Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

We're Gonna Make a Motion

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A striking Bookmans worker on Words and Work explains why they took action. Plus: Give Light labor art event in NYC, and the House passes the Taft-Hartley Act on this day in 1947.

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Starving the Soul in Gaza

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A student hunger striker on the Working People podcast reflects on Gaza, starvation, and cultural erasure. Plus, the Dropkick Murphys perform at Friday’s Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall; on this day in 1956, 600,000 Steelworkers went on strike; and we remember the ILGWU, founded June 3, 1900, with “Look for the Union Label.”

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When the Job Moves

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily:  When your job is relocated—whether it’s 50 miles away or suddenly just around the corner—it can mean a major life decision or a welcome change. We hear from the Roswell Hub podcast on how workers are impacted by shifting job sites. Plus: the labor arts calendar, the first printers’ strike in 1786, and a look back at the unratified 1924 amendment to end child labor.

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“Trump the Uniter?” Labor Struggles and Resistance

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Trump’s crackdown in Newark backfires, uniting protestors and sparking global anti-fascist solidarity. From What’s Going On Labor Mondays. On today’s labor arts calendar: the film Lilly — about equal pay trailblazer Lilly Ledbetter — screens online, and High Iron, an immersive rail labor experience, is on view in Laramie, Wyoming.
In today’s labor history: remembering the Memorial Day Massacre of 1937.

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Setting Hearts on Fire

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist and movement strategist Ricardo Levins Morales explores the deep emotional roots of organizing, while comics artist and activist Michael DeForge reflects on the power of political art—and how one of his posters sparked a labor board hearing. Plus: closing night of the DC Labor FilmFest, solidarity at the Kennedy Center, and a strike at Walt Disney in today’s labor history.

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From Foreigner to Belonging

What does it mean to become American? On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily, 3rd & Fairfax explores identity, transformation, and the immigrant experience. Plus: The Last Pullman Car screens online tonight—free—with a live Q&A. And in labor history, dancing the Turkey Trot gets 15 women fired in 1912.

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Union Rights Under Fire in Utah

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From Utah’s Worker Power Hour, a call for more union-friendly candidates across the political spectrum as labor rights face mounting challenges. Plus, Eleanor Roosevelt on the meaning of human rights, and Good Night, and Good Luck screens at the DC Labor FilmFest.

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The Case for a 4-Day Workweek

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Is a 4-day workweek the key to better health and productivity? We hear from Stick Together about new research backing shorter workweeks—workers rested, happier, and just as productive. Plus: this week’s labor arts calendar, a look back at the steel strike of 1937, and a chilling preview of the Memorial Day Massacre.

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Long Lines, Short Staff: Social Security in Crisis

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Heartland Labor Forum explores how frontline Social Security workers are grappling with understaffing and long lines. We also preview this quiet Memorial Day weekend's labor arts offerings and mark the deadly turning point of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike. laborradionetwork.org

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Joe McCartin on Workers and History

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: “People make their own history.” Labor historian Joe McCartin joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to explore how workers shape the world—within the limits they inherit. We also mark the anniversary of the 1909 Georgia Railroad strike and remember labor leader Eugene Debs, imprisoned on this day in 1895. Plus, check out tonight’s DC Labor FilmFest screening of Bless Their Little Hearts.

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