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On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek digs into bank workers pushing back against digitalization, outsourcing, and call center closures. In labor history, NHL owners began a 103-day lockout in 1994. Quote of the day: Mother Jones. @labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage on Italy's mass strike that froze public transit nationwide. In labor history, Black farmers in Elaine, Arkansas formed the Progressive Farmers and Householders Union before white mob violence sparked a massacre. Quote of the day: Progressive Farmers and Householders Union. @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On 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.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We Work Europe on workers organizing from scratch—and building independent power without prior union experience. In labor history, 165 Wobblies were indicted in 1917 for protesting World War I. Quote of the day: The IWW. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Stick Together digs into the gulf between minimum and living wages—and its real-life consequences. In labor history, photographer Lewis Hine (born 1874) later exposed child labor for the National Child Labor Committee. Quote of the day: Lewis Hine. @stick__together @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour features Matt Olson on New Orleans' “Don't Stand Alone” exhibit and Dr. Kendra Boyd on Black entrepreneurship and racial capitalism. In labor history, an 1891 Arkansas cotton-pickers' strike turned deadly. Quote of the day: William “Big Bill” Haywood. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People talks with tech workers who realized real change doesn't come through “proper channels.” In labor history, Canada declared the Wobblies illegal in 1918. Quote of the day: the Wobblies. @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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 today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast digs into Robert Redford's film work on political corruption and its resonance today. In labor history, tech contractors at Google's Pittsburgh office vote to join the Steelworkers. Quote of the day: Ursula K. Le Guin. @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On 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 today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Power at Work exposes the grueling schedules, exhaustion, and injuries faced by college football players as they push to organize. In labor history, Domino's workers in Pensacola formed the first U.S. pizza delivery drivers' union in 2006. Quote of the day: Hannah Shapiro. @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Buwa Basebetsi follows a South African factory worker whose life on the minimum wage leaves her struggling to provide for her children. In labor history, half a million unionists rallied at the 1981 Solidarity Day march in Washington, DC. Quote of the day: Joseph Ettor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour with historian Joe McCartin on Congress's “Unmasking Union Antisemitism” and how it rewrites labor's history. In labor history, a 20-month illegal Kaiser Aluminum lockout ends with an arbitrator ordering a new contract, firing scabs, and back pay. Quote of the day: Summer Lee. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the SAG-AFTRA Podcast spotlights audiobook narration, where actors bring entire casts of characters to life. In labor history, 100,000 Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners struck in 1900. Quote of the day: Samuel Gompers. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: AAUP Presents warns against the government using immigration law to silence dissent. In labor history, the NHL lockout cancels the 2004–05 season. Quote of the day: Richard Trumka. @aaup.org @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On 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 today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Exploits of Play from the Reimagine Value Action Lab explores how joy and fun build resilient communities. In labor history, the International Association of Siderographers merged with the Machinists in 1992. Quote of the day: Kate Atkinson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Director's Cut podcast unpacks the film Freakier Friday and the art of telling complex stories. In labor history, New York City's Union Square was officially named a national historic landmark in 1998. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs. @directorsguild @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We hear from Circus World author Andrea Ringer and Art Works author Ken Grossinger on the power of the arts and labor, from the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, 75,000 coal miners ended a ten-week strike in 1897, winning the eight-hour day and the abolition of company stores. Quote of the day: Crystal Lee Sutton. @kengro.bsky.social @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Rick Smith Show calls out empty promises from the Department of Labor while union jobs are cut. In labor history, deputies gun down peaceful immigrant miners in the 1897 Lattimer Massacre. Quote of the day: Jonathan Swift. @RickSmithShow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The KGNU Labor Exchange explores how corporate power often allies with the state in pernicious ways. In labor history, Boston police struck in 1919 after union leaders were fired. Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass. @aflbobby @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On 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 today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, September 8: The Work Stoppage Podcast calls out Trump's anti-union energy policies. In labor history, on this date in 1965 the United Farm Workers launched their historic grape boycott and strike in Delano, California. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, September 5: What's Going On spotlights the vital role of federal workers and the erosion of staffing levels in key services. In labor history, New York's first Labor Day parade drew 30,000 marchers in 1882. Quote of the day: Peter J. McGuire. @stucknation @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, September 4: Josh MacPhee, co-author of Strike While the Needle is Hot, joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to dig into the forgotten genre of strike records. In labor history, 12,000 New York tailors struck in 1894 over sweatshop conditions. Quote of the day: Noam Chomsky. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Wednesday, September 3: Former NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo tells the Heartland Labor Forum about her firing and the president's power grab. In labor history, 25 workers die in a 1991 fire at the Imperial Poultry plant in Hamlet, NC. Quote of the day: Jennifer Abruzzo. @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Engage—The Podcