Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin.

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin discusses the 1934 San Francisco Longshoreman's strike -- which spread into a four-day general strike -- and the Great Steel Strike of ‘59; Donna Haverty-Stacke on the Minneapolis truckers strike. For this week’s Labor History Object of the Week, union convention badges, as curator Ben Blake takes another deep dive into the George Meany Labor Archives.

Plus: General Strike by D.O.A. Live https://youtu.be/NIeY4yD5-9c and Enough is Enough by Chumbawamba https://youtu.be/G6oq6ZYvFJ4

Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Donna Haverty-Stacke is Professor of History at Hunter College, and the author of “America’s Forgotten Holiday: May Day and Nationalism, 1867 – 1960” and the co-editor of “Rethinking U.S. Labor History: Essays on the Working-Class Experience, 1756 – 2009.”

Patrick Dixson is a research analyst at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM.

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/

“When you’re part of a union you have something to look up to,” says a local supermarket worker who helped organize a union at the World Bank …In today's labor history, two strikes by longshoremen...Plus today’s labor quote by Arthur Balfour.

Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin.

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin discusses the 1934 San Francisco Longshoreman's strike -- which spread into a four-day general strike -- and the Great Steel Strike of ‘59; Donna Haverty-Stacke on the Minneapolis truckers strike. For this week’s Labor History Object of the Week, union convention badges, as curator Ben Blake takes another deep dive into the George Meany Labor Archives.

Plus: General Strike by D.O.A. Live https://youtu.be/NIeY4yD5-9c and Enough is Enough by Chumbawamba https://youtu.be/G6oq6ZYvFJ4

Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Donna Haverty-Stacke is Professor of History at Hunter College, and the author of “America’s Forgotten Holiday: May Day and Nationalism, 1867 – 1960” and the co-editor of “Rethinking U.S. Labor History: Essays on the Working-Class Experience, 1756 – 2009.”

Patrick Dixson is a research analyst at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM.

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/

“The riders and workers of this region deserve leadership that is going to move our transit system forward,” said ATU 689 president Jackie Jeter. “All Paul Wiedefeld has done is make the system unstable and drive riders away. It is time for him to go”…In today's labor history, Detroit newspaper workers launch strike...Plus today’s labor quote by Joe Burns.

Hosted by Chris Garlock, with Damon Silvers (Ed Smith is away)

ATU 689 president Jackie Jeter on Metro workers’ just-announced petition drive to remove WMATA general manager Paul Wiedefeld from office; DC-ROC’s Diana Ramirez on the move by D.C. Council to overturn Initiative 77; SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh's abysmal record on worker rights, plus listener calls and this week’s labor music: “Strike” by UNION https://youtu.be/D9RPNW8F8-0

Plus these worker rights headlines:

Trump’s personal driver for twenty-five years sues for overtime

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-09/trump-s-personal-driver-for-25-years-sues-for-unpaid-overtime

Star Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Over Pay Equity

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/arts/music/boston-symphony-orchestra-equal-pay-massachusetts.html

Listen live every Thursday at 2p on WPFW 89.3FM or online at wpfwfm.org; CALL IN at 202-588-0893. Your Rights At Work is also available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes, Stitcher, OverCast or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!

“The riders and workers of this region deserve leadership that is going to move our transit system forward,” said ATU 689 president Jackie Jeter. “All Paul Wiedefeld has done is make the system unstable and drive riders away. It is time for him to go”…In today's labor history, Detroit newspaper workers launch strike...Plus today’s labor quote by Joe Burns.

Hosted by Chris Garlock, with Damon Silvers (Ed Smith is away)

ATU 689 president Jackie Jeter on Metro workers’ just-announced petition drive to remove WMATA general manager Paul Wiedefeld from office; DC-ROC’s Diana Ramirez on the move by D.C. Council to overturn Initiative 77; SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh's abysmal record on worker rights, plus listener calls and this week’s labor music: “Strike” by UNION https://youtu.be/D9RPNW8F8-0

Plus these worker rights headlines:

Trump’s personal driver for twenty-five years sues for overtime

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-09/trump-s-personal-driver-for-25-years-sues-for-unpaid-overtime

Star Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Over Pay Equity

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/arts/music/boston-symphony-orchestra-equal-pay-massachusetts.html

Listen live every Thursday at 2p on WPFW 89.3FM or online at wpfwfm.org; CALL IN at 202-588-0893. Your Rights At Work is also available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes, Stitcher, OverCast or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone!

The National Labor Relations Act was signed into law on July 6, 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, marking a critical step forward for working people’s right to join together in unions and to bargain collectively…In today's labor history, first meeting of the Screen Actors Guild...Plus today’s labor quote by Fred Watson.

Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

The National Labor Relations Act was signed into law on July 6, 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, marking a critical step forward for working people’s right to join together in unions and to bargain collectively…In today's labor history, first meeting of the Screen Actors Guild...Plus today’s labor quote by Fred Watson.