Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights

The historic right to organize; Courts block Hogan’s attempt to cut off UI; Teleworking boosts productivity.

Today's quote: Sidney Hillman.
Today’s labor history: Nine-year UAW strike begins.

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The Teamsters Podcast; Belabored; The Voice of Oregon's Workers; CTU Speaks; Solidarity Breakfast; Trailblazers, Inc.; 3rd and Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast; Tales of the Resistance; LRPN Profiles

Joe Biden talks about building for the future on the Teamsters podcast; what rising U.S.-China tensions mean for workers and the labor movement in both countries, from the Belabored podcast; On The Voice of Oregon's Workers, a look at Oregon's growing union movement; CTU Speaks talks with longtime educator and activist Tara Stamps; the Solidarity Breakfast podcast reports on the lockout at the Collingwood Community Gardens; on Trailblazers, Inc. Kayla Vander Moler shares her experiences as a boilermaker; writer, actor, producer, and stand-up comic Iliza Schlesinger talks about the hard work of comedy with 3rd and Fairfax, the podcast from the Writers Guild of America West; from the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s new radio drama, we get a taste of Episode 1 of Tales of the Resistance. This week’s Labor Radio Podcast Network profile from Empathy Media Lab is a visit with Maximillian Alvarez, host of the Working People podcast.
Bonus track: Organizing During Wartime on today’s Labor History in 2:00.

Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

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Teleworking boosts productivity

Federal, D.C. workers say they are more productive teleworking.
Today’s labor history: Worst rail accident in U.S. history.
Today's quote: Mary McLeod Bethune.

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Tales of the Resistance, Vol.2: Persistence

San Francisco Mime Troupe's radio drama returns with a brand-new series of original political comedy audio plays; today at 1p on WPFW 89.3FM
Today’s labor history: IWW founded in Chicago.   
Today's quote: Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor.

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Courts block Hogan’s attempt to cut off UI

“Now I can look for a job without my family having to starve,” tweeted one worker. “Finally a win for the people,” tweeted another.  
Today’s labor history: 500,000 join general strike in Puerto Rico.   
Today's quote: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

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2020/2021 Joe Hill award-winners

Labor cartoonists Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki, the 2021 Joe Hill Award winners, were joined at this year’s Great Labor Arts Exchange -- hosted by the Labor Heritage Foundation -- by musicians Steve Jones and Ysaye Barnwell, the 2020 winners.
Today’s labor history: Duluth strikers killed.   
Today's quote: The New York Times.

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The historic right to organize

The 1935 National Labor Relations Act guaranteed the right of private sector employees to organize.
Today’s labor history: The Battle of Rincon Hill.   
Today's quote: Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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This Week’s Union City Radio Highlights

Washingtonian editorial staff organize; How to control out-of-control corporations; Metro Council urges passage of Hero Pay Act.

Today's quote Sam Gompers.

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Metro Council urges passage of Hero Pay Act

Supporters workers who have been on the front line throughout the pandemic, keeping us fed, safe, and clean.  
Today’s labor history: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bans discrimination.   
Today's quote: William Faulkner.

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Postal Workers celebrate 50 years

APWU’s half-century of “working together for postal jobs with good pay and benefits and dignity in a safe workplace.”
Today’s labor history: one million railway shopmen strike.   
Today's quote: William Burrus.

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