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Union City Radio The state of the union is…
February 07, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.19 MBTrump has overseen a wide-ranging and deeply harmful assault on the rights, dignities and livelihoods of working people. Here are just a few of the president’s worst anti-worker actions...Today’s labor history: Firefighters battle The Great Baltimore Fire. Today’s labor quote by Saul Alinsky.
Union City Radio The General Strike: Back to the Future?
February 06, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.08 MBFilm and discussion tonight at K Street Busboys. Today’s labor history: The 1919 Seattle General Strike. Today’s labor quote by Hayat Khomssi.
Union City Radio Reporting progress, UFCW 1994 cancels rally
February 05, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MB“If bargaining stalls again, we will ring the bell and we know members will answer the call.” Today’s labor history: release of Chaplin’s classic “Modern Times.” Today’s labor quote by Charlie Chaplin.
Union City Radio Gillum on the restoration of voting rights in Florida
February 04, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.7 MB“Today I feel whole. I feel seen for the first time.” Today’s labor history: birth of Big Bill Haywood. Today’s labor quote by Rosa Parks.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (2/3/19): Seattle General Strike, Charlie Chaplin & Joe McCarthy
February 04, 2019 01:54 - 36 minutes - 39.3 MBOn this week’s show: Wednesday, February 6 is the centennial of the 1919 Seattle General Strike and on today’s show labor historians Dana Frank and David Jepsen discuss that strike; how it challenged capitalism, how the AFL-CIO and Wobblies worked together, what solidarity looked like then and the implications of this century-old strike for workers and the movement today. Plus, Tom Zaniello on Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” and Kurt Stand on Joe McCarthy’s red-baiting attacks on federal wor...
Union City Radio NATCA: shutdown left U.S. aviation system near collapse
February 01, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.92 MB“Can this happen again? Yes.” Today’s labor history: Collar Laundry Union organized. Today’s labor quote by Kate Mullany.
Union City Radio Andrew Gillum on the impact of organized labor
January 31, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.59 MB“Labor has meant a tremendous amount just in my own life and in my own living experience.” Today’s labor history: union and student pressure force Harvard to raise wages. Today’s labor quote by Ida May Fuller.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (1/30): Dawn Mabalon on UFW labor organizer Larry Itliong
January 31, 2019 01:33 - 32 minutes - 33.6 MBIn today’s bonus edition, we introduce you to “Tales From the Reuther Library” (http://reuther.wayne.edu/podcasts), a great podcast series produced by our friends Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English at the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University in Detroit. In an interview recorded back in November 2017, Dan talks to historian Dawn Mabalon about the life and legacy of labor leader Larry “Seven-Fingers” Itliong and the frequently overlooked -- but nonetheless crucial -- role play...
Union City Radio UNITE HERE 23 seeks volunteers for shutdown assistance clinics
January 30, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.02 MB“No experience necessary.” Today’s labor history: birth of FDR. Today’s labor quote by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Union City Radio Shutdown ends: feds urged to join lawsuit; contractors demand back pay
January 29, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.1 MB“We will not give up the fight.” Today’s labor history: Obama signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Today’s labor quote by Dolly Parton.
Union City Radio AFT to investigate abrupt shutdown of unionized DC charter school
January 28, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.02 MB“Cesar Chavez would be appalled.” Today’s labor history: first U.S. unemployment comp law. Today’s labor quote by Andrew Jackson.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (1/27/19): The Bath Riots, 10 Strikes, Sam Gompers
January 28, 2019 01:55 - 35 minutes - 46.5 MBThis week's labor history: On today’s show, the conclusion of our interview with labor historian Erik Loomis, and for our “Cool things from the George Meany Labor Archives” feature, Ben Blake has dug into the Sam Gompers boxes and come up with some intriguing items. Plus we remember the 1917 Bath Riots on the U.S.-Mexico border. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected] Labor History Tod...
Union City Radio NLRB moves forward with complaint against Johns Hopkins
January 25, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MB“They cannot disregard nurses’ right to organize.” Today’s labor history: Supreme Court upholds “Yellow Dog” contracts. Today’s labor quote by the editor of the United Mine Workers' Journal.
Union City Radio National Day of Action to re-open government
January 24, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MBCall your senators and representatives and tell them to reopen the government now. Today’s labor history: first canned beer goes on sale in Richmond, VA. Today’s labor quote by Oscar Wilde.
Union City Radio Occupy Hart!
January 23, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBFederal workers and allies to occupy Hart Senate Office Building today. Today’s labor history: 10,000 clothing workers strike in Rochester, N.Y. Today’s labor quote by Elise Bryant.
Union City Radio Time for federal workers to get sick?
January 22, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.89 MB“A patriotic gesture in defense of the common good and in solidarity with less fortunate workers.” Today’s labor history: the first farm worker strike in California. Today’s labor quote by Terence V. Powderly.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (1/20/19): MLK, 10 strikes, Free the Charleston 5
January 21, 2019 22:25 - 47 minutes - 48 MBThis week's labor history: On today’s show, Martin Luther King, Jr. on the dignity of labor, labor historian Erik Loomis on “A History of America in Ten Strikes,” plus the 1913 Rochester strike by 10,000 clothing workers, Bill Fletcher remembers the 2000 police attack on picketing longshoremen in Charleston, South Carolina, and a rare speech by Dr. King for “Cool things from the George Meany Labor Archives.” Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part o...
