Podcast appearances and mentions of John L Lewis

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily:  Reducing moviemaking's environmental impact, on the Apple Box Talks podcast; birth of UMWA's John L. Lewis; Frederick Douglass quote @iatse891 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

True History: Biography in Sound “Labor's John L. Lewis” 7/12/55 NBC.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: NFFE firefighters on the LA fires, on Union or Bust; SCOTUS nixes boycotts; John L. Lewis @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Episode 17 of Fragile Juggernaut concerns the momentous arrival of long-dreaded events abroad that broke US politics out of its political and economic impasse during Roosevelt's second term: Europe's descent into fascist war. Foreign policy dislodged the American elite from their indecision over the nature of domestic reform; dislodged President Roosevelt from his indecision over whether to run for a third term; and dislodged the leadership of the CIO from its political cul-de-sac of battling employers at the bargaining table and their own government at the ballot boxes. With Roosevelt's third term, CIO founder John L. Lewis surrendered his presidency of the industrial union center. In the process, the drift into war dramatically transformed the relationship of the industrial union movement to electoral politics and the Democratic Party—and of union leaders to the Depression society now energized and organized around war production. Fragile Juggernaut is a Haymarket Originals podcast exploring the history, politics, and strategic lessons of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the rank and file insurgency that produced it. Support Fragile Juggernaut on Patreon and receive our exclusive bimonthly newsletter, full of additional insights, reading recommendations, and archival materials we've amassed along the way.Buy The Tragedy of American Science, 20% Off: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1888-the-tragedy-of-american-scienceSupport us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FragileJuggernaut/posts

Food service worker Dontaz Williams on Building Bridges, a Labor Podcast Today's labor history: police shoot striking maritime workers Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Food service worker Dontaz Williams on Building Bridges, a Labor Podcast Today's labor history: police shoot striking maritime workers Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labour Radio reports on the shutdown of the Canadian labour publication   Today's labor history: MLB players strike Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis @radiolabour @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labour Radio reports on the shutdown of the Canadian labour publication   Today's labor history: MLB players strike Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis @radiolabour @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This final episode of Organize the Unorganized is devoted to key lessons of the CIO moment. All of the guests on this program were asked about this basic question, and we try to represent all of their answers on this episode. The negative lessons, points where guests were keen to note the differences between the 30s and the present moment, focused on the changed economic situation and the issue of labor law. The more positive lessons pertained to union democracy, overcoming divisions in the working class, mass organizing, raising expectations, and seizing the moment. Guests in order of appearance: Dorothy Sue Cobble, Professor Emerita of History and Labor Studies at Rutgers University; David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis; Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Jeremy Brecher, Labor Historian; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Bryan Palmer, Professor Emeritus of History at Trent University; William P. Jones, Professor of History at the University of Minnesota; Rick Halpern, Professor of American Studies at the University of Toronto; Peter Cole, Professor of History at Western Illinois University; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian Clips in order of appearance: “David Dubinsky speaks at the 25th anniversary celebration of his ILGWU presidency, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1957, Part 2,” David Dubinsky Audio-visual Recordings, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library, https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05780-002av.html (37:32); “Walter Reuther and the UAW,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4n76yNizs8 (38:03); “A Conversation with Harry Bridges,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EFZOj7_1qI (39:31); John L. Lewis, “Industrial Democracy Speech, WEAF,” The John L. Lewis Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society (493A/39) (39:46) Songs in order of appearance: The Union Boys, “Hold the Fort,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj4tNpjr9c4 (12:33); “On the Line,” “Tom Glazer Sings Favorite American Union Songs circa 1948,” United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers Records, 1937-1968, Wisconsin Historical Society (Audio 375A/78), https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;id=navbarbrowselink;cginame=findaid-idx;cc=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-mss00118;focusrgn=C02;byte=412854728 (19:07); “We Shall Not Be Moved,” The Original Talking Union and Other Unions Songs with the Almanac Singers with Pete Seeger and Chorus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3cJ7GVoOdA (27:56); Tracy Newman, “It Could Be a Wonderful World,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yIs5GICs8 (42:33) Theme music by Drake Tyler.

