Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Sanitation strikes and society’s backbone

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Jawn on why Philly gets a sanitation strike about every 40 years — and what that says about the work we can’t live without. In labor history, Walmart shut down its only unionized auto department just two months after workers won a contract. Quote of the day: Will Rogers.

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Holding on to the power of democracy

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Naomi Williams joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to discuss her new book A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity and why centering the most vulnerable is key to freedom for all. In labor history, 1980 saw Polish union Solidarity seize the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, a turning point in the fall of the Iron Curtain. Quote of the day: Lech Walesa.

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“What about unemployed people?”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther recalls an AFL-CIO meeting where delegates challenged union leaders to focus more on unemployed workers. In labor history, on this date in 1963, A. Philip Randolph protested the AFL-CIO’s refusal to endorse the March on Washington. Quote of the day: A. Philip Randolph.

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Hard hats vs. hippies in New York

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America’s Workforce Radio digs into Nixon’s role in the infamous 1970 “hard hat protest” that pitted construction workers against anti-war demonstrators. In labor history, on this date in 1994, Major League Baseball players launched a 232-day strike that wiped out 938 games. Quote of the day: Gene Orza.
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America’s Workforce Radio; Tales from the Reuther Library; Labor Jawn; Solidarity Works; Labor Heritage Power Hour

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From America’s Workforce Radio, we revisit the Vietnam era’s “Hard Hat” protest and how labor’s stance on war split the movement. Tales from the Reuther Library explores rank-and-file reform in the Steelworkers with the story of “Oil Can Eddie.” Labor Jawn takes us inside Philadelphia’s once-every-40-years sanitation strikes. On Solidarity Works, the legacy of Cesar Chavez and the Delano grape strike is remembered as a call to action for today’s immigrant workers. And the Labor Heritage Power Hour uncovers the radical roots of the American West in the Great Cowboy Strike of 1883. Plus, Harold Phillips spotlights “Shows You Should Know” from across the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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The legacy of Cesar Chavez is a call to action

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Solidarity Works looks at how the Delano grape strike’s legacy continues to inspire immigrant labor, collective struggle, and organizing power.
In labor history, on this date in 1884, federal troops drove 1,200 jobless workers from Washington D.C.
Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez.

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Fighting Misinformation at the Local Scale

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Boiling Point podcast tackles the importance of local labor media in the fight against misinformation.
In labor history, on this date in 1902, Charles James became the first African-American elected to lead a central labor body in the U.S.
Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez.

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Cowboys and Capitalists

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Filmmaker Matthew Pehl on the 1883 Great Cowboy Strike, featured on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, along with reports from the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and San Francisco’s LaborFest.
In labor history, on this date in 1988, TV writers ended a 22-week strike.
Quote of the day: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

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The Union’s Bigger Family

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working To Live In Southwest Washington on why union membership means more than just good benefits—it means community and security.
In labor history, on this date in 2000, Verizon workers launched an 18-day strike.
Quote of the day: Saul Alinsky.

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Why Can't Plumbers Represent Chimney Sweeps?

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Pipe Up podcast, members of the Plumber’s Union discuss expanding representation to chimney sweeps—and why it’s not so crazy.
In labor history, on this date in 1933, FDR established the National Labor Board to enforce collective bargaining rights.
Quote of the day: George Orwell.

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