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    Profit over people in SF's Gateway warehouse plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek Radio covers community pushback against San Francisco's Gateway warehouse plan and the health and environmental-justice stakes. In labor history, the National Negro Labor Council is founded in Cincinnati in 1951 to unite Black workers for equality. Quote of the day: Joe Johnson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Young workers organizing young workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 2:06 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Machinist 141 Connections on JetBlue ramp agents building an inside committee and peer-to-peer outreach to win a union. In labor history, 1892 New Orleans workers launched a general strike uniting Black and white workers for recognition and a 10-hour day. Quote of the day: Ken Bernstein. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Parody is an organizer's secret weapon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour features Si Kahn on why parody songs are powerful tools for organizers. In labor history, two Brentwood postal workers died after anthrax exposure and the facility was later renamed in their honor. Quote of the day: Saul Alinsky. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Canada's largest union hits 800,000

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Radio Labour Canada on CUPE's growth to 800,000 members and a vow to fight back-to-work orders and austerity. In labor history, folk hero “Pretty Boy” Floyd killed by the FBI near East Liverpool, Ohio. Quote of the day: “Pretty Boy” Floyd. @radiolabour @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    32,000 MI home care workers win union power

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage on Michigan's 32,000 home healthcare workers winning SEIU recognition with a 73% “yes.” In labor history, Wisconsin dairy farmers launched a 1933 milk strike amid Depression-era collapse. Quote of the day: Kate Atkinson. @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

    Fierce, cool, and fighting elder abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 1:59 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Third & Fairfax talks with filmmaker Susie Singer Carter about “No Country for Old People” and exposing elder abuse. In labor history, Eugene Victor Debs died in 1926. Quote of the day: Gene Debs. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Hard hats hard truths

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: My Labor Radio talks with NYC Building Trades leader Gary LaBarbera about PBS's “Hard Hat Riot” and union identity. In labor history, twelve New York City firefighters died fighting a midtown blaze in 1966. Quote of the day: Plato. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Laurel's Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour honors Laurel Blaydes and spotlights songs that organize from Fannie Lou Hamer to Joe Hill. In labor history, John Brown leads the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. Quote of the day: R.J. Phillips Band (“Fannie Lou”) @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Respect the guards, respect the residents

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Stick Together reports from Melbourne as security guards demand safety and fair pay. In labor history, President Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914 affirming unions' right to strike, picket, and boycott. Quote of the day: Clayton Antitrust Act (Section 6). @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    “That video's not gonna lie”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Show with JDoc & Krausey talks tech and accountability with FOP Lodge 5 President Roosevelt Poplar. In labor history, the International Working People's Association was founded in Pittsburgh in 1883. Quote of the day: Manifesto of the International Working People's Association. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Watching Them Dismantle Fair Housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People with HUD whistleblowers on retaliation and the dismantling of fair housing. In labor history, the NBA canceled regular season games in 1998 during a player lockout. Quote of the day: David Falk. @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    He Grabbed the Mic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Exchange remembers USW leader Leo Gerard with stories of fearless, hands-on solidarity. In labor history, four strikers were killed and six wounded in the 1933 Pixley cotton strike. Quote of the day: “When You Organize” (from Forgotten: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant, which runs October 10-12 in Detroit, MI; details here). @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Shut it down

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour talks with director Mark Mori about “Baristas vs. Billionaires” and the Starbucks union fight. In labor history, Chicago sanitation workers win a nine-day strike in 2003. Quote of the day: Mark Mori. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    The Constitution is a living promise

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: El Cafecito del Dia on why the Constitution must live in our unions, communities and everyday lives. In labor history, thirty of Chicago's 185 firefighters were injured battling the Great Chicago Fire. Quote of the day: Lech Wałęsa. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Into the Blackwater

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Say Watt goes deep with a story of midnight Blackwater diving and the grit it takes to work in the dark. In labor history, Hollywood's 1946 “Battle of the Mirrors” pitted Conference of Studio Unions picketers against IATSE in a blinding showdown. Quote of the day: Joe Hill. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Where democracy takes root

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Reinventing Solidarity explores how public education nurtures democracy and why critical thinking threatens authoritarianism. In labor history, in 1986 1,700 female flight attendants won a $37 million suit against United Airlines after being fired for marrying. Quote of the day: William Blum. @CunySLU @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    What's in the spray?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Notes spotlights salon workers who discovered their tanning spray wasn't FDA-approved for aerosol use and organized for safety. In labor history, MLB umpires won recognition after a one-day strike in 1970. Quote of the day: Woody Guthrie. @LaborNotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Smog, solidarity and the red bandana

