Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Right side of history

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: SEIU president April Verrett on the Labor Heritage Power Hour says the labor movement must stand firmly on the right side of history. In labor history, 1770, Crispus Attucks was killed in the Boston Massacre. Quote of the day: Martin Luther King Jr.

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Connected to something bigger

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Radio on KBOO explores how Oregon workers see themselves as part of a larger, ongoing struggle. In labor history, 1937, UAW workers won the Flint sit-down strike. Quote of the day: Thomas Jefferson.

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Profits Over Patients

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: nurses warn the Riverside Rank and File that profit-driven healthcare is crowding out patient-centered care — and say their 31,000-member union is ready to “draw the line.” In labor history, Humboldt County lumber workers founded a union-run hospital in 1906. Quote of the day: William Green.

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Why We Do This

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek Radio lifts up educators fighting for students and public schools. In labor history, 6,000 Greyhound drivers struck in 1990, and Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass.

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Hope in hard times

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther Library explores how The Radical Fund defended workers and dissenters in America’s darkest times. In labor history, Eugene V. Debs joins the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1875, and Quote of the day: Gene Debs.

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One at a time we build solidarity

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Elise Bryant and the DC Labor Chorus on the Labor Heritage Power Hour remind us that solidarity grows person by person. In labor history, Chinese garment workers strike against union busting in San Francisco. Quote of the day: Charles Bukowski.

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Bring your noise maker

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: My Labor Radio reports on letter carriers’ plans to revive loud, old-school union rally energy with megaphones and cowbells. In labor history, death of a Montgomery Bus Boycott organizer. Quote of the day: Edgar Daniel Nixon.

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Enough Is Enough: Jobs and Justice for All

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red Podcast honors Jesse Jackson’s lifelong fight to unite workers around economic justice and multiracial solidarity. In labor history, police beat women and children during the 1912 Lawrence textile strike. Quote of the day: Jesse Jackson.

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We Can’t Just Bless America

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report explores inequality and working-class struggle in Atlanta. In labor history, Woody Guthrie writes “This Land Is Your Land.” Quote of the day: Woody Guthrie.

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One Day Longer Than Pittston

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Express Radio investigates layoffs, corruption, and worker resistance in auto manufacturing. In labor history, the Pittston coal strike settlement. Quote of the day: Richard Trumka.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.