No one noticed the wheelchair agent as she quietly went about her work. Until, that is, she started helping her co-workers organize a union. Then they fired her....

In today's labor history, 18-day strike at Verizon; plus today’s labor quote from Mark Twain.

No one noticed the wheelchair agent as she quietly went about her work. Until, that is, she started helping her co-workers organize a union. Then they fired her....

In today's labor history, 18-day strike at Verizon; plus today’s labor quote from Mark Twain.

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin remembers the day in 1894 when troops drove jobless workers out of the nation’s capital, right here in Washington D.C.

Saul Schniderman celebrates the birth of Wobblie organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

Yale Strom, director of the 2017 film “American Socialist: Eugene Victor Debs,” discusses two important events in Debs life.

And, we chat with Jon Shelton about the 2010 bill to protect teachers and police from layoffs, and where things are today. Jon Shelton is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and the author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order.

Ben Blake’s labor history Object of the Week is a drawer full of union buttons.

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:

“Power To The People” - John Lennon https://youtu.be/RtvlBS4PMF0

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin remembers the day in 1894 when troops drove jobless workers out of the nation’s capital, right here in Washington D.C.

Saul Schniderman celebrates the birth of Wobblie organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

Yale Strom, director of the 2017 film “American Socialist: Eugene Victor Debs,” discusses two important events in Debs life.

And, we chat with Jon Shelton about the 2010 bill to protect teachers and police from layoffs, and where things are today. Jon Shelton is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and the author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order.

Ben Blake’s labor history Object of the Week is a drawer full of union buttons.

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:

“Power To The People” - John Lennon https://youtu.be/RtvlBS4PMF0

Thin masks, torn gloves and broken bedpans are just some of the “non-functional” hospital equipment nurses are dealing with at Johns Hopkins...In today's labor history, air traffic controllers strike; plus today’s labor quote from Florence Reece, from her song “Which Side Are You On?"

Thin masks, torn gloves and broken bedpans are just some of the “non-functional” hospital equipment nurses are dealing with at Johns Hopkins...In today's labor history, air traffic controllers strike; plus today’s labor quote from Florence Reece, from her song “Which Side Are You On?"

The new deal includes wage increases and fought off Metro demands for significant take backs. Boots Riley, director of "Sorry to Bother You," guests on today’s edition of “Your Rights at Work” on WPFW. In today's labor history, Hatch Act passed, plus today’s labor quote by Boots Riley.

Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

The new deal includes wage increases and fought off Metro demands for significant take backs. Boots Riley, director of "Sorry to Bother You," guests on today’s edition of “Your Rights at Work” on WPFW. In today's labor history, Hatch Act passed, plus today’s labor quote by Boots Riley.

The fourth time was the charm for Metro workers. Sort of. In today's labor history, Sid Hatfield murdered by coal company goons, plus today’s labor quote by Sid Hatfield.