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The Heartland Labor Forum explores the role unions played in supporting civil rightsToday’s labor history: AFL-CIO charters the UFWToday’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez@Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
AFT’s Fedrick Ingram on America’s Work Force RadioToday’s labor history: Unemployed rally in PhiladelphiaToday’s labor quote: Richard Trumka@AWFUnionPodcast @AFTunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
From the On This Day In Working Class History podcastToday’s labor history: 7-year Campbell’s boycott endsToday’s labor quote: Martin Luther King Jr.@wrkclasshistory @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Latino workers and unions; The myth of “highly paid” Alabama auto workers; Auto workers upset Alabama’s ruling class; The Detroit Diva & Union Funk; “Union Town”Today’s labor quote: Jeremy BrecherToday’s labor history: Sit-down strikers gassed@LCLAA @LaborReporters @WorkStoppagePod @WGAWest @wpfwdc #1u...
Why USC faculty are unionizing, on the 3rd & Fairfax podcastToday’s labor history: New York furriers strikeToday’s labor quote: Leonora O’Reilly@WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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Singer Lynn Marie Smith on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: Birth of Susan B. AnthonyToday’s labor quote: Union Funk@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Mercedes-Benz workers in Tuscaloosa organize, on the Work Stoppage podcastToday’s labor history: Detroit newspaper workers call off strikeToday’s labor quote: Jimmy Hoffa@WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Valley Labor Report reports.Today’s labor history: Striking Hollywood writers return to work.Today’s labor quote: Bill Fletcher Jr. @LaborReporters @BillFletcherJr @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
“A strategic partnership for America's success,” on El Cafecito del DíaToday’s labor history: Birth of UMWA president John L. Lewis Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass@LCLAA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
AI: Fear and hope; Teamster rank-and-file slam Trump; Delta workers speak; JFK's last words to labor; Helping kids do betterToday’s labor quote: Mother JonesToday’s labor history: Canadian union carpenters shot@radiolabour @labormedianow @steelworkers @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of...
Teachers and parents working together, on the OEA podcastToday’s labor history: McCarthy launches “Red Scare”Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King, Jr.@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
JFK's last words to labor, saving the UE Chicago mural, and Discovering Maxo Vanka. the Diego Rivera of Pittsburgh, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: Vigilantes beat IWW organizersToday’s labor quote: John F. Kennedy@steelworkers @ueunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u...
Frontline reports, on the IAM Delta podcastToday’s labor history: Hockey players organizeToday’s labor quote: Karl Marx@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Teamster members react to leadership meeting with Trump, on Work Week RadioToday’s labor history: Seattle General Strike beginsToday’s labor quote: “Big Bill” Haywood@labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
UNI General Secretary Christy Hoffman on Radio Labour Today’s labor history: First daily labor newspaperToday’s labor quote: Bill Clinton@radiolabour @uniglobalunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Lessons from a fire fighter, on the PFFA PodToday’s labor history: Secretary fired for refusing to make coffeeToday’s labor quote: How to operate a coffee maker@iaff43 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
How VT’s Socialist Labor Party Hall survived the 2024 flood, on today’s Labor Heritage Power HourToday’s labor history: The Paterson Silk StrikeToday’s labor quote: John Sweeney@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Black Work Talk podcast takes a look at labor’s wins in 2023 and fights coming up in 2024Today’s labor history: Harvard forced to raise wagesToday’s labor quote: Emma Tenayuca@BlackWorkTalk @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio...
Making sure A.I. is used fairly and responsibly at work, on the Union Strong podcastToday’s labor history: Founding the ILOToday’s labor quote: ILO mission@nysaflcio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
How strong unions help all workers, on the State of Working America podcastToday’s labor history: Obama signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay ActToday’s labor quote: Dolly Parton@EconomicPolicy @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Rick Smith remembers MLK; How to preserve democracy in 2024; Will labor support a Gaza ceasefire?; Labor Heritage Power Hour preview; COP28 RecapToday’s labor quote: Sam GompersToday’s labor history: Wildcat strike in Detroit@RickSmithShow @aftunion @UnionOrBustPod @checkoutradio @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod...
