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On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Organizer and author Michael Ansara recalls the moment at age 13 that launched his lifetime of activism. We talk with him about his new memoir, The Hard Work of Hope, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, two Navy ammunition ships exploded in Port Chicago, California on this day in 1944, killing 322 workers—most of them African American. Today's labor quote is by Michael Ansara. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Chuck Cora joins The Valley Labor Report to break down what he calls the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history—and why more people aren't alarmed. In labor history, the 1934 San Francisco longshore strike spread into a four-day general strike. Today's labor quote is by ILWU Local 38-79's Ivan Cox. @LaborReporters @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Adam Fox on The Valley Labor Report warns Medicaid cuts could shut down rural clinics. In labor history, steelworkers launched a massive 116-day strike in 1959. Today's labor quote is by Thomas Jefferson. @LaborReporters @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Long hours, long commutes, and big responsibilities—lineworkers talk about the scale and stress of modern infrastructure projects on the PowerLine podcast. Plus: labor storytelling at San Francisco LaborFest, the 1877 Great Railway Strike, and Woody Guthrie's birthday. @powerlinepodcast @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist Eric Ruin talks about the role of solidarity work in sustaining a creative life; paid or not. That's from this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour, airing at 1PM on WPFW 89.3 FM. Plus: robots take over in the play Hired at San Francisco's LaborFest, and Wisconsin labor history takes center stage in Eau Claire. In labor history, the brutal end of the 1894 Pullman Strike. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Nurses on the Union Talk podcast warn that slashing Medicaid will devastate care for vulnerable patients, overwhelm hospitals, and drive massive burnout among healthcare workers. Plus, America's deadliest rail accident struck Nashville in 1918. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Leaders of AFSCME District Council 33 tell The Labor Show podcast why nearly 9,000 Philadelphia city workers were prepared to strike for a fair deal and dignity on the job. Plus the IWW wraps up its founding convention and a quote from Mother Bloor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Docker Podcast marks the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier, when Vancouver longshore workers faced police repression in a fight echoing America's Bloody Thursday. Plus: a general strike in Puerto Rico, and the March of the Mill Children led by Mother Jones. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Buwa Basebetsi digs into the radical politics behind the 1970s Patricia Hearst kidnapping. Plus, LaborFest weekend events in San Francisco, ILO labor conventions and Albert Parsons joins the Knights of Labor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Kathy Newman joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to unpack how class and power play out in The Residence, Running Point, and Your Friends and Neighbors. That's 1pm on WPFW 89.3FM. Plus: Laborfest tackles fascism, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman is born. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From the Apple Box podcast, how the City of Burnaby backed up big promises with real action on Indigenous relations, proving that when leadership says “yes,” change becomes possible. Plus, in labor history, President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, banning discrimination on the job. @iatse891 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Union plumbers report on the shutdown of massive federal projects in Maryland, including at the new FBI complex and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving—costing union jobs and contracts. From Pipe Up, the podcast of the UA Plumbers' Union. Plus: the 1929 New Orleans streetcar strike that gave birth to the po' boy sandwich. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Why writers and artists are fighting to keep AI-generated content out of movies, plays, and literature. That's from the Union Strong podcast by the New York State AFL-CIO. Plus: Bayard Rustin's story screens online, a free concert in Greensboro, and Alabama ends convict leasing in 1928. @nysaflcio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A 1934 strike by Milwaukee electric railway workers. And on this day in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World—the IWW—was founded in Chicago. Plus, this weekend's labor arts calendar features Brother Outsider, Love Songs from the Liberation Wars, and a concert with Bev Grant & Charlie King. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Author Jennifer Smythe shares the story of Mary C. McCall Jr., Hollywood's most powerful—and forgotten—screenwriter, plus, a preview of this year's San Francisco LaborFest; on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, one o'clock on WPFW. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Veterans and union members rally on the National Mall, calling out Donald Trump's record and standing up for those who served. From the Working People podcast. Plus: A. Philip Randolph's pressure leads to a historic anti-discrimination order on this day in 1941. @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor strategist Bill Fletcher draws a hard line between labor and authoritarianism, warning against even faint praise for fascist leaders. Plus: we remember labor leader Terence V. Powderly, who died on this date in 1924, and Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons, born June 24, 1848. @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From KBOO's Labor Radio in Portland, a look at how public sector jobs offered generations of workers a ladder to the middle class. Plus: the latest labor arts news at laborheritage.org, and in labor history, a deadly 1914 union conflict in Butte, Montana. