Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“These are all things that we can invest in now and move forward on,” says Mike Monroe, Chief of Staff at North America's Building Trades Unions. Today’s labor history: Farm Workers Organizing Committee chartered by AFL-CIO. Today’s labor quote by Cesar Chavez.

Locked-out BSO musicians picket; Your Rights At Work; DC Health Justice Coalition; NoVA Labor vigil. Today’s labor history: Sacco and Vanzetti executed. Today’s labor quote by Joyce Miller.

Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America. Today’s labor history: Nat Turner’s Revolt begins. Today’s labor quote from the R.J. Phillips Band.

Challenges “extreme and unprecedented interpretation of the Hatch Act.” Today’s labor history: Northern Rockies firestorm kills firefighters. Today’s labor quote by Saul Alinsky.

Life lessons from an immigrant who’s become an American labor leader. Today’s labor history: Striking Phelps-Dodge copper miners face state power. Today’s labor quote by Abraham Lincoln.

On this week’s show: The R.J. Phillips Band’s "Nat Turner"; Gene Bruskin discusses his new musical play, “The Moment Was Now,” which takes place in post-civil war Baltimore in 1869, when “America almost did the right thing.” Plus an update on the fate of the Victor Arnautoff murals. 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.

“It’s about a moment when our country almost did the right thing!” Today’s labor history: Birth of Homer Martin, early UAW leader. Today’s labor quote by George Meany.

“We have the responsibility of speaking out when we see something that isn’t fair” Today’s labor history: Remembering 1989 CWA striker Gerry Horgan. Today’s labor quote by Will Rogers.

“They’ve gamed the system so no matter what happens to the corporations they acquire, it’s ‘heads they win, tails you lose.’” Today’s labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act. Today’s labor quote by Lech Walesa.

Deal is “an example of what working people can accomplish when we stand together." Today’s labor history: Bay Area mill employers lock out 8,000 workers. Today’s labor quote by A. Philip Randolph.