Laborlines

Don McIntosh, Senior Journalist with 120 year old plus NWLaborPress discusses his article 'StrikeTober'

  Replay of interview with Chris Stroh speaking of the effort of Idahoans For A Fair Wage

Playlist; Anais Mitchell covering Dylan's Hard Rain; Henry Fonda as Tom Joad Look for me; Elvis Costello & Mumford & Sons medley Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad & Guthrie's Do Re Me Drive By Truckers TVA; Ruby Friedman & Nick Paige You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive; Unattributed cover of The L&N Don't Start Here Anymore; Townes Van Zandt Tecumseh Valley; Nancy Griffin covering Ralph McTell's From Clare to Here; Dylan North Country; The Chieftain's School Days Over; The Band King Harvest;

Opening as since the start of this show; This Is Why We Fight; this time with a version featuring Colin Meloy, The Decemberists Front Man, and band member Chris Funk, with often collaborator Sarah Watkins

Closing, since COVID The New Students covering Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick

Replay with Joseph McCartin, PhD, Georgetown University Professor of Labor History, founding Executive Director at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and member of the steering committee with the  Interreligous Network for Worker Solidarity

Doctor McCartin provides his profound insight in the current state of labor, and gets into the effort to support the Protect the Right to Organize Act.

Opening as since the start of this show;  This Is Why We Fight; this time with a version featuring Colin Meloy, The Decemberists Front Man, and band member Chris Funk, with often collaborator Sarah WatkinsPlaylist: ; Anais Mitchell covering Dylan's Hard Rain; Henry Fonda as Tom Joad Look for me; Elvis Costello & Mumford & Sons medley Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad & Guthrie's Do Re Me Drive By Truckers TVA; Ruby Friedman & Nick Paige You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive; Unattributed cover of The L&N Don't Start Here Anymore; Townes Van Zandt Tecumseh Valley; Nancy Griffin covering Ralph McTell's From Clare to Here; Dylan North Country; The Chieftain's School Days Over; The Band King Harvest;

Closing, since COVID The New Students covering Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick

Interview with a charismatic, inspiring graduates from the Oregon TradesWomen pre-apprenticeship program;

Courtney Newberg, NW Ironworkers Local 29 Apprentice

Zuleyma Figueroa, member of the Laborers Local at Portland, Oregon Bureau of Transportation

Playlist, Opening with The Decemberist This Is Why We Fight (2006 King Is Dead cut); Billy Bragg, Mike & Ruthy Merenda, Dar Williams, NYC Labor Chorus covering WG's Union Maid, The New Students We Won't Go Away, Mob Job covering Neil Young's Rockin' In The Free World, Knock-Off covering The Pretenders My City Was Gone, Florence Reece's Which Side Our You On, a version credited to the UMW, and going out with The New Students covering Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick

2nd Hour

Replay of an interview with Alicia Davila, Steward at IBEW 291, Boise, Idaho, Mario Savio's Throw ourselves upon the gears, Sanders Will you fight; Aaron Copeland's Lincoln

Playlist, Opening with The Decemberist This Is Why We Fight (2006 King Is Dead cut); Billy Bragg, Mike & Ruthy Merenda, Dar Williams, NYC Labor Chorus covering WG's Union Maid, The New Students We Won't Go Away, Mob Job covering Neil Young's Rockin' In The Free World, Knock-Off covering The Pretenders My City Was Gone, Florence Reece's Which Side Our You On, a version credited to the UMW, and going out with The New Students covering Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick

Eric Dirnbach, Laborers Union member, organizer and researcher joined me once again from his home in NYC to discuss his latest post on organizing.work. Eric's research supports the media coverage of the 'Great Resignation' and we get into the need to take advantage of this situation and organize these fellow workers and the risks from those opposing labor and workers 

Honored to have an opportunity to speak with this incredible, engaging woman. Courtney is a graduate of the Oregon TradeWomen pre-apprenticeship program and an apprentice with NW Ironworkers Local #29, both based out of Portland

Interview with Chris Stroh, with Idahoans For a Fair Wage. Chris outlines this Group's well thought out initiative campaign to raise Idaho's dismal  general minimums wage, tip wage, training wage, and allow for local governments to have wage systems to meet their local economy and a replay from June with organizers at BookShop Santa Cruz

Playlist: My 100% Opening Song, The Decemberists This Is Why We Fight covered by Not For Long; The Pogues, covering Dylan's Then My Ship Comes In

Rerunning Chris Stroh's interview.

Playlist: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry; John Henry, Drive By Truckers The Day John Henry Died. Steve Earle covering Townes Van Zandt's Tecumseh Valley; Bryan Martin; When I Think About Dragging Up Ralph McTell From Clare To Here; Almost Irish & Chris McMullen KilKelly Ryan Korr covering Jason Isbell's 'Something More Than Free' Springsteen and The Sessions Band American Land The New Students We Won't Go Away & covering Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick

Part Two of the session with Mark

Playlist

Mario Savio Sproul Hall Speech, Billy Bragg; Power In A Union, Never Cross A Picket Line, Reece's Which Side Our You On &  Guthrie's Union Maid

Closing with The New Student's covering Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick