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Workers Like You and Me · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  The cold statistical reality is that the vast majority of people being swept up
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  and brutalized in this fascist campaign are people with no criminal conviction
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  whatsoever and no criminal charges at most they have a civil immigration violation.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Monday, March 23rd.
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  They are not maniacal murderers and terrorists.
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  They are day laborers supporting their families, street vendors,
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  gig workers, housekeepers, construction workers, farmers.
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  They're working people like you and me,
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  On today's labor arts calendar, smooth as Silk Working women of the Building,
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  Michigan Silk Mills 12 noon in East Lansing, Michigan, and available online
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  details and the latest labor arts News and events are available@laborheritage.org.
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  In today's labor history on this date in 1974, the Coalition of
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  Labor Union Women was founded in Chicago by some 3000 delegates from
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  58 unions and other organizations.
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  Today's labor quote is from the Coalition of Labor Union Women's
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  founding Mission Statement, which said.
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  organize the unorganized, promote affirmative action, increase women's
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  participation in their unions, and increase women's participation in
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  political and legislative activities.
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast Daily comes from Union plus a nonprofit
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  organization founded by the AFL ccio in 1986 more information@unionplus.org.
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  This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast Network.