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On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour explores AI, creative work, and what the future may hold for artists and workers, continuing our Top 5 favorite shows series. In labor history, Hank Williams attended his final musicians' union meeting in 1953. Quote of the day: Hank Williams. @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 what the Alabama coal miners' strike reveals about militancy and democracy. In labor history, UMW reformer Jock Yablonski and his family were murdered in 1969. Quote of the day: Anonymous on automation. @LaborReporters @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 how labor radio links local fights around the world. In labor history, Mother Jones led miners' wives in a broom-and-pot march against scabs in Pennsylvania. Quote of the day: Mother Jones. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: highlights from the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly Top 5 of the Year, today featuring the Labor Jawn podcast and its deep dives into Philadelphia's working-class history. In labor history, OSHA was created in 1970. Quote of the day: George Orwell. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

As the year winds down, the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly takes a step back to celebrate the work coming out of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Instead of choosing favorites ourselves, we asked Network producers and hosts to select their top five episodes of 2025—and this week, you'll hear the first batch of those Best of the Year picks. Highlights include Labor Jawn's deep dives into Philadelphia labor history; Labor Force's sharp analysis of power, precarity, and organizing in today's economy; and selections from the Labor Heritage Power Hour exploring labor culture through music, history, and imagination. We also feature grassroots reporting from Working To Live in Southwest Washington, national political coverage from The Valley Labor Report, and on-the-ground worker stories from My Labor Radio. Want to hear the full episodes our producers chose as their best of the year? Find them at LaborRadioNetwork.org, and follow @LaborRadioNet on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and X for links to each episode as we roll them out over the coming weeks. Thanks to all the producers and hosts who make the Network what it is—and to everyone who listens, shares, and supports labor radio.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Voices from the PowerLine Podcast on how line workers are using TikTok and social media to tell their own stories and reach new audiences. In labor history, the Knights of Labor were founded in 1869. Quote of the day: Knights of Labor Constitution. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Building trades workers talk with the Heartland Labor Forum about the stress of job uncertainty and what it means to always be chasing the next project. In labor history, a 1910 dynamite bombing struck the Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles during a bitter strike. Quote of the day: Kathy Newman. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Madison Labor Radio looks at decades of union-built holiday displays in Madison, Wisconsin. In labor history, children were killed in the Italian Hall disaster during a miners' strike. Quote of the day: Woody Guthrie. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Dig explores how major corporations and elite institutions quickly fell in line with Trumpism. In labor history, Wal-Mart agreed to a massive settlement over unpaid wages. Quote of the day: Shirley Chisholm. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Radio show explores how the Labor Radio Podcast Network amplifies worker voices. In labor history, the 1919 deportations that launched the Red Scare. Quote of the day: Leonardo da Vinci. @coalition_labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly takes a wide-angle look at where labor power is showing up right now—on the shop floor, in politics, in culture, and across the media landscape. We start on The Workers' Mic, where hosts are joined by The Labor Radio Podcast Network's Chris Garlock and Harold Phillips to talk about why independent labor media matters and how the Network connects worker struggles across industries and regions. From there, The Dig digs into the political moment, with Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, and Waleed Shahid examining the liberal resistance's sharp left turn and what it means for organizing and strategy moving forward. On Labor Radio from WORT in Madison, it's a packed labor news roundup—from state worker rallies and dairy workers authorizing a strike to Starbucks organizing wins and fights over school voucher transparency. We also hear from Heartland Labor Forum, which takes on the often-overlooked issue of mental health in the labor movement, spotlighting union-led programs that support members and their families. Our unusual pick this week comes from the Power Line Podcast, featuring a tailgate conversation with Austin Carr—known online as “America's Favorite Lineman”—on life in the trades and how social media is reshaping work and identity. Plus, in our Shows You Should Know speed round, we spotlight more voices across the Network, including The Wealthy Ironworker, Boiling Point, RadioLabour Canada, El Cafecito del Día, and The CWA Hour of Power, and we pause to remember Ken Nash of Building Bridges.

