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    Workers Like You and Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People exposes the sweeping impact of immigration enforcement on everyday workers. In labor history, the Coalition of Labor Union Women was founded in 1974. Quote of the day: Coalition of Labor Union Women. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Breath and Brotherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 2:00


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: a powerful moment from the America Works podcast reflects on strength, vulnerability, and solidarity. In labor history, Michigan authorized worker cooperatives in 1865. Quote of the day: Franklin D. Roosevelt. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Hollywood Panic Over Organizing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Labor Heritage Power Hour reveals how fears of union organizing shaped early Hollywood. In labor history, the Supreme Court upholds the 8-hour day for railway workers in 1917. Quote of the day: Ernest “Big Train” Thompson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    They Can't Even Load a Dishwasher

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the SAG-AFTRA podcast shares a humorous take on AI struggling with a simple commercial shoot on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. In labor history, Walmart settles a $11M immigration case in 2005. Quote of the day: Thomas Geoghegan. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Stronger Each Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On The Line shares how community support strengthened workers during a four-day strike. In labor history, the 1970 U.S. postal strike begins in New York City and spreads nationwide. Quote of the day: Donald L. Foley. Labor landmark of the day: Knox Mine Disaster Site Marker. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Workers' Stories, Antidote to Despair

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: how hearing workers' organizing stories on the Labor Notes Podcast has become a source of hope in turbulent times. In labor history, on this date in 1960, the United Federation of Teachers was formed in New York. Quote of the day: Eleanor Roosevelt. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    When “Rat” Entered the Labor Lexicon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 2:00


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: backlash to a Christmas Eve strike on We Rise Fighting from the Labor Radio Podcast Network. In labor history, the term “rat” for a worker betraying fellow workers first appeared in print in 1830. Quote of the day: Eric Schlosser. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Gloria Johnson's Promise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Elise Bryant recounts the story of CLUW leader Gloria Johnson and the promise she made after facing segregation while in labor, on a special International Women's Day edition of the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, the 1912 Bread and Roses strike ends in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Quote of the day: Rose Schneiderman. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    The Problem With Oreos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast digs into deforestation and labor rights abuses tied to ingredients in Oreos and other global commodities. In labor history, Luddites smashed textile machines near Nottingham in 1811; Quote of the day: Albert Einstein. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Big Tech Moves In Next Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Economics for the People reports on a massive data center project planned near homes on Bly Road and what it could mean for residents and workers. In labor history, the Supreme Court upheld Eugene V. Debs' WWI-era conviction in 1919; Quote of the day: Gene Debs. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Fight Like Hell for Our Unions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Solidarity Podcast from Teamsters Local 769 says workers won't give up their unions. In labor history, the 1912 Westmoreland County coal strike begins. Quote of the day: Franklin D. Roosevelt. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Labor celebrates International Women's Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Immigrant workers under attack in today's climate on the Unite and Win podcast. Labor celebrates International Women's Day. In labor history, Joe Hill's “There Is Power In A Union” appeared in the IWW's Little Red Song Book. Quote of the day: Folk Hogan's version. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Right side of history

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: SEIU president April Verrett on the Labor Heritage Power Hour says the labor movement must stand firmly on the right side of history. In labor history, 1770, Crispus Attucks was killed in the Boston Massacre. Quote of the day: Martin Luther King Jr. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Connected to something bigger

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Radio on KBOO explores how Oregon workers see themselves as part of a larger, ongoing struggle. In labor history, 1937, UAW workers won the Flint sit-down strike. Quote of the day: Thomas Jefferson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Profits Over Patients

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: nurses warn the Riverside Rank and File that profit-driven healthcare is crowding out patient-centered care — and say their 31,000-member union is ready to “draw the line.” In labor history, Humboldt County lumber workers founded a union-run hospital in 1906. Quote of the day: William Green. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Why We Do This

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek Radio lifts up educators fighting for students and public schools. In labor history, 6,000 Greyhound drivers struck in 1990, and Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Hope in hard times

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther Library explores how The Radical Fund defended workers and dissenters in America's darkest times. In labor history, Eugene V. Debs joins the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1875, and Quote of the day: Gene Debs. @ReutherLibrary @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    One at a time we build solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Elise Bryant and the DC Labor Chorus on the Labor Heritage Power Hour remind us that solidarity grows person by person. In labor history, Chinese garment workers strike against union busting in San Francisco. Quote of the day: Charles Bukowski. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Bring your noise maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: My Labor Radio reports on letter carriers' plans to revive loud, old-school union rally energy with megaphones and cowbells. In labor history, death of a Montgomery Bus Boycott organizer. Quote of the day: Edgar Daniel Nixon. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Enough Is Enough: Jobs and Justice for All

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red Podcast honors Jesse Jackson's lifelong fight to unite workers around economic justice and multiracial solidarity. In labor history, police beat women and children during the 1912 Lawrence textile strike. Quote of the day: Jesse Jackson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    We Can't Just Bless America

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report explores inequality and working-class struggle in Atlanta. In labor history, Woody Guthrie writes “This Land Is Your Land.” Quote of the day: Woody Guthrie. @LaborReporters @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    One Day Longer Than Pittston

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Express Radio investigates layoffs, corruption, and worker resistance in auto manufacturing. In labor history, the Pittston coal strike settlement. Quote of the day: Richard Trumka. @WLUW @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Healing Justice and the Long Fight for Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America Works examines Black hospitals, health disparities, and why equity requires understanding lived experience. In labor history, FLOC reaches a landmark agreement with Campbell Soup. Quote of the day: Baldemar Velasquez. @librarycongress @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Who Controls Your Digital Self?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the SAG-AFTRA Podcast explains new guardrails on digital replicas and performer consent. In labor history, Kickstarter workers vote to unionize. Quote of the day: Rudyard Kipling. @sagaftra @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    No Confetti for the Champions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Words and Work digs into USL players' bold protest and a stripped-down championship celebration. In labor history, Yale unions strike in solidarity with teaching assistants. Quote of the day: William “Big Bill” Haywood. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Courage, Conviction, and Collective Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Notes examines how Twin Cities unions responded as workers organized themselves and forced bold action. In labor history, New York furriers begin a strike that wins the 40-hour week. Quote of the day: Leonora O'Reilly. @LaborNotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    From the Fields to the Picket Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: a Labor Jawn story traces early farm work, loss, and survival. In labor history, the Sons of Vulcan secure a first-of-its-kind union contract. Quote of the day: Sons of Vulcan. @labor80132 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Stand Up and Do Something

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: artists reflect on writing songs for this political moment and the need to act, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, John L. Lewis is born. Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Greensboro Sparks a Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: how the Greensboro sit-ins helped ignite the modern Civil Rights Movement and reshaped American politics. In labor history, the 1919 Seattle General Strike ends. Quote of the day: William “Big Bill” Haywood. @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Called at Any Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: PowerLine Podcast takes us inside the high-risk, high-responsibility world of substation work and what it demands from workers. In labor history, a deadly 1974 Staten Island industrial explosion. Quote of the day: Bread and Roses strikers. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Shutting Down a Paper to Bust a Union

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Heartland Labor Forum reports on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shutdown and the anti-union retaliation behind it. In labor history, Tom Mooney is convicted in a Pinkerton frame-up. Quote of the day: Jon Schleuss. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Pete's Genius Was Teaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: how Pete Seeger turned songs into shared power, via the Solidarity Works podcast. In labor history, the Seattle General Strike begins in 1919. Quote of the day: Arthur Balfour. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Stories Move People

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Singer David Rovics on why stories—not chants—move people, 2026 Labor Grammys winners, and Songs for Minneapolis, all on this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, Circuit City's bad business decision. Quote of the day: David Rovics. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    ICE in the Back Seat

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 2:00


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage shares drivers' fears of ICE stings using ride apps. In labor history, Rosa Parks is born. Quote of the day: Rosa Parks. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    “The Continued Existence of ICE Is a Threat”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Voice of the People challenges ICE's power and impact on working communities. In labor history, the Supreme Court upholds the Wages and Hours Act. Quote of the day: Franklin D. Roosevelt. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    “Girls, We Can't Lose”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Worker's Beat on how a Minnesota general strike is shaking the labor landscape. In labor history, the longest steel lockout ends. Quote of the day: Carrie Smith. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Hooked on solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: a new LRPN show, Unite and Win, on the power of collective action. In labor history, the ILO is founded. Quote of the day: International Labour Organization. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    A Brick and a Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour explores a new play about the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike and the image that became a symbol of working-class courage. In labor history, Dolly Parton's “9 to 5” tops the charts in 1981. Quote of the day: Dolly Parton. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips

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    MLK's Radical Vision of Class and Solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s often-overlooked commitment to class struggle and democratic socialism. In labor history, Wisconsin enacts the first U.S. unemployment compensation law. Quote of the day: Harry S. Truman. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    General Strike in Minneapolis!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On We Rise Fighting, unions demand ICE leave Minnesota in solidarity with immigrant workers. In labor history, Detroit auto workers launch a 1969 wildcat strike against racism. Quote of the day: Samuel Gompers. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    The Working Class Fights Back in Minneapolis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on mass resistance to ICE terror and why solidarity on the ground in Minneapolis matters nationwide. In labor history, pirate Henry Morgan outlines an early form of workers' compensation and collective decision-making in 1695. Quote of the day: Samuel Gompers. @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Building Unions Worthy of Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: voices from The Valley Labor Report on rebuilding unions strong enough to earn workers' trust—and keep it. In labor history, 10,000 Rochester clothing workers strike in 1913 for shorter hours, higher wages, and union recognition. Quote of the day: Stephanie Post. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Labor and the Race Divide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Labor Heritage Power Hour, historian Rudi Batzell examines how racial divisions shaped the U.S. labor movement. In labor history, Native American field hands at Mission San Juan Capistrano carried out what may be California's first farmworker strike in 1826. Quote of the day: Terence V. Powderly. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    What Uberization Really Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily, Counter App unpacks the meaning of “Uberization” and how digital labor platforms are transforming work. In labor history, a 1974 wildcat strike by Jersey City postal workers. Quote of the day: I.F. Stone. @ETUI_org @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    “If I Could Pay You Less, I Would”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 2:01 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily, a sharp Chris Rock joke opens a deeper conversation about why collective bargaining agreements matter. In labor history, baseball star Mickey Mantle signs a record-setting contract in 1961. Quote of the day: Mickey Mantle. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Just Trying to Get Gas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Rick Smith Show reports from Minneapolis, where immigration raids are spilling into everyday life and traumatizing entire communities. In labor history, Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at a 1986 benefit for laid-off 3M workers in his hometown of Asbury Park. Quote of the day: Bruce Springsteen. @RickSmithShow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    Corporate Media Isn't Built for Workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Why podcasts and independent labor media matter, featuring The Union Bug on the Labor Radio Podcast Network and the power of workers telling their own stories. In labor history, Palmer Raids detainees won the right to legal counsel in 1920. Quote of the day: Martin Johns. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

    There's Drama. There's a Pinkerton.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A behind-the-scenes look at The Hidden Shift and the labor-history intrigue explored on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, plus a spotlight on labor arts events nationwide. In labor history, Ralph Chaplin completes writing “Solidarity Forever” in 1915. Quote of the day: Ralph Chaplin. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    “Even When You Lose, You Gain Something”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: lessons in persistence from the Labor Notes Podcast, as organizers reflect on why fighting—and learning from losses—still matters. In labor history, a 1995 Pennsylvania court ruling allowed bosses to fire workers for being gay. Quote of the day: Ethiopian Proverb. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    There's No Resort Without These Workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: a look at the Telluride ski patrol strike from LaborForce and what it shows about worker power in seasonal industries. In labor history, the 1874 Tompkins Square Riot exposes the violent repression of unemployed workers. Quote of the day: Brian O'Hara. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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    Imperial Ambitions and Oil Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 2:00 Transcription Available


    On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Dig unpacks the MAGA agenda behind escalating intervention, deportation, and oil-driven geopolitics. In labor history, socialist novelist Jack London was born in 1876. Quote of the day: Jack London. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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