Union City Radio

By Metro Washington Council & 89.3 FM WPFW

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The podcast currently has 3,067 episodes available.

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December 02, 2018 Union City Radio Labor History Today (12/2/18): Graduate student workers unite!
This week's labor history: On this week’s show, Korey Hartwich remembers the founding of National Nurses United…a look at the history of graduate student organizing with Chad Frazier of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees…Bill Fletcher on the founding of the Colored National Labor Union…Operating Engineers 99’s Don Havard on the formation of the National Union of Steam Engineers of America.
PLUS: The Labor History Today podcast wins second place in the Best Audio/Podcast/Radio Broadcast category of the annual International Labor Communications Association Labor Media Contest!
Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected]
Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.
Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/
This week's music:
“Solidarity Forever” - Graduate Workers Strike at Columbia University
https://youtu.be/fBT7k_8Fsng
“Operating Engineer” - Joe Glazer
https://youtu.be/S5jLLs66KUA
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23min
December 02, 2018 Union City Radio Labor History Today (12/2): Graduate student workers unite!
This week's labor history: On this week’s show, Korey Hartwich remembers the founding of National Nurses United…a look at the history of graduate student organizing with Chad Frazier of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees…Bill Fletcher on the founding of the Colored National Labor Union…Operating Engineers 99’s Don Havard on the formation of the National Union of Steam Engineers of America.
PLUS: The Labor History Today podcast wins second place in the Best Audio/Podcast/Radio Broadcast category of the annual International Labor Communications Association Labor Media Contest!
Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected]
Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.
Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/
This week's music:
“Solidarity Forever” - Graduate Workers Strike at Columbia University
https://youtu.be/fBT7k_8Fsng
“Operating Engineer” - Joe Glazer
https://youtu.be/S5jLLs66KUA
...more
23min
November 30, 2018 Union City Radio Bricklayers support CSA’s Holiday Basket Program
Plus: weekend labor calendar, birth of Eliza McDowell, the “Angel of the Stockyards,” and Today’s Labor Quote from the DC Labor Chorus, (check out their 20th Anniversary Concert this Saturday!)
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3min
November 30, 2018 Union City Radio Bricklayers support CSA’s Holiday Basket Program
Plus: weekend labor calendar, birth of Eliza McDowell, the “Angel of the Stockyards,” and Today’s Labor Quote from the DC Labor Chorus, (check out their 20th Anniversary Concert this Saturday!)
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3min
November 29, 2018 Your Rights at Work Talk Show Your Rights at Work - Thursday, November 29, 2018
Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith
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2h 1min
November 29, 2018 Union City Radio The "Stop WALMART" Act
Plus: Today’s labor calendar, the 1934 Boston Stores Christmas strike and Today’s Labor Quote by Dennis Hale.
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4min
November 29, 2018 Union City Radio The "Stop WALMART" Act
Plus: Today’s labor calendar, the 1934 Boston Stores Christmas strike and Today’s Labor Quote by Dennis Hale.
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4min
November 28, 2018 Union City Radio CPI workers join News Guild
Plus: The 1953 New York City newspaper strike and Today’s Labor Quote by National Labor Union founder William Sylvis.
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3min
November 28, 2018 Union City Radio CPI workers join News Guild
Plus: The 1953 New York City newspaper strike and Today’s Labor Quote by National Labor Union founder William Sylvis.
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3min
November 28, 2018 Union City Radio Labor History Today (11/25/18): Organizing at Walmart and Amazon
This week's labor history: On this week’s show, Isaac Evans from the Arena Stage and James Gardner from Signature Theatre remind us about when a cast of International Ladies Garment Workers Union members took to the stage on Broadway to perform the pro-labor musical revue “Pins & Needles.” Patrick Dixon talks with former organizing director Peter Olney about why the UFCW tried to organize the big-box giant Walmart and what that means for Amazon workers today. Plus, American Income Life’s George Farenthold tells us about the day insurance agents struck.
Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected]
Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.
Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/
This week's music:
“Sing Me A Song With Social Significance” https://youtu.be/sRnKDBkAOuM
“Doing the Reactionary”
https://youtu.be/H66llCaUzCQ
“Solidarity” from ”Billy Elliot the Musical”
https://youtu.be/UkF24VS6sPQ
“Anything Goes”
https://youtu.be/3aeQ3DmKU7A
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20min

FAQs about Union City Radio:

How many episodes does Union City Radio have?

The podcast currently has 3,067 episodes available.