Johns Hopkins nurses launch union drive …in today's labor history, San Francisco brewery workers strike...Plus today’s labor quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Leon Fink and Patrick Dixson.

This week's labor history: U.S. Supreme Court rules that undocumented workers don’t have the same rights as Americans; Sam Walton’s anti-union legacy; remembering Harry Bridges; Texas cowboys strike.

PLUS: Saul Schniderman on Martin Luther King and striking sanitation workers in Memphis.

Music this week includes “Glory,” with Common and John Legend, from the motion picture "Selma” and “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke.

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

Leon Fink, Professor Emeritus of the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, edits the journal, "Labor: Studies in Working Class History."

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/

Maryland teachers convince state to bet on education…in today's labor history, 32-day lockout of major league baseball players ends...Plus today’s labor quote by Mark Twain.

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

CWA pickets continue in spite of Frontier’s “scare tactics”…in today's labor history, birth of women’s rights advocate and labor activist Alice Henry...Plus today’s labor quote by Alice Henry.

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.

Teachers support student walk-outs…in today's labor history, New York City seizes Fifth Avenue Coach to block massive layoffs and end a strike...Plus today’s labor quote by Bev Grant.

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!

SEIU takes the fight to Annapolis…in today's labor history, Michigan authorizes formation of workers’ cooperatives...Plus today’s labor quote by William Shakespeare.

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!

Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Tula Connell and Chris Bangert-Drowns.

This week's labor history: Trial of anti-war Wobblies; Postal worker’s wildcat strike.

Music this week includes the IWW’s “Should I Ever Be A Soldier” and the Dropkick Murphys’ “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya”

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

Tula Connell, an historian of the United States focusing on 20th century labor and social movements, is Senior Communications Officer at the Solidarity Center, an international labor rights organization. She’s the author of Conservative Counterrevolution. Challenging Liberalism in 1950s Milwaukee www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog…52039904.html

Chris Bangert-Drowns is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland who helped organize workers on the College Park campus.

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:

IWW Song Lyrics|Should I Ever Be A Soldier

https://youtu.be/nFZJJJXXMGs

Dropkick Murphys - Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya

https://youtu.be/blSPJRauKQQ

Education Dept aims to bust union…in today's labor history, United Federation of Teachers forms...Plus today’s labor quote by Albert Shanker.

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