Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Come on, Amazon; WTF is “Loper Bright”?; Whose country?; “I’m an abolitionist”; Origins of the Starbucks campaign
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: Death of Baxter Leach, who helped organize the Memphis sanitation strike

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Origins of the Starbucks campaign

The Western NY roots of the Starbucks organizing campaign, on the Union Strong podcast.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founded.

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“I’m an abolitionist”

Dr. Cornell West on the Union or Bust podcast.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Cornell West.
Today’s labor history: UFW launches lettuce boycott.

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Whose country?

A Rick Smith Show caller on the politics of country music.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: Farm Workers Organizing Committee chartered.

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WTF is “Loper Bright”?

How the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo could weaken National Labor Relations Board rulings and hurt organized labor; America’s Work Force Radio reports.
Today’s labor quote: Sara Nelson.
Today’s labor history: Air Line Stewardesses Association formed.

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Come on, Amazon

Labor news headlines, on Labor Week
Today’s labor quote: Joyce Miller
Today’s labor history: Broom & Whisk Makers Union disbands

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Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

Union Talk; Inside the UPS contract; A worker’s a worker; “Baltimore doesn’t happen without Charleston”
Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler
Today’s labor history: Liz Shuler elected AFL-CIO president

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Rock and civil rights

Radical Songbook host Michael Funke on how rock music helped drive the civil rights movement, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour.
Today’s labor quote: Eugene Victor Debs
Today’s labor history: WEVD founded in NYC.

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“Baltimore doesn’t happen without Charleston”

Longtime union organizer Bob Muehlenkamp on how a failed 1969 strike in Charleston led to an organizing win for Baltimore-area hospital and nursing home workers.
Today’s labor quote: The Wobblies.
Today’s labor history: IWW members tried for opposing war.

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A worker’s a worker

The Workers’ Mic reports on strike solidarity in Chicago.
Today’s labor quote: George Meany.
Today’s labor history: Homer Martin born.

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