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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “I’m an abolitionist”

August 24, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MB

Dr. Cornell West on the Union or Bust podcast. Today’s labor quote: Dr. Cornell West. Today’s labor history: UFW launches lettuce boycott. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Whose country?

August 23, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.84 MB

A Rick Smith Show caller on the politics of country music. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez. Today’s labor history: Farm Workers Organizing Committee chartered. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @RickSmithShow  @UFWupdates Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily WTF is “Loper Bright”?

August 22, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MB

How the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo could weaken National Labor Relations Board rulings and hurt organized labor; America’s Work Force Radio reports. Today’s labor quote: Sara Nelson. Today’s labor history: Air Line Stewardesses Association formed. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @afa_cwa @FlyingWithSara Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Come on, Amazon

August 21, 2023 11:30 - 1 minute - 1.68 MB

Labor news headlines, on Labor Week Today’s labor quote: Joyce Miller Today’s labor history: Broom & Whisk Makers Union disbands @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

August 20, 2023 12:00 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MB

Union Talk; Inside the UPS contract; A worker’s a worker; “Baltimore doesn’t happen without Charleston” Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler Today’s labor history: Liz Shuler elected AFL-CIO president @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @aftunion @Teamsters #WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrong @1199SEIU_MDDC Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Rock and civil rights

August 18, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Radical Songbook host Michael Funke on how rock music helped drive the civil rights movement, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour. Today’s labor quote: Eugene Victor Debs Today’s labor history: WEVD founded in NYC. @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, August 17, 2023

August 17, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Baltimore doesn’t happen without Charleston”

August 17, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Longtime union organizer Bob Muehlenkamp on how a failed 1969 strike in Charleston led to an organizing win for Baltimore-area hospital and nursing home workers. Today’s labor quote: The Wobblies. Today’s labor history: IWW members tried for opposing war. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @1199SEIU_MDDC Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A worker’s a worker

August 16, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The Workers’ Mic reports on strike solidarity in Chicago. Today’s labor quote: George Meany. Today’s labor history: Homer Martin born. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrong Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Inside the UPS contract

August 15, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

An update on the deal struck between UPS and the Teamsters, on Working Voices. Today’s labor quote: Will Rogers. Today’s labor history: NYNEX striker killed. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @Teamsters Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Union Talk

August 14, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

How education is bridging the divides between Jews and Arabs, on the AFT’s Union Talk podcast. Today’s labor quote: Lane Kirkland. Today’s labor history: Solidarity union seizes the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @aftunion Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

August 13, 2023 11:30 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MB

What the Teamsters won at UPS; AC at Big Brown; Why “The Nanny” is striking; Alberta Worker; Women on the line. Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph. Today’s labor history: Bay Area mills lock out workers. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @Teamsters @ActorsEquity @sagaftra Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Women on the line

August 11, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Female lineman Cain Utek on the Powerline podcast. Today’s labor quote: Big Bill Haywood. Today’s labor history: Streetcar men walk off in San Francisco. @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, August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Alberta Worker

August 10, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Alberta Worker Podcast returns for its second season with a fascinating conversation with Juan Estevez, about his journey from Bogota, Colombia, emigrating to Canada as a child, trying to unionize his workplace, and then running for political office. Today’s labor quote: I.W. Abel. Today’s labor history: Air Line Pilots Association founded. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Why “The Nanny” is striking

August 09, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Actor Fran Drescher on the SAG-AFTRA podcast. Today’s labor quote: Ethiopian proverb. Today’s labor history: 9 firefighters die in Boston fire. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily AC at Big Brown

August 08, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

More on the UPS contract, from the Heartland Labor Forum. Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez. Today’s labor history: First African-American labor leader. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily What the Teamsters won at UPS

August 07, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The We Rise Fighting podcast reports. Today’s labor quote: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Today’s labor history: Actors Equity recognized. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @Teamsters @ActorsEquity Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

August 06, 2023 11:30 - 3 minutes - 2.75 MB

Scrappy summer; UPS workers hold the line; “We are the workers”; Does AI threaten decent work?; Alberta Worker Today’s labor quote: Indira Gandhi. Today’s labor history: Verizon workers strike. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @sagaftra @WGAWest @kboo #WGAstrong @ilo abworker @Teamsters Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Alberta Worker

August 04, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Host Kim Siever talks with Juan Estevez on the Alberta Worker podcast about trying to unionize his workplace and what it was like running as an NDP candidate in the 2021 federal election. Today’s labor quote: Albert Einstein. Today’s labor history: Teamsters strike UPS. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @abworker @Teamsters Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

WPFW - The Labor Heritage Power Hour The Labor Heritage Power Hour - Thursday, August 3, 2023

August 03, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Does AI threaten decent work?

