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Plus, collective bargaining for public employees and repeal of so-called "right to work" advance in VA. Today’s labor history: Pemberton Mill collapse kills more than 100. Today’s labor quote by George Meany.

Writer, actor, and filmmaker John Sayles talks about his latest novel, “Yellow Earth,” and about his classic labor films Matewan and Eight Men Out. Plus, a reading from “Yellow Earth.” Also this week, Saul Schniderman on the arrest of “Mother” Jones while leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines, and Jacob Feinspan remembers the 1926 general strike by New York furriers. 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. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

“There was a board called a bathroom board.” Today’s labor history: 150 killed by Osage Coal mine explosion. Today’s labor quote by Mary Kenney O’Sullivan.

Covered top-priority issues for labor in healthcare, education, transportation, and hospitality. Today’s labor history: 1,200 firefighters put down The Great Baltimore Fire. Today’s labor quote by Seattle labor leader.

Rev. Leah Daughtry on the Reconnecting McDowell project. Today’s labor history: premiere of Chaplin’s Modern Times. Today’s labor quote by Bill Clinton.

Set historical precedent as first African American woman to hold top offices at ATU 689 and the Metro Council. Today’s labor history: birth of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Today’s labor quote by Richard Trumka.

Workers react to Safeway's plan to close distribution center. Today’s labor history: Hatters Union boycott irks Supreme Court. Today’s labor quote by Ritchie Brooks.

On today’s show, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall discusses her new book, Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of the South in an excerpt from the Working History podcast. Also this week, Karen Nussbaum on Iris Rivera’s historic refusal to serve coffee, Jessica Pauszek reads poetry by a striking British miner’s wife and Tom Zaniello remembers Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. 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. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Laborsbookstore.com offers news and used labor books. Today’s labor history: Farm Workers end grape, lettuce and wine boycotts. Today’s labor quote by Emma Tenayuca.

NPEU contract expands worker voice, increases transparency, promotes equity and increases compensation. Today’s labor history: Beginnings of the International Labour Organization. Today’s labor quote from Erna Solberg.