This week on the Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly, we spotlight powerful stories from across the movement: • LabourStart updates us on imprisoned Hong Kong union leader Lee Cheuk-yan, whose January trial underscores the escalating repression of independent unionism under the National Security Law. • Union or Bust digs deep into the spread of high-tech surveillance—from license plate readers to smart streetlights—featuring computer scientist and organizer Lily Irani on the real-world dangers of “smart policing.” • On Union Strong, New York Assemblymember Harry Bronson traces how growing up in poverty and experiencing workplace discrimination shaped his fight for workers' rights. • From Labor Jawn, a rich conversation with historian Francis Ryan about Philadelphia's lost industrial era and the working-class neighborhoods that built the city. • Reinventing Solidarity brings us roundtable on 100 years of Black labor activism. We wrap with a lightning-fast Shows You Should Know speed round, featuring James Cameron on AI and acting on The SAG-AFTRA Podcast; David Rovics and labor music on The Labor Heritage Power Hour; on The Heartland Labor Forum, Randi Weingarten on why fascists fear teachers; plus holiday episodes from Economics for the People and Pipe Up; and, from OnWriting, late-night writers on comedy and free speech. As always, stay tuned, stay active, and stay connected to the Labor Radio/Podcast Network—where the people speak.

This is the full 12-7-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Labor Notes asks, how unions can defend worker power under Trump 2.0.?  Economic Policy Institute Labor strategist Dave Kamper discusses his new book entitled Who's Got the Power: The Resurgence of American Unions.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

This Week on the Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: From a mass climate-justice blockade in Australia to the hidden labor history of British Columbia's fruit-packing women, this week's episode ranges across the movement to bring you standout stories from the Labor Radio Podcast Network. We kick things off with Solidarity Breakfast, reporting from Newcastle's Rising Tide camp, where thousands gathered to shut down the world's largest coal port. Then, Power at Work digs into the escalating fight over Amazon as New Jersey's attorney general sues the company for violating worker-protection laws, with Teamsters organizer Randy Korgan connecting the legal battle to on-the-ground organizing. Public media writers join On Writing to break down the growing threats to free speech and funding in public broadcasting, while Tales from the Reuther Library features AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson on why labor history is a critical tool in today's contract fights. Finally, On The Line brings us the story of the “Apple Box Belles,” the union women who powered BC's fruit-packing plants for decades. Plus: our “Shows You Should Know” speed-round segment highlights more excellent episodes across the Network.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Jawn talks with organizers running a “strike kitchen” to feed and support Starbucks Workers United during their contract fight. In labor history, the Brotherhood of Timber Workers forms in 1910. Quote of the day: Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters. @labor80132 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Fight Like Hell spotlights how letter carriers support their communities year-round — including Branch 294's Thanksgiving Week blood drive. In labor history: Walmart pays $40 million for wage theft violations. Quote of the day: SEIU president April Verrett. @NALC_National @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 Library breaks down how labor rights exist only because workers organized and took militant action. In labor history, Rosa Parks ignites the movement for desegregation. Quote of the day: Rosa Parks. @ReutherLibrary @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This week on the Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: the crew is taking a well-earned union break for Thanksgiving — but Chris and Harold are here with a special holiday mini-edition; even during the holidays, labor shows across the Network are busy lifting up workers. This week's highlights include: • Fight Like Hell: Letter carriers give back with a Thanksgiving-week blood drive in Flushing, NY. • Labor Jawn: How the Starbucks strike kitchen feeds and sustains workers fighting for their first contract. • Say Watt: The St. Paul Electrical JATC partners with community groups to reshape outreach, recruitment, and retention. • Working Voices: AFSCME rallies, a Black Friday Home Depot boycott, and a Building Trades perspective from LA/Orange County. • The Manufacturing Report: How the Lost Dutchman leather goods brand scaled from a teen hobby to a thriving U.S.-made shop. • The Dig: Roasts, toasts, and reflections as The Dig celebrates a huge milestone: 500 episodes!

