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We Need a Seat at the Table · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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why it was so important to me to unionize is because we don't have
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a seat at that table when they talk about our compensation packages.
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They
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just
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, June 2nd.
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They
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just tell you what is gonna-
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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It's the shareholders that are at that table deciding what us workers
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get, are gonna get for that year.
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Now, these are shareholders who are multimillionaires, billionaires
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who don't work or live like we do.
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That's from Riverside Rank & File on the Labor Radio Podcast
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In today's labor history on this date in 1786, 26 journeyman printers
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in Philadelphia staged the trade's first strike in America over wages,
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a cut in their six dollar weekly pay.
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Discover the 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 Louis Brandeis, who said, "Labor cannot, on any terms,
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surrender their right to strike."
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Support for the Labor Radio Podcast Daily comes from Union
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More information at unionplus.org.
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.