Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

From the Sky to the Strike Line

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From outdated tech to billion-dollar budgets left unused, America’s Work Force Radio breaks down the challenges facing aviation safety systems—and the workers trying to keep them running. Plus: Don’t miss today’s Postal Workers Museum tour at noon, or tonight’s screening of The Churning at the DC Labor FilmFest. In labor history, nearly 100,000 SBC workers walked off the job in 2004. And today’s labor quote comes from anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who went on trial for his life on this day in 1921.

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The Church, the Working Class, and Industrial Capitalism

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report explores how Pope Leo XIII confronted the rise of industrial capitalism and the plight of the urban working class—laying the groundwork for labor-conscious Catholic social teaching. Plus: Good Night, and Good Luck screens at the DC Labor FilmFest, we mark the 1933 rubber workers’ strike in Akron, and hear from labor historian William Cahn on the enduring influence of worker activism.

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The Human Cost of Corporate “Freedom”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A methane explosion at Mexico’s Pasta de Conchos mine in 2006 trapped 65 miners underground—sparking outrage, cross-border solidarity, and an enduring fight for justice. That’s from the Solidarity Works podcast, on the Labor Radio Podcast Network.Plus: Singing for Justice screens today at the DC Labor FilmFest, the deadly 1950 South Amboy dock explosion, and a powerful labor quote from Richard Trumka.

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TikTok Hacks, Tariffs & Labor Costs

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Manufacturing Report exposes how viral TikTok shopping hacks push ultra-cheap Chinese factory goods—and the hidden costs behind them. Plus: weekend labor films at the DC Labor FilmFest and Reel Work in California, the 1934 Minneapolis general strike, and a powerful quote from A. Philip Randolph.

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Shawn Fain: “Telling Workers’ Stories is Revolutionary”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: UAW President Shawn Fain accepts the 2025 Solidarity Forever Award from the Labor Heritage Foundation, reflecting on the revolutionary power of telling workers’ stories. Plus: the 1917 founding of the first public library workers’ union and a musical tribute to IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim.

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What Really Made America Great

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily, we hear from the On The Line podcast, where the power of honest history takes center stage. Educators and organizers are pushing back on sanitized narratives, lifting up the essential struggles—of enslaved Africans, suffragettes, and the Chicano labor movement—that truly built America. Plus: labor film highlights from D.C. to California, a victorious 1953 brewery strike, and a classic labor quote from modern-day picket lines.

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Know Your Rights: Teachers and Students Stand Together

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily, we hear from Working Voices on KPFK, where educators are taking a stand to protect immigrant students by distributing red rights cards and refusing to aid ICE without a warrant. Plus: labor arts calendar highlights and the 1913 IWW dockworkers strike in Philadelphia. Today’s labor quote comes from UAW President Doug Fraser, who broke barriers—and spoke hard truths—on this day in 1980.

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Labor on the Rise, Fear in the Streets

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: In 2025, over 580 Starbucks stores have unionized—an outcome few predicted just five years ago. Today’s Reinventing Solidarity podcast explores how this unexpected surge is reshaping the labor movement, especially among young workers. Plus: immigration raids echo a dark history, labor arts events from D.C. to California, and George Escobar of CASA calls out fear-based enforcement tactics.

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Importing Inequality

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Congress cracked down on undocumented workers—then made exceptions for low-wage white labor. Tales from the Reuther Library exposes the racial bias baked into U.S. labor policy. Plus: labor films this weekend, a 1934 strike, and Big Bill Haywood.

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Strike a Nerve, Snap a Shot, Draw the Line

Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Labor Heritage Power Hour, Tim Lawson spotlights the IBEW Photo Contest, Tabitha Arnold talks labor art with Australian cartoonist Sam Wallman, and Samantha Smith uncovers the hidden history of unionizing Las Vegas showgirls. Plus, music from the DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert.

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