Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Gloria Johnson’s Promise

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Elise Bryant recounts the story of CLUW leader Gloria Johnson and the promise she made after facing segregation while in labor, on a special International Women’s Day edition of the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, the 1912 Bread and Roses strike ends in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Quote of the day: Rose Schneiderman.

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The Problem With Oreos

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast digs into deforestation and labor rights abuses tied to ingredients in Oreos and other global commodities. In labor history, Luddites smashed textile machines near Nottingham in 1811; Quote of the day: Albert Einstein.

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Big Tech Moves In Next Door

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Economics for the People reports on a massive data center project planned near homes on Bly Road and what it could mean for residents and workers. In labor history, the Supreme Court upheld Eugene V. Debs’ WWI-era conviction in 1919; Quote of the day: Gene Debs.

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Fight Like Hell for Our Unions

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Solidarity Podcast from Teamsters Local 769 says workers won’t give up their unions. In labor history, the 1912 Westmoreland County coal strike begins. Quote of the day: Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Labor celebrates International Women’s Day

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Immigrant workers under attack in today’s climate on the Unite and Win podcast. Labor celebrates International Women’s Day. In labor history, Joe Hill’s “There Is Power In A Union” appeared in the IWW’s Little Red Song Book. Quote of the day: Folk Hogan’s version.

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Right side of history

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: SEIU president April Verrett on the Labor Heritage Power Hour says the labor movement must stand firmly on the right side of history. In labor history, 1770, Crispus Attucks was killed in the Boston Massacre. Quote of the day: Martin Luther King Jr.

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Connected to something bigger

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Radio on KBOO explores how Oregon workers see themselves as part of a larger, ongoing struggle. In labor history, 1937, UAW workers won the Flint sit-down strike. Quote of the day: Thomas Jefferson.

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Profits Over Patients

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: nurses warn the Riverside Rank and File that profit-driven healthcare is crowding out patient-centered care — and say their 31,000-member union is ready to “draw the line.” In labor history, Humboldt County lumber workers founded a union-run hospital in 1906. Quote of the day: William Green.

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Why We Do This

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek Radio lifts up educators fighting for students and public schools. In labor history, 6,000 Greyhound drivers struck in 1990, and Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass.

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Hope in hard times

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther Library explores how The Radical Fund defended workers and dissenters in America’s darkest times. In labor history, Eugene V. Debs joins the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1875, and Quote of the day: Gene Debs.

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Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.