This week's labor history: Yale Strom remembers WEVD, the Chicago radio station named for labor leader Eugene Victor Debs;

Dan Duncan celebrates the founding of the AFL-CIO’s Maritime Trades Department;

Saul Schniderman marks the anniversary of the publication of the IWW’s "Little Red Song Book," which is where all our music this week comes from;

and Ben Blake’s labor history Object of the Week is a collection of posters, including one from the height of the Cold War showing an AFL-CIO map of forced labor gulags in the Soviet Union.

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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:

Hold The Fort-Pete Seeger

https://youtu.be/EnrwQzKeKgA

Dump The Bosses Off Your Back-Anne Feeney

https://youtu.be/1FDtBNwhusU

We Will Sing One Song - John Paul Wright

https://youtu.be/sw2BKH4Bu6Q

One Big Industrial Union-May Day Chorus of Asheville

https://youtu.be/qT46hxvs-X8

performing at Firestorm Cafe on April 30th, 2011

The Preacher And The Slave-Mischief Brew

https://youtu.be/LYCYJA5DIp8

Latest on counter protests and community gatherings…In today's labor history, Obama’s $26 billion bill to protect teachers, police and others from layoffs; plus today’s labor quote by Richard Trumka.

Latest on counter protests and community gatherings…In today's labor history, Obama’s $26 billion bill to protect teachers, police and others from layoffs; plus today’s labor quote by Richard Trumka.

Workers in the “Show Me” state resoundingly voted down “Right to Work” …In today's labor history, ten school custodians form the California School Employees Association; plus today’s labor quote by Barbara Walters.

Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

Workers in the “Show Me” state resoundingly voted down “Right to Work” …In today's labor history, ten school custodians form the California School Employees Association; plus today’s labor quote by Barbara Walters.

Unions are often like the fire department, unappreciated until there’s a crisis…In today's labor history, St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elects first African-American president; plus today’s labor quote by Cesar Chavez.

Unions are often like the fire department, unappreciated until there’s a crisis…In today's labor history, St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elects first African-American president; plus today’s labor quote by Cesar Chavez.

“We draw the line at giving special accommodation to hate groups and hate speech,” says ATU 689…In today's labor history, Eugene Debs arrested after nationwide Pullman Strike; plus today’s labor quote from an old song, sung by Saul Schniderman.

“We draw the line at giving special accommodation to hate groups and hate speech,” says ATU 689…In today's labor history, Eugene Debs arrested after nationwide Pullman Strike; plus today’s labor quote from an old song, sung by Saul Schniderman.