Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

“Pick it up off the shelf and make it yours”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Union Bug reflects on how past struggles can inspire today’s organizing. In labor history, millions joined the 2006 Day Without Immigrants protests. Quote of the day: The Internationale.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Can unions build power through culture too?

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Labor Heritage Power Hour explores how unions are investing in arts and culture to build worker power. In labor history, the NLRB moved to speed union elections in 2012. Quote of the day: Barack Obama.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

“People power for mobility is not new”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Heartland Labor Forum explores how transit riders have long used organizing to demand freedom of mobility. In labor history, Coxey’s Army reaches Washington in 1894. Quote of the day: Jacob Coxey.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

“Can’t afford a car after 20 years on the job”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On Union Strong, Albany News Guild journalists describe life without a contract for 17 years—and what it means for local news. In labor history, Congress creates OSHA in 1970 and April 28 is Workers Memorial Day. Quote of the day: Mother Jones.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Blurred lines at home and abroad

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red podcast examines how the line between domestic and foreign surveillance is eroding. In labor history, “Bread and Roses” was published in the IWW’s Industrial Solidarity in 1946. Quote of the day: from the song “Bread and Roses.”

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

“Learn to See the Grassland”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Stick Together explores how we misread landscapes—and labor—on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. In labor history, West Coast dockworkers shut down ports in 1999 for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Quote of the day: Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

“Free on May Day”

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour previews the May Day re-release of American Dream at the DC Labor FilmFest. In labor history, pioneering coal miner Ida Mae Stull died in 1980. Quote of the day: Ida Mae Stull.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Black rain and toxic truth

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People exposes environmental disaster and worker danger. In labor history, enslaved Africans led the first recorded revolt in 1526. Quote of the day: Mother Jones.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Breaking barriers in the trades

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: My Labor Radio spotlights efforts to make trades training accessible for women. In labor history, New York’s Taylor Law reshaped public sector unions in 1967. Quote of the day: John D. Rockefeller.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Data centers come with hidden costs

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Rick Smith Show examines the environmental and economic impacts of AI data centers. In labor history, 10,000 celebrated a textile strike win in Lowell in 1912. Quote of the day: Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.