Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Voting Rights and the Long Shadow of Matewan

Voting rights advocates warn Alabama redistricting fights could weaken Black voting power, on the Valley Labor Report. In labor history, the 1920 Matewan shootout erupts in West Virginia. Quote of the day: John Sayles.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

REI Workers Push Back

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Union Bug digs into the growing boycott of REI and workers’ claims that management is fundamentally opposed to unions. In labor history, Big Bill Haywood died in exile in 1928. Quote of the day: Big Bill Haywood.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

On the Shop Floor Front Lines

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Project Labor podcast explores workers caught between management and labor struggle, plus Harold Phillips previews this weekend’s labor arts events. In labor history, IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim died in 1942. Quote of the day: T-Bone Slim.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Labor Is Art

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour spotlights worker culture, frontline care work, and why “labor is art.” In labor history, Milwaukee brewery workers launched a strike in 1953. Quote of the day: George Bancroft.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Solidarity Means Showing Up

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Solidarity Report says solidarity means standing together even when it’s hard to see what’s in it for you. In labor history, Canada created a Department of Labour in 1909. Quote of the day: Doug Fraser.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

May Day Means Fight Back

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Work Stoppage podcast says May Day is workers’ real labor holiday, not the “bulls--t holiday” chosen to erase labor history. In labor history, ICE raided the Agriprocessors plant in Iowa in 2008. Quote of the day: George Escobar.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

The story changed as the mill shut down

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Maryland Labor History podcast tracks a project overtaken by a mill closure. In labor history, 1894 Pullman Strike begins. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Contracts, culture and the power to make change

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The International Labour Organization’s Future of Work podcast examines how job contracts and workplace policies shape safety and justice on the job. In labor history, 1863 Brotherhood of the Footboard constitution ratified. Quote of the day: Elizabeth Tang.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

WPFW; Where Democracy Now! began

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Labor Heritage Power Hour features Amy Goodman on WPFW’s roots and Steal This Story, Please! Q&A clips. In labor history, 1867 Knights of St. Crispin formed. Quote of the day: Mary Harris "Mother Jones".

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Data center jobs and community wealth

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Blue Collar News highlights how data centers drive construction jobs and local wealth on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. In labor history, 1937 Richmond tobacco stemmers strike. Quote of the day: Albert Einstein.

@wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.