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culture does not come from the billionaires.
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. Culture comes from the people.
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Because labor is art.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, May 14th.
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It's really a film about, you know, the emotional and physical
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costs of frontline care work.
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a testament to the work of, of nurses and and care workers everywhere.
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That's from this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour on the Labor Radio Podcast
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network, laborradionetwork.org,
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and on WPFW 89.3 at 1:00 this afternoon.
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Details on today's labor arts calendar and 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 1953, Milwaukee brewery workers began
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a 10-week strike demanding contracts comparable to East and West Coast workers.
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The strike was won because Blatz Brewery accepted their demands, but
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Blatz was ousted from the Brewers Association for, quote-unquote,
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"unethical business methods." labor quote is by George Bancroft, who said,
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"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."
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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.