Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“Trump the Uniter?” Labor Struggles and Resistance

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Trump’s crackdown in Newark backfires, uniting protestors and sparking global anti-fascist solidarity. From What’s Going On Labor Mondays. On today’s labor arts calendar: the film Lilly — about equal pay trailblazer Lilly Ledbetter — screens online, and High Iron, an immersive rail labor experience, is on view in Laramie, Wyoming.
In today’s labor history: remembering the Memorial Day Massacre of 1937.

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Setting Hearts on Fire

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist and movement strategist Ricardo Levins Morales explores the deep emotional roots of organizing, while comics artist and activist Michael DeForge reflects on the power of political art—and how one of his posters sparked a labor board hearing. Plus: closing night of the DC Labor FilmFest, solidarity at the Kennedy Center, and a strike at Walt Disney in today’s labor history.

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From Foreigner to Belonging

What does it mean to become American? On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily, 3rd & Fairfax explores identity, transformation, and the immigrant experience. Plus: The Last Pullman Car screens online tonight—free—with a live Q&A. And in labor history, dancing the Turkey Trot gets 15 women fired in 1912.

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Union Rights Under Fire in Utah

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From Utah’s Worker Power Hour, a call for more union-friendly candidates across the political spectrum as labor rights face mounting challenges. Plus, Eleanor Roosevelt on the meaning of human rights, and Good Night, and Good Luck screens at the DC Labor FilmFest.

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The Case for a 4-Day Workweek

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Is a 4-day workweek the key to better health and productivity? We hear from Stick Together about new research backing shorter workweeks—workers rested, happier, and just as productive. Plus: this week’s labor arts calendar, a look back at the steel strike of 1937, and a chilling preview of the Memorial Day Massacre.

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Long Lines, Short Staff: Social Security in Crisis

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Heartland Labor Forum explores how frontline Social Security workers are grappling with understaffing and long lines. We also preview this quiet Memorial Day weekend's labor arts offerings and mark the deadly turning point of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike. laborradionetwork.org

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Joe McCartin on Workers and History

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: “People make their own history.” Labor historian Joe McCartin joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to explore how workers shape the world—within the limits they inherit. We also mark the anniversary of the 1909 Georgia Railroad strike and remember labor leader Eugene Debs, imprisoned on this day in 1895. Plus, check out tonight’s DC Labor FilmFest screening of Bless Their Little Hearts.

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From the Sky to the Strike Line

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From outdated tech to billion-dollar budgets left unused, America’s Work Force Radio breaks down the challenges facing aviation safety systems—and the workers trying to keep them running. Plus: Don’t miss today’s Postal Workers Museum tour at noon, or tonight’s screening of The Churning at the DC Labor FilmFest. In labor history, nearly 100,000 SBC workers walked off the job in 2004. And today’s labor quote comes from anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who went on trial for his life on this day in 1921.

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The Church, the Working Class, and Industrial Capitalism

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report explores how Pope Leo XIII confronted the rise of industrial capitalism and the plight of the urban working class—laying the groundwork for labor-conscious Catholic social teaching. Plus: Good Night, and Good Luck screens at the DC Labor FilmFest, we mark the 1933 rubber workers’ strike in Akron, and hear from labor historian William Cahn on the enduring influence of worker activism.

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The Human Cost of Corporate “Freedom”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A methane explosion at Mexico’s Pasta de Conchos mine in 2006 trapped 65 miners underground—sparking outrage, cross-border solidarity, and an enduring fight for justice. That’s from the Solidarity Works podcast, on the Labor Radio Podcast Network.Plus: Singing for Justice screens today at the DC Labor FilmFest, the deadly 1950 South Amboy dock explosion, and a powerful labor quote from Richard Trumka.

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