This episode is devoted to the Little Steel strike in the summer of 1937, a tragic failure for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the CIO, and one that illustrated the limits of the New Deal order. It might appear excessive to devote an entire episode of the podcast to one strike, but Little Steel was in many ways a turning point, a key hinge in our story. To capture it well we also need to delve into the more general history of steel organizing in America, a fantastically brutal affair that reveals the soul of American capitalism. Guests in order of appearance: David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Daniel Nelson, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Akron; Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at Binghamton University Clips in order of appearance: Gus Hall, “U.S. Communist Party 75th Anniversary,” October 23, 1994, https://www.c-span.org/video/?61145-1/us-communist-party-75th-anniversary (0:00); “AFL vs. CIO split in 1935,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IsJZAknuIQ (7:47); John L. Lewis, “Industrial Democracy in Steel,” July 6, 1936, The John L. Lewis Papers 493A/39, Wisconsin Historical Society (9:26, 45:29); “UAW Audiovisual Collection: 1955 Documentary on the CIO,” Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University (19:10); Quotes in order of appearance: Mary Heaton Vorse, Labor's New Millions, p. 132, https://ia802602.us.archive.org/3/items/laborsnewmillion00vorsrich/laborsnewmillion00vorsrich.pdf (32:16) Songs in order of appearance: Pete Seeger, “Homestead Strike Song,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xysm_JNnLqw (5:58); Joe Glazer, “Memorial Day Massacre,” Songs of Steel and Struggle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6KsMlgCokI (20:12); Joe and Esther Zane Gelders, “The Ballad of John Catchings (Part 1),” The Lomax Kentucky Recordings, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/197 (38:36) Theme music by Drake Tyler. Quote music is Martin Tallstrom's cover of “Freight Train,” used here with permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LEUMgBkX8.

On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized, we examine the three initial major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. We begin by recounting the story of the “first CIO strike” at the Goodyear complex in Akron, Ohio, a victorious strike that put the CIO on the map. We then turn to the great General Motors strike in the winter of 1937, perhaps the most iconic confrontation of the period and generally recognized as the CIO's transformational victory. We end briefly on the steel organizing campaign, whose success was drawn in part from the threatening militancy of the CIO. Guests in order of appearance: Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center; Daniel Nelson, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Akron; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; Jeremy Brecher, Labor Historian; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at Binghamton University Clips, in order of appearance: “UAW Presents… SITDOWN,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GdDupP8m6g (1:58, 10:32, 20:40, 21:57); John L. Lewis, “Industrial Democracy Speech, WEAF,” John L. Lewis Papers, 1879-1969, Wisconsin Historical Society, 493A/39 (8:29); Genora Johnson Dollinger, Audio Interview with Sherna Berger Gluck, https://csulb-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/217512 (11:40, 14:16, 16:11) Quotes, in order of appearance: Art Preis, Labor's Giant Step: The First Twenty Years of the CIO, 1936-55 (New York: Pathfinder, 1964), pp. 101-102 (12:20) Songs, in order of appearance: The Manhattan Chorus sings Maurice Sugar's "Sit Down." Recorded in April, 1937, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVrxruRTtDA (7:52); Mary McCaslin, “Join the CIO,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgKWT6r8-h0 (16:40) Theme music by Drake Tyler. Quote music is Martin Tallstrom's cover of “Freight Train,” used here with permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LEUMgBkX8.

