Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

From Doctors and Cops to Every Voice

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the SAG-AFTRA Podcast spotlights audiobook narration, where actors bring entire casts of characters to life. In labor history, 100,000 Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners struck in 1900. Quote of the day: Samuel Gompers.

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Sword of Damocles Over Free Speech

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: AAUP Presents warns against the government using immigration law to silence dissent. In labor history, the NHL lockout cancels the 2004–05 season. Quote of the day: Richard Trumka.

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Real community is built through play

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Exploits of Play from the Reimagine Value Action Lab explores how joy and fun build resilient communities. In labor history, the International Association of Siderographers merged with the Machinists in 1992. Quote of the day: Kate Atkinson.

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Complicated storytelling made simple

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Director’s Cut podcast unpacks the film Freakier Friday and the art of telling complex stories. In labor history, New York City’s Union Square was officially named a national historic landmark in 1998. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs.

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The circus is a workplace

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We hear from Circus World author Andrea Ringer and Art Works author Ken Grossinger on the power of the arts and labor, from the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, 75,000 coal miners ended a ten-week strike in 1897, winning the eight-hour day and the abolition of company stores. Quote of the day: Crystal Lee Sutton.

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Smoke and mirrors for workers

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Rick Smith Show calls out empty promises from the Department of Labor while union jobs are cut. In labor history, deputies gun down peaceful immigrant miners in the 1897 Lattimer Massacre. Quote of the day: Jonathan Swift.

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Corporate power and the state

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The KGNU Labor Exchange explores how corporate power often allies with the state in pernicious ways. In labor history, Boston police struck in 1919 after union leaders were fired. Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass.

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They’re lying to you

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, September 8: The Work Stoppage Podcast calls out Trump’s anti-union energy policies. In labor history, on this date in 1965 the United Farm Workers launched their historic grape boycott and strike in Delano, California. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez.

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Every worker depends on public service

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, September 5: What’s Going On spotlights the vital role of federal workers and the erosion of staffing levels in key services. In labor history, New York’s first Labor Day parade drew 30,000 marchers in 1882. Quote of the day: Peter J. McGuire.

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Strike records as their own genre

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, September 4: Josh MacPhee, co-author of Strike While the Needle is Hot, joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to dig into the forgotten genre of strike records. In labor history, 12,000 New York tailors struck in 1894 over sweatshop conditions. Quote of the day: Noam Chomsky.

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