86K
Downloads
1821
Episodes
News and views from Labor Radio Podcast Network shows, plus labor quotes and history. #LaborRadioPod
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Bernie Sanders speech to the Oxford Union on how power in the U.S. is used against unions.
Today’s labor quote: Bernie Sanders.
Today’s labor history: 168 killed by American domestic terrorist’s bomb.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SenSanders
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Agreement -- which boosts some wages to more than $31 an hour -- covers 7,000 Hotel and Gaming Trades Council members.
Today’s labor quote: Fre Bryant.
Today’s labor history: West Virginia coal miners strike.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ACLUSouthUnited @ACLUDCunion @WBNG32035 @NYHTC @unitehere
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
One of labor’s biggest wins in the just-ended Maryland General Assembly session was House Bill 2 (Union Dues Subtraction), reports Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO President Donna Edwards.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS’ most controversial ruling: Lochner v. New York.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @MDDCStateFed
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Two from AFGE; Solid State Books workers unionize; LexisNexis employees unionize; Compass contract fight comes to World Bank.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: First women-led American union launches six-day strike across New England.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational @UFCW400 @newsguild @WBNG32035 @mlexguild @unitehere @unitehere23 @WorldBank
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
UNITE HERE members demand a $20 per hour minimum for Compass workers who serve elite clients in DC.
Today’s labor quote: Marlene Patrick Cooper.
Today’s labor history: Mexican and Filipino farm workers arrested for union activities in Imperial Valley, CA.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @unitehere @unitehere23 @WorldBank
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
MLex Guild covers more than 20 workers at MLex and FTCWatch in Washington, San Francisco and New York.
Today’s labor quote: Eugene Debs.
Today’s labor history: International Hod Carriers & Building Laborers’ Union
founded.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @newsguild @WBNG32035 @mlexguild
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Store owners voluntarily recognize UFCW 400 as their workers’ union.
Today’s labor quote: Florence Reece.
Today’s labor history: The Iron City Forge of the Sons of Vulcan – forerunners of United Steel Workers – forms.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @UFCW400
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
According to survey results released last Thursday by UNITE HERE Local 23.
Today’s labor quote: D. Taylor.
Today’s labor history: Jackie Robinson plays his first major league game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @unitehere23 @unitehere
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Federal workers union sees largest membership increase in almost seven years; TA at VA.
Today’s labor quote: Frances Perkins.
Today’s labor history: Immigrants rally across U.S. for rights.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @AFGENational
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Hands Off DC scores a win; AFGE’s new local for European feds; I AM Story: the strike that rocked Memphis; “Kroger, Safeway, don’t merge in our neighborhood!”; Emergency action for fired Union Kitchen worker.
Today’s labor quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s labor history: IWW organizies the Leviathan.
@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational @MineWorkers @AFSCME #StopTheMerger @UFCW400 @UnionKitchenDC
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.