Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“TiVo for Radio”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Radio show explores how the Labor Radio Podcast Network amplifies worker voices. In labor history, the 1919 deportations that launched the Red Scare. Quote of the day: Leonardo da Vinci.

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We Built the Movement

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: voices from Reinventing Solidarity remind us how Black organizers and institutions helped build the UAW—and why that history still gets erased. In labor history, a 1983 Greyhound strike ended after 47 days with deep concessions and the death of striker Ray Phillips. Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass.

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It Ain’t About Scrooge, It’s About Us

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A powerful excerpt from A Red Carol by the San Francisco Mime Troupe reframes Dickens as a collective call to resist greed and reclaim solidarity. In labor history, General Motors announced the closure of 21 North American plants in 1991. Quote of the day: San Francisco Mime Troupe.

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“No Place for You in This Firm”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A candid conversation from Union Strong about confronting workplace discrimination and turning exclusion into a lifelong fight for workers’ rights. In labor history, Deborah Sampson—who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War—was born in 1760. Quote of the day: Abraham Lincoln.

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Who’s Watching the Commute?

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: a closer look at license plate readers and the expanding surveillance of workers’ daily lives, from the Union or Bust podcast. In labor history, in 1977 the Willmar 8 launched the first strike against a bank in U.S. history. Quote of the day: Doris Boshart.

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Dignity for All

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: global unions rally to free jailed Hong Kong labor leaders as the ITUC launches an international campaign. In labor history, in 1921 the Kansas National Guard was deployed against thousands of women miners’ supporters known as the “Amazon Army.” Quote of the day: Clinton Jencks.

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History Is Our Best Defense

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther Library warns that understanding labor history is essential as threats to the NLRA grow. In labor history, a 2006 immigration sweep at Swift meat plants led to nearly 1,300 arrests. Quote of the day: John Sweeney.

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The People We Don’t See

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Ann Goethals reads from her debut novel The Doublewide on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, exploring caregiving, dignity, and the workers we overlook. In labor history, Black farmers form the Colored Farmers’ National Alliance in 1886. Quote of the day: Ann Goethals.

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History Makes Democracy Possible

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On Writing explores why public broadcasting—and the honest, in-depth storytelling it provides—is essential to understanding our past and defending democracy today. In labor history, Cesar Chavez is jailed for refusing to end the UFW lettuce boycott. Quote of the day: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Systematic Discrimination at Amazon

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Power At Work digs into New Jersey’s investigation alleging widespread discrimination against Amazon workers. In labor history, a new agreement ends the longest strike in U.S. tire industry history. Quote of the day: Joanna Maciejewska.

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