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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Bangladeshi textile workers’ yearlong protest

January 02, 2024 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Australia-based Stick Together podcast reports Today’s labor history: IWW formed in Chicago Today’s labor quote: T-Bone Slim @stick__together @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Union work is fundamentally political”

January 01, 2024 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Unions, Israel and Palestine, on KBOO’s Labor Radio Today’s labor history: Hank Williams’ final union meeting Today’s labor quote: Hank Williams @kboo @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Madison labor joins Palestine solidarity march

December 29, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Labor Radio on WORT 89.9 FM reports Today’s labor history: Occupational Safety & Health Act signed Today’s labor quote: Tony Mazzocchi @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

WPFW - The Labor Heritage Power Hour The Labor Heritage Power Hour - Thursday, December 28, 2023

December 28, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Bayard Rustin, leader and lover

December 28, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

On today's Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW), Jarel Sanders and Denecia Williams Montfort discuss the new Netflix film “Rustin”, about the civil, labor and gay rights leader Today’s labor quote: Bayard Rustin Today’s labor history: auto workers sit-in at GM’s Fisher Body plant @jarelyboy @prideatwork @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Protecting our letter carriers

December 27, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

You Are The Current Resident, the podcast from the National Association of Letter Carriers, reports on a surge in violence against letter carriers. Today’s labor quote: Franklin D. Roosevelt Today’s labor history: FDR seizes railroads to prevent strike @NALC_National @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Holiday wishes from your postal workers

December 26, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.84 MB

Voices from the APWU podcast, Communicating With You, The Member Today’s labor quote: Juan Cruz Today’s labor history: Knights of Labor founded @APWUnational  @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Actors struck for us all

December 25, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Actor Chelsea Rendon tells the El Cafecito del Dia podcast why the SAG-AFTRA strike was a win for all workers Today’s labor quote: Kathy Newman Today’s labor history: Bombing at an LA strike @LCLAA @_kathymnewman @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Destigmatizing mental illness in the trades

December 22, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The Bridging the Iron podcast talks with Gretchen Hoyt at NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Today’s labor quote: Louis H. Albert Today’s labor history: National Building Trades Council formed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily SFMT’s “A Red Carol”

December 21, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2 MB

On today's Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW), the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s working class take on the Charles Dickens’ Christmas holiday classic.   Today’s labor quote: “A Red Carol” Today’s labor history: Child labor launches the Industrial Revolution in America @SFTroupers @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Fighting back, at Medieval Times

December 20, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Working Voices reports on the Medieval Times workers strike Today’s labor history: NYC transit workers strike Today’s labor quote: Roger Toussaint @MTUnitedNJ @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily 1-day strike at the Washington Post

December 19, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Posties walk, on Work Week Radio Today’s labor quote: Merle Travis Today’s labor history: Explosion kills 239 coal miners @labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Union-Made holidays

December 18, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Steelworker-made gifts to last a lifetime, on the Solidarity Works podcast Today’s labor quote: Charles Dickens Today’s labor history: GM closes 21 plans @steelworkers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily B.C.’s tough and fearless truck-driving woman

December 15, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

On The Line: Stories of BC Workers explores the life of Teamster Diana Kilmury Today’s labor quote: Pete Seeger Today’s labor history: The "Amazon Army" @BC_LHC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A Very Working Class Christmas

December 14, 2023 12:15 - 1 minute - 1.73 MB

On the Labor Heritage Power Hour, Kathleen Newman looks at Christmas through the lens of work, capitalism, and the working class Today’s labor quote: Rudolph the Union Reindeer Today’s labor history: Birth of socialist scholar and labor organizer Daniel DeLeon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily How Jane McAlevy transformed the labor movement

December 13, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The Heartland Labor Forum talks about organizing and labor’s future with New Yorker writer Eleni Schirmer Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers Today’s labor history: AFL founder Sam Gompers dies @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The AI writing on the wall

December 12, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.99 MB

The Black Work Talk podcast on where the Writers' Guild goes next to support marginalized workers Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney Today’s labor history: 1,300 undocumented workers arrested @BlackWorkTalk @WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Inclusive networking

December 11, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Advice from Aukland’s Red Dead Redemption on networking when you don’t drink Today’s labor quote: Collective Ribbon (The Interwoven Voices of the Triangle Fire Memorial) Today’s labor history: Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union founded @95bFM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily All about StrikeMap

December 08, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The Union Dues podcast talks with one of StrikeMap’s creators. Today’s labor quote: AFL preamble Today’s labor history: American Federation of Labor founded @DuesUnion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Previewing the 2024 strike videos

December 07, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

More Perfect Union’s Sean Morrow, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour. Catch him in DC at the Dec 12 free screening of 2024 strike videos! Today’s labor quote: Sean Morrow Today’s labor history: Unemployed stage hunger march on DC @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Managers come and go”

December 06, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

A local take on the new contract, on the UAW 1700 podcast Today’s labor quote: Michael Zweig Today’s labor history: Colored National Labor Union founded @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Shut down APEC!”