On the second episode of Organized the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we discuss the institutional formation of the CIO and meet some of the organization's key personalities. We learn about figures such as John L. Lewis, whose bold leadership came at a decisive moment in history, and Sidney Hillman, the only other real center of power besides Lewis in the early CIO. Finally, we hear about some of the CIO's key organizers, most of whom hailed from the United Mine Workers of America.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a limited-run history podcast telling the story of the CIO through the voices of labor historians. Hosted by Benjamin Y. Fong and produced by the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University with Jacobin. Find the full show notes for this episode at https://soundcloud.com/organizetheunorganized/episode-2-powerful-personalities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the second episode of Organized the Unorganized, we kick things off with an account of the institutional formation of the CIO, and then get to the organization's key personalities. John L. Lewis, the founding president of and driving force behind the CIO, unsurprisingly gets a fair amount of time, and we focus in particular on the reasons for his bold leadership at this decisive moment in history. We also introduce Sidney Hillman, the only other real center of power in the organization besides Lewis in the early CIO, as well as some of the key organizers of the CIO, most of whom hailed from the United Mine Workers of America. Guests, in order of appearance: Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at Binghamton University; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Jeremy Brecher, Labor Historian; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian; Lisabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Dorothy Sue Cobble, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History and Labor Studies at Rutgers University Clips, in order of appearance: John L Lewis, “The Future of Organized Labor” speech, November 28, 1935, in the “John L. Lewis papers, 1879-1969,” Wisconsin Historical Society, 493A/9 (0:00, 19:42); Mike Wallace, “John L. Lewis,” Biography, https://youtu.be/2fwAr3_oHKg?si=cJwo8qZpFAQ0WX0R (8:01); Sidney Hillman, "America's Town meeting -- WJZ & Network - June 14, 1935 -- Mr. Sidney Hillman," Box 1, Folder 2, Sidney and Bessie Hillman Recording Discs, 1935, Collection Number 6225 AV, https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL06225av.html (26:58); “UAW Audiovisual Collection: 1955 Documentary on the CIO,” Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University Quotes, in order of appearance: William Z. Foster, Misleaders of Labor, p. 133, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b5111691&seq=139; Robert Zieger, The CIO: 1935-1955, p. 25; Melvyn Dubofsky and Warren van Tine, John L. Lewis: A Biography, p. 163; Walter Reuther and James Carey, introduction to John Brophy, A Miner's Life: An Autobiography, https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Miner_s_Life/LD_tAAAAMAAJ?hl=en Songs, in order of appearance: George Jones, “This is what the union has done,” George Korson Bituminous Songs Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197194/; Sarah Ogan Gunning, “I'm Goin' to Organize, Baby Mine (part 1),” The Lomax Kentucky Recordings, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/212; Pete Seeger, “Which Side Are You On?”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEnTxlBuGo Theme music by Drake Tyler. Quote music is Martin Tallstrom's cover of “Freight Train,” used here with permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LEUMgBkX8.

The first episode of Organize the Unorganized sets the stage for the story of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, first getting into the history of the organization from which it broke off, the American Federation of Labor, and then describing three developments that raised workers' expectations in the lead-up to the founding of the CIO: the broken promises of welfare capitalism, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the mass strikes of 1934. Interviewees, in order of appearance: Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Dorothy Sue Cobble, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History and Labor Studies at Rutgers University; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Bryan Palmer, Professor Emeritus of History at Trent University; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian; David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; Jeremy Brecher, Labor Historian Songs, in order of appearance: Aunt Molly Jackson, “CIO Union Song,” https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1352 (7:28); Joe and Esther Zane Gelders, “The Ballad of John Catchings,” https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/197 (23:50); John Greenway, “The Ballad of Bloody Thursday,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWafvcwXCtc (32:08) Clips, in order of appearance: John L. Lewis speech, from Mike Wallace's Biography, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fwAr3_oHKg&t=384s (0:00); AFL vs. CIO split in 1935, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IsJZAknuIQ (11:51); David Dubinsky speech, from “ILGWU. David Dubinsky Audio-visual Recordings: Collection Number: 5780/002 AV,” Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Box 2, Folder 10, “David Dubinsky—United Auto Worker Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, regarding racketeering” (18:49); “1934 United States Labor Disputes and Strikes newsreel archival footage,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIaLk-LKlqI (25:33); “San Francisco General Strike, 1934 - Part 2,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaccCzN7WLc (29:45); “Farrell Dobbs Speaks! Teamster Battles of the 1930s: Part 1,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLr45LwsqGI&t=1462s (41:46) Theme music by Drake Tyler.

You Make The News 46-05-16 Ep026 John L Lewis

True History: Biography in Sound “Labor's John L. Lewis” 7/12/55 NBC.

Happy Labor Day! The MR Crew is off today but in the meantime please enjoy our annual audio compilation of labor-themed excerpts from luminaries such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mario Savio, John L. Lewis, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders reading the words of Eugene Debs. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

The Great Labor Arts Exchange; A white-collar strike; Aussie labor supports the environment; Belafonte, race and labor; Crack-Up Capitalism. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: Labor unity conference in St. Louis. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ColleenKattau, @ATUComm @BenGrosscup @WGAWest #WGAstrike #WGAStrong #WGA @UFWupdates @coalition_labor @3CRsolidarity @thedigradio Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

The Great Labor Arts Exchange; A white-collar strike; Aussie labor supports the environment; Belafonte, race and labor; Crack-Up Capitalism. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: Labor unity conference in St. Louis. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @ColleenKattau, @ATUComm @BenGrosscup @WGAWest #WGAstrike #WGAStrong #WGA @UFWupdates @coalition_labor @3CRsolidarity @thedigradio Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Labor history in song, from the “Coal Miners' Balladeer,” performed live at the April 1, 2023 “Annual Commemoration of the History of Working People” put on by the Pennsylvania Labor History Society and The Battle of Homestead Foundation in Windber, Pennsylvania. On this week's Labor History in Two: The year was 1937. That was the day sparring between Henry Ford and John L. Lewis spilled over into the press. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory @HomesteadFdn @breiding_tom

Defenders of Wildlife not so great with people; Defenders of Wildlife settles; workers demand contract; Rejecting a “culture of fear”; Two organizing wins; Freshfarm workers unionize. Today's labor quote: Frederick Douglass. Today's labor history: Birth of John L. Lewis, president of the Mine Workers and founder of the CIO. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @thericandback @defenders_staff @Defenders #WeAreDefenders #UnionStrong @OPEIU @OPEIULocal2 @AFT_Maryland @aftunion @TRUhopkins @ueunion #JHUGradsRising #TRUisYOU @FRESHFARMunion @UFCW400 Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 711, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: June 1969 1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. 2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras. soccer/football. 3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months. Cyprus. 4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in. Warren Burger. 5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket". John L. Lewis. Round 2. Category: Wed To The Idea 1: The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy". matrimony. 2: "Marry in" this color "and you will always be true", hence the requirement for "something" of it. blue. 3: Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage. (baby) shoes. 4: Once, a groom paid a sum to the bride's family and she came with a collection of money and property known as this. a dowry. 5: A married couple may start off as a DINK couple, an acronym for this. double income, no kids. Round 3. Category: Name The Playwright 1: "A Doll's House". Henrik Ibsen. 2: "Summer And Smoke". Tennessee Williams. 3: "The Sisters Rosensweig". Wendy Wasserstein. 4: "Rhinoceros". Eugene Ionesco. 5: "Murder In The Cathedral". T.S. Eliot. Round 4. Category: Red, White Or Blue 1: It's a synonym for Bolshevik. Red. 2: The largest living animal on earth has this color in its name. a blue whale. 3: The one that's not a label of Johnnie Walker. White. 4: It's the color of the flag that stops an auto race before the finish. red. 5: Jack London's follow-up doggie tale to "The Call of the Wild". White Fang. Round 5. Category: What The "H" Is It? 1: These phenomena are also known as tropical cyclones. hurricanes. 2: Hawaii favorite flowering here. Hibiscus. 3: Das kapital of das Keystone State. Harrisburg (Pennsylvania). 4: The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance. Halloween. 5: The government departments, jurisdiction and authority associated with the Vatican. the Holy See. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

You Make The News 46-05-16 Ep026 John L Lewis

December 26, 1954 - The day after Christmas and Jack Benny visits Dennis Day who has a cold. Plus the unedited master recording for this episode survives and includes a couple of cut jokes and behind the scenes banter. References include "This is Your Life", "Robert Montgomery Presents", Louella Parsons, and John L Lewis.

Baby economics; Supermarket workers union deplores gun violence after fatal shootings; The people speak; Arlington Starbucks workers win union; “Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends and Enemies” Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis.         Today's labor history: National Federation of Telephone Workers founded. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @CLUWNational @UFCW400 @1199SEIU_MDDC @PGCEA_PR @UHLocal25 @SBWorkersUnited @va_labor @WorkersUnitedMA @suzannecgordon @jasper_craven @EconomicPolicy Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Baby economics; Supermarket workers union deplores gun violence after fatal shootings; The people speak; Arlington Starbucks workers win union; “Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends and Enemies” Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis.         Today's labor history: National Federation of Telephone Workers founded. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @CLUWNational @UFCW400 @1199SEIU_MDDC @PGCEA_PR @UHLocal25 @SBWorkersUnited @va_labor @WorkersUnitedMA @suzannecgordon @jasper_craven @EconomicPolicy Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Today our annual compilation of labor speeches from FDR, Mario Savio, John Lewis, Bernie reading from the speech that sent Eugene Debs to jail. 8:15 - Bernie Sanders reads Eugene Debs 11:20 - FDR's Four Freedoms Speech 21:40 - John L. Lewis 35:20 - Mineworkers song 40:45 - Mario Savio

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 567, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Animal Adjectives 1: Something shabby, as though gnawed by rodents. ratty. 2: What you might feel after spilling wine all over your hostess' lamb chops. sheepish. 3: A vulpine synonym for sexy. foxy. 4: Lupine, like the Ethiopian or the timber. the wolf. 5: Anserine, like the snow or the nene. a goose. Round 2. Category: "B" In Rock 1: On a "Manic Monday", this group taught us to "Walk Like An Egyptian". The Bangles. 2: Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang was in many of this group's music videos, as the modern "California Girl". The Beach Boys. 3: Elvis' last Top 10 hit, it says, "I feel my temperature rising, help me I'm flaming I must be a hundred and nine". "Burning Love". 4: Adam Yauch and Michael Diamond are 2 of the 3 "Boys" in this group. The Beastie Boys. 5: Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, Michael McCary and Wanya Morris are this "Boy" group. Boyz II Men. Round 3. Category: Clio Hall Of Fame 1: "Does She or Doesn't She?". Miss Clairol. 2: "In The Driver's Seat". Hertz. 3: "Mean Joe Greene" and "Buy The World". Coca-Cola. 4: "Three Brothers --- Mikey". Life cereal. 5: "Acapulco Diver" and "Watch On Propeller". Timex. Round 4. Category: June 1969 1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. 2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras. soccer/football. 3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months. Cyprus. 4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in. Warren Burger. 5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket". John L. Lewis. Round 5. Category: Straw 1: Proverbially, this animal keeps getting its back broken by one straw too many. the camel. 2: Water, clay and a little straw combine to make this type of brick common in the Southwest. adobe. 3: Skimmers, boaters and sailors are types of these made of straw. hats. 4: Politically speaking, O. Henry wrote, "A straw" one of these "only shows which way the hot air blows". a poll. 5: Sacrificial tokens in ancient Asia; Sam Peckinpah extinguished a few in 1971. straw dogs. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Nurses strike Howard University Hospital; Striking Howard University Hospital workers gain wide support; Restoring worker rights; Timesland contract; Movement certified. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: SCOTUS screws up. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @NursesHealDC @NationalNurses @huhospital @32BJSEIU @DaOrganizer @DCJWJ @TheProspect @NLRB @HaroldMeyerson @TimeslandGuild @WBNG32035 @Mvmt4EqlFooting Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Nurses strike Howard University Hospital; Striking Howard University Hospital workers gain wide support; Restoring worker rights; Timesland contract; Movement certified. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: SCOTUS screws up. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @NursesHealDC @NationalNurses @huhospital @32BJSEIU @DaOrganizer @DCJWJ @TheProspect @NLRB @HaroldMeyerson @TimeslandGuild @WBNG32035 @Mvmt4EqlFooting Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Why your groceries cost so much; Union Kitchen workers stage 2-day strike; 70 ways to boost unions; Congressional workers organize. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: Hollywood writers win 3-month strike. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @UFCW400 @checkoutradio @UKworkersunited @UFCW400 @POTUS @VP @Congress_Union Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Maria and Julio talk about President Biden's press conference to mark his first year in office, and they get into the latest on voting rights. They also discuss a new plan to resolve Puerto Rico's bankruptcy and give an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. ITT Staff Picks:For Latino Rebels, correspondent Pablo Manríquez reports from the Senate chamber on the debate over the John L. Lewis Voting Rights Act.“Pandemics do not end ‘individually,' and vaccines aren't meant to work only as individual protection,” writes Abdullah Shihipar in this piece for Teen Vogue.Nicole Acevedo breaks down the history, context, and next steps for the debt restructuring plan aimed at ending Puerto Rico's nearly five-year-long bankruptcy in this piece for NBC News.Photo credit: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the late 1970s, San Jose city employees were frustrated with flat wages and pay inequities for women workers. They believed that job categories dominated by women were undervalued and underpaid, and they proved it through a multi-year campaign for pay equity led by AFSCME Local 101/Municipal Employees Federation, AFSCME Council 57. Their efforts went a long way towards closing pay gaps, but it wouldn't have happened without a strike in 1981. AFSCME secretary-treasurer Elissa McBride brings us the story of the first pay equity strike in U.S. history. In December of 1954, Boston meatpackers in CIO Local 11 were just over a month into a strike against the Colonial Provision Company. That strike went on to make history, continuing for 14 months, the longest in Massachusetts history. Interracial cooperation was also a hallmark of the struggle by the Boston meatpackers, who were also redbaited and had their union decertified.  The story of how these workers fought back – and won – is still inspiring and has lessons for today's battles. On this week's Labor History in Two: the year was 1947. That was the day that the United Mine Workers leader, John L. Lewis wrote the AFL stating “We disaffiliate.” Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Our story of the Boston meatpacker strike came from the film Glory Days: Boston Colonial Packinghouse Workers Recall the Strike of 1954 – 55, produced and directed by Cynthia McKeown, released in 1988; remastered in 2019. Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, compiled by David Prosten. This week's music: 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton (plus a funk cover by Love Raptor) and Celebration by Kool and the Gang, both top hits in 1981, the year of the pay equity strike.

Incidents of harassment, violence and hate on the rise in stores as holiday shopping season gets underway. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: National hunger march on DC for unemployment insurance.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @RWDSU Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Incidents of harassment, violence and hate on the rise in stores as holiday shopping season gets underway. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: National hunger march on DC for unemployment insurance.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @RWDSU Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

On 20th anniversary of Transportation Security Administration, AFGE publishes series on battle for rights on the job. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: The first recorded strike. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On 20th anniversary of Transportation Security Administration, AFGE publishes series on battle for rights on the job. Today's labor quote: John L. Lewis. Today's labor history: The first recorded strike. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AFGENational Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Show Notes   Check out Code WACK!'s latest podcast featuring Cindy Young, labor advocate and expert in health benefit negotiations, discussing the significance of the labor movement in America's struggle for healthcare justice, and the need for Medicare for All.   Host Brenda Gazzar and Young, a board member of the California Alliance for Retired Americans and vice chair of the Healthy California Now coalition, explore the historic antecedents of our nation's current healthcare system, including the heroic role played by the United Mine Workers of America in 1946 to win health benefits for the first time.  Click here for the podcast transcript or visit our website: https://heal-ca.org/american-workers-desperate-fight-for-healthcare-security/     Ever since then, organized labor has set the bar on health benefits, not only for union members but for the workforce in general: “...nonunion employers were saying ‘Well, I don't want my workforce to organize so I'm going to provide benefits that are similar to what the union workers are getting so I don't have to deal with union organizing' and that really is the beginning of health insurance in this country,” Young explains. Yet employers were not required by the government to provide health insurance to their workers until the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010.  “...until the ACA passed, there was no obligation of any employer to provide any benefits at all, right, so an employer never had to provide health insurance to a worker...For years and years and years, how you got your benefits was either you were in a union and the union bargains wages, hours and working conditions or you got it, you know, through your employer who didn't want the union to organize,” Young says.   And though the ACA is truly a lifesaver, Young explains, it has not adequately addressed our healthcare system's most urgent needs - universality and affordability. Without those elements, millions of Americans still face a closed door when it comes to their care.    In addition, Young paints a grim picture of a reality where bargaining for health benefits has evolved into a zero sum game that completely fails to address the ever-spiraling costs to both employers and employees.  “..employers oftentimes, almost all the time, say to us, ‘here's how much money we have to pay for benefits...we've got 1% of salary to pay for wages and benefits. If you want to take it in wages, take it in wages. If you want to take it in benefits,  take it in benefits but we're not going to give you any more than x amount.'”    You'll also hear in this episode why Young pushes back on the idea that patients are “consumers” and continues to fight for improved Medicare for All.   Thanks for listening! And remember to subscribe to Code WACK! to catch all our episodes about America's broken healthcare system on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen. Cindy Young's Biography ​​Ms. Young started her career at H.E.R.E., Local 2 in San Francisco as the Director of Research in 1985. She negotiated pension and healthcare benefits for 25,000 hotel and restaurant workers in San Francisco. She served as the key trustee for the H.E.R.E, Local 2, Pension, Education and Health and Welfare Trust Funds. She provided advice and counsel to Senior Union Staff on legislation impacting healthcare and pension benefits. She developed health reform education programs for H.E.R.E. International Union and its affiliates. She developed and organized the California Northern California Labor Health Coalition, which successfully improved Kaiser's Chiropractic and Drug and Alcohol Benefits.   From 1988 – 2010, Ms. Young served as the Senior Health Policy Advisor to California School Employees Association (CSEA). She negotiated healthcare benefits for 220,000 classified school employees and analyzed insurance renewals. She provided leadership and counsel to the CSEA management and staff on healthcare related strategies, legislation and in the delivery of healthcare training programs. She served as Labor Chair of the California Healthcare Coalition, as well as the California Education Coalition for Healthcare Reform.   From 2010 – 2014, Ms. Young served as Regulatory /Policy Specialist for California Nurses Association, and Special Projects Coordinator, leading the nurses single payer campaign.   Ms. Young currently has a small consulting firm and assists Minnesota Nurses Association and California's with bargaining health and welfare benefits. She serves on the Board of Directors for the California Alliance for Retired Americans. Representing CARA, she serves as Vice Chair of the Healthy California Now. Ms. Young has worked as a labor advocate and been committed to Medicare for All for 45 years. Helpful Links   John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers of America (Wikipedia)   The Promise of 1946 (United Mine Workers of America)   The Complete History of Employer-Provided Health Insurance, Gabrielle Smith (PeopleKeep)

True History: Biography in Sound “Labor's John L. Lewis” 7/12/55 NBC.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Measuring Up 1: There are 3 teaspoons in this unit of measure. tablespoon. 2: 37 degrees Celsius equals 98.6 degrees on this scale. Fahrenheit. 3: Equal to 1,000 grams, this metric standard is abbreviated KG. kilogram. 4: Of 6 miles, 16 miles or 60 miles, the one closest to the length in miles of a 10-kilometer run. 6 miles. 5: This unit can be 1/60 of a degree or 1/60 of an hour. minute. Round 2. Category: Turn Me Lewis 1: He died on Oct. 11, 1809 of a gunshot wound in Tennessee; murder or suicide has never been proven either way. Meriwether Lewis. 2: The father of John L. Lewis, first president of the CIO, had this job back in Wales. a coalminer. 3: The No. 2 man for the No. 2 man, he was Dick Cheney's chief of staff until he was indicted. Scooter Libby. 4: He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Sinclair Lewis. 5: It's not nonsense (or is it?) to say this author was ordained a deacon in 1861. Lewis Carroll. Round 3. Category: Lesser-Known Ancient Romans 1: This little-known Roman was exactly half as wide as his Greek friend Diameter. Radius. 2: This ancient Roman had trouble understanding others because of the ringing in his ears. Tinnitus. 3: Everything this Roman did was counterfeit or fake. Bogus. 4: He was difficult to understand because his jaw muscles were always locking up. Tetanus. 5: This Roman was always interrupting his projects for an extended break, especially over the summer. Hiatus. Round 4. Category: Facial Hair 1: This symbol of America has a type of beard named for him. Uncle Sam. 2: Women have a special pencil for them. Eyebrows. 3: Wearing this kind of beard would turn a nanny into a billy. Goatee. 4: A soupstrainer moustache is also known by this aquatic mammal's name. Walrus. 5: This long moustache with ends that droop past the chin is named for a Sax Rohmer villain. Fu Manchu. Round 5. Category: When Was That, Pierre? 1: Une annee horrible was this year of Napoleon's death, 6 years after Waterloo. 1821. 2: Tres tragique was this year when France was first occupied in World War II. 1940. 3: C'est tout! The armistice ending "La Grande Guerre" was signed in the Compiegne Forest in this year. 1918 (World War I). 4: Alors! In this year France lost the battle of Dien Bien Phu and saw revolution begin in Algeria. 1954. 5: Vive la Revolution Francaise! which began in this year. 1789. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Today's labor history: 1894 gathering of unions failed to overcome their differences. Today's quote: John L. Lewis. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Today's labor history: 1894 gathering of unions failed to overcome their differences. Today's quote: John L. Lewis. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

NNU honors the more than 400 RNs who have died of Covid in the pandemic. Today's labor history: Shootout in Matewan, W.V. between striking union miners and coal company agents. Click here for the climactic scene from John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan.  Today's quote: John L. Lewis. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @NNUBonnie @NationalNurses @steelworkers Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.  

NNU honors the more than 400 RNs who have died of Covid in the pandemic. Today’s labor history: Shootout in Matewan, W.V. between striking union miners and coal company agents. Click here for the climactic scene from John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan.  Today’s quote: John L. Lewis. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @NNUBonnie @NationalNurses @steelworkers Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.  

Sylvia Casaro Dietert, Director of the Building Futures Pre-Apprenticeship Program at the Metro Washington Council's Community Services Agency. Today’s labor history: Birth of John L. Lewis, head of the Mine Workers and CIO founder. Today’s labor quote: Frederick Douglass @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

For years the UMWA was under the tight control of John L. Lewis.  After he retired in 1960, he engineered the election of his hand-picked successor, W. A. (Tony) Boyle, as vice-president and then, on the death of Lewis' successor, he made sure he became UMWA president.  Six years later Boyle was challenged for the union presidency by long-time UMWA officer Joseph (Jock) Yablonski on a platform of reforming the union to better serve the needs of rank and file miners.  Yablonski lost, amid allegations of wide-spread voter fraud. And then Jock Yablonski, his wife and his daughter were brutally murdered in their home on New Years Eve, 1969. Today we tell the story of the Yablonski murders. You can subscribe to the Stories podcast on many apps, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Spotify and IHeart Radio. Thanks for listening.

