The labor force here in the U.S. may be at almost full-employment, but the wage gap has never been greater. And membership in labor unions, the force that championed worker safety, rights and fair wages since the dawn of the industrial revolution, is at an all-time low. Might there be a corollary? For this year’s Labor Day theme, we’ll focus on all kinds of jobs, and the workers who make things and make things run. Celebrating the workforce … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine!

Episode #18-35: Celebrate the Worker

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Curt Bouterse / “Carlisle” / Nixon's Farewell / Dancing Cat

Joe Jencks / “Solidarity Forever” / Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers / Turtle Bear

Barbara Dane / “”Millworker” / Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard Hitting Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

Tom Chapin / “Fair Pay Fair Play Blues” / Threads / Sundance

John McCutcheon / “Sydney-Joe Hill” / Untold / Appleseed

John O'Connor / “Saturday” / We Ain't Gonna Give it Away / Self Produced

Curt Bouterse / “Tucson Tucstep” / Nixon's Farewell / Dancing Cat

Peggy Seeger / “Gonna Be An Engineer” / The Folkways Years 1955-1982 / Smithsonian Folkways

New Lost City Ramblers / “Old Age Pension Check” / Songs from the Depression / Smithonian Folkways

Magpie / “The Mill was Made of Marble” / When We Stand Together / Long Tail

Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice / “Cotton Mill Girls” / Tear Down the Fences / Kbell

Malvina Reynolds / “Bury Me in my Overalls” / Ear to the Ground / Smithsonian Folkways

Windbourne / “Which Side are You On” / Song on the Times / Self Produced

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways