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I'm here talking with, uh, Deja and Rain from Real You Electrolysis Workers United.
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This is the Labor Radio podcast daily for Monday, June 1st.
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One of our bosses, one of the owners, Anna Lantry- Mm-hmm … has basically
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expressed hostility to the ideas of union- Yes … calling them cults.
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Yeah,
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that's pretty hostile.
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Yeah.
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That's from Labor Radio on KBOO on the Labor Radio Podcast
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In today's labor history on this date in 1944, extinguishing the light of
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hope in the hearts and aspirations of workers around the world, the
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Mexican government abolished siestas, a mid-afternoon nap and work break,
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which lengthened the workday, but got people through brutally hot summer days.
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Discover the stories where they happened.
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Today's labor quote is by Ella Baker, who said
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast Network.