August 03, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The ILO Future of Work podcast reports. Today’s labor quote: Florence Reese. Today’s labor history: Air traffic controllers strike. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @ilo Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “We are the workers”

August 02, 2023 11:30 - 1 minute - 1.62 MB

TV writers standing strong two months into strike Today’s labor quote: Frances Fisher Today’s labor history: Hatch Act passed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod SAGAFTRAstrike #WGAstrong Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily UPS workers hold the line

August 01, 2023 11:30 - 1 minute - 1.62 MB

UPS workers in San Francisco talk to WorkWeek Radio about their contract issues. Today’s labor quote: Frank Little Today’s labor history: Who killed Frank Little? @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @kboo Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Scrappy summer

July 31, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

“It’s too damn hot and the bosses are ripping us off!” says the Green & Red podcast Today’s labor quote: Marvin Miller Today’s labor history: ’81 baseball strike ends @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra @WGAWest Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

July 30, 2023 11:30 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MB

Writers & actors fight back against AI; Class struggle in Hollywood; Heartland strike; Inside the room; A Knight at the game Today’s labor quote: Jimmy Hoffa Today’s labor history: UA ok’s domestic partner benefits @bbridgesradio @hamiltonnolan @sagaftra @WorkStoppagePod @Heartland_Labor @WGAWest Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A Knight at the game

July 28, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The Radical Songbook podcast host confronts Nike’s founder Today’s labor quote: Harry Bridges Today’s labor history: Feds burn out homeless vets @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, July 27, 2023

July 27, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Labor news and information

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Inside the room

July 27, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

A striking actor takes The Labor Heritage Power Hour behind the scenes at contract talks between SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studio bosses. Today’s labor quote: Rafael Augustin Today’s labor history: National Labor Union founder dies @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra @WGAWest Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Heartland strike

July 26, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

The Heartland Labor Forum talks with Shelley Waggener, President of the SAG-AFTRA Local in Missouri Today’s labor quote: Executive Order 9981 Today’s labor history: The Battle of the Viaduct @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @Heartland_Labor @sagaftra #SAGAFTRAstrong Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Class struggle in Hollywood

July 25, 2023 11:30 - 1 minute - 1.63 MB

The Work Stoppage podcast reports on the SAG-AFTRA strike Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers Today’s labor history: First U.S. general strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @WorkStoppagePod @sagaftra Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Writers & actors fight back against AI

July 24, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Journalist Hamilton Nolan on Building Bridges Radio. Today’s labor quote: Fran Drescher. Today’s labor history: Alliance for Labor Action formed. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @bbridgesradio @hamiltonnolan @sagaftra Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

July 23, 2023 18:42 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MB

Striking with Pride; UPS solidarity; Connecting with students in the foster system; Striking actor speaks out; Working in the Magic City Today’s labor quote: Alexander Berkman Today’s labor history: Northern Michigan copper miners strike @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #SAGAFTRAstrike @Teamsters @UPS @oregoneducation  @sagaftra #SAGAFTRAstrong @sagaftra @SouthernLaborSA Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Working in the Magic City

July 21, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Author Thomas Castillo on the Working History podcast. Today’s labor quote: SAG-AFTRA. Today’s labor history: Launch of the first labor-owned radio station in the U.S. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra @SouthernLaborSA Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Striking actor speaks out

July 20, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Rank-and-file SAG-AFTRA member Elliott Bales tells The Labor Heritage Power Hour why 160,000 actors are striking. Today’s labor quote: John McCutcheon. Today’s labor history: The "Bloody Friday" Minneapolis truckers' strike. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra #SAGAFTRAstrong Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Connecting with students in the foster system