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour visits the Donora Smog Museum and traces the red bandana's roots in solidarity. In labor history, Starbucks baristas in East Grand Rapids won grievances after NLRB citations in 2007. Quote of the day: Wilma Steele. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Banks, bots and the fight to save jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek digs into bank workers pushing back against digitalization, outsourcing, and call center closures. In labor history, NHL owners began a 103-day lockout in 1994. Quote of the day: Mother Jones. @labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Italy workers shut it down

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage on Italy's mass strike that froze public transit nationwide. In labor history, Black farmers in Elaine, Arkansas formed the Progressive Farmers and Householders Union before white mob violence sparked a massacre. Quote of the day: Progressive Farmers and Householders Union. @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    From Zero to Solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We Work Europe on workers organizing from scratch—and building independent power without prior union experience. In labor history, 165 Wobblies were indicted in 1917 for protesting World War I. Quote of the day: The IWW. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Mind the Gap: Living Wage Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Stick Together digs into the gulf between minimum and living wages—and its real-life consequences. In labor history, photographer Lewis Hine (born 1874) later exposed child labor for the National Child Labor Committee. Quote of the day: Lewis Hine. @stick__together @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    We Don't Stand Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour features Matt Olson on New Orleans' “Don't Stand Alone” exhibit and Dr. Kendra Boyd on Black entrepreneurship and racial capitalism. In labor history, an 1891 Arkansas cotton-pickers' strike turned deadly. Quote of the day: William “Big Bill” Haywood. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    An Injury to One Is an Injury to All

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People talks with tech workers who realized real change doesn't come through “proper channels.” In labor history, Canada declared the Wobblies illegal in 1918. Quote of the day: the Wobblies. @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Redford on Political Corruption and Resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast digs into Robert Redford's film work on political corruption and its resonance today. In labor history, tech contractors at Google's Pittsburgh office vote to join the Steelworkers. Quote of the day: Ursula K. Le Guin. @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    The Long Day of the College Athlete

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Power at Work exposes the grueling schedules, exhaustion, and injuries faced by college football players as they push to organize. In labor history, Domino's workers in Pensacola formed the first U.S. pizza delivery drivers' union in 2006. Quote of the day: Hannah Shapiro. @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Trapped by Wages Too Low to Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Buwa Basebetsi follows a South African factory worker whose life on the minimum wage leaves her struggling to provide for her children. In labor history, half a million unionists rallied at the 1981 Solidarity Day march in Washington, DC. Quote of the day: Joseph Ettor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Flipping the script on union antisemitism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour with historian Joe McCartin on Congress's “Unmasking Union Antisemitism” and how it rewrites labor's history. In labor history, a 20-month illegal Kaiser Aluminum lockout ends with an arbitrator ordering a new contract, firing scabs, and back pay. Quote of the day: Summer Lee. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    From Doctors and Cops to Every Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the SAG-AFTRA Podcast spotlights audiobook narration, where actors bring entire casts of characters to life. In labor history, 100,000 Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners struck in 1900. Quote of the day: Samuel Gompers. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Sword of Damocles Over Free Speech

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: AAUP Presents warns against the government using immigration law to silence dissent. In labor history, the NHL lockout cancels the 2004–05 season. Quote of the day: Richard Trumka. @aaup.org @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Real community is built through play

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Exploits of Play from the Reimagine Value Action Lab explores how joy and fun build resilient communities. In labor history, the International Association of Siderographers merged with the Machinists in 1992. Quote of the day: Kate Atkinson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Complicated storytelling made simple

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Director's Cut podcast unpacks the film Freakier Friday and the art of telling complex stories. In labor history, New York City's Union Square was officially named a national historic landmark in 1998. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs. @directorsguild @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    The circus is a workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We hear from Circus World author Andrea Ringer and Art Works author Ken Grossinger on the power of the arts and labor, from the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, 75,000 coal miners ended a ten-week strike in 1897, winning the eight-hour day and the abolition of company stores. Quote of the day: Crystal Lee Sutton. @kengro.bsky.social @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Smoke and mirrors for workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Rick Smith Show calls out empty promises from the Department of Labor while union jobs are cut. In labor history, deputies gun down peaceful immigrant miners in the 1897 Lattimer Massacre. Quote of the day: Jonathan Swift. @RickSmithShow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Corporate power and the state

