Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM on September 2, 2019, 8-9am Chris and Elise spin some of their favorite labor tunes from a variety of genres. Engineering & co-DJing by Chris Bangert-Drowns

Union approval rate highest in 50 years; nearly half a million struck in 2018. Today’s labor history: mineowners bomb West Virginia strikers by plane. Today’s labor quote by Richard Trumka.

On this week’s show: Who really inspired Joe Hill to write “The Rebel Girl?” We dig deep into this mystery and uncover some new heroes of the American labor movement. We also explore the lives and work of five pioneering female journalists in “Labor Feminism in the Federated Press” on the latest Tales from the Reuther Library podcast. 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.

They’ve been trying to negotiate a fair first contract for over a year. Today’s labor history: formation of the National Trades' Union. Today’s labor quote by Franklin Roosevelt.

Roger Wendell “Buck” Hill walked DC’s streets delivering mail by day but at night he was a saxophonist who accompanied such greats as Miles Davis, Max Roach and Dizzy Gillespie. Today’s labor history: Lusty Lady Club dancers unionize. Today’s labor quote by Ramona Falls, organizer for Minneapolis’ chapter of Sex Workers Outreach Project.

Vote unanimously to strike if ongoing negotiations stall. Today’s labor history: 250,000 turn out for DC march for jobs and freedom. Today’s labor quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We moved nearly 5,000 people into apprenticeship…3,800 of them were from communities of color, over a thousand were women.” Today’s labor history: Truman seizes railroads to prevent a general strike. Today’s labor quote from an African proverb.

Some say the staffing crisis is a matter of life and death. Today’s labor history: birth of strikebreaker Allan Pinkerton. Today’s labor quote by A. Philip Randolph.

On this week’s show: Heidi Thomas on the history of rodeo women; Frances Perkins’ labor landmarks; Common revisits MLK’s "I Have A Dream" speech; labor and civil rights activists unite to desegregate Glen Echo Amusement Park. 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.

Tune in from 8 am to 12 noon on Monday, September 2, as Union City Radio celebrates Labor Day with the annual “WORKERS RISING” LABOR DAY SPECIAL. We’ll be playing music about work and workers and visiting with members of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network. Our guests will include Mary Gray, author of “Ghost Workers,” labor historians Joe McCartin and Jim Gregory and we’ll take the quiz on How to Tip in America. That’s the annual “WORKERS RISING” LABOR DAY SPECIAL, on WPFW 89.3 FM starting at 8am on Monday, September 2.