Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

By Union City Radio

History Business

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News and views from Labor Radio Podcast Network shows, plus labor quotes and history. #LaborRadioPod

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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily episodes:

06.01.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
To live and die in a sacrifice zone; USPS’ hostile work environment; We’re playing your songs; Why trains derailToday’s labor quote: Cesar ChavezToday’s labor history: Longshoremen strick the Pacific coast@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast...
05.31.2024
Why trains derail
It’s not because of the workers, says the Labor Exchange podcastToday’s labor history: Death of Rosie the RiveterToday’s labor quote: Rosie the Riveter@aflbobby @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.30.2024
We’re playing your songs
Chris & Elise play labor songs on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: Memorial Day Massacre in ChicagoToday’s labor quote: Republic Steel picketers@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.29.2024
USPS’ hostile work environment
The Fed Up podcast explores a “pandemic of toxicity”Today’s labor history: Disney animators strikeToday’s labor quote: Harry S Truman@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.28.2024
12 commitments in the EU
Why European elections matter to labor, on the LabourStart podcastToday’s labor history: General strike in RochesterToday’s labor quote: Robert Green Ingersoll@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.27.2024
To live and die in a sacrifice zone
The Working People podcast investigatesToday’s labor history: SCOTUS nixes NIRAToday’s labor quote: FDR@WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.25.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Firefighters; A TikTok Star Embraces the Influencer Agreement; Why unions should support POC candidates; “The Black Wobbly” gets a mural; Advice for tired pilotsToday’s labor quote: NLRBToday’s labor history: The “Mohawk Valley Formula”@WorkStoppagePod @sagaftra @kboo @IWW...
05.24.2024
Advice for tired pilots
Don’t fly when fatigued, says Fly By Night podcastToday’s labor history: Striking rubber workers return to workToday’s labor quote: Martin Johns@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.23.2024
“The Black Wobbly” gets a mural
Audio postcard from the Ben Fletcher mural dedication, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: 10,000 Auto-Lite strikers repel police attackToday’s labor quote: Jax@IWW @PhillyDSA @ProfPeterCole @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.22.2024
Why unions should support POC candidates
Talkin’ unions and politics on Labor Radio on KBOOToday’s labor history: Eugene V. Debs imprisoned for strike roleToday’s labor quote: Gene Debs@kboo @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.21.2024
A TikTok Star Embraces the Influencer Agreement
The SAG-AFTRA podcast talks with Sidney RaskindToday’s labor history: Sacco and Vanzetti go on trialToday’s labor quote: Bartolomeo Vanzetti@sagaftra @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.20.2024
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Firefighters
Work Stoppage catches up on strikes and organizing drivesToday’s labor history: Railway Labor Act takes effectToday’s labor quote: Henry David Thoreau@WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.18.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
Political interference in higher ed; How to beat a billionaire; Inside the Portland fire house; The 1938 Crab Pickers Strike; Chasing the HookToday’s labor quote: Ben FletcherToday’s labor history: Death of Big Bill Haywood@UnionOrBustPod @iaff43 @PowerAtWorkBlog @AAUP @wpfwdc #1u #unions...
05.17.2024
Chasing the Hook
Union or Bust talks to fellow podcaster Paul DiazToday’s labor history: Manhattan Starbucks baristas organizeToday’s labor quote: Ben Fletcher@UnionOrBustPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.16.2024
The 1938 Crab Pickers Strike
Honoring a historic worker victory in Crisfield, MD, on the Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: The Minneapolis general strikeToday’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.15.2024
Inside the Portland fire house
The PFFA Pod visits with Audrey TollefsonToday’s labor history: First union of public library workersToday’s labor quote: T-Bone Slim@iaff43 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.14.2024
How to beat a billionaire
Power At Work reports on Virginia stadium battlesToday’s labor history: Brewery workers strikeToday’s labor quote: Bread and Roses@PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.13.2024
Political interference in higher ed
Escalations, attacks, and the billionaires behind it, on the AAUP Presents podcastToday’s labor history: Western Federation of Miners formedToday’s labor quote: Big Bill Haywood@AAUP @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.10.2024
No Fakes
On the SAG-AFTRA Podcast: Inside the NO FAKES Act: What’s at Stake for Artists?Today’s labor history: Western Labor Union formedToday’s labor quote: Crisfield crab picker strike marker@sagaftra @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.09.2024