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: What's Goin' On Labor Friday breaks down how the Red Cup Rebellion reconnects Starbucks workers to the real roots of coffee culture—dignity, fair treatment, and a voice on the job. In labor history, New York City photoengravers shut down the papers in an 11-day strike. Quote of the day: William Sylvis. @stucknation @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Notes digs into the strange reality of Starbucks' cup-writing mandates — and why baristas say corporate policies are making an already tough job even harder. In labor history, “Pins & Needles” opened on Broadway in 1937 with a cast of ILGWU members. Quote of the day: from Pins and Needles. @LaborNotes @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This is the full 11-23-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Starbucks workers are on strike at over 95 locations across the country.  We look at the issues that led up to the strike.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

This is the full 11-9-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. CTU and SEIU call out Chicago corporations profiting of ICE terrorizing immigrant working-class communities.  PERRO blocks dangerous demolitions of industrial sites in the Pilsen neighborhood.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We Rise Fighting shares a barista's firsthand account of community, care, and why Starbucks workers are standing strong. In labor history, twenty-five young women died in the 1910 Newark factory fire when locked doors blocked their escape. Quote of the day: Rose Schneiderman. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage digs into the escalating Starbucks strike and why baristas are calling for full solidarity. In labor history, 10,000 New Orleans workers marched in a landmark interracial solidarity parade in 1883. Quote of the day: George Meany. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People on the fear, retaliation, and rights violations driving Starbucks workers to organize. In labor history, Cigarmakers Local 144 is chartered in New York City. Quote of the day: Sam Gompers. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Next Generation Carrier podcast shares a raw look at burnout, exhaustion, and the emotional toll of the job. In labor history, the UAW's massive 1945 strike against General Motors. Quote of the day: David Rovics. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The question I keep having for my friends, family, and the public at large is this:When Fascism came, where were you standing?Ten toes down in opposition, or cheering it on?----------------------------------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri...Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IACheck out all of our links at our LinkTree!https://linktr.ee/TribunusPlebisMediaTribunus Plebis Media is a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network! Please check out the network all the other shows in it at the link below!https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

9 months ago I made a video about how Mike rowe was a net negative for the working class and organized labor. 1 week ago Mr. rowe had a boomer Facebook crashout and called me out.I'm doubling down.--------------------------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri...Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IACheck out all of our links at our LinkTree!https://linktr.ee/TribunusPlebisMediaTribunus Plebis Media is a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network! Please check out the network all the other shows in it at the link below!https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

Let's dive into a little bit of the history of the indelible connection between radical protest music and the American labor movement.SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Aa...We talk about every artist from Joe Hill to Rage Against the Machine and everybody in between.We examine how radical music inspires, teaches, and unifies people and helps keep movements moving and organizers organizing!===================================This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri...Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IACheck out all of our links at our LinkTree!https://linktr.ee/TribunusPlebisMediaTribunus Plebis Media is a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network! Please check out the network all the other shows in it at the link below!https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Organising for a Change digs into the reform vote and the real fight ahead for labor. In labor history, on this date in 1919, a deadly clash between American Legionnaires and Wobblies erupted during the Armistice Day Parade in Centralia, Washington. Quote of the day: Eugene Victor Debs. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This is the full 10-19-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Report back from No Kings Day 2.0 and Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, discusses her new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: The Line on record-breaking membership growth; Talk the TAUC on bridging labor and tech in megaprojects; Work Week Radio covers a protest against Amazon's landlord Prologis's plan to build a massive E-Commerce warehouse in the San Francisco Bayview neighborhood; Boiling Point investigates ICE and its pattern of unlawful and problematic behaviors; The Flight Deck explores how the new United pilot uniform came to life. 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. @labormedianow @UnitedPilots #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Work Stoppage: 32,000 Michigan home healthcare workers win SEIU recognition with a 73% “yes” vote and gear up to bargain with the state. Radio Labour Canada: CUPE re-elects Mark Hancock, announces 800,000 members, and vows to fight back-to-work orders and a right-wing federal agenda. Machinists 141 Connections: Inside JetBlue ramp organizing: why workers want a union and how an in-shop committee is building power. Labor History Today: The 1948 Donora “Death Fog”: how a Pennsylvania smog disaster reshaped U.S. thinking on work, health, and environmental accountability. Plus, on Shows You Should Know: Labor Force, Working People, Labor Notes Podcast, Heartland Labor Forum, Tales from the Reuther Library, Talk The TAUC, Labor Heritage Power Hour. 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. @WorkStoppage @radiolabour#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week's Labor History Today: Justice Denied: David Gariff on “Ben Shahn and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.” Saul Schniderman remembers musician activist Elaine Purkey. From the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, “When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism.” And, on Labor History in 2: Paul Robeson, “The Voice of an Era.” Originally aired October 18, 2020; produced and edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network; #LaborRadioPod