July 19, 2023 11:30 - 1 minute - 1.63 MB

What are the unique challenges of children in the foster system and how can we support these students in our schools? A deep dive by the OEA Grow podcast, from the Oregon Education Association. Today’s labor quote: Declaration of Women's Rights. Today’s labor history: Hatch Act expanded. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @oregoneducation Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily UPS solidarity

July 18, 2023 11:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Teamsters area ready to strike UPS at the end of the month; the Roswell Hub podcast reports Today’s labor quote: Mary Moultrie Today’s labor history: Chicago stockyard workers strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @Teamsters @UPS Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Striking with Pride

July 17, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Iowa City Starbucks workers strike to support LGBTQ rights; Speaking of Work reports. Today’s labor quote: Fran Drescher Today’s labor history: the Port Chicago Mutiny @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #WGAstrike #1u #SAGAFTRAstrike Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

July 16, 2023 20:24 - 3 minutes - 3.23 MB

Toxic Debt; The Logistics Revolution; Killer Robo-Taxis; Bakers strike in Memphis; Art Works Today’s labor quote: Kate Shindle Today’s labor history: SF General Strike @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ReutherLibrary @upsurgepod @labormedianow @BCTGM @KgrossingerG Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Art Works

July 14, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MB

Ken Grossinger on his new book Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together Today’s labor quote: Woody Guthrie Today’s labor history: The Great Uprising rail strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Bakers strike in Memphis

July 13, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The BCTGM Voices Project reports on the IFF strike Today’s labor quote: Isaac Shaw Today’s labor history: Detroit news strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @BCTGM Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Killer Robo-Taxis

July 12, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MB

Work Week Radio reports the threat of robot taxis in San Francisco. Today’s labor quote: Boris Karloff. Today’s labor history: Bisbee deports Wobblies. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @labormedianow Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Logistics Revolution

July 11, 2023 11:15 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

On The Upsurge podcast, where UPS fits into the Logistics Revolution in global capitalism and what it might mean for building worker power. Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs. Today’s labor history: UAW’s longest strike. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @upsurgepod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Toxic Debt

July 10, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

An environmental justice history of Detroit, on the Tales From the Reuther Library podcast Today’s labor quote: Mary McLeod Bethune Today’s labor history: Troops finally quell Pullman strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @ReutherLibrary Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Australia’s Rosa Parks

July 07, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Honoring Zelda D'Aprano, who fought for women's equality Today’s labor quote: Sean O’Brien Today’s labor history: 2-day general strike in Puerto Rico @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @stick__together @TeamsterSOB @Teamsters #strike Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Sexual harassment: a trade union issue

July 06, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The Union Dues podcast on sexual harassment awareness, prevention, reporting, monitoring and representation. Today’s labor quote: The New York Times. Today’s labor history: NYC transit workers strike. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “Sick and tired of being sick and tired”

July 05, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The lasting impact of the ’68 Memphis sanitation strike, on the I AM STORY podcast Today’s labor quote: Maurice Spivey Today’s labor history: The Battle of Rincon Hill @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @AFSCME Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Pride & Power

July 04, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

PFLAG’s Brian Bond, on AFT’s Union Talk podcast Today’s labor quote: Albert Parsons Today’s labor history: Baltimore Evening Sun newsboys die @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @AFTunion @PFLAG Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Democracy under siege

July 03, 2023 11:30 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Bill Fletcher Jr. on Resisting Tyranny Through a 21st Century Labor Movement, on theLabor History Today podcast. Today’s labor quote: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Today’s labor history: Children strike the silk mills in Paterson, NJ. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @BillFletcherJr Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily Highlights

July 02, 2023 11:30 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MB

UPS workers ready to strike; 25 years of supporting Mexican workers; Life of a Lineman; Walking the line with ”Billions” writer; Who’ll Pay Reparations On My Soul? Today’s labor quote: Ethiopian proverb Today’s labor history: Civil Rights Act Title VII bans discrimination @Teamsters @WorkingPod @SolidarityCntr @powerlinepodcast @WGAWest #WGAStrong @WGAEast @boilermakernews Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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