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The People Who Built the Cars · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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I saw the strength that union gave working people and I saw the way
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music contributed to that strength.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Thursday, September 24th.
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the emphasis was always on cars.
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There was a lack of story about the people who made the vehicles.
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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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Listen this afternoon at 1:00 right here on WPFW 89.3 FM.
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Today's labor arts calendar and the latest labor arts news and events are
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available at laborheritage.org, where you can also subscribe to the Labor Heritage
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Foundation's free weekly newsletter
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In today's labor history, on this date in 1918, the Canadian government
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outlawed the Industrial Workers of the World, the IWW, and other organizations.
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Penalty for membership was set at five years in prison.
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The ban on the IWW was lifted after World War I ended.
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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 T-Bone Slim from his song Popular Wobblie.
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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.