Plus today’s labor quote by Joseph Farrell, an apprentice Ironworker on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, completed on this date in 1964.

Plus today’s labor quote by Joseph Farrell, an apprentice Ironworker on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, completed on this date in 1964.

First use of term “scab” … birth of American socialist leader Norman Thomas… invention of the time clock…mine disasters in Telluride and in Farmington…today’s labor quote from William Faulkner.

First use of term “scab” … birth of American socialist leader Norman Thomas… invention of the time clock…mine disasters in Telluride and in Farmington…today’s labor quote from William Faulkner.

On this week’s show, Maritime Trades Department Secretary-Treasurer Dan Duncan remembers the 31 men who died on Lake Michigan during one of the worst storms in the lake’s history…Ann Hoffman tells us about a strike by 20,000 female garment workers…Patrick Dixon talks with labor historian Leon Fink about the renewed relevance of American socialist leader Norman Thomas…AFSCME shop steward David Fernandez-Barrial tells us about history’s first recorded strike…and we mark the death of labor leader and song writer Joe Hill.

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:

“Joe Hill” by the Parcham Song Squad

https://youtu.be/KziLJ7aoHWI

“Do You Hear The People Sing?” from Les Misérables (Original 1985 London Cast Recording)

https://youtu.be/hhNyd6slDbI

“Egypt freedom song 2011”

https://youtu.be/ELAjacAbYf8

On this week’s show, Maritime Trades Department Secretary-Treasurer Dan Duncan remembers the 31 men who died on Lake Michigan during one of the worst storms in the lake’s history…Ann Hoffman tells us about a strike by 20,000 female garment workers…Patrick Dixon talks with labor historian Leon Fink about the renewed relevance of American socialist leader Norman Thomas…AFSCME shop steward David Fernandez-Barrial tells us about history’s first recorded strike…and we mark the death of labor leader and song writer Joe Hill.

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:

“Joe Hill” by the Parcham Song Squad

https://youtu.be/KziLJ7aoHWI

“Do You Hear The People Sing?” from Les Misérables (Original 1985 London Cast Recording)

https://youtu.be/hhNyd6slDbI

“Egypt freedom song 2011”

https://youtu.be/ELAjacAbYf8

Organizer and singer Joe Hill executed in Utah… nation’s first automatic toll collection machine… National Writers Union founded…today’s labor quote from Joe Hill.

Organizer and singer Joe Hill executed in Utah… nation’s first automatic toll collection machine… National Writers Union founded…today’s labor quote from Joe Hill.

“Unions are really the only force in American life that exist purely to make sure that working people get a fair deal”… PA judge forbids strikers from even singing hymns…today’s labor quote from Conor Lamb.

“Unions are really the only force in American life that exist purely to make sure that working people get a fair deal”… PA judge forbids strikers from even singing hymns…today’s labor quote from Conor Lamb.