Mother Jones, Russell Lee & Solidarity Forever
On today's Labor Heritage Power Hour: Live from the 2024 LHF Solidarity Forever Awards; a visit to the annual wreath-laying at the Mother Jones historical marker; photojournalist Earl Dotter reviews "Power & Light: Russell Lee's Coal Survey"Today’s labor history: Farrah...
05.08.2024
“We don't have time to wait”
The Valley Labor Report talks with Alabama auto workersToday’s labor history: The Brotherhood of the FootboardToday’s labor quote: Jerry Wurf@LaborReporters @AFSCME @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.07.2024
College students mobilize
Art & Labor reports on the student protestsToday’s labor history: “Bloody Tuesday” in SFToday’s labor quote: Roger Baldwin@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.06.2024
Who is Jon Melrod?
The Resolved podcast profiles the radical political activist, labor organizer, and human rights lawyerToday’s labor history: Black tobacco workers walk outToday’s labor quote: Ethiopian proverb@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.03.2024
How are foreign ship workers treated?
Marine Engineers express concerns, on America’s Workforce RadioToday’s labor history: Chicago police attack strikersToday’s labor quote: Pete Seeger@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.02.2024
May Day, then and now
May Day’s radical past and present, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: Hitler bans unionsToday’s labor quote: Al Bradbury@labornotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
05.01.2024
“We need a voice”
Kentucky food workers speak out, on the BCTGM Voices ProjectToday’s labor history: May Day’s U.S. rootsToday’s labor quote: The Internationale@BCTGM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.30.2024
Auto workers make history
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga vote in UAW, on the Work Stoppage podcastToday’s labor history: 109 die in Everettville mine explosionToday’s labor quote: Curtis Dejarnette@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.29.2024
Feed a worker, save the strike
How Strike for Our Rights sustains strikes, on the Labor Radio Podcast WeeklyToday’s labor history: Coxey’s Army arrives in DCToday’s labor quote: Sarah Moe @strike4rights @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.27.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
Van Deusen on "Insurgent Labor”; Live from Labor Notes; Building people power; Music from the Great Labor Arts Exchange; How Labor Notes changed thingsToday’s labor quote: Bread and RosesToday’s labor history: Executive Order 10450@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member...
04.26.2024
How Labor Notes changed things
Nashville Food and Beverage United’s campaign was jump-started at Labor Notes, on the Labor Radio Podcast WeeklyToday’s labor history: U.S. Army seizes Montgomery Ward HQ for defying workersToday’s labor quote: “Bread and Roses”@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @labornotes Proud founding member...
04.25.2024
Music from the Great Labor Arts Exchange
Highlights from last weekend’s Great Labor Arts ExchangeToday’s labor history: Charleston clergy arrested for supporting unionToday’s labor quote: Gemini@labornotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.24.2024
Building people power
More voices from the recent Labor Notes conference, on the Labor Radio Podcast WeeklyToday’s labor history: ILWU blocks shippingToday’s labor quote: Mumia Abu-Jamal@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.23.2024
Live from Labor Notes
Voices from the Labor Notes conference, on the Labor Radio Podcast WeeklyToday’s labor history: Death of the first woman coal minerToday’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.22.2024
Van Deusen on "Insurgent Labor”
The former VT AFL-CIO president discusses his new book on the We Rise Fighting podcastToday’s labor history: 45 killed in Red Jacket mine blastToday’s labor quote: Ruth McKenney@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.20.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
Mandatory, my a--; Books for our community; Striking down a dictator; The Return of John Brown; “Capitalism is dead”Today’s labor quote: Louis TikasToday’s labor history: UAW wins strike against International Harvester@aflbobby @AFTunion @LCLAA @labourstart @LaborHeritage1 @PodcastGreenRed Proud founding member of...
04.19.2024
“Capitalism is dead”
Yanis Varoufakis on the new Technofeudalists, on the Green and Red podcastToday’s labor history: Oklahoma City bombing’s worker tollToday’s labor quote: Yanis Varoufakis@PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.18.2024
The Return of John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown is mistaken for a Black Lives Matter activist in Gene Bruskin’s latest labor musical, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: WV coal miners strikeToday’s labor quote: Office Space@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member...
04.17.2024
Striking down a dictator
