Labor Jawn

In this special interview, Sam and Gabe talk with Director/Producer Yael Bridge about her documentary Who Moves America, which chronicles the 2023 UPS contract fight.

"In an era of deepening inequality, The Teamsters stand on the brink of a historic strike. UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, moving millions of packages across 200 countries and territories every day. if the teamsters strike, the economy stops. As the deadline looms, Who Moves America shadows UPS workers across the country as they navigate the challenges of building solidarity with their 350,000 co-workers."

Philadelphia screening followed by Q&A: 
Village of Industry & Art
October 27, 2026 @ 6:30PM
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/who-moves-america-tickets-2001397408525

www.whomovesamerica.com

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When the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter was adopted in 1951, it established a new governmental body specifically tasked with ending race discrimination in hiring. But a decade later, little had changed. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) took on the fight to change this.

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In 1930, the unionized hosiery workers at the H.C. Aberle Mills in Kensington struck against wage cuts, demanding arbitration from the bosses. As tensions rose in the midst of the depression, violence broke out between strike supporters and scabs.

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Sam and Gabe chat with Rosslyn Wuchinich, president of UNITE HERE Local 274, representing Hotel and Food workers in Philadelphia, from Center City to the stadiums. They discuss the fight for fair wages, invisible labor, and plans for a potential general strike in May 2028.

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Sam and Gabe sit down with singer-songwriter Mindy Murray to talk about "Striking at Kings," her new song about the 1938 farmworkers' strike at King’s Farm in Morrisville PA, which was released to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. 

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Our second "annual" address to the world detailing updates to the show and more exciting news!

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Philadelphia has always been a city dominated by its waterfront commerce. But the workers who make that commerce possible have always had to fight hard for their fair share. In the midst of a strike covering the whole of the East Coast, Philly's dockworkers became a key player fighting against the bosses, courts, and even the President.

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Sam and Gabe took a moment from the holidays to talk with Jessi Jones from the Academy Foundation, Emma Rose Rainville from the Esplanade Association, Adam Rizzo from the Penn Museum, and independent researcher Amanda Tobin Ripley about their recent work with Museums Moving Forward and the zine Museum Unions Enact Workplace Justice that they all co-authored with Josh Davis of the Seattle Art Museum. 

The zine dives into how museum union contracts have improved equity and justice in the field, and hopes to provide inspiration for future unionists in how they can use their own contracts to improve the field even further. 

Art Museum Union Contract Language 

Introduction to the Art Museum Unions Index

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Our first address to the world detailing updates to the show and some exciting news!

Ben Fletcher Mural Unveiling and Celebration
Saturday May 18, 2024 2pm-4pm
301 S. Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia PA

SEIU - Philadelphia Labor History Map (produced by Labor Jawn)
https://goo.gl/maps/HHggN819SpfC6tx87

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On November 18, 2022, Labor Jawn hosted their first live show In Story and Song at the Philadelphia Folksong Society.

Join the hosts of the Labor Jawn podcast in celebrating the labor movement through song and story. Relive the struggles and victories of the working class with historian Gabe Christy as musician Young Sam James leads you and a few special guests in the anthems and ballads that defined an entire movement.

Guests are Pie-Eyed Preachers, Bevan Dayn, and Molly Hebert-Wilson.

Intro: 00:00
Hard Travelin': 4:40
Paddy On The Railway: 9:54
Good Morning Blues (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 14:51
Preacher And The Slave: 20:11
Factory Girl: 27:16
Nine To Five: 34:18
Too Old To Work: 38:39
No More: 45:53 
Trust No One (Bevan Dayn): 50:20
There Is Power In A Union (Bevan Dayn): 53:31
Building Up And Tearing It All Down (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 58:36
(Sam breaks a string): 1:02:20
Hot Asphalt (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 1:04:26
Dirty Old Town (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 1:09:45
Come Out Ye Black And Tans (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 1:15:20
Radium (Molly Hebert-Wilson): 1:19:36
Paradise: 1:27:52
They're Moving Father's Grave: 1:34:00
Barnyards Of Delgaty: 1:36:57
Tip Your Waitress: 1:41:34
Solidarity Forever (feat. Molly Hebert-Wilson): 1:44:41
We Shall Not Be Moved: 1:49:10

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