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“Changing Lives, Changing LA” play, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: MLK leads strike march in MemphisToday’s labor quote: Regla Soto@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The APWU reports, on Communicating With You, The MemberToday’s labor history: SCOTUS limits rights of undocumented workersToday’s labor quote: Mother Jones@APWUnational @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Workers Beat reports on the Coors-Molson strikeToday’s labor history: San Francisco brewery workers strikeToday’s labor quote: Fred Zuckerman@Teamsters @KNON893FM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
On Writing on the pros and cons of writers’ roomsToday’s labor history: The Triangle Factory FireToday’s labor quote: Bev Grant@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Paul Robeson lives!; 30 years of Labor Express Radio; Your Weingarten Rights; Behind the scenes at REI; Iran’s “turbulent” worker movementToday’s labor quote: Joyce MillerToday’s labor history: Nixon fails to break Post Office strikeYou can be part of the Network!...
The LabourStart podcast reportsToday’s labor history: MLB lockout endsToday’s labor quote: Mark Twain@labourstart @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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Laura Neill’s play about workers at the outdoor retailerToday’s labor history: American Labor Union foundedToday’s labor quote: Laura Neill@reiunionsoho @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Resolved podcast explains union worker rightsToday’s labor history: MI OK’s worker co-opsToday’s labor quote: Molly Ivins@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Chicago’s Labor Express Radio celebrates anniversaryToday’s labor history: NYC seizes bus companyToday’s labor quote: Charlotte Perkins Gilman@WLUW @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Banned from Canada, but not from the On The Line podcast Today’s labor history: Kickstarter workers unionizeToday’s labor quote: Ethiopian proverb@BC_LHC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Behind the scenes; Chilling academic freedom; “An industry that looks like us”; Announcing the Labor Oscar winners!; Meet Ray ConnorToday’s labor quote: Eleanor RooseveltToday’s labor history: UFT formed in NYC@UnionOrBustPod @AAUP @PowerAtWorkBlog @SWWACLC @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member...
Working to Live In Southwest Washington talks with the new president of the SWWACLCToday’s labor history: Birth of Susan B. AnthonyToday’s labor quote: Susan B. Anthony@SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Labor Heritage Power Hour talks with Power At WorkToday’s labor history: Department of Commerce and Labor createdToday’s labor quote: Jimmy Hoffa@PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The SayWatt podcast, on creating a welcome jobsiteToday’s labor history: Hollywood writers end strikeToday’s labor quote: SAG-AFTRA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
AAUP Presents reports on Ohio’s Senate Bill 83Today’s labor history: Birth on UMWA’s John L. LewisToday’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass@AAUP @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
What stagehands do, on the Union or Bust podcastToday’s labor history: Seattle General Strike endsToday’s labor quote: Memphis sanitation workers @UnionOrBustPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Did the Mob control the Teamsters? Panamanian construction workers mobilize; A dangerous mixture; We Were There; Labor board under fireToday’s labor quote: JFKToday’s labor history: Boeing engineers strike@labourstart @duesunion @kboo @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio...
The corporate attack on the NLRB, on Labor Radio on KBOO Today’s labor history: Labor origins of International Women’s DayToday’s labor quote: Mary Heaton Vorse@kboo @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The origins of Bev Grant’s song, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: Musicians shut down BroadwayToday’s labor quote: Lucy Parsons@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Booze and the workplace, on the Union Days podcastToday’s labor history: Wildcat strike in LordstownToday’s labor quote: Frank Moore Colby@duesunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The brand-new LabourStart podcast reportsToday’s labor history: First casualty in the American Revolution: A Black workerToday’s labor quote: Eugene V. Debs@labourstart @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Roswell Hub talks to TDU foundersToday’s labor history: UAW wins recognition at GMToday’s labor quote: Thomas Jefferson@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Mickey Mouse joins a union; “Union” is not a bad word; Harassment Down Under; SAG Awards’ “laborific” shows; The Teamsters’ fight for democracyToday’s labor quote: Workers United and StarbucksToday’s labor history: Postal workers get 8-hour day@LaborForcePod @LCLAA @stick__together @sagaftra @SAGawards...