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Working People — Max Alvarez follows up with two HUD whistleblowers who were fired after going public; our clip captures them describing how they watched officials “continue to dismantle fair housing” from the inside. The Labor Show (with J-Doc & Krausey) — FOP Lodge 5 President Roosevelt Poplar talks tech and accountability; in our excerpt, he explains how body cams protect officers: “If someone makes a complaint…we have it on video.” Stick Together — On-the-ground from Melbourne, security guards at hospitals and public housing rally for safety and pay; our cut features UWU's blunt message: disrespect guards and you disrespect residents. My Labor Radio — NYC Building Trades leader Gary LaBarbera on PBS's Hard Hat Riot and union identity; “You go to work, you work hard, you don't want anything for free.” Third & Fairfax (WGAW) — Filmmaker Susie Singer Carter on No Country for Old People and exposing elder abuse. 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. @WorkingPod @stick__together @mgevaart @WGAWest#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly SPECIAL EDITION: After five years, we're mixing things up a bit; Chris, Harold and Patrick talk about what's new. Let us know what you think: email us at info@laborradionetwork.org 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. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited/produced by Chris Garlock & Patrick Dixon; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: workers standing up for safety, history, and democracy—from aquariums to archives. Over on America's Work Force Union Podcast, Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United explains why hazard pay and a real living wage matter when your job includes deep dives, disease treatment, and dangerous animals. This week on El Cafecito del Dia, Cheryl Niro breaks down how the Constitution protects immigrants and why unions are teaching due process in their halls. From Buwa Basebetsi Updates, Zimbabwe farmworkers lay out how U.S. tariffs ripple through jobs, prices, and organizing on the ground. In the latest Say Watt, instructor Summer Zachary traces her path from tinkerer to union electrician—and the bootcamp that changed everything. From the Labor Exchange, steelworker Joel Buchanan remembers the late USW president Leo Gerard with stagecoaches, shareholder showdowns, and steadfast solidarity. 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 @LCLAA @aflbobby#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This is the full 9-28-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Day laborer Willian Giménez kidnapped by ICE, the Chicago Teachers Union protests more charter school closures and plans for No Kings Day 2.0 on Oct. 18th.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: This week on Work Stoppage, Italy's unions show how it's done, with port blockades and a nationwide transit shutdown in solidarity with Palestine. Over on WorkWeek, a Wells Fargo banker in Wyoming tells how workers organized with CWA—and what happened when the company fired him for it. From the Labor Notes Podcast, beauty-salon workers at Sugared + Bronzed unionize amid safety concerns and punishing metrics—and win momentum shop by shop. In the latest Reinventing Solidarity, NEA president Becky Pringle argues public education is where democracy takes root—and why that scares authoritarians. Meanwhile, on Words & Work, Jonathan Rosenblum revisits Kshama Sawant's wins—from $15 to taxing Amazon—and how an elected office became an organizing center. And on the Powerline Podcast, JNCTN's crew breaks down an app built to tighten safety, compliance, and efficiency across the building trades. 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. @WorkStoppagePod @labormedianow @LaborNotes @CunySLU #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This is the full 9-14-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interviews and speeches from Labor Day 2025 in Chicago, including with members of Teamsters Local 705, on strike for three months at Mauser Packaging Solutions, in the La Villita neighborhood, who demand their employer agree to protections against ICE raids at their workplace.Labor Express Radio is Chicago's oldest labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page...   laborexpress.organd our homepage on Archive.org at:http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadioLabor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org  #laborradionetwork  #LaborRadioPod  #1u  #UnionStrong

