Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

San Francisco LaborFest goes online

Celebrating its 27^th year, the SF LaborFest runs throughout the month of July with many free online events. Today’s labor history: striking New York longshoremen keep new immigrants from strikebreaking.. Today’s labor quote: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

Soundtrack for a new revolution

As protests grow, Luci Murphy and The People's Music Network ensure there are songs to go with them. Today’s labor history: Andrew Carnegie sends in Pinkerton thugs to put down Homestead strike. Today’s labor quote: "Father Was Killed by the Pinkerton Men."

Remembering activist Howard Croft

Former MWC president Jos Williams and others pay tribute to the longtime social justice activist, who recently died of COVID-19. Today’s labor history: the Battle of Rincon Hill. Today’s labor quote: Jos Williams.

"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Frederick Douglass -- the former Maryland slave who became a national leader of the abolitionist movement -- calls out our nation’s founders for their hypocrisy on freedom and slavery. “Out of a Burning House: Claiming Black Independence” airs July 4 from 10AM until 2PM on WPFW 89.3FM.

CSA doubles down on helping workers

Frank Gaskins life has now been touched twice by the Metro Washington Council’s Community Services Agency. Today’s labor history: strike by children working in the silk mills in Paterson, N.J. Today’s labor quote: Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Paid family leave, $15/hr wage take effect in DC

DC is the first ‘state’ in the country to pay workers a $15/hour minimum wage. Today’s labor history: President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Today’s labor quote: Lyndon Johnson.

Workers United for Reproductive and Gender Equity joins NPEU

Requests voluntary recognition by management. Today’s labor history: copper miners begin years-long strike against Phelps-Dodge. Today’s labor quote: Heywood Broun.

UCR Extra: Remembering Dr. Howard Croft

The longtime social justice activist in Washington DC -- who recently died of COVID-19 -- worked in the labor movement, taught urban studies at the University of the District of Columbia, was a fervent DC statehood advocate and supporter of prisoner rights, a passionate Health Care For All activist and a long-time member of Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America. Tribute features former MWC president Jos Williams and others.
Originally broadcast on To Heal DC on WPFW 89.3 FM on June 29, 2020; hosted and produced by Joni Eisenberg, engineered by Mike Nasella. 

Pride Month Profiles: Aimee Stephens, Gerald Lynn Bostock and Donald Zarda

The three plaintiffs in the 2020 Supreme Court cases that led to the landmark decision protecting the workplace rights of LGBTQ Americans. Today’s labor history: Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers merged into the Steelworkers. Today’s labor quote: The IWW.

DC Excluded Workers Rally today

“It's just vitally vitally important that anybody that cares about the rights of workers and that cares about lifting the floor for everyone, turn out.” Today’s labor history: Chicago streetcar strike. Today’s labor quote: Chicago police chief.