Portside recommends labor radio and podcasts to check out and share with friends and co-workers.  Today’s labor history: History’s first recorded strike. Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @PortsideOrgProud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

50 ways Trump failed workers; Giant Foods turns deaf ear to hazard pay request; CSA launches holiday basket program. Today’s labor history: Truman seizes oil refineries, breaks strike. Today’s labor quote: John L. Lewis.@wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @ufcw400Proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The fellas are back this week with a new episode, hitting on CTuck's (aka 45 1/2) birthday weekend, The Honorable John L. Lewis passing, and the fallout with AL Rep. William Dismukes and his trip to Selma to celebrate a founder member of Klu Klux Klan birthday...yea tap in and listen to our discussions about these topics and much, much more!!! R.I.P. Malik B #HWY22E #NotYourSundaySchoolPodcast #JohnLLewis #CivilRights #GoodTrouble #WilliamDismukes #TheRoots #MalikB --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

America lost a true fighter for civil rights when Rep. John L. Lewis, the Georgia Democrat, succumbed to his long battle with cancer.Lewis spent his life battling for voting rights for all people, including people of color. He shed blood in this cause when he was just a young man, and he never stopped literally until the day he died.He fought hard so people of color could have the right to vote, something that Donald Trump and the Republicans try to deny, to this day. Wouldn't it be something if Trump loses in November and the African American vote is the reason?That's the topic of today's podcast from Not Fake News.biz. Take a listen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support.

America lost a true fighter for civil rights when Rep. John L. Lewis, the Georgia Democrat, succumbed to his long battle with cancer.Lewis spent his life battling for voting rights for all people, including people of color. He shed blood in this cause when he was just a young man, and he never stopped literally until the day he died.He fought hard so people of color could have the right to vote, something that Donald Trump and the Republicans try to deny, to this day. Wouldn't it be something if Trump loses in November and the African American vote is the reason?That's the topic of today's podcast from Not Fake News.biz. Take a listen.

Largest two-year average in 35 years. Today’s labor history: birth of CIO founder John L. Lewis. Today’s labor quote by Frederick Douglass.

“You can't know where you are going if you don't understand where you came from.” Today’s labor history: remembering Attica. Today’s labor quote by John L. Lewis.

Author of the bestseller “Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.” Today’s labor history: Labor unity conference fails. Today’s labor quote by John L. Lewis.

Congress raises minimum wage, Trump bans “free riders,” NLRB okays card check. Today’s labor history: longest newspaper strike ends. Today’s labor quote by John L. Lewis.

Union says injuries are preventable. Feds and supporters march on U.S. Capitol. Today’s labor history: birth of John L. Lewis. Today’s labor quote by Frederick Douglass.

As the twentieth century dawned on western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, the region's steel industry faced a struggle for unionism. Unionists like Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Samuel Gompers and Gus Hall battled for fair wages, hours and working conditions. Strong managers like Judge Elbert Gary and Tom Girdler opposed their every move. Tensions from issues of immigration, class, skill and race erupted throughout the industry. The tribulations led to widespread steel strikes directed by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Author Dale Richard Perelman charts the struggle and decline of the nation's most prominent regional steel industry. Dale Richard Perelman has written several books, including Mountain of Light: The Story of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond, The Regent: The Story of the Regent Diamond, Centenarians: One Hundred 100-Year-Olds Who Made a Difference and Steel: The Story of Pittsburgh's Iron and Steel Industry, 1852–1902. Description courtesy of The History Press.

Pierre Laval Executed For Treason [Etc.] National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39088, LI 208-UN-180 - PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1 shows Laval in Paris in 1941 with Nazis and prison scenes before and after his execution. Part 2, Gen. Yamashita is tried in Manila for war crimes. Gen. R.B. Reynolds presides. Part 3, President Truman speaks before a labor-industry conference. Other personages: Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, William Green, Charles Wilson. Part 4, cavalry horses and mules at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, are driven to winter feeding grounds. Part 5, British troops return to Hong Kong and capture Japanese soldiers. Marines are welcomed to Tientsin. Part 6, Japanese government gold, silver, and platinum are removed from caches. Hulks of Japanese ships dot Kure harbor. source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39088 copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

In 1920, UMWA organizing was in full swing, with the union successfully gaining pay raises and better working conditions in mines across the country. In that year, John L. Lewis set his sights on the coal fields of West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia, and the mine owners responded with force. On this episode, […]