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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

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Wednesday, July 23: Green and Red explores how Trump's tariffs have rallied support for Brazil's President Lula. In labor history, 1913: Northern Michigan copper miners struck for union rights. Quote of the day: Charles Moyer. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, July 22: Heartland Labor Forum shares the true story of an eco-activist who fell for an undercover FBI agent. In today's labor history, 1886: San Francisco brewery workers won shorter hours—and free beer. Quote of the day: Frank Moore Colby. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Medicaid cuts could shut down rural clinics and hospitals, forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles for care. From The Labor Exchange on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Labor history: In 1964, the IWW struck Hodgeman's Blueberry Farm in Michigan. Labor quote: Albert Einstein. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: As data centers boom, The Line podcast reports one major project alone may need up to 12,000 electricians in just three years. In labor history: Charleston hospital workers won their 113-day strike today in 1969. Plus a labor quote by Mary Moultrie. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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