"I have bronchitis and anytime I smell mold, I can't breathe. I get shortness of breath"… Woodrow Wilson signs Clayton Antitrust Act, also known as "Labor’s Magna Carta" …today’s labor quote by Congressman Robert Crosser.

This week's labor history: heroic martyr and visionary or madman and terrorist? Leon Fink on abolitionist John Brown. Art historian Alexander Nemerov on why Lewis Hine’s powerful photographs of young children at work still speak to us today. Plus fascinating finds illuminating "Labor’s Magna Carta" in the Meany Labor Archives and four different versions of "John Brown's Body."

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:

Sonny Stitt - John Brown's Body

https://youtu.be/RpbUMaNoXsQ

John Browns Body-Paul Robeson

https://youtu.be/GLSEquVD1n0

Van Morrison - John Brown's Body

https://youtu.be/SI6bGB8Tk60

This week's labor history: heroic martyr and visionary or madman and terrorist? Leon Fink on abolitionist John Brown. Art historian Alexander Nemerov on why Lewis Hine’s powerful photographs of young children at work still speak to us today. Plus fascinating finds illuminating "Labor’s Magna Carta" in the Meany Labor Archives and four different versions of "John Brown's Body."

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:

Sonny Stitt - John Brown's Body

https://youtu.be/RpbUMaNoXsQ

John Browns Body-Paul Robeson

https://youtu.be/GLSEquVD1n0

Van Morrison - John Brown's Body

https://youtu.be/SI6bGB8Tk60

"It appears that Ascension has decided to prioritize its property over the provision of health”… workers demanding a union close down dress manufacturing in LA…today’s labor quote from the Mother Jones memorial.

"It appears that Ascension has decided to prioritize its property over the provision of health”… workers demanding a union close down dress manufacturing in LA…today’s labor quote from the Mother Jones memorial.

New book shows labor movement's history and heyday lies in appealing to more democratic conditions… Miners’ National Association formed …today’s labor quote by Norman Thomas.

Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

New book shows labor movement's history and heyday lies in appealing to more democratic conditions… Miners’ National Association formed …today’s labor quote by Norman Thomas.

“Our skilled members generously donate their time and expertise”… four killed during strike by California cotton workers…today’s labor quote by Lupe Martinez.

This week's labor history: Patrick Dixon talks with James Benton about the emergence of sharecropping as a compromise between former slaves – freedmen – and landowners, and sharecroppers subsequent struggles for rights and power. For our Labor History Object of the week, Ben Blake at the Meany Labor Archives pulls out a collection of buttons from the Solidarnosc union movement in Poland.

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:

Sharecropper's Blues, featuring Charlie Barnet with Kay Starr on vocals

https://youtu.be/0FyKigj35Ek