Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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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The Spirit of Dead Workers Is All Around Us

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America’s Work Force explores the haunting legacy of John Henry and the songs born from the pain and pride of Black railroad workers. In labor history, trade unions formed the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Organizations, which became the AFL in 1881. Quote of the day: Leadbelly.

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Bernie on Debs: A Vision Beyond Capitalism

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Senator Bernie Sanders joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to reflect on labor hero Gene Debs and his enduring vision for justice and equality. In labor history, Karen Silkwood was killed in a suspicious crash while exposing nuclear safety violations in 1974. Quote of the day: Bernie Sanders.

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The Case That Made Scabby a Free Speech Symbol

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Worker’s Mic breaks down the federal case that affirmed Scabby the Rat’s protection under the First Amendment — and what it means for labor picketing today. In labor history, on this date in 1954, Ellis Island closed after welcoming 12 million immigrants to America. Quote of the day: Molly Ivins.

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