Union City Radio Rapper Cardi B on the shutdown
January 21, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.37 MB“This s*** is crazy.” Today’s labor history: steel workers strike; “The Battle of the Bulk.” Today’s labor quote by Dave Cline.
Union City Radio AFGE president: “Our members are afraid. They’re concerned.”
January 18, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.76 MB“Local merchants — everyone will feel the pain and suffering.” Today’s labor history: No “probable cause” necessary, says SCOTUS. Today’s labor quote by Johnny Paycheck.
Union City Radio No time for Senate GOP to go to a ballgame
January 17, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.01 MBRally to protest Senate GOP retreat at Nationals Park. Today’s labor history: JFK signs Executive Order guaranteeing feds the right to organize. Today’s labor quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Union City Radio AFGE’s Cox on how safety is affected by a shutdown
January 16, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MB“It’s a stressful situation.” Today’s labor history: United States Civil Service Commission established. Today’s labor quote by William L. Marcy.
Union City Radio Rally in solidarity with Canadian postal workers
January 15, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3 MBFighting to reduce workplace injuries, end forced overtime, and gain pay equity for women workers. Today’s labor history: Ralph Chaplin finishes “Solidarity Forever”. Today’s labor quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Union City Radio AFGE’s Cox on being political bargaining chips
January 14, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MB“No way to treat the professional apolitical workforce.” Today’s labor history: PA courts okays firing gays. Today’s labor quote by Thomas Carlyle.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (1/13/19): Sears and Jim Crow; “The Battle of Hayes Pond”
January 14, 2019 04:19 - 35 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week's labor history: On today’s show, Louis Hyman on how the Sears and Roebuck catalog helped oppose Jim Crow discrimination. The R.J. Phillips Band celebrates the day the Lumbee Indians ousted the KKK. And Saul Schniderman remembers contributions to labor history by both Johnny Paycheck and Bruce Springsteen. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected] Labor History Today is produced...
Union City Radio AFGE’s Cox: “We’re gonna open a giant can of whup-ass on Donald Trump!”
January 11, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.75 MBFederal workers and allies rally, hit streets. Today’s labor history: the “Battle of the Running Bulls” Today’s labor quote by Jack London.
Union City Radio 3 things you can do to help end the Trump Shutdown
January 10, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBContact the White House, call Congress, post to Facebook. Today’s labor history: the Pemberton Mill collapse and fire. Today’s labor quote by George Meany.
Union City Radio Mobilizing to end the Trump Shutdown
January 09, 2019 19:24 - 2 minutes - 3.31 MBThree DC-area events this week. Today’s labor history: Bush says federal airport security screeners can’t unionize. Today’s labor quote by Hydrick Thomas.
Union City Radio The Lac-Megantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal, Justice Denied
January 08, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.42 MB“It was a catastrophic event.” Today’s labor history: largest slave revolt in U.S. history begins. Today’s labor quote by Mary Kenney O’Sullivan.
Union City Radio New Congress begins with influx of worker-friendly members
January 07, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MBIncludes a dozen union members and even more worker-friendly members. Today’s labor history: Osage Coal explosion kills 100, injures 150. Today’s labor quote by Richard Trumka.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (1/06/19): A very unusual strike
January 06, 2019 20:44 - 24 minutes - 28.7 MBThis week's labor history: On today’s show, we talk with historian Erik Loomis about frustrated workers in a very unusual place who decided to strike in a very unusual way. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected] Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. Labor history sources include ...
Union City Radio Once again nurses top Gallup poll as most trusted profession
January 04, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.92 MB“Our patients, their families, and the public know that they can always count on nurses to stand up for them.” Today’s labor history: longest strike ends. Today’s labor quote by Wendell Phillips.
Union City Radio Dems to move to end Trump Shutdown today
January 03, 2019 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MBNearly a million federal workers locked out or working without pay. Today’s labor history: starving farmers demand food. Today’s labor quote by George T. Davis.
Union City Radio AFGE sues government over shutdown
January 02, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.43 MB“Our members put their lives on the line to keep our country safe.” Today’s labor history: IWW founded in Chicago. Today’s labor quote by “Big Bill” Haywood.
Union City Radio “Cruel” Trump cancels fed pay hike
January 01, 2019 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.8 MBPromised pay increase was set to take effect today. Today’s labor history: John L. Lewis elected UMW president. Today’s labor quote by Adolph Strasser.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (12/30/18): TWU’s Roger Toussaint on the 2005 NYC transit strike
January 01, 2019 00:03 - 26 minutes - 32.6 MBThis week's labor history: A conversation with Roger Toussaint, former president of the Transport Workers Union, who led the successful 2005 strike by 35,000 transit workers in New York City. And in this week’s installment of “Cool things from the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park,” archivist Ben Blake shares some rare artifacts connected to the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World, founded on January 2, 1905 in Chicago. Questions, comments or suggest...