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage breaks down the use of conspiracy laws as tools of repression against labor and protest movements. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange heats up with tonight's Song & Poetry Contest and tomorrow's Laborpalooza concert. In labor history, we remember the deadly 1943 Detroit race riots. And we close with a powerful quote on union solidarity from Sue Carney. @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist Eric Ruin talks with Tabitha Arnold about how punk, zines, and class rage fueled his radical art—and why he gets more from collaboration than competition. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange kicks off tomorrow, and a historic sit-down strike in Akron. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red captures the grassroots spirit rising in Los Angeles as communities resist ICE raids and repression—no organizing required when neighbors have each other's backs. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange kicks off Friday in Silver Spring, A. Philip Randolph meets with FDR, and a powerful reminder that justice must be exacted, not given. @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Week Radio sounds the alarm on rising attacks and calls for labor to act now. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange kicks off Friday, a deadly 1864 arsenal explosion, and Susan B. Anthony's timeless words. @labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast takes us deep into Andor, where political awakening comes not from power and privilege, but from the realization that systemic change requires more than following the rules. Plus: Eugene V. Debs speaks truth to power on this day in 1918. @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Dig examines how English monarchs used clothing to project divine authority. Plus: worker-themed theater in NYC, WTO/99 at dcdoxfest, and the founding of the American Railway Union. @thedigradio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Francisco Herrera on music as empowerment, songs from Carsie Blanton and Colleen Kattau, Will Attig's favorite labor anthem, and Seth Newton Patel on the 1883 Cowboy Strike. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Pandemic-era understaffing and overwork have become “the new norm” in workforce strategy, says Economics for the People. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange is next week, and we remember labor leader John L. Lewis, who died on this day in 1969. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Washington Post tech workers say their work is central to the company's success—so why not have a union to match? That's from the Power at Work podcast. Plus: unions legalized in Canada (1872), vigilantes attack a MI picket line (1937), and JFK signs the Equal Pay Act (1963). Labor quote by Rep. Jackie Speier on the long road to wage equality. @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Why union meetings feel pointless to some members—and what that means for participation and power. Featuring a segment from the Labor Notes Podcast, plus labor history, today's labor quote, and the latest from the labor arts calendar. @LaborNotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A wartime streetcar ride takes an unexpected turn on On The Line: Stories of BC Workers. Plus: Unite for Veterans hits the Mall with the Dropkick Murphys, and we remember Lansing's 1937 “Labor Holiday.” @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily. “We started in '96 and our message has not changed at all,” says Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey. On The Labor Heritage Power Hour, Casey talks about the band's new single, their working-class roots, and why veterans are fighting back. Plus: The Lockout of the 20,000 premieres online today, and in 1976, Teamsters for a Democratic Union was born. #Unite4Vets @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A striking Bookmans worker on Words and Work explains why they took action. Plus: Give Light labor art event in NYC, and the House passes the Taft-Hartley Act on this day in 1947. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A student hunger striker on the Working People podcast reflects on Gaza, starvation, and cultural erasure. Plus, the Dropkick Murphys perform at Friday's Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall; on this day in 1956, 600,000 Steelworkers went on strike; and we remember the ILGWU, founded June 3, 1900, with “Look for the Union Label.” @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily:  When your job is relocated—whether it's 50 miles away or suddenly just around the corner—it can mean a major life decision or a welcome change. We hear from the Roswell Hub podcast on how workers are impacted by shifting job sites. Plus: the labor arts calendar, the first printers' strike in 1786, and a look back at the unratified 1924 amendment to end child labor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Trump's crackdown in Newark backfires, uniting protestors and sparking global anti-fascist solidarity. From What's Going On Labor Mondays. On today's labor arts calendar: the film Lilly — about equal pay trailblazer Lilly Ledbetter — screens online, and High Iron, an immersive rail labor experience, is on view in Laramie, Wyoming. In today's labor history: remembering the Memorial Day Massacre of 1937. @stucknation @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist and movement strategist Ricardo Levins Morales explores the deep emotional roots of organizing, while comics artist and activist Michael DeForge reflects on the power of political art—and how one of his posters sparked a labor board hearing. Plus: closing night of the DC Labor FilmFest, solidarity at the Kennedy Center, and a strike at Walt Disney in today's labor history. @rlmartstudio @dropkickmurphy3 @michael_deforge @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

