,
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they will and must come to their own."
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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.