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Jeremy Brecher's new book, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW 89.3FM) Today's labor history: Flight attendants celebrate smoking ban Today's labor quote: Michael Badnarik @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on The Dig Today's labor history: Time clock invented Today's labor quote: Norman Thomas @thedigradio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Work Stoppage on election fallout Today's labor history: Joe Hill executed Today's labor quote: Joe Hill @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Bill Fletcher Jr. on the Radical Songbook podcast. Today's labor history: 33 die when Carl D. Bradley sinks Today's labor quote: Larry Penn & Darryl Holter @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Why Trump's tariffs may appeal to working-class voters; Workers take on Kaiser again; Rooted in racism; The lost labor artist; The Canadian Dream/Adidas Owns the Reality Today's labor quote: Plato Today's labor history: Strikers banned from singing @EconomicPolicy @WorkingPod @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Two labor films screen free this weekend; On The Line: Stories of BC Workers Today's labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions founded Today's labor quote: Federation's preamble @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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Labor paintings of Philip Tipperman, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour, 1p on WPFW 89.3 FM Today's labor history: AFL precursor founded Today's labor quote: Sam Gompers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The State of Working America podcast investigates the realities behind the Southern economic development model Today's labor history: CO militia crushes Western Federation of Miners strike Today's labor quote: Gil Scott Heron @EconomicPolicy @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Working People reports on the strike in SoCal Today's labor history: Ellis Island closes Today's labor quote: Hilton M. Weiss @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Steven Greenhouse on the Payday Report Today's labor history: Haymarket martyrs hanged Today's labor quote: August Spies @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
See Educators Run; From advocating to legislating; Organizing the Red Cross; Tabitha Arnold's union textile art Today's labor quote: Philip Murray Today's labor history: CIO founded @SWWACLC @AWFUnionPodcast @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Step Up Louisiana's voter turnout campaign, on the Working History podcast Today's labor history: General strike in New Orleans Today's labor quote: FDR @SouthernLaborSA @oliviacpaschal @AndersonDavidM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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On today's Labor Heritage Power Hour; Bev Grant and Tabitha Arnold Today's labor history: Ike uses Taft-Hartley to break steel strike Today's labor quote: Bev Grant @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Local politics, on the Working To Live In Southwest Washington podcast Today's labor history: The Everett, Washington massacre Today's labor quote: Gene Debs @SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
School Me on how to run for office Today's labor history: Uber buys an election Today's labor quote: Saul Alinsky @NEAToday @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Perils of entertainment industry concentration, on 3rd and Fairfax Today's labor history: 20,000 Google workers walk out Today's labor quote: Ken Loach @WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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The life and music of Barbara Dane, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour Today's labor history: Workers complete Mt. Rushmore Today's labor quote: Barbara Dane @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Breaking Ground looks at elections' impact on workers Today's labor history: Tennessee sends convict laborers to break strike Today's labor quote: Working Man's Advocate @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Gabe Sherman on the On Writing podcast Today's labor history: "Black Tuesday" Today's labor quote: Don Marquis @OnWritingWGAE @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The NALC's You Are the Current Resident podcast reports Today's labor history: Gateway Arch completed safely Today's labor quote: Socrates @NALC_National @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
On the SAG-AFTRA podcast Today's labor history: The Great Hawaiian Dock Strike Today's labor quote: John Sweeney @sagaftra @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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Photographers Leslie Grant and Jeffrey Skemp on The Labor Heritage Power Hour Today's labor history: Black and white unite in New Orleans strike Today's labor quote: Jeffrey Skemp @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
On the Roswell Hub podcast, from Teamsters at UPS Today's labor history: DC postal workers killed by anthrax attack Today's labor quote: Peter Drucker @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
American Jewish labor history on the Labor Jawn podcast Today's labor history: FBI kills the "Sagebrush Robin Hood," Pretty Boy Floyd Today's labor quote: Woody Guthrie @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
On the ground with Working People Today's labor history: Dairy farmers strike Today's labor quote: Frank More Colby @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The State of Labor 2024: SF Amazon workers organize; “I like fast food”; Inside Amazon Today's labor quote: Bill Lucy Today's labor history: J.P. Stevens signs first union contract @unionthefilm @UWBridgesCenter @labormedianow @ActSecJulieSu @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Why it matters and how we do it, on Solidarity Works Today's labor history: GM agrees to hire more women and minorities Today's labor quote: Bill Lucy @steelworkers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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“Union” filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing Today's labor history: “Salt of the Earth” strike begins Today's labor quote: Brett Story @unionthefilm @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Why a Starbucks worker wants a union, on Building Bridges, A Labor Podcast. Today's labor history: Wilson signs "Labor's Magna Carta" Today's labor quote: Lilly Ledbetter @UWBridgesCenter @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Work Week Radio reports on the push by San Francisco Amazon workers to unionize Today's labor history: Wilson signs "Labor's Magna Carta" Today's labor quote: The Clayton Antitrust Act @labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Labor Secretary Julie Su, on the Power at Work podcast Today's labor history: Seafarers International Union founded Today's labor quote: Julie Su @ActSecJulieSu @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
On the Labor Force podcast's final episode Today's labor history: Hawaii sugar plantation workers strike Today's labor quote: Marc Blitzstein @LaborForcePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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Previewing NYC labor arts on The Labor Heritage Power Hour Today's labor history: CA cotton growers murder strikers Today's labor quote: Cesar Chavez @WorkersUniteFF @WrkingTheater @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
WGAW's 3rd & Fairfax podcast talks with Casting Department Teamsters. Today's labor history: Chicago sanitation workers clean up Today's labor quote: Morris Hillquit @WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Emily Guendelsberger talks with the Heartland Labor Forum Today's labor history: the union Solidarity banned in Poland Today's labor quote: Lech Walesa @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Working to Live in Southwest Washington explains why you should care. Today's labor history: Hollywood's "Battle of the Mirrors" Today's labor quote: Joe Hill @SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Work Stoppage podcast on the dockworker strike Today's labor history: Truman seizes striking refineries Today's labor quote: Hamilton Nolan @WorkStoppagePod @hamiltonnolan @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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Director Shanara Gabrielle, on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour. Plus, Dana Frank on What Can We Learn From the Great Depression? Today's labor history: Umpires strike back Today's labor quote: Woody Guthrie @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Coordinating the work of 2,000 building trades workers, on the Labor and Energy Show Today's labor history: 200K rally for One Nation Working Together Today's labor quote: Leonard Riley @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Advice from The Million Dollar Organizer podcast Today's labor history: Dairy farmers strike Today's labor quote: Abe Lincoln @boboedy @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Madison Labor Radio on why local Teamsters broke with their international union Today's labor history: Striking steelworkers charged with treason Today's labor quote: Mother Jones @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Agricultural pilot Emily Daniels on America Works Today's labor history: The "Uprising of the 20,000" Today's labor quote: Steven Biko @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
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