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: art, political corruption, and worker power — from Robert Redford's films to frontline labor struggles and global supply-chain fights. Over on The Green and Red, a film-forward conversation looks at Redford's movie work and how cinema has long probed political corruption and community resistance. This week on Working People, fired tech workers tell the story of No Azure for Apartheid and why they risked their jobs to pressure a tech giant. From Stick Together, an Oxfam campaigner walks us through a new report exposing wage theft and the crisis facing garment workers in Bangladesh. In the latest We Work Europe, the founder of Bulgaria's first independent trade union shares lessons learned and how they echo in today's Europe. Plus, Harold's got some more hot tips on his Shows You Should Know segment. 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. @WorkingPod @stick__together @PodcastGreenRed #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: how workers, artists, and activists are pushing back, telling their stories, and demanding change. Over on Exploits of Play, hosts dig into video games and capitalism, exploring how play shapes the way we work and learn. This week on the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, veteran narrator Sean Pratt shares what it really takes to build a career in the booming world of audiobooks. From South Africa, Buwa Basebetsi follows a factory worker named Happiness as she struggles to raise two kids on a national minimum wage that doesn't cover the basics. In the latest episode of AAUP Presents, lawyers and professors take on ideological deportations targeting pro-Palestinian voices, and what that means for free speech on campus. Meanwhile, on Power at Work, we hear from college football players fighting to organize and claim their rights as workers in a multibillion-dollar industry.. Plus, of course, Harold with Shows You Should Know. Find these—and dozens more—at laborradionetwork.org. 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. @sagaftra @aaup.org @PowerAtWorkBlog #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: we're talking about solidarity, storytelling, and the ways workers are fighting back against power. Over on The Rick Smith Show, Painters Union President Jimmy Williams Jr. calls out the Trump administration for canceling union jobs while claiming to put “American workers first.” This week on The Labor Show, we're on the picket line in South Philly, where Scabby the Rat is making an appearance and union members explain what real solidarity looks like. From Work Stoppage, farmworkers in New York face ICE raids that expose the ugly alliance between bosses and the state to silence immigrant workers. In the latest Director's Cut from the DGA, filmmaker Adele Lim reveals the craft and complexity behind her body-swap comedy Freakier Friday with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Meanwhile, on The Labor Exchange from KGNU, Austin Sauerbrei talks about his new graphic novel Trouble at Coal Creek, which brings to life a forgotten East Tennessee miners' uprising. Plus, on Shows You Should Know, Labor Day was a big theme across the Network this past week; Harold gives us a roundup of how shows marked the holiday. 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. @RickSmithShow @WorkStoppagePod @directorsguild @aflbobby#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week's Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: On WBAI's What's Going On, Liz Shuler talks with Bob Henley about the fight to defend collective bargaining rights for federal workers. The Heartland Labor Forum features former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, reflecting on her abrupt firing and what it reveals about presidential power. From the Engage Podcast, ALPA pilots explain why a simple union pin represents nearly a century of solidarity in the cockpit. On Boiling Point, campaign strategist Celeste Trees shares how grassroots organizing is powered by issues, not candidates. The Labor Heritage Power Hour welcomes National Book Award winner Martín Espada, who reads from his new collection, Jailbreak of Sparrows.   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. @Heartland_Labor @LaborHeritage1#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Power at Work explores why conservatives support unions; Australia's Concrete Gang reports on a jobsite medical emergency and safety fight; The Alberta Worker covers Air Canada flight attendants' battle over unpaid labor; Workers Beat Extra takes on Trump's torrent of lies; the IAM's Connections Podcast highlights shop-floor organizing and building member power; plus Harold's Shows You Should Know. 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. @PowerAtWorkBlog @cfmeu_cg @ABWorker @KNON893FM#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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