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The KGNU Labor Exchange explores how corporate power often allies with the state in pernicious ways. In labor history, Boston police struck in 1919 after union leaders were fired. Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass. @aflbobby @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    They're lying to you

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, September 8: The Work Stoppage Podcast calls out Trump's anti-union energy policies. In labor history, on this date in 1965 the United Farm Workers launched their historic grape boycott and strike in Delano, California. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Every worker depends on public service

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, September 5: What's Going On spotlights the vital role of federal workers and the erosion of staffing levels in key services. In labor history, New York's first Labor Day parade drew 30,000 marchers in 1882. Quote of the day: Peter J. McGuire. @stucknation @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Strike records as their own genre

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 2:00


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, September 4: Josh MacPhee, co-author of Strike While the Needle is Hot, joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to dig into the forgotten genre of strike records. In labor history, 12,000 New York tailors struck in 1894 over sweatshop conditions. Quote of the day: Noam Chomsky. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    “One of the only truths I've ever heard”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Wednesday, September 3: Former NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo tells the Heartland Labor Forum about her firing and the president's power grab. In labor history, 25 workers die in a 1991 fire at the Imperial Poultry plant in Hamlet, NC. Quote of the day: Jennifer Abruzzo. @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Pilots, Wear Your Union Pin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Engage—The Podcast for Delta Pilots on solidarity you can see and why wearing your ALPA pin matters. In labor history, 1921: mineowners dropped homemade bombs on West Virginia strikers. Quote of the day: Joseph Ettor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Drop the Needle on Solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour's Labor Day Special with Josh MacPhee on strike records from the Sixties to the Eighties that put you on the line. In labor history, 2003: the AFL-CIO launched Working America. Quote of the day: Ford Workers on Strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Bring a New Member

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Machinists 141 Connections on recruiting, education, and showing up to union meetings, plus a plug for Monday's Labor Heritage Power Hour Labor Day Special (11–1 on WPFW). In labor history, 1996: dancers at San Francisco's Lusty Lady vote to join SEIU Local 790 and soon won a first contract. Quote of the day: Courtney Crimson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Who Will Dare to Light the Fuse?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: clips from the Labor Heritage Power Hour—Theater Alliance's “Fire Work,” strike songs from Strike While the Needle is Hot (including “Ford Workers on Strike”), and Ziltoid the Worker Safety Oracle. In labor history, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom drew 250,000 and heard Dr. King's “I Have a Dream.” Quote of the day: Zoltoid, the Worker Safety Oracle. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    Lies and Liars

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Workers Beat Extra takes on Trump, truth, and the takeover of the airwaves. In labor history, sanitation strike leader Baxter Leach dies at 79. Quote of the day: Baxter Leach. @KNON893FM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Unions as Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Power At Work podcast explores how unions build solidarity and community beyond economic struggles. In labor history, on this date in 1920, women won the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment. Quote of the day: Wendell Lewis Willkie. @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    That ain't happening on my watch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Alberta Worker Podcast brings us voices from the Canadian flight attendants' strike. In labor history, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded in 1925. Quote of the day: A. Philip Randolph. @ABWorker @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    Pick the best candidate for workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Labor Notes podcast, organizers explain how UAW Region 9A backed the strongest pro-worker candidate—and then helped make the win happen. In labor history, in 1945 five flight attendants formed the first union for their profession. Quote of the day: Joyce Miller. @LaborNotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    All people must be free

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour talks with poet Martín Espada about immigration and poetry. In labor history, Nat Turner's 1831 revolt begins in Southampton County, Virginia. Quote of the day: R.J. Phillips Band. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    The myth of an invisible army

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast challenges the myth of an invisible army of federal workers. In labor history, 2021 saw Liz Shuler elected the first woman president of the AFL-CIO. Quote of the day: Liz Shuler. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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    From Superman to ICE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Workers Mic riffs on ICE's celebrity turn as '90s Superman star Dean Cain signs on as an agent. In labor history, 2005 saw 4,400 AMFA mechanics at Northwest Airlines strike over job security and cuts; the 14-month walkout ended in defeat. Quote of the day: The IWW's Little Red Songbook. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

    You can't fix service without federal workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report on why you can't improve service without hiring federal workers. In labor history, 1927 saw New York's WEVD radio go on the air in honor of Eugene V. Debs. Quote of the day: Gene Debs. @LaborReporters @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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