Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the University of Washington Labor Archives, talks about the life and work of Anna Louise Strong, a 20th-century American journalist, activist, and supporter of the labor movement with Mike Dumovich on the We Do The Work radio show. Steelworker Mike Stout, author of The Homestead Steel Mill: The Final 10 Years, takes a deep dive into the history of unions and their struggles at the mill on a recent edition of the Heartland Labor Forum radio show.Why don't people know U.S. labor history? When we do know labor history, we tend to romanticize it and oversimplify it. Where did labor go wrong and what can we learn from the past? Historian Max Krochmal unpacks these questions in a wide-ranging discussion with Gene Lantz on the Workers Beat radio show. And, on Labor History in 2:00, Rick Smith tells us about the day New Orleans Fired 7,000 Teachers. Music: Nothing Moves But The Tide by The Fuse, courtesy of the University of Washington's Seattle General Strike Project.Produced by Chris Garlock, edited by Patrick Dixon. To contribute a labor history item, email [email protected]

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