141K
Downloads
2232
Episodes
News and views from Labor Radio Podcast Network shows, plus labor quotes and history. #LaborRadioPod
Episodes
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
2 min
CAP director Tonya Love is this year's Partnership Award winner from the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: Spontaneous revolt by VA tobacco stemmers.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @LegalAidDC
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022
2 min
More than two dozen get labor nod in DC, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.
Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester
Today’s labor history: Battle of Harlan County.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
2 min
“America’s dedicated public servants are the lifeblood of our democracy.”
Today’s labor quote: Joe Biden.
Today’s labor history: Haymarket Massacre.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational @AFSCME
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
2 min
The occupational, physical and speech therapists will be represented by UFCW Local 400 in the DMV area and UFCW Local 27 in the Baltimore region.
Today’s labor quote: Pete Seeger.
Today’s labor history: Chicago police kill 4, injure 200 at striker rally.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
May 2, 2022
May 2, 2022
2 min
AFL-CIO and the Catholic Labor Network host “The Labor Movement and the Catholic Church, Then and Now” discussion of Monsignor George Higgins.
Today’s labor quote: Monsignor George Higgins.
Today’s labor history: General strike by the Chicago Trades Assembly.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022
4 min
Labor movement’s Nobel Prize awarded; Study: UMD boosts management, cuts teachers; Striking for the Earth?; Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect.
Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones.
Today’s labor history: May Day originates in Chicago.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @FSE_UMD @UMD_AAUP @afscme_1072 @usas_umd @BGAlliance #WorkersMemorialDay
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
2 min
“The Wobblies” opens 2022 DC Labor FilmFest Sunday at AFI Silver. Email cgarlock@dclabor.org to enter a raffle for free passes.
Today’s labor quote: Deborah Shaffer.
Today’s labor history: Coxey’s Army reaches DC.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFISilver @DC_IWW
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Apr 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022
2 min
Grim statistics from the AFL-CIO’s annual report on worker safety and health.
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler.
Today’s labor history: Two coal mine disasters; creation of OSHA.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #WorkersMemorialDay
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
1 min
Climate scientists urge colleagues to stage a mass walkout.
Today’s labor quote: Timothy F. Smith.
Today’s labor history: First strike for the 10 hour day.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @BGAlliance
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022
2 min
Reveals a “systematic trend toward hiring poorly paid precariously employed contingent faculty with expanded teaching loads.”
Today’s labor quote: Nate Beard.
Today’s labor history: Army seizes Montgomery Ward HQ after management defied the NLRB.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @FSE_UMD @UMD_AAUP @afscme_1072 @usas_umd
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.