AMR workers deserve a fair contract…In today's labor history, President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbidding discrimination....Plus today’s labor quote by Paul Booth.

Today in Labor History is provided by Union Communication Services; Rockin’ Solidarity is performed by Joe Uehlein and the Bones of Contention.

UC Radio is a brief audio version of the award-winning Union City electronic newsletter, featuring DC-area labor news, updates, calendar and labor history with Union City Managing Editor Chris Garlock. UC Radio is a partnership between the Metro Washington Council and 89.3 FM WPFW.

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

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin discusses the passage of the National Labor Relations Act and the UN’s International Labor Organization…Labor History Today’s Patrick Dixon talks with Julio Lopez of the Center for Popular Democracy about the 1998 general strike in Puerto Rico …Lane Windham remembers the 1995 merger of the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union with the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees…Plus, “American Socialist” producer Elizabeth Schwartz on Eugene Debs and Saul Schniderman on Mother Jones and "The March of the Mill Children"…our History Object of the Week is the 1929 AFL-CIO affiliation ledger…This week’s labor music includes "Plenty Tough & Union Made" by the Waco Brothers, a 1978 version of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union’s “Look for the Union Label” television ad, and “Dump The Bosses Off Your Back” by Anne Feeney.

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

Julio Lopez is with the Center for Popular Democracy.

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/

This week's music:

PLENTY TOUGH & UNION MADE

https://youtu.be/Au6FS3zGrR8

By the Waco Brothers, off their album "To the Last Dead Cowboy," available on Amazon.

"Look for the Union Label" 1978 ILGWU ad

https://youtu.be/7Lg4gGk53iY

"Dump The Bosses Off Your Back" Anne Feeney

https://youtu.be/1FDtBNwhusU

Album - Dump The Bosses Off Your Back

Support her by buying an album: http://annefeeney.com/

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

This week's labor history: Joe McCartin discusses the passage of the National Labor Relations Act and the UN’s International Labor Organization…Labor History Today’s Patrick Dixon talks with Julio Lopez of the Center for Popular Democracy about the 1998 general strike in Puerto Rico …Lane Windham remembers the 1995 merger of the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union with the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees…Plus, Saul Schniderman on Mother Jones and "The March of the Mill Children"…our History Object of the Week is the 1929 AFL-CIO affiliation ledger…This week’s labor music includes "Plenty Tough & Union Made" by the Waco Brothers, a 1978 version of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union’s “Look for the Union Label” television ad, and “Dump The Bosses Off Your Back” by Anne Feeney.

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

Julio Lopez is with the Center for Popular Democracy.

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/

This week's music:

PLENTY TOUGH & UNION MADE

https://youtu.be/Au6FS3zGrR8

By the Waco Brothers, off their album "To the Last Dead Cowboy," available on Amazon.

"Look for the Union Label" 1978 ILGWU ad

https://youtu.be/7Lg4gGk53iY

"Dump The Bosses Off Your Back" Anne Feeney

https://youtu.be/1FDtBNwhusU

Album - Dump The Bosses Off Your Back

Support her by buying an album: http://annefeeney.com/

Supreme Court “cannot silence” workers’ voices…In today's labor history, Roosevelt issues Executive Order establishing the National Labor Relations Board....Plus today’s labor quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!

Supreme Court “cannot silence” workers’ voices…In today's labor history, Roosevelt issues Executive Order establishing the National Labor Relations Board....Plus today’s labor quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!

DC-area unions react defiantly to SCOTUS ruling on Janus vs. AFSCME…In today's labor history, Grover Cleveland declares Labor Day official U.S. holiday....Plus today’s labor quote by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!

Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

DC-area unions react defiantly to SCOTUS ruling on Janus vs. AFSCME…In today's labor history, Grover Cleveland declares Labor Day official U.S. holiday....Plus today’s labor quote by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!

World Cup 2026 offers FIFA opportunity to live up to its human rights commitment…In today's labor history, IWW founded in Chicago...Plus today’s labor quote by Emma Goldman.

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!

World Cup 2026 offers FIFA opportunity to live up to its human rights commitment…In today's labor history, IWW founded in Chicago...Plus today’s labor quote by Emma Goldman.

Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!