Battling Teamster corruption, on the Labor Jawn podcastToday’s labor history: Minimum wage increases to $1/hrToday’s labor quote: Sam Gompers@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Labor Heritage Power Hour’s annual review, plus “Who was Ben Fletcher?”Today’s labor history: SC raises minimum ageToday’s labor quote: Italian proverb@sagaftra @SAGawards @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Australia’s “Stick Together” podcast on the Perfection Fresh caseToday’s labor history: Today’s labor quote: @stick__together @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su talks with El Cafecito del DiaToday’s labor history: SCOTUS rules sitdowns illegalToday’s labor quote: John Steinbeck@LCLAA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Labor Force podcast reportsToday’s labor history: SoCal supermarket worker strike endsToday’s labor quote: Teamsters Local 997@LaborForcePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Liberia Firestone workers’ 2006 strike; Forward for justice; Organized labor and the Civil Rights Movement; American Fiction’s Cord Jefferson; “Our union is us”Today’s labor quote: Joe GlazerToday’s labor history: Cops beat textile strikers@wrkclasshistory @AWFUnionPodcast @AFTunion @Heartland_Labor @OOItsTime @wpfwdc #1u #unions...
It’s Time, the podcast of SkyWest Flight AttendantsToday’s labor history: AFL-CIO charters Association of Flight AttendantsToday’s labor quote: Woody Guthrie@OOItsTime @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Writer/director Cord Jefferson and musician Joe Uehlein, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: Planning the People’s PartyToday’s labor quote: Al Shanker@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Heartland Labor Forum explores the role unions played in supporting civil rightsToday’s labor history: AFL-CIO charters the UFWToday’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez@Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
AFT’s Fedrick Ingram on America’s Work Force RadioToday’s labor history: Unemployed rally in PhiladelphiaToday’s labor quote: Richard Trumka@AWFUnionPodcast @AFTunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
From the On This Day In Working Class History podcastToday’s labor history: 7-year Campbell’s boycott endsToday’s labor quote: Martin Luther King Jr.@wrkclasshistory @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Latino workers and unions; The myth of “highly paid” Alabama auto workers; Auto workers upset Alabama’s ruling class; The Detroit Diva & Union Funk; “Union Town”Today’s labor quote: Jeremy BrecherToday’s labor history: Sit-down strikers gassed@LCLAA @LaborReporters @WorkStoppagePod @WGAWest @wpfwdc #1u...
Why USC faculty are unionizing, on the 3rd & Fairfax podcastToday’s labor history: New York furriers strikeToday’s labor quote: Leonora O’Reilly@WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Singer Lynn Marie Smith on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: Birth of Susan B. AnthonyToday’s labor quote: Union Funk@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Mercedes-Benz workers in Tuscaloosa organize, on the Work Stoppage podcastToday’s labor history: Detroit newspaper workers call off strikeToday’s labor quote: Jimmy Hoffa@WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Valley Labor Report reports.Today’s labor history: Striking Hollywood writers return to work.Today’s labor quote: Bill Fletcher Jr. @LaborReporters @BillFletcherJr @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
“A strategic partnership for America's success,” on El Cafecito del DíaToday’s labor history: Birth of UMWA president John L. Lewis Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass@LCLAA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
AI: Fear and hope; Teamster rank-and-file slam Trump; Delta workers speak; JFK's last words to labor; Helping kids do betterToday’s labor quote: Mother JonesToday’s labor history: Canadian union carpenters shot@radiolabour @labormedianow @steelworkers @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of...
Teachers and parents working together, on the OEA podcastToday’s labor history: McCarthy launches “Red Scare”Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King, Jr.@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
JFK's last words to labor, saving the UE Chicago mural, and Discovering Maxo Vanka. the Diego Rivera of Pittsburgh, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: Vigilantes beat IWW organizersToday’s labor quote: John F. Kennedy@steelworkers @ueunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u...