There has been a steep decline in union representation across the US over the past few decades. This makes Labor Day more important than ever as we celebrate leaders who helped organize and provide for a better standard of living for the American worker. On this week’s program, we’ll hear music that has been used over the years to excite the labor force: Paul Robeson, The Seattle Labor Chorus, Hazel Dickens, Florence Reese, Joe Glazer and many more. A reminder of the significance of workers … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-35: Labor Day 2019

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Joel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / Fossil

James Carter & the Prisoners / “Po' Lazarus” / Oh Brother / Lost Highway

Seattle Labor Chorus / “There is Power in the Union” / Songs of Working People / Self Produced

Paul Robeson / “Joe Hill” / Classic Labor Songs” / Smithsonian Folkways

John McCutcheon / “Joe Hill's Last Will” / Joe Hill's Last Will / Appalseed

Pete Sutherland / “When My Grandmother Worked at the Mill” / A Clayfoot's Tale / Epact

John O'Connor / “The Triangle Fire” / We Ain't Gonna Give it Back / Self Produced

The Byrds / “Deportee” / Ballad of Easy Rider / Columbia

Hazel Dickens / “Coal Tatoo” / Coal Mining Women / Rounder

Joel Mabus / “The Last of June” / Golden Willow Tree / Fossil

Florence Reece-The Almanac Singers / “Which Side Are You On?” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

Vivian Nesbit & John Dillon / “Stitch and Sew” / Mother Jones in Heaven / Self Produced

Linda Allen / “The Glass Ceiling” / Singing the News / October Rose

Peggy Seeger / “I Want to be an Engineer” / Period Pieces / Tradition

New Lost City Ramblers / “Join the CIO” / Songs frm the Depression / Folkways

Joe Glaser / “Solidarity Forever” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

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