The Checkout checks in with Lauren Baker of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food.Today’s labor history: Sitdown in BrooklynToday’s labor quote: Sam Gompers@checkoutradio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Elise shares some of her favorite labor songsToday’s labor history: Passaic textile workers strikeToday’s labor quote: Sojourner Truth@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Bill Fletcher Jr., on the Union Or Bust podcastToday’s labor history: Minimum wage increasesToday’s labor quote: MLK@UnionOrBustPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Radio host and author Zerlina Maxwell joins AFT President Randi Weingarten for a riveting discussion about the state of American democracy on Union Talk, the AFT’s podcastToday’s labor history: 10,000 Rochester clothing workers strikeToday’s labor quote: Rebecca Gordon@aftunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO...
“It's not about red hat or blue hat; it's about green.” The Rick Smith ShowToday’s labor history: Knights of Labor head bornToday’s labor quote: Terence V. Powderly@RickSmithShow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Flight attendants raise the bar; Empire of Words; Marquette baristas organize; Hilary Peach’s Thick Skin; Year of the Fascist?Today’s labor quote: Bruce SpringsteenToday’s labor history: Biden fires union-buster@OOItsTime @AnvilPress @JoeJencksMusic @sagaftra @radiolabour @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of...
RadioLabour reports that Fascism is on the rise in the U.S.Today’s labor history: Trump’s union investigates him for inciting violenceToday’s labor quote: Bruce Springsteen@sagaftra @radiolabour @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Former welder Hilary Peach on her new memoir and folksinger Joe Jencks on “Rise As One”. Today’s labor history: “Take This Job and Shove It” hits #1 in the U.S.Today’s labor quote: Johnny Paycheck@AnvilPress @JoeJencksMusic @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud...
Labor Radio on WORT reportsToday’s labor history: Hunger march in ChicagoToday’s labor quote: "Solidarity Forever"@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Marc McGurl on Amazon and the fate of literature on The Workers' Speculative Society podcastToday’s labor history: Death of former UAW president Leonard WoodcockToday’s labor quote: Walter Reuther@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Latest on airline contract talks, on It’s Time! Live!Today’s labor history: Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.@OOItsTime @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Something radical happened here!; The altar of the testing god; “Go big or go home”; David Bacon’s “Working Coachella”; Innovation and ConTechToday’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Today’s labor history: Tompkins Square Riot@NEAToday @COSALC_ @photos4justice @WoodyGuthrieCtr @wpfwdc #1u #unions...
A conversation with Brianne Stewart and Matt Hedke on the Construction User 2.0 podcastToday’s labor history: Seattle police raid mass union meetingToday’s labor quote: Jack London@TAUCbuilt @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Photojournalist David Bacon on his new photo exhibit on farmworkers, which opens today in Riverside, CAToday’s labor history: Sex worker organizer Margo St. James diesToday’s labor quote: Woody Guthrie@photos4justice @WoodyGuthrieCtr @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio...
The Bipartisan Buzz podcast welcomes NALC president Brian RenfroeToday’s labor history: Death of longtime AFL-CIO President George MeanyToday’s labor quote: George Meany@COSALC_ @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The toll of stress on educators, on the School Me podcastToday’s labor history: The Missouri Highway sit-downToday’s labor quote: WWI Mediation Commission@NEAToday @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Philadelphia's radical Jewish labor history, on the Labor Jawn podcastToday’s labor history: AFL-CIO calls for Trump’s resignation after attack on U.S. CapitolToday’s labor quote: Mary Kenney O’Sullivan@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Police violence and racial justice in the civil rights era, on Tales from the Reuther LibraryToday’s labor history: Golden Gate Bridge construction beginsToday’s labor quote: Leo Tolstoy@ReutherLibrary @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Folksinger Si Kahn on the origins of “La Libertad”Today’s labor history: NYC social workers strikeToday’s labor quote: Si Kahn@Kahn75Si @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Power At Work podcast looks ahead to 2024 labor storiesToday’s labor history: Alphabet Workers Union forms at Google Today’s labor quote: Kim Kelly@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Australia-based Stick Together podcast reportsToday’s labor history: IWW formed in ChicagoToday’s labor quote: T-Bone Slim@stick__together @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Unions, Israel and Palestine, on KBOO’s Labor RadioToday’s labor history: Hank Williams’ final union meetingToday’s labor quote: Hank Williams@kboo @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network