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Labor Heritage Power Hour: We Will Never Stop
Singer, songwriter and storyteller John McCutcheon talks about worker solidarity, the power of song, and how he came to write Christmas in the Trenches, in Part 2 of our interview.
Then, in the final episode of AFSCME's I AM STORY podcast, current labor leaders discuss how the lessons of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike are as relevant today as they were 55 years ago.
The Labor Heritage Power Hour radio show, hosted by LHF's Elise Bryant and Chris Garlock, airs Thursdays at 1p ET on WPFW 89.3 FM; CLICK HERE to listen to the show, or search for Labor Heritage Power Hour wherever you listen to podcasts.
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STAFF AT HISTORIC LINCOLN COTTAGE IN D.C. UNIONIZES WITH UAW
WASHINGTON (PAI)—The site where Abraham Lincoln drafted his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation—about five months before the final version—is now unionized. That’s because by a 9-0 vote, the staffers at the Lincoln Cottage National Historic Site went union with the Auto Workers. “Lincoln’s experiences at the Cottage provided him and those he influenced with new and diverse perspectives on issues of freedom, justice, and humility, and he made some of his most critical decisions there,” the UAW said in announcing the union vote. “President Lincoln’s Cottage operates today as a home for brave ideas and works to preserve this place to connect people to the true spirit of the Lincolns, build empathy, and inspire them to act upon their own ideas for social justice.” Read more here.
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“I got to know Elise a little during the pandemic when we shared an online panel together about campaigning choirs,” writes Penny Stone, who’s based in Scotland. “I'm putting together a wee 'people before profit' video for a street song, and have invited people to share pictures from different campaigns to show the great web of resistance.”
Got labor video? Email it to us! info@laborheritage.org
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There Is Power in a Union, by John McCutcheon
Written by Joe Hill; McCutcheon played Hill in Si Kahn's play, Joe Hill's Last Will, which features many of Hill's songs.
Got a labor song? Email it to us! info@laborheritage.org
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“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
Albert Einstein, member of the American Federation of Teachers.
Got a labor quote? Email it to us! info@laborheritage.org
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LHF's comprehensive listing of labor's cultural events: music, films, theater, books, history and more...
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Book: Art Works
Tue, August 22, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Telluride Arts, 220 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435, USA (map)
Ken Grossinger in conversation with Jennie Franks.
Art Works: How organizers and artists are creating a better world together
by Ken Grossinger; An inside look at the organizers and artists on the front lines of political mobilization and social change.
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Check out this week's Labor History Today podcast, Who Killed Frank Little? The Death In The West podcast re-opens the case of Frank Little, a union organizer whose brutal unsolved murder shocked the nation during the tumultuous summer of 1917. Features "Frank Little," a brand-new song from the R.J. Phillips Band.
The Amalgamated Assn. of Iron and Steel Workers is formed. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, CIO in 1935; both organizations disbanded in 1942 to form the new United Steelworkers – 1876
15,000 silk workers strike in Paterson, N.J. for 44 hour week – 1919
185,000 Teamsters begin what is to become a successful 15-day strike at United Parcel Service over excessive use of part-timers - 1997
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LABOR HISTORY QUIZ OF THE WEEK | |
| Who wrote the classic labor song “Which Side Are You On?” | | | Last week's quiz: Executive Order 9981, issued on July 26, 1948 abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces. | |
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"The worker must have bread,
but she must have roses, too."
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