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UFCW 400 president Mark Federici by Union City Radio

Gabrielle Carteris on the beginning of #MeToo

“It really started with some women of color who came out and nobody was really listening to them.” Today’s labor history: Jobless workers marched on grocery stores and seize food. Today’s labor quote by Steven Greenhouse.

MD state workers demand action on staffing crisis

“Chronic understaffing has meant state employees workloads have expanded to the breaking point, mandated overtime is skyrocketing, and work environments are increasingly dangerous.” Today’s labor history: coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia win ten-week strike. Today’s labor quote by Merle Travis.

Challenger Paratransit workers reach tentative agreement

Agreement addresses major worker concerns, including lack of respect. Today’s labor history: miners gunned down by Lattimer Mine deputies. Today’s labor quote by Saul Alinsky.

Labor History Today (9/8/19): Longest – and most divisive – teacher strike in NYC history

On this week’s show: Teacher-community solidarity was the key to victory in the 2018 Los Angeles teacher's strike, but this wasn't the case in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Ocean Hill-Brownsville in 1968 when the longest teacher strike in New York City history also turned out to be its most divisive. Nick Juravich explains why. 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.

Gabrielle Carteris on the beginning of #MeToo

“It really started with some women of color who came out and nobody was really listening to them.” Today’s labor history: Boston police strike. Today’s labor quote by Steven Greenhouse.

Satnam Virdee on "Race, Class and the Politics of Solidarity"

“When we bring race back into our analysis of class, it offers us resources of hope.” Today’s labor history: Avondale Mine disaster kills 110. Today’s labor quote by Carmen Castillo.

MontCo officials want review of MetroAccess contractor

Point to performance issues at Challenger as well as an escalating labor dispute. Today’s labor history: first Labor Day parade in NYC. Today’s labor quote by E.P. Thompson.

Satnam Virdee on "Race, Class and the Politics of Solidarity" (full interview)

Professor Satnam Virdee. Professor of Sociology, University of Glasgow, summarizes his keynote speech on September 4 on "Race, Class and the Politics of Solidarity" at the 2019 Working-Class Studies Association conference at the University of Kent, Canterbury UK. Interviewed by Union City Radio's Chris Garlock.