Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Fashioning Power and Divine Rule

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Dig examines how English monarchs used clothing to project divine authority. Plus: worker-themed theater in NYC, WTO/99 at dcdoxfest, and the founding of the American Railway Union.

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Revolution Rhythms from the Barrio to the Range

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Francisco Herrera on music as empowerment, songs from Carsie Blanton and Colleen Kattau, Will Attig’s favorite labor anthem, and Seth Newton Patel on the 1883 Cowboy Strike.

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The “New Norm” in Workforce Strategy

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Pandemic-era understaffing and overwork have become “the new norm” in workforce strategy, says Economics for the People. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange is next week, and we remember labor leader John L. Lewis, who died on this day in 1969.

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Why Washington Post Tech Workers Organized

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Washington Post tech workers say their work is central to the company’s success—so why not have a union to match? That’s from the Power at Work podcast. Plus: unions legalized in Canada (1872), vigilantes attack a MI picket line (1937), and JFK signs the Equal Pay Act (1963). Labor quote by Rep. Jackie Speier on the long road to wage equality.

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Why Bother? Union Meetings and Member Engagement

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Why union meetings feel pointless to some members—and what that means for participation and power. Featuring a segment from the Labor Notes Podcast, plus labor history, today’s labor quote, and the latest from the labor arts calendar.

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Never Knew What Happened to the Guy

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A wartime streetcar ride takes an unexpected turn on On The Line: Stories of BC Workers. Plus: Unite for Veterans hits the Mall with the Dropkick Murphys, and we remember Lansing’s 1937 “Labor Holiday.”

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From the Heart: Dropkick Murphys Stand with Workers

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily. “We started in ’96 and our message has not changed at all,” says Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey. On The Labor Heritage Power Hour, Casey talks about the band’s new single, their working-class roots, and why veterans are fighting back.
Plus: The Lockout of the 20,000 premieres online today, and in 1976, Teamsters for a Democratic Union was born.

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We're Gonna Make a Motion

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A striking Bookmans worker on Words and Work explains why they took action. Plus: Give Light labor art event in NYC, and the House passes the Taft-Hartley Act on this day in 1947.

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Starving the Soul in Gaza

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A student hunger striker on the Working People podcast reflects on Gaza, starvation, and cultural erasure. Plus, the Dropkick Murphys perform at Friday’s Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall; on this day in 1956, 600,000 Steelworkers went on strike; and we remember the ILGWU, founded June 3, 1900, with “Look for the Union Label.”

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When the Job Moves

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily:  When your job is relocated—whether it’s 50 miles away or suddenly just around the corner—it can mean a major life decision or a welcome change. We hear from the Roswell Hub podcast on how workers are impacted by shifting job sites. Plus: the labor arts calendar, the first printers’ strike in 1786, and a look back at the unratified 1924 amendment to end child labor.

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