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Jul 17, 2019
Jul 17, 2019
3 min
“It’s time for those negotiators to go back to the table and hammer out an agreement that’s good for working people across the country.” Today’s labor history: the Port Chicago Mutiny. Today’s labor quote by Joseph Small.
Jul 16, 2019
Jul 16, 2019
2 min
“Working people should be included in every conversation.” Today’s labor history: SF Longshoreman's strike spreads into general strike. Today’s labor quote by Harriet Tubman.
Jul 15, 2019
Jul 15, 2019
3 min
“You can't make it on a Walmart paycheck.” Today’s labor history: Strikers shut down U.S. steel mills. Today’s labor quote by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Jul 15, 2019
Jul 15, 2019
17 min
On this week’s show: Robert Cherney on the genesis of the San Francisco Board of Education’s decision to paint over New Deal murals. Eleanor Mahoney’s new feature on labor landmarks. 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.
Jul 11, 2019
Jul 11, 2019
2 min
CEO-to-worker pay ratio now 287 to 1. Today’s labor history: striking coal miners dynamite housing for management thugs. Today’s labor quote by Sidney Hillman.
Jul 10, 2019
Jul 10, 2019
2 min
“We need their voices now. We need their expertise now.” Today’s labor history: troops put down Pullman Strike. Today’s labor quote by Mary McLeod Bethune.
Jul 9, 2019
Jul 9, 2019
3 min
Union works to “make our legal services and advocacy nonprofits more inclusive, accountable, and effective.” Today’s labor history: NYC subway workers fight speed-up. Today’s labor quote by Ken Riley.
Jul 8, 2019
Jul 8, 2019
2 min
More than 1,500 transit workers have joined the Amalgamated Transit Union. Today’s labor history: IWW wraps up founding convention. Today’s labor quote by Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor.
Jul 7, 2019
Jul 7, 2019
39 min
On this week’s show: The recent history of feminist social justice activism in Appalachia; Working History podcast host Beth English interviews Jessica Wilkerson, Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi, on her book, "To Live Here You Have to Fight."
Jul 5, 2019
Jul 5, 2019
2 min
“People are finally connecting the dots that coming together is more powerful.” Today’s labor history: the Battle of Rincon Hill. Today’s labor quote by Robert Wagner.