Episodes

Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
“Blackberry” opens DC Labor FilmFest
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
"Blackberry" is "a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive tech landscape at the turn of the 21st century." This year’s DC Labor FilmFest opens on May Day at the AFI Silver Theatre; click here for details.
Today’s labor quote: “Blackberry” film.
Today’s labor history: U.S. Army seizes Montgomery Ward department store after management defies NLRB.
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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Georgetown Labor Spring
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
The Labor Spring at Kalmanovitz panel of workers and organizers runs 3 to 5:30 pm today at Georgetown University.
Today’s labor quote: Alexis Harper.
Today’s labor history: 100 arrested while picketing a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina for union recognition.
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Fast, but not fair
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
New Georgetown report reveals how D.C’s instant delivery workplace is failing workers.
Today’s labor quote: Katie Wells.
Today’s labor history: Longshoremen shut down West Coast in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Union City Radio Highlights
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
MD labor celebrates win on union dues; NY hotel workers score historic pay raise; Bernie’s power lessons; Confirm Julie Su!; VA labor stands up for history.
Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
Today’s labor history: First women-led American union launches six-day strike across New England.
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Friday Apr 21, 2023
VA labor stands up for history
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Virginia workers and labor union leaders call on the State Board of Education not to erase labor history from Virginia schools.
Today’s labor quote: Doris Crouse-Mays.
Today’s labor history: Rockefeller signs Taylor Law in NYS, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike.
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Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Confirm Julie Su!
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Well-heeled lobbyists and corporate special interests are spending big to block worker advocate Julie Su’s confirmation as Labor Secretary.
Today’s labor quote: Julie Su.
Today’s labor history: 10,000 demonstrators celebrate Lowell textile workers’ win.
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Bernie’s power lessons
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.
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
NY hotel workers score historic pay raise
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.
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
MD labor celebrates win on union dues
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.
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Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Union City Radio Highlights
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.
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