Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Coffee Culture Is Labor Culture

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: What’s Goin’ On Labor Friday breaks down how the Red Cup Rebellion reconnects Starbucks workers to the real roots of coffee culture—dignity, fair treatment, and a voice on the job. In labor history, New York City photoengravers shut down the papers in an 11-day strike. Quote of the day: William Sylvis.

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“Starbucks Took My Cat Away”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Notes digs into the strange reality of Starbucks’ cup-writing mandates — and why baristas say corporate policies are making an already tough job even harder. In labor history, “Pins & Needles” opened on Broadway in 1937 with a cast of ILGWU members. Quote of the day: from Pins and Needles.

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Starbucks barista: “Community care is union power”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We Rise Fighting shares a barista’s firsthand account of community, care, and why Starbucks workers are standing strong. In labor history, twenty-five young women died in the 1910 Newark factory fire when locked doors blocked their escape. Quote of the day: Rose Schneiderman.

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Now Is the Time to Stand With Starbucks Workers

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage digs into the escalating Starbucks strike and why baristas are calling for full solidarity. In labor history, 10,000 New Orleans workers marched in a landmark interracial solidarity parade in 1883. Quote of the day: George Meany.

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The strike wave Starbucks tried to stop

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on the fear, retaliation, and rights violations driving Starbucks workers to organize. In labor history, Cigarmakers Local 144 is chartered in New York City. Quote of the day: Sam Gompers.

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What’s it all worth?

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Next Generation Carrier podcast shares a raw look at burnout, exhaustion, and the emotional toll of the job. In labor history, the UAW’s massive 1945 strike against General Motors. Quote of the day: David Rovics.

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When the City Stopped

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Historian Robert W. Snyder joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to reflect on the existential choices frontline workers faced during COVID. In labor history, the time clock was invented in 1888. Quote of the day: Norman Thomas.

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Full-Time Work Shouldn’t Mean Food Bank Lines

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Blue Collar News exposes the injustice of workers delivering benefits while struggling to feed their own families. In labor history, Joe Hill was executed in 1915. Quote of the day: Joe Hill.

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Museums as Classrooms, Museums as Battlegrounds

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Art and Labor explores museums as both liberatory learning spaces and tools of empire. In labor history, 33 workers died when the Carl D. Bradley sank on Lake Michigan in 1958. Quote of the day: Pete Seeger.

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The Power of Grassroots Democracy

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Boiling Point explores how genuine grassroots organizing can shake entrenched power in unexpected ways. In labor history, the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen was founded in New York in 1785. Quote of the day: The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.

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