Chris Garlock, with Ed Smith

AFGE notches DC-area organizing wins…in today's labor history, Hollywood studio mogul recognizes Screen Actors Guild…Plus today’s labor quote from Walter Reuther.

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.

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“Spitfire” steward stands up for her members…in today's labor history, Steelworkers at Goodyear win 18-day strike …Plus today’s labor quote from Jerry Wurf.

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

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

With SEIU, UFCW support, new Poor People’s Campaign kicks off…in today's labor history, shoe workers organize Knights of St. Crispin union…Plus today’s labor quote by Mother Jones.

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

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

Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Patrick Dixson, Jessica Champagne, Larry Spivak and Chris Bangert-Drowns.

This week's labor history: co-host Joe McCartin talks about the attack by construction workers on Viet Nam war protesters four days after the Kent State killings. Joe also remembers the Knights of St. Crispin shoemaker’s union. PLUS: Patrick Dixon interviews Jessica Champagne from the Workers Rights Consortium five years after the Rana Plaza disaster, and Larry Spivak, president of the Illinois Labor History Society, discusses the 1894 Pullman Strike. And we’ve got music from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Buffalo Springfield, Jefferson Airplane and Stagefright Tam with Dust and Tears, an original song about Rana Plaza.

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

Patrick Dixson is a research analyst at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, and Managing Editor of LABOR, Studies in Working Class History, the official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association for Labor and the Working Poor

Chris Bangert-Drowns is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland who helped organize workers on the College Park campus and now works at the Metro Washington Council.

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:

Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

https://youtu.be/TRE9vMBBe10

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967

https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY

Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers

https://youtu.be/SboRijhWFDU

Dust and Tears [original Rana Plaza sweat shop song] Clothes to die for (by Stagefright Tam)

https://youtu.be/5bq9EhnMet4

IBEW 26 moving Silver Line along …in today's labor history, Haymarket massacre” in Chicago…Plus today’s labor quote from August Spies.

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 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

State workers prep for contract enforcement…in today's labor history, Gene Debs jailed over Pullman strike …Plus today’s labor quote from Florence Reece (and Pete Seeger).

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

Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive coming May 12…in today's labor history, Adolph Hitler abolishes unions …Plus today’s labor quote from Woody Guthrie.

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

DC LaborFest kicks off on May Day…in today's labor history, May Day’s U.S. roots…Plus today’s labor quote from The Internationale.

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