Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

“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.

Elise Bryant reads Carl Sandburg’s poem about who should be memorialized in our statues. Today’s labor history: President Cleveland declares Labor Day an official U.S. holiday. Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.

AFSCME Maryland battles Hogan’s drastic cuts to state government. Today’s labor history: 26,000 NYC hotel workers strike. Today’s labor quote: The IWW.

Without massive federal aid, EPI says 5.3 million workers likely to lose their jobs by the end of 2021. Today’s labor history: American Railway Union supports Pullman strikers. Today’s labor quote: Emma Goldman.

“Thank you so much to everyone who donated” to CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund. “As we are able, we will also stand in solidarity to support others!” Today’s labor history: 8,000 attend dedication of The Haymarket Martyrs Monument. Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.