The Monthly Labor Report

The Monthly Labor Report speaks with Hae-Lin Choi, co-founder/co-executive director of Hands Off NYC (https://www.handsoffnyc.com), in the lead up to Labor Day 2026.
Hae-Lin talks about Labor Days past and how this one will set a marker for a new worker-immigrant alliance in preparation to fight for a fair election on November 3. 
Hosted by Michael Zweig and Richard Hill

The Monthly Labor Report talks with Sultana Hossain, recording secretary with the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which continues to fight for its first contract with the company two years after the union's certification by the NLRB. Sultana Hussain describes the history of the movement that led to the formation of the ALU, the egregious working conditions that fueled the movement, and the ongoing battle for recognition by Amazon.
Hosted by Michael Zweig and Richard Hill

The Monthly Labor Report welcomes long-time labor leader John Braxton. co-founder of Labor Against the War, to talk about the ongoing fight against the militaristic foreign policy of the US and the systemic structures that support it.
Hosts: Michael Zweig and Richard Hill

The Labor Report welcomes Kathy Black, who served as the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) for more than two decades, as well as an organizer with US Labor Against the War. Kathy speaks about the history of women in struggle, the battles won and lost, and the on-going fight for economic and social justice.
Hosts: Michael Zweig and Richard Hill

The Labor Report talks with Gene Bruskin, veteran labor organizer, anti-war activist, and play write, known for leading one of the most significant private sector union victories of the 21st century, namely the successful effort to unionize 5000 workers at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in North Carolina -- a victory which is documented in the film Union Time. Gene Bruskin shares the story of his long association and collaboration with Rev. Jackson focusing on Jesse's groundbreaking initiatives to forge alliances with the multi-racial working class and organized labor.
Hosts: Richard Hill and Michael Zweig

The Monthly Labor Report interviews Faye Guenther, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (Local 3000), who leads over 50,000 members across Washington state, northeast Oregon and northern Idaho. Faye discusses her progressive union's strategies that led to victories in five strikes in the past two years.
Special guest: Michael Zweig
Host: Richard Hill

The Monthly Labor Report interviews Olivia "Liv" Ryan, a Starbucks shift supervisor and a lead organizer with Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). which has mounted a national strike against the Starbucks corporation. 
Economist Michael Zweig talks about his trip to Vietnam and Australia where he met with labor organizations and discussed working class agendas and strategies.
Host: Richard Hill

In this edition of the Monthly Labor Report, Michael Zweig discusses his book The Working Class Majority--America's Best Kept Secret
and why class consciousness/awareness is important as working people struggle for equity and justice.
Prof. Zweig also offers his perspective on the Nov. 4 election and what Zohran Mamdani's victory--under the banner of Democratic Socialism--might portend for the political battles to come.
Interview by Richard Hill

The Monthly Labor Report, broadcast on WPKN the 1st Tuesday of each month, presents an interview with Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (CWA - AFL-CIO), conducted on the Friday before Labor Day.
Sara Nelson, regarded by many as one the most militant, class conscious labor leaders in the country, addresses the current struggle of her union, and working people in general, against a patently fascist authoritarian Trump regime.
Hosted by Richard Hill with Michael Zweig, economist, labor historian, professor emeritus at the SUNY-Stony Brook, and author of Class, Race and Gender -- Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism (published by PM Press).

The June Labor Report features Jeremy Brecher, co-founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability, and author of the iconic labor history book, Strike!; joined by economist and labor historian Michael Zweig, to discuss the latest alarming developments in the Trump regime's authoritarian putsch, and what shape and strategies an effective resistance must take to counter a free-fall into fascism.
Host: Richard Hill