Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Teamsters ready to strike

Teamsters 175 president Ken Hall previews strike issues on America’s Workforce radio.
Today’s labor quote: The film Blue Jean, which screens free tonight at AFI, closing out the 2023 DC Labor FilmFest.
Today’s labor history: Police kill 10 strikers in Memorial Day Massacre.

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Striking for quality TV and movies

What the Writers Guild strike means for TV and movie fans, from Labor Radio on KBOO-FM.
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: UFW agreement ends 17-year lettuce boycott.

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Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

“Something is broken”; Talking tone; “Abbott Elementary” star loves teachers; Los Angeles, 1992; The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Today’s labor quote: The Turkey Trot.
Today’s labor history: The Rochester (NY) general strike.

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The Tolpuddle Martyrs

A musical about English workers deported to Australia in 1834 for unionizing; from The Valley Labor Report.
Today’s labor quote: Francis Wilson.
Today’s labor history: 100,000 steel workers and miners strike.

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Los Angeles, 1992

Working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992, on the Belabored podcast.
Today’s labor quote: Toby Higbie.
Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO campaigns for a 35-hour workweek.

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“Abbott Elementary” star loves teachers

Sheryl Lee Ralph on Union Talk, the podcast from the American Federation of Teachers.
Today’s labor quote: Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Today’s labor history: Striking Rubber Workers return to work without a contract.

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Talking tone

Movie directors on what is “probably the strongest element” in a film; from The Director’s Cut, the podcast from the Directors Guild of America.
Today’s labor quote: Ted Selander.
Today’s labor history: The Battle of Toledo.

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“Something is broken”

Television industry reaping billions in profits while writer’s pay plummets; Writer's Guild of America, East Executive Director Lowell Peterson on the Union Strong podcast.
Today’s labor quote: Lowell Peterson.
Today’s labor history: Racism in Georgia Railroad strike.

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Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

“We are going to win”; Actors and AI; Philly’s left turn; Fighting for “the best job in the world”; The Forrest Gump of activism.
Today’s labor quote: Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
Today’s labor history: 100,000 unionized SBC Communications workers strike.

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The Forrest Gump of activism

The Labor Jawn podcast takes a look at the life of gay rights, HIV/AIDS, anti-war, and civil rights activist Kiyoshi Kuromiya.
Today’s labor quote: Kiyoshi Kuromiya.
Today’s labor history: Shootout in Matewan, West Virginia, between striking union miners and coal company agents.

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