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Contracts Can't Wait · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  Look, if you wanted to f- try and fix the NLRB system, putting in a
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  requirement to agree to a contract within a shorter time period is one of
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  the most important things you could do.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Tuesday, July 7th.
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  Yes.
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  I think the question is, is that what we wanna do?
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  That's from the Work Stoppage Podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  On today's labor arts calendar, The play Scab Muggers, based on a true
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  story of fighting back against sexism in the labor movement, is on stage at
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  7:00 tonight in Berkeley, California.
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  Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at
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  laborheritage.org, In today's labor history on this date in 1912, the
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  Graybeau Riot or Graybeau Massacre took place near Graybeau, Louisiana.
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  A clash between unionized timber workers and private police left
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  four dead, including union leader Asbury Hall, and around 50 injured.
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  It marked a pivotal moment in unionizing sawmill workers during the
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  Louisiana-Texas Lumber War of 1911-1912.
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  Today's labor quote is by "Mother" Jones, who began the March of the
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  Mill Children on this date in 1903, and who said, "And who is responsible
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  for this appalling child slavery?
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  Everyone."
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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.