Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Once again raises up the voices of working people and their unions, who are demanding to be heard. Watch for show to be released on Union City Radio podcast this week. Today’s labor history: workers give up their Labor Day holidays to support war effort. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.

That message of solidarity is the theme of today’s “Workers Rising” Labor Day Radio Special on WPF 89.3FM. Today’s labor history: Origins of Labor Day. Today’s labor quote: DC Labor Chorus.

Airs Sunday, September 6, 7p CST on https://www.wcpt820.com/
1950 radio show was produced by @MachinistsUnion, with major roles played by three of the top Hollywood stars of the time, William Holden, Marie McDonald, and Brian Donlevy, who all donated their time and talent.
Boomer Jones was the first radio program of its kind ever attempted by a union and told the story of the old time "Boomers" – as union organizers were called -- who helped build one of the largest industrial trade unions in American history. 
The show first aired coast to coast on the Mutual Network on September 3, 1950, the day before Labor Day. 

Unions join demand to “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks!”; UFCW 400 members stage daring sea rescue. Today’s labor history: Avondale Mine fire; worst disaster in the history of U.S. anthracite mining. Today’s labor quote: Jock Yablonski.

A Labor Day message from the unions of the AFL-CIO. Today’s labor history: New York City's first Labor Day parade. Today’s labor quote: Robert Green Ingersoll.

Most of the action is online, so you can easily participate from the comfort of your own home! Today’s labor history: start of the longest strike in U.S. history. Today’s labor quote: Maya Angelou.

“Hopefully, we did a good deed. We were just blessed to be there to help.” Today’s labor history: twenty-five workers die in Imperial Poultry fire. Today’s labor quote: William Taylor.

Whether you’re enjoying the holiday, or punching in on the job, tune in on Monday, September 7, as WPFW 89.3FM presents the Workers Rising! Labor Day Special, featuring labor music; a Labor Radio/Podcast Network Roundtable; discussion on solidarity between Labor and the Black Lives Matter Movement and labor and the upcoming 2020 vote.

Produced by Union City Radio with support from Union Plus, the show runs from 8am until 5pm.

That’s Workers’ Rising!, this Monday, September 7, from 8am to 5pm, right her, on WPFW, Radio for the Resistance!

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Unemployment insurance professional “proud to serve fellow Marylanders in their time of need.” Today’s labor history: mineowners bomb West Virginia strikers by plane. Today’s labor quote: Dwight David Eisenhower.

Unions join historic march and rally in nation’s capital. Today’s labor history: Metal Engravers become the IAM. Today’s labor quote: Walter Reuther.