“We need to lockdown these facilities, receive training on how to deal with a potential drug outbreak and improve our mail screening procedures”… 1882 Labor Day site named a national historic landmark…plus today’s labor quote from Gene Debs.

“We need to lockdown these facilities, receive training on how to deal with a potential drug outbreak and improve our mail screening procedures”… 1882 Labor Day site named a national historic landmark…plus today’s labor quote from Gene Debs.

Signs Voluntary Recognition Agreement… coal miners win abolition of overpriced company-owned stores…today’s labor quote by Merle Travis.

Signs Voluntary Recognition Agreement… coal miners win abolition of overpriced company-owned stores…today’s labor quote by Merle Travis.

Look for union-made goods and union-produced services when you shop … peaceful miners gunned down by Lattimer Mine's sheriff’s deputies …today’s labor quote by Harry Bridges.

This week's labor history: On this week's show: part 2 of our interview with labor historian Jeremy Brecher, including some revealing thoughts about history itself as he discusses the process of updating his classic book, “Strike.” Our labor history Object of the Week is a chilling image from the photo archives of the AFL-CIO News

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:

“Smash The Banks Of Marble” from the 1971 LP “Progressive Labor Party ‎– Power To The Working Class”

https://youtu.be/LAD9LXUUKxA

Look for union-made goods and union-produced services when you shop … peaceful miners gunned down by Lattimer Mine's sheriff’s deputies …today’s labor quote by Harry Bridges.

This week's labor history: On this week's show: part 2 of our interview with labor historian Jeremy Brecher, including some revealing thoughts about history itself as he discusses the process of updating his classic book, “Strike.” Our labor history Object of the Week is a chilling image from the photo archives of the AFL-CIO News

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:

“Smash The Banks Of Marble” from the 1971 LP “Progressive Labor Party ‎– Power To The Working Class”

https://youtu.be/LAD9LXUUKxA

Yet another rebuke of President Trump’s anti-worker executive orders… UFW begins historic national grape boycott and strike …today’s labor quote by Cesar Chavez.

Yet another rebuke of President Trump’s anti-worker executive orders… UFW begins historic national grape boycott and strike …today’s labor quote by Cesar Chavez.