Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Partners and Power Lines

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Line podcast explores how unions and environmentalists are finding common ground in the industrial Midwest. In labor history, workers finished carving Mount Rushmore in 1941. Quote of the day: Rudyard Kipling.

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Work Seen from the Inside

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Photographer Jim Brozek captures the grit and danger of honest work on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, which also features the award-winning exhibit Deadly Deception: The Asbestos Tragedy in McLean County. In labor history, miners in Tennessee revolted against convict labor in 1891. Quote of the day: The Working Man’s Advocate.

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Standing Up for Their Communities

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From The Boiling Point podcast, two cities are standing up for their communities in their own unique ways. In labor history, October 29 is celebrated as John Mitchell Day, honoring the United Mine Workers leader’s victory in the 1900 Great Strike. Quote of the day: John Mitchell.

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Walk the Entire Plant in VR?

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Talk the TAUC digs into real-world VR headset use cases for workers in the field. In labor history, Ironworkers completed the 630-foot Gateway Arch with zero fatalities. Quote of the day: A. Philip Randolph.

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Profit over people in SF’s Gateway warehouse plan

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek Radio covers community pushback against San Francisco’s Gateway warehouse plan and the health and environmental-justice stakes. In labor history, the National Negro Labor Council is founded in Cincinnati in 1951 to unite Black workers for equality. Quote of the day: Joe Johnson.

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Young workers organizing young workers

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Machinist 141 Connections on JetBlue ramp agents building an inside committee and peer-to-peer outreach to win a union. In labor history, 1892 New Orleans workers launched a general strike uniting Black and white workers for recognition and a 10-hour day. Quote of the day: Ken Bernstein.

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Parody is an organizer’s secret weapon

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour features Si Kahn on why parody songs are powerful tools for organizers. In labor history, two Brentwood postal workers died after anthrax exposure and the facility was later renamed in their honor. Quote of the day: Saul Alinsky.

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Canada’s largest union hits 800,000

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Radio Labour Canada on CUPE’s growth to 800,000 members and a vow to fight back-to-work orders and austerity. In labor history, folk hero “Pretty Boy” Floyd killed by the FBI near East Liverpool, Ohio. Quote of the day: “Pretty Boy” Floyd.

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32,000 MI home care workers win union power

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage on Michigan’s 32,000 home healthcare workers winning SEIU recognition with a 73% “yes.” In labor history, Wisconsin dairy farmers launched a 1933 milk strike amid Depression-era collapse. Quote of the day: Kate Atkinson.

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Fierce, cool, and fighting elder abuse

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Third & Fairfax talks with filmmaker Susie Singer Carter about “No Country for Old People” and exposing elder abuse. In labor history, Eugene Victor Debs died in 1926. Quote of the day: Gene Debs.

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