Union City Radio On raising the bar and setting the standard
December 31, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MB"UNITE HERE is proud that our median wages for hotel workers are nearly double the non-union rates.” Today’s labor history: OSHA adopts safety standards for grain elevator workers. Today’s labor quote by "Jock" Yablonski.
Union City Radio Luisa Moreno’s shawl
December 28, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.11 MBAt the National Museum of American History now. Today’s labor history: auto workers sit-down at GM’s Fisher Body plant. Today’s labor quote by Luisa Moreno.
Union City Radio Trump: the Grinch who stole Christmas
December 27, 2018 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.62 MBState Department janitor’s bills pile up as government shutdown continues. Today’s labor history: Hank Williams’ last musicians’ union meeting Today’s labor quote by the Hank Williams III.
Union City Radio Public sector employees at work
December 26, 2018 13:00 - 3 minutes - 4.14 MBAnother sound of an AFSCME member at work; can you guess what it is? Today’s labor history: Knights of Labor founded. Today’s labor quote by the Socialist Labor Party.
Union City Radio Trump’s Christmas Shutdown
December 25, 2018 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MB“A dereliction of duty by Congress and the president.” Today’s labor history: organizing the American Servicemen’s Union. Today’s labor quote by David Cortright.
Union City Radio Another mystery sound from AFSCME (12/24/18)
December 24, 2018 13:00 - 3 minutes - 4.22 MBIt’s the sound of one of their members at work; can you guess what it is? Today’s labor history: 72 copper miners’ children died in a panic caused by a company stooge. Today’s labor quote by Woody Guthrie (sung by Arlo Guthrie).
Union City Radio Labor History Today (12/23/18): “The Reaction at Work,” prison labor and sit-down strike photos
December 23, 2018 15:07 - 46 minutes - 48.9 MBThis week's labor history: The conclusion of our interview with labor historian Jean-Christian Vinel, discussing his new book, “The Reaction at Work: The Right, Labor and the Making of the New Gilded Age.” Historian Talitha LeFlouria on prison labor in the 19th century and today. Plus, the George Meany Labor Archives’ Ben Blake digs up some amazing photographs from the auto worker sit-down strikes of the 1930s. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part...
Union City Radio Flight Attendants’ Sara Nelson on the power of solidarity (12/21/18)
December 21, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.81 MB“We can't take on the issues of health care without joining together with other workers.” Today’s labor history: child labor launches the Industrial Revolution in America. Today’s labor quote by William Howard Taft.
Union City Radio Compromise reached on East End Hospital legislation
December 20, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.1 MB“Not a win, not a loss.” Today’s labor history: 2-day strike by New York City transit workers. Today’s labor quote by Roger Toussaint.
Union City Radio Nurses cheer DC’s lawsuit against Ascension over Providence shutdown
December 19, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.12 MB“This move by Ascension follows a long pattern of ignoring the needs and well-being of the people of Washington, D.C.” Today’s labor history: 27 killed in Wilberg Coal Mine Disaster. Today’s labor quote by Greg LeRoy.
Union City Radio Critical vote today on East End Hospital crisis
December 18, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.01 MB“We must continue the fight and make sure the DC Council does not abandon workers or Howard University.” Today’s labor history: GM closes 21 North American plants, slashes tens of thousands of jobs. Today’s labor quote about “Union Maids” by NYT film critic Vincent Canby.
Union City Radio Labor History Today (12/16/18): “The Employee”; the Willmar 8
December 17, 2018 01:48 - 29 minutes - 34.4 MBThis week's labor history: Labor historian Jean-Christian Vinel, author of “The Employee: A Political History,” and Lane Windham on the Willmar 8, eight female bank tellers in Willmar, Minnesota who began the first strike against a bank in U.S. history. Plus, Ben Blake from the George Meany Labor Archives on the AFL and women’s suffrage. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at [email protected] Labor Hi...
Union City Radio Flight Attendants’ president Sara Nelson on 9/11
December 14, 2018 13:00 - 3 minutes - 4.01 MB"This is all of America: Democrats, Republicans, Independents and in a moment’s time they decided to come together as Americans…” Today’s labor history: eight female bank tellers strike in Willmar. Today’s labor quote by Suzanne Nelson.
Union City Radio Latest from “State of the Unions” podcast
December 14, 2018 13:00 - 2 minutes - 3.36 MB“We turned hospitality worker jobs for the richest hotel company in the world into jobs where you can actually live with dignity.” Today’s labor history: Machinists win after 69-day walkout at Boeing. Today’s labor quote by Brian Lang, UNITE HERE Local 26 in Boston.
Union City Radio Sounds of a vital, thriving community (1)
December 13, 2018 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.46 MB“We think the sound of that important work is beautiful.” Today’s labor history: 6,000 indigenous workers in South-West Africa begin a general strike to protest the contract labor system. Today’s labor quote by Sam Gompers.