Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“They give 90s to companies like Walmart that treat their employees terribly.” Today’s labor history: Birth of Glove Workers Union president Agnes Nestor. Today’s labor quote by Albert Parsons.

On this week’s show: A rollicking hour with former union clowns Murray Horwitz and Chris Bricker; both were graduates of the Ringling College of Clowns, Class of 1971 and went on to become professional clowns and then union reps at the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus. Horwitz went on to become an American playwright, lyricist, NPR broadcaster, and arts administrator, and Bricker is a longtime labor organizer and saw-playing member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 1000, the acoustic travelling musicians union. 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. Grace Jones - Send in the Clowns https://youtu.be/TGUtkJgDehE

Latest picketing schedule, plus how to support BSO musicians. Today’s labor history: 100,000 march in support of Detroit newspaper strike. Today’s labor quote by Abraham Lincoln.

“People don’t give you money because you need it…people give you money if you inspire them.” Today’s labor history: KKK attacks striking African-American auto workers. Today’s labor quote by Harry Truman.

Exhibit brings viewers into the experiences of women who work in construction and skilled trades. Today’s labor history: Rubber workers pioneer the sit-down strike. Today’s labor quote by Sam Gompers.

Say they’ll continue to fight to preserve the world-class orchestra. Today’s labor history: proposed March on Washington prompts desegregation in war industries. Today’s labor quote by A. Philip Randolph.

In more than half of this country, workers work in a place where they could be fired for being gay if they don’t have a union contract. Today’s labor history: birth of the United Steelworkers of America. Today’s labor quote by Susan B. Anthony.

On this week’s show: The conclusion of our discussion with Clint Burelson and Len Shindel about two historic strikes back in 1970: one by 150 Garrett County roads workers in western Maryland, the other a massive wildcat by 200,000 postal workers. Also this week, Patrick Dixon talks with Luis Brennan, one of the Burgerville Workers Union organizers in Portland, Oregon. And, inspired by the recent legal victory by nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Alan, Ben and Chloe scoured the University of Maryland’s Meany Labor Archives for some cool things illustrating the history of organizing by health care workers. 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. Justin Grennan & The Project - "Signed, Sealed Delivered" https://youtu.be/H5L1hVNS2HE

Extended labor history edition, including passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Today’s labor quote by Eugene Debs.

Your Rights At Work, Justice for Janitors and the Farmworker Justice Award Reception. Today’s labor history: founding of the American Railway Union. Today’s labor quote by Tony Mazzocchi.