The 2025 Washington State Labor Council Convention took place July 22nd - 24th at the Vancouver Hilton. As The Stand put it (https://www.thestand.org/2025/07/convention-2025-our-voice-our-power-our-movement/) those three days "strengthened bonds of solidarity, grew skillsets, and celebrated the powerful resiliency of a movement by and for working people." Over the course of those three days Harold hit the Convention floor and talked with other Delegates including Ryan Andreas (USW Local 289m - https://usw.org/) Joe Bond (IBEW Local 48 - https://www.ibew48.com/) Ava Claridge (AFSCME Local 443 - https://www.wfselocal443.org/) Rik Desken (SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local - https://www.sagaftra.org/seattle) Dustin Hysmith (SMART Local 16 - https://www.smw16.org/) C Moline (NALC Branch 79 - https://nalc79.org/ - and Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders - https://www.instagram.com/washington_yell/) Nate Omdal (AFM Local 76-493 - https://local76-493.org/) Chuck Pirtle (AFSCME 1181 - https://www.facebook.com/WFSELocal1181/ - and the Kitsap County Central Labor Council - https://unionhall.aflcio.org/kitsapcountyclc) Tony Zemple (IUOE Local 302 - https://www.iuoe302.org/  - and the Northwest Washington Central Labor Council - https://www.nwwclc.com/) about the big moments that stood out to them during the event, their impressions of Vancouver, and why working people who aren't in a union (yet) should care about what happens at state Labor Federation Conventions. If you'd like to hear some of the speeches the Delegates mentioned when they talked to Harold, check out TVW's coverage of Day 1 (https://tvw.org/video/washington-state-labor-council-constitutional-convention-2025071064/) and  Day 2 (https://tvw.org/video/washington-state-labor-council-constitutional-convention-2025071065/)  of the WSLC Convention. This episode is sponsored by Union Plus's Unions Power America Sweepstakes, which offers union members across the country the chance to win $40,000.00 and a dream trip to New York City! No purchase is necessary; find out all the details and official rules at https://unionpowerusa.com. Remember working people in Southwest Washington, this is YOUR podcast! Email us at podcast@swwaclc.org and let us know what you think about the show, and what you'd like to hear in future episodes!  We're a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network - find more radio shows and podcasts that speak to working people about working people's issues at www.LaborRadioNetwork.org.

In the latest episode of Working People, we go back to the picket line to get a critical update on the longest ongoing strike in the United States. In October 2022, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions—including production, distribution, advertising, and accounts receivable staff—walked off the job on an unfair labor practice strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PPG). The strike began after the newspaper's management, Block Communications, which is owned by the Block family, cut off health insurance for employees on Oct. 1 of that year. After more than 2.5 years on strike, with other unions reaching contracts or taking buyouts and dissolving their units, workers represented by the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are the last remaining strikers holding the line. We speak with a panel of union officers for the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh about how they've managed to stay on strike so long and about recent legal updates that have given them hope that an acceptable end to the strike may be on the horizon. Panelists include: Ed Blazina, striking transportation writer at the PPG and one of the Vice Presidents of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh; Erin Hebert, also one of the Vice Presidents of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and a striking copy-editor and page designer at PPG; Emily Matthews, photographer on strike and treasurer for the Post-Gazette Unit of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. Additional links/info: Pittsburgh Union Progress website, Facebook page, X page, and Instagram Donate to Support Striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Workers Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh website Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “TRNN wins 2025 Izzy Award for coverage of East Palestine, OH, trainwreck & chemical disaster” Bob Batz Jr., Pittsburgh Union Progress, “The strike is over for 3 Pittsburgh news production unions, but the journalists' strike continues” Ian Karbal, Pennsylvania Capital Star, “The strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is now the longest in the nation. And it's not over” Mel Buer, Working People / The Real News Network, “Two years into a strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers aren't ready to give up” Bob Batz Jr. & Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Union Progress, “A start to the end of the strike? Feds file for temporary injunction to return Pittsburgh news unions to work” Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams / The Real News Network, “‘AI will not scab us': Post-Gazette newsroom decries use of artificial intelligence” Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “(Livestream) After months of striking, media workers aren't backing down” Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “(Livestream) Strikes at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, University of Michigan, and more” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's half-year strike” Permanent links below… Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music… Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor

