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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
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
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...
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
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
A year after the rail disaster, East Palestine residents & workers speak out, on Work Week RadioToday’s labor history: The Great Hershey Sitdown Today’s labor quote: Union Label Department@BCTGM @ULSTD_AFLCIO @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio...
Labour Radio reports on the shutdown of the Canadian labour publication Today’s labor history: MLB players strikeToday’s labor quote: John L. Lewis@radiolabour @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
“A sort of graveyard of hopes and dreams”; “You don’t mess with Texas Teamsters”; Postal workers organize; Worker lives on stage; Keeping our stories aliveToday’s labor quote: Harry BridgesToday’s labor history: Unemployed march in NYC@Teamsters @KNON893FM @APWUnational @librarycongress @wpfwdc #1u...