How strikes helped bring down the Mubarak dictatorship, on the Labourstart podcastToday’s labor history: Controversy at SCOTUSToday’s labor quote: Cornelius Vanderbilt@labourstart @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.16.2024
Books for our community
El Cafecito del Día joins the Fairfax County American Federation of Teachers (AFT) for its books distribution event.Today’s labor history: 20,000 block World Bank & IMF in DCToday’s labor quote: Andy Stern@LCLAA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of...
04.15.2024
Mandatory, my a--
Labor Express on Colorado’s HB 1230Today’s labor history: Founding the AFTToday’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph@aflbobby @AFTunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.13.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
Meet ALPA Canada; Standing together in Israel; Cops deploy explosives against picketers; DC Labor FilmFest preview; Suck by Suck WestToday’s labor quote: Gene DebsToday’s labor history: Laborers’ founded@ALPACanada @AFTunion @3CRsolidarity @AFISilver @IBEW @ArtandLaborPod @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member...
04.12.2024
Suck by Suck West
Art and Labor on how SXSW underpays artistsToday’s labor history: Union Label Department foundedToday’s labor quote: Florence Reece@ArtandLaborPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.11.2024
DC Labor FilmFest preview
Sneak peek at the annual DC Labor FilmFest, plus the IBEW’s photo contest and Si Kahn on Coal Mining Woman. Today’s labor history: Breaking the color barrierToday’s labor quote: Jackie Robinson@AFISilver @IBEW @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of...
04.10.2024
Cops deploy explosives against picketers
Solidarity Breakfast reports from the Web Dock picketlineToday’s labor history: Live nude dancers unite!Today’s labor quote: Dolores Huerta@3CRsolidarity @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.09.2024
Standing together in Israel
Jews and Palestinians for peace, on AFT’s Union Talk podcastToday’s labor history: IWW organizes the LeviathanToday’s labor quote: The IWW@AFTunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.08.2024
Meet ALPA Canada
ALPA Canada’s first podcastToday’s labor history: Convict miners die in explosionToday’s labor quote: Harry Truman@ALPACanada @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.06.2024
Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights
Farewell to “Our Times”; East Palestine disaster reverberates; Investing in infrastructure; Making room for solidarity; “We wear many hats”Today’s labor quote: Rose SchneidermanToday’s labor history: First U.S. slave revolt@radiolabour @BCTGM @ULSTD_AFLCIO @AFSCME @cbtu_stl @MineWorkers @oregoneducation @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud...
04.05.2024
“We wear many hats”
Rural community colleges, on OEA GrowToday’s labor history: Hawaiian teachers strikeToday’s labor quote: Rose Schneiderman@oregoneducation @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
04.04.2024
Making room for solidarity
Why the AFL-CIO changed the Gompers Room to the Solidarity Room, on today’sLabor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: UMWA beats back concessions at PittstonToday’s labor quote: Richard Trumka@cbtu_stl @MineWorkers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast...
04.03.2024
Investing in infrastructure
Breaking Ground, the podcast from Operating Engineers Local 3Today’s labor history: MLK returns to the Memphis strikeToday’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr@AFSCME @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily episodes:

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Why trains derail

We’re playing your songs

USPS’ hostile work environment

12 commitments in the EU

To live and die in a sacrifice zone

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Advice for tired pilots

“The Black Wobbly” gets a mural

Why unions should support POC candidates

A TikTok Star Embraces the Influencer Agreement

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Firefighters

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Chasing the Hook

The 1938 Crab Pickers Strike

Inside the Portland fire house

How to beat a billionaire

Political interference in higher ed

No Fakes

Mother Jones, Russell Lee & Solidarity Forever

“We don't have time to wait”

College students mobilize

Who is Jon Melrod?

How are foreign ship workers treated?

May Day, then and now

“We need a voice”

Auto workers make history

Feed a worker, save the strike

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

How Labor Notes changed things

Music from the Great Labor Arts Exchange

Building people power

Live from Labor Notes

Van Deusen on "Insurgent Labor”

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

“Capitalism is dead”

The Return of John Brown

Striking down a dictator

Books for our community

Mandatory, my a--

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Suck by Suck West

DC Labor FilmFest preview

Cops deploy explosives against picketers

Standing together in Israel

Meet ALPA Canada

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

“We wear many hats”

Making room for solidarity

Investing in infrastructure