December 05, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

War, labor, human rights and climate activists unite against the global elite on theGreen & Red podcast  Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney Today’s labor history: AFL & CIO merge @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “A very dangerous man”

December 04, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Harry Bridges, “Labor Radical, Labor Legend” on the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast Today’s labor quote: Walter Reuther Today’s labor history: End of the WPA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @ReutherLibrary Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Come as strangers, leave as friends

December 01, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Members of the DC Labor Chorus preview their annual holiday concert Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones Today’s labor history: Walter Reuther takes CIO reins @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Liz Shuler’s favorite labor song

November 30, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Why the AFL-CIO president loves Tom Morello’s “Hold the Line” Today’s labor quote: “Hold the Line” Today’s labor history: Walter Reuther takes CIO reins @LizShuler @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @tmorello Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Tuscarora Nation racer

November 29, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Dirt track auto racer Mike Williams, on the America Works podcast Today’s labor quote: Albert Einstein Today’s labor history: NLRB okays intern organizing @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @librarycongress Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Same struggle, same fight

November 28, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Equal Rights and Justice connects struggles of Native Americans and Palestinians Today’s labor quote: William Sylvis Today’s labor history: Photoengravers shut down NYC papers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The human toll of Musk’s race to Mars

November 27, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Musk's SpaceX Mars pursuit marred by worker injuries, on the Labor Force podcast. Today’s labor quote: Not Cricket to Picket Today’s labor history: Pro-labor musical revue, “Pins & Needles” opens on Broadway @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @LaborForcePod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Zionism, anti-zionism and the labor movement

November 24, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The history of zionism, anti-zionism and the American labor movement, on theLabor Jawn podcast Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers Today’s labor history: Cigarmakers Local 144 chartered @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

WPFW - The Labor Heritage Power Hour The Labor Heritage Power Hour - Thursday, November 23, 2023

November 23, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “There is no hierarchy of oppression”

November 23, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Native American activist and longtime union member Kevin Cummings, on today’s special Labor Heritage Power Hour; talking about his efforts to raise Native issues and concerns in the American labor movement  Today’s labor quote: Kevin Cummings Today’s labor history: History’s first recorded strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily On the Amazon picket line

November 22, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The Working People podcast reports from the Amazon picket line in Baltimore Today’s labor quote: Deion Anthony Steppes Today’s labor history: 20,000 female garment workers strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @WorkingPod @amazonteamsters Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Actors’ billion-dollar deal

November 21, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Details on Hollywood actors’ “deal of extraordinary scope” on KPFK’s Working Voices Today’s labor quote: Don Marquis Today’s labor history: The Columbine Massacre @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra   Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily From Apache helicopter commander to spacewalker

November 20, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Shane Kimbrough's journey, on Powerline Podcast Today’s labor quote: Jack London Today’s labor history: First use of “scab” @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @powerlinepodcast Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Beyond Burnout

November 17, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

Making teaching more sustainable, on the AFT’s Union Talk podcast Today’s labor quote: Randi Weingarten Today’s labor history: Longshoremen update name @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @AFTunion @ILAUnion Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

WPFW - The Labor Heritage Power Hour The Labor Heritage Power Hour - Thursday, November 16, 2023

November 16, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Nighthawks of the world, unite!

November 16, 2023 12:15 - 3 minutes - 2.84 MB

Si Kahn, activist, author, playwright, and singer/songwriter, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor quote: Si Kahn (Lawrence Jones, sung by Kathy Mattea) Today’s labor history: Strikers banned from singing hymns @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Enough is enough”

November 15, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Denver letter carrier Doug Jaynes on The Labor Exchange Today’s labor quote: Doug Jaynes Today’s labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions founded @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @aflbobby @NALC_National Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “We’ve done the impossible”

November 14, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MB

UAW president Shawn Fain, on Madison Labor Radio Today’s labor quote: Shawn Fain Today’s labor history: Women’s Trade Union League founded @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @UAW Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Organizing museums

November 13, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

America’s Workforce Radio reports on the Baltimore Museum of Art’s new union Today’s labor quote: Gil Scott Heron Today’s labor history: The suspicious death of Karen Silkwood @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @AWFUnionPodcast Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Strike, and strike together”

November 10, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Why the auto workers won, on The Heartland Labor Forum Today’s labor quote: Michael Zweig Today’s labor history: America’s first sitdown strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @PMPressOrg @Heartland_Labor @TBdownwinders Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

WPFW - The Labor Heritage Power Hour The Labor Heritage Power Hour - Thursday, November 9, 2023

November 09, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Zweig on “Class, Race, and Gender”

November 09, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

Michael Zweig talks about his new book on the Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor quote: Michael Zweig Today’s labor history: CIO founded @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @PMPressOrg Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Portland teachers strike

November 08, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

“Our students can't wait” say teachers on the OEA podcast Today’s labor quote: Portland teacher Today’s labor history: New Orleans General Strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @oregoneducation @TeachPortland Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Bad smell in Memphis

November 07, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The BCTGM Voices Project reports on the 5-month strike against International Flavors and Fragrances   Today’s labor quote: Paul Jennings Today’s labor history: “Boulwarism” inventor dies @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @BCTGM Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Tales from the UAW strike

November 06, 2023 12:15 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Grassroots update on the recent UAW strike, from the UAW 1700 Podcast Today’s labor quote: UAW 1700 Podcast Today’s labor history: NYC milk drivers strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @UAW Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Hollywood strike “Still going strong”

November 03, 2023 11:15 - 2 minutes - 2.07 MB

Striking actor Kaliswa Brewster, the Workers Unite! Film Festival and Labor History in 2:00 on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor quote: Kaliswa Brewster Today’s labor history: CA gig workers excluded @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @strike4rights @sagaftra @kaliswa @WorkersUniteFF @americonneddoc @honorablebroken @Stonebreakers22 @MorePerfectUS Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

WPFW - The Labor Heritage Power Hour The Labor Heritage Power Hour - Thursday, November 2, 2023

November 02, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Supporting newcomers in middle school

November 02, 2023 11:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The OEA Grow podcast talks with a seventh-grade counselor Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs Today’s labor history: The most enduring taxi driver @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @oregoneducation Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Inside DC 21

November 01, 2023 11:15 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MB

The Labor Show talks with Painters District Council 21 Today’s labor quote: Walter Reuther Today’s labor history: 37 Black striking Louisiana sugar workers murdered @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @MyPhillyLabor Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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