Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Emergency Assistance Fund “helped me to breathe." Today’s labor history: Army seizes Montgomery Ward HQ after management defies labor board. Today’s labor quote: Bonnie Castillo.

The equipment is essential as nurses work to save lives and limit the spread of the virus. Today’s labor history: New York Times eight-hour movement “un-American.” Today’s labor quote: Nydia Velazquez.

“Corporations are not losing, it's the hourly employees that's losing.” Today’s labor history: Longshoremen’s Union halts shipping in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal. Today’s labor quote: Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Tens of thousands of health care workers nationwide have become infected with COVID-19. Today’s labor history: death of Ida Mae Stull, nation’s first woman coal miner. Today’s labor quote: Ida Mae Stull.

“Together, we will build clean, thriving and fair economy.” Today’s labor history: Red Jacket coal mine explosion in VA kills 45. Today’s labor quote: Richard Trumka.

“We are not afraid of doing this job…We are afraid that we don’t have the proper equipment.” Today’s labor history: Goodyear Tire workers strike. Today’s labor quote: Lillian Roberts.

Workers are paying the ultimate price. Today’s labor history: 10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers’ win in Lowell, MA. Today’s labor quote: Eleanor Roosevelt.

Passed away last Wednesday night from Covid-19. Today’s labor history: American domestic terrorist’s bomb kills 168, including 99 government employees. Today’s labor quote: Booker T. Washington.

J Street staff joins the union. Today’s labor history: NYC bus companies agree to hire black drivers and mechanics after boycott. Today’s labor quote: Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Unions urge declaring all grocery store, pharmacy, and food processing workers as ‘first responders.’ Today’s labor history: Supreme Court’s mistaken “Lochner versus New York” ruling. Today’s labor quote: Mary C. Turner, RN.