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Labor History Today (10/13): Reconciling a Slaveholding Past

On this week’s show: Jody Allen, Assistant Professor of History at the College of William and Mary and Director of The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation. Jody discusses William and Mary's slaveholding past and the genesis, research, and ongoing community outreach of The Lemon Project with Working History podcast host Beth English. Plus: SEIU 32BJ’s Maria Naranjo on the origins of "chingchinas" -- soda can noisemakers -- during the Justice for Janitors campaigns of the mid-Eighties. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock.

What’s in that bacon?

New Trump rule on pork production threatens worker safety and consumer health. Today’s labor history: plantation workers strike in Hawaii. Today’s labor quote from the "Bread and Roses" strike.

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Sherrod Brown on automation

“Those companies owe it to those workers to re-train them." Today’s labor history: 18,000 Mexican and Mexican-American workers strike in Pixley, California. Today’s labor quote by Samuel Gompers.

Bus driver runs for Bowie City Council

“I know first-hand how important the decisions of politicians can be to the everyday lives of workers." Today’s labor history: Chicago sanitation workers win 9-day strike. Today’s labor quote by “boom boom room” arbitration panel.

Sherrod Brown on progressive populism

“Progressive populism is never racist, it’s never anti-Semitic and it doesn’t raise people up by pushing others down.” Today’s labor history: Polish government bans the union Solidarity. Today’s labor quote by Lech Walesa.

Kroger member wins back pay, gets job back after year-long suspension

“It really shows that our union really does fight for us.” Today’s labor history: Hollywood’s "Battle of the Mirrors." Today’s labor quote by Phil Ochs (sung by Paul Robeson).

Labor History Today (10/6): Sex Workers Outreach Project makes history in Minneapolis

On this week’s show: Dr. Jayne Swift on the historic city ordinance just passed this August that has the potential to change the face of the adult entertainment industry in Minneapolis. Plus, Steve Striffler on “Solidarity: Latin America and the US Left in the Era of Human Rights.” Interviews by Patrick Dixon. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon.

Sen. Sherrod Brown on workers feeling emboldened

“Those who belong to unions are going to make stronger and stronger demands of their employers who have shared little of the wealth that the workers created.” Today’s labor history: Truman orders U.S. Navy to seize oil refineries, breaking strike. Today’s labor quote by Richard Trumka.

Janitors demand justice on DC streets

Vow to strike if they don't win a contract with fair wages by October 15. Today’s labor history: United Auto Workers call strike against Ford. Today’s labor quote by Woody Guthrie.