In the latest episode of Working People, we go back to the picket line to get a critical update on the longest ongoing strike in the United States. In October 2022, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions—including production, distribution, advertising, and accounts receivable staff—walked off the job on an unfair labor practice strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PPG). The strike began after the newspaper's management, Block Communications, which is owned by the Block family, cut off health insurance for employees on Oct. 1. After more than 2.5 years on strike, with other unions reaching contracts or taking buyouts and dissolving their units, workers represented by the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are the last remaining strikers holding the line. We speak with a panel of union officers for the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh about how they've managed to stay on strike so long and about recent legal updates that have given them hope that an acceptable end to the strike may be on the horizon. Panelists include: Ed Blazina, striking transportation writer at the PPG and one of the Vice Presidents of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh; Erin Hebert, also one of the Vice Presidents of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and a striking copy-editor and page designer at PPG; Emily Matthews, photographer on strike and treasurer for the Post-Gazette Unit of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. Additional links/info: Pittsburgh Union Progress website, Facebook page, X page, and InstagramDonate to Support Striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WorkersMaximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “TRNN wins 2025 Izzy Award for coverage of East Palestine, OH, trainwreck & chemical disaster”Bob Batz Jr., Pittsburgh Union Progress, “The strike is over for 3 Pittsburgh news production unions, but the journalists' strike continues”Ian Karbal, Pennsylvania Capital Star, “The strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is now the longest in the nation. And it's not over”Mel Buer, Working People / The Real News Network, “Two years into a strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers aren't ready to give up”Bob Batz Jr. & Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Union Progress, “A start to the end of the strike? Feds file for temporary injunction to return Pittsburgh news unions to work”Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams / The Real News Network, “‘AI will not scab us': Post-Gazette newsroom decries use of artificial intelligence”Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “(Livestream) After months of striking, media workers aren't backing down”Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “(Livestream) Strikes at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, University of Michigan, and more”Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's half-year strike”Permanent links below…Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageIn These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageThe Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter pageFeatured Music…Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme SongAudio Post-Production: Jules TaylorHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast

At this very moment, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who have managed to survive Israel's scorched-earth siege and bombing are being deliberately starved to death as a result of Israel's 11-week blockade preventing food and aid from entering Gaza. As Jem Bartholemew writes at The Guardian, “The UN's humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, told the BBC [Tuesday] morning that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in 48 hours if aid did not reach them in time. Five aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday but Fletcher described this as a “drop in the ocean” and totally inadequate for the population's needs.” In response to this dire humanitarian crisis, students at multiple university campuses in the US have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with the starving people of Gaza. In this urgent episode, we speak with four hunger strikers at the University of Oregon (UO), including: Cole, Sadie, and Efron, three undergraduate students who are all members of Jewish Voice for Peace - UO and who just completed a 60-hour solidarity hunger strike; and Phia, a Palestinian-American undergraduate student who has organized with JVP-UO on the hunger strike and who currently remains on hunger strike herself.Additional links/info: UO Gaza Hunger Strike Instagram and TikTok UO Gaza Hunger Strike: Community Calls to Action! Press Release: University of Oregon Students, Faculty, and Staff Launch “UO Gaza Hunger Strike” Campaign Protesting Mass Starvation and Genocide Jewish Voice for Peace - UO Instagram Nathan Wilk, KLCC, “University of Oregon protesters begin hunger strike for Gaza” Michael Arria, Mondoweiss, “Students across the U.S. are going on hunger strike as Israeli-engineered famine takes hold in Gaza” Syma Mohammed, Middle East Eye, “US: UCLA student hospitalised during hunger strike for Gaza” Jem Bartholemew, The Guardian, “First Thing: UN says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours under Israeli aid blockade” Ronen Bergman & Natan Odenheimer, The New York Times, “In private, some Israeli officers admit that Gaza is on the brink of starvation” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘The raids happened Wednesday, finals started Thursday': FBI agents raid homes of pro-Palestine students at University of Michigan” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘A tremendous chilling effect': Columbia students describe dystopian reality on campus amid Trump attacks” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘People are hiding in their apartments': Inside Trump's assault on universities”  Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “‘Worse' than McCarthyism: Trump's war on higher education, free speech, and political dissent” Permanent links below… Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music… Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor