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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Jawn on why Philly gets a sanitation strike about every 40 years — and what that says about the work we can't live without. In labor history, Walmart shut down its only unionized auto department just two months after workers won a contract. Quote of the day: Will Rogers. @labor80132 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Naomi Williams joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to discuss her new book A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity and why centering the most vulnerable is key to freedom for all. In labor history, 1980 saw Polish union Solidarity seize the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, a turning point in the fall of the Iron Curtain. Quote of the day: Lech Walesa. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther recalls an AFL-CIO meeting where delegates challenged union leaders to focus more on unemployed workers. In labor history, on this date in 1963, A. Philip Randolph protested the AFL-CIO's refusal to endorse the March on Washington. Quote of the day: A. Philip Randolph. @ReutherLibrary @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America's Workforce Radio digs into Nixon's role in the infamous 1970 “hard hat protest” that pitted construction workers against anti-war demonstrators. In labor history, on this date in 1994, Major League Baseball players launched a 232-day strike that wiped out 938 games. Quote of the day: Gene Orza. Brought to you by Union Plus — find out more at unionplus.org. Support us during WPFW's Summer Drive at 202-588-9739, 1-800-222-9739, PayPal, or wpfwfm.org. @AWFUnionPodcast @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From America's Workforce Radio, we revisit the Vietnam era's “Hard Hat” protest and how labor's stance on war split the movement. Tales from the Reuther Library explores rank-and-file reform in the Steelworkers with the story of “Oil Can Eddie.” Labor Jawn takes us inside Philadelphia's once-every-40-years sanitation strikes. On Solidarity Works, the legacy of Cesar Chavez and the Delano grape strike is remembered as a call to action for today's immigrant workers. And the Labor Heritage Power Hour uncovers the radical roots of the American West in the Great Cowboy Strike of 1883. Plus, Harold Phillips spotlights “Shows You Should Know” from across the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. @AWFUnionPodcast @ReutherLibrary @labor80132 @steelworkers @LaborHeritage1#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Solidarity Works looks at how the Delano grape strike's legacy continues to inspire immigrant labor, collective struggle, and organizing power. In labor history, on this date in 1884, federal troops drove 1,200 jobless workers from Washington D.C. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Boiling Point podcast tackles the importance of local labor media in the fight against misinformation. In labor history, on this date in 1902, Charles James became the first African-American elected to lead a central labor body in the U.S. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Filmmaker Matthew Pehl on the 1883 Great Cowboy Strike, featured on this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour, along with reports from the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and San Francisco's LaborFest. In labor history, on this date in 1988, TV writers ended a 22-week strike. Quote of the day: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working To Live In Southwest Washington on why union membership means more than just good benefits—it means community and security. In labor history, on this date in 2000, Verizon workers launched an 18-day strike. Quote of the day: Saul Alinsky. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Pipe Up podcast, members of the Plumber's Union discuss expanding representation to chimney sweeps—and why it's not so crazy. In labor history, on this date in 1933, FDR established the National Labor Board to enforce collective bargaining rights. Quote of the day: George Orwell. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, August 4: The Labor Notes podcast reports on backlash after leadership cuts support for Black, Latino, LGBTQ, and women's groups in the Brotherhood of Carpenters. In labor history, silk workers struck in Paterson, NJ in 1919, and 185,000 Teamsters walked out at UPS in 1997. Labor quote of the day: The Paterson strikers. @LaborNotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The On Writing podcast explores how fast-paced, last-minute collaboration fuels live shows like SNL. In labor history, on this date in 1921, Matewan police chief Sid Hatfield was murdered—an act that helped spark the Battle of Blair Mountain. Quote of the day: Sid Hatfield. @OnWritingWGAE @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Mark S. Ferrara explores the human cost of progress along the Erie Canal on the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, on this date in 1981, a fifty-day baseball strike ended. Labor quote: Jackie Robinson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Madison Labor Radio brings us a true David versus Goliath story from the healthcare frontlines in Janesville, Wisconsin. In labor history, the Medicare Act was signed into law in 1964. Quote of the day: Jimmy Hoffa. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Worker Power Hour tackles the housing crisis and wage stagnation in Southern California. In labor history, on this date in 1970, Delano grape growers signed their first union contracts with the United Farm Workers. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @1932Teamsters @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Life at sea and the toll of commercial fishing on the Labor Link Podcast. In labor history, on this date in 1932, federal troops burned the Bonus Army's shantytown near the U.S. Capitol. Quote of the day: Harry Bridges. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, July 25: Union or Bust explores faith, migration, and the moral call to action in today's struggles for justice. In labor history, 1877: The first U.S. general strike erupted in St. Louis, ending in deadly repression. Quote of the day: Big Bill Haywood. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, July 24: Art and Labor takes on gentrification and how developers use design to divide. In labor history, 1968: UAW and Teamsters launched the Alliance for Labor Action. Quote of the day: Walter Reuther. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network