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Healthcare workers are driving a strike surge · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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One really big one was an increase in strikes in the healthcare industry.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Wednesday, July 8th.
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Previously, it would be kind of third or fourth in our listing of industries.
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This past year, it shot up a lot to number two.
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Accommodation and food services, which has historically been the largest
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industry on strike, at least by number of strikes, remained in the first spot.
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That's from the Reinventing Solidarity podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast
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network, laborradionetwork.org.
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On today's Labor Arts calendar, Woodyfest, the annual gathering commemorating
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the life and music of Woody Guthrie, starts today in Okemah, Oklahoma.
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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 1905, the
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founding convention of the Industrial Workers of the World, the Wobblies,
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concluded in Chicago Today's labor quote is by IWW leader Big Bill
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Haywood, who said, "We are here to confederate the workers of this country
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into a working-class movement. to put the working class in control of the
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machinery of production and distribution without regard to capitalist masters."
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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.