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May Day Means Fight Back · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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May Day, May Day.
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Gotta make 'em listen today.
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May Day, May Day.
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Gotta make 'em listen today.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, May 12th.
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This is our Labor Day.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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Not the bull holiday that rich people picked for us 'cause they
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don't wanna remember our history-
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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 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 2008, U.S. Immigrations and
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Customs Enforcement agents raided the Agriprocessors slaughterhouse
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and meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly
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four hundred immigrant workers.
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Some three hundred were convicted on document fraud charges.
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The raid was the largest ever until that date.
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Several employees and lower- and mid-level managers were convicted
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on various charges, but not the owner, although he later was jailed
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for bank fraud and related crimes.
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Escobar, who said, "This isn't about safety. It's about fear. When immigration
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enforcement shows up in our neighborhoods, its purpose is to strike terror."
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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.