Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Operating Engineers show off work

IUOE 77 posts great worksite photos. Today’s labor history: CWA steward killed on strike picket line. Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers.

DC union members' voices: GW housekeeper

“I keep everything sanitized and clean.” Today’s labor history: Solidarity union seizes shipyard in Gdansk, marking the beginning of the end for the Iron Curtain. Today’s labor quote: Franklin Roosevelt.

DC union members' voices

“If you don’t respect black people, you’re not going to get our money.” Today’s labor history: striking Tennessee miners free  state convict strikebreakers. Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.

MCT adding insult to injury

Montgomery Community Television refusing retro pay and demanding removal of access to health compensation. Today’s labor history: 232-day strike by major league baseball players begins. Today’s labor quote: Lillian Russell.

Lawyers’ Committee management reneges on union recognition

“This is an egregious show of bad faith,” says Nonprofit Professional Employees Union. Today’s labor history: Federal troops drive 1,200 jobless workers out of Washington D.C. Today’s labor quote: Jack London.

Kroger workers ratify new Roanoke contract

Agreement provides pay raises and protects existing healthcare and retirement benefits. Today’s labor history: TWU members descend on New York City courthouse to bail out arrested leaders. Today’s labor quote: I.W. Abel.

This week’s Union City Radio highlights

Educators’ Day of Action; Congressional Progressive Caucus Center staff organize; 94-year-old ‘Rosie the Riveter’ now makes face masks. Today’s labor history: California School Employees Association founded. Today’s labor quote: Eleanor Roosevelt.

Organizing around unemployment insurance

NELP's Michelle Evermore: “Workers coming together to build power doesn't happen little by little. It usually happens all at once.” Today’s labor history: St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elects first African-American. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.

Teachers’ “moral obligation” for student safety

“We can't have a situation where people's lives are being jeopardized or their health and safety is being jeopardized by reckless political maneuvers.” Today’s labor history: Actors Equity recognized by producers after stagehands honored their picket lines. Today’s labor quote: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Center staff unionize

“Unionizing will help uphold the CPC Center’s values and commitment to empowering and strengthening communities of all backgrounds across the nation.” Today’s labor history: workers at Verizon launch 18-day strike. Today’s labor quote: Andrew Jackson.