What does it mean to become American? On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily, 3rd & Fairfax explores identity, transformation, and the immigrant experience. Plus: The Last Pullman Car screens online tonight—free—with a live Q&A. And in labor history, dancing the Turkey Trot gets 15 women fired in 1912. @WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From Utah's Worker Power Hour, a call for more union-friendly candidates across the political spectrum as labor rights face mounting challenges. Plus, Eleanor Roosevelt on the meaning of human rights, and Good Night, and Good Luck screens at the DC Labor FilmFest. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Is a 4-day workweek the key to better health and productivity? We hear from Stick Together about new research backing shorter workweeks—workers rested, happier, and just as productive. Plus: this week's labor arts calendar, a look back at the steel strike of 1937, and a chilling preview of the Memorial Day Massacre. #LaborRadioPod #4DayWorkweek #LaborHistory @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Heartland Labor Forum explores how frontline Social Security workers are grappling with understaffing and long lines. We also preview this quiet Memorial Day weekend's labor arts offerings and mark the deadly turning point of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike. laborradionetwork.org @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: “People make their own history.” Labor historian Joe McCartin joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to explore how workers shape the world—within the limits they inherit. We also mark the anniversary of the 1909 Georgia Railroad strike and remember labor leader Eugene Debs, imprisoned on this day in 1895. Plus, check out tonight's DC Labor FilmFest screening of Bless Their Little Hearts. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From outdated tech to billion-dollar budgets left unused, America's Work Force Radio breaks down the challenges facing aviation safety systems—and the workers trying to keep them running. Plus: Don't miss today's Postal Workers Museum tour at noon, or tonight's screening of The Churning at the DC Labor FilmFest. In labor history, nearly 100,000 SBC workers walked off the job in 2004. And today's labor quote comes from anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who went on trial for his life on this day in 1921. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report explores how Pope Leo XIII confronted the rise of industrial capitalism and the plight of the urban working class—laying the groundwork for labor-conscious Catholic social teaching. Plus: Good Night, and Good Luck screens at the DC Labor FilmFest, we mark the 1933 rubber workers' strike in Akron, and hear from labor historian William Cahn on the enduring influence of worker activism. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A methane explosion at Mexico's Pasta de Conchos mine in 2006 trapped 65 miners underground—sparking outrage, cross-border solidarity, and an enduring fight for justice. That's from the Solidarity Works podcast, on the Labor Radio Podcast Network.Plus: Singing for Justice screens today at the DC Labor FilmFest, the deadly 1950 South Amboy dock explosion, and a powerful labor quote from Richard Trumka. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Manufacturing Report exposes how viral TikTok shopping hacks push ultra-cheap Chinese factory goods—and the hidden costs behind them. Plus: weekend labor films at the DC Labor FilmFest and Reel Work in California, the 1934 Minneapolis general strike, and a powerful quote from A. Philip Randolph. @KeepitMadeinUSA @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: UAW President Shawn Fain accepts the 2025 Solidarity Forever Award from the Labor Heritage Foundation, reflecting on the revolutionary power of telling workers' stories. Plus: the 1917 founding of the first public library workers' union and a musical tribute to IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily, we hear from the On The Line podcast, where the power of honest history takes center stage. Educators and organizers are pushing back on sanitized narratives, lifting up the essential struggles—of enslaved Africans, suffragettes, and the Chicano labor movement—that truly built America. Plus: labor film highlights from D.C. to California, a victorious 1953 brewery strike, and a classic labor quote from modern-day picket lines. @laborontheline @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily, we hear from Working Voices on KPFK, where educators are taking a stand to protect immigrant students by distributing red rights cards and refusing to aid ICE without a warrant. Plus: labor arts calendar highlights and the 1913 IWW dockworkers strike in Philadelphia. Today's labor quote comes from UAW President Doug Fraser, who broke barriers—and spoke hard truths—on this day in 1980. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: In 2025, over 580 Starbucks stores have unionized—an outcome few predicted just five years ago. Today's Reinventing Solidarity podcast explores how this unexpected surge is reshaping the labor movement, especially among young workers. Plus: immigration raids echo a dark history, labor arts events from D.C. to California, and George Escobar of CASA calls out fear-based enforcement tactics. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Congress cracked down on undocumented workers—then made exceptions for low-wage white labor. Tales from the Reuther Library exposes the racial bias baked into U.S. labor policy. Plus: labor films this weekend, a 1934 strike, and Big Bill Haywood. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Labor Heritage Power Hour, Tim Lawson spotlights the IBEW Photo Contest, Tabitha Arnold talks labor art with Australian cartoonist Sam Wallman, and Samantha Smith uncovers the hidden history of unionizing Las Vegas showgirls. Plus, music from the DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Inside the sugar production line with the Bakery Workers Union's BCTGM Voices Project. In the labor arts world, Bargaining Shorts screen at California's Reel Work Labor Film Festival. On this day in labor history: Philadelphia's longest transit strike ends after 44 days. And today's labor quote comes from Equity's Andrea Hoeschen on the fight at The Second City in Chicago. @BCTGM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network