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Live from the Great Labor Arts Exchange! · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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Take a seat, grab a drink, get comfortable.
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We are about to have a great night celebrating labor arts.
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We
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, July 9th.
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We have singers.
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We have bands.
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We have spoken word.
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That's from the Labor Heritage Power Hour radio show this afternoon
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right here on WPFW 89.3 FM.
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On today's labor arts calendar, Woodyfest continues in Okemah, Oklahoma,
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and online at 6:30 PM Eastern Time, Opportunities and Obstacles: Class
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Strength in North America Today.
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Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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In today's labor history, on this date in 1935, New York City subway managers
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ordered Bronx cleaning crews to use larger 14-inch squeegees to work faster.
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After six workers were fired for refusing, a two-day Transport
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Workers Union strike won their jobs back and overturned the order.
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Today's labor quote is by Mary McCloyd Bethune, who said, "We live in a world
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which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead
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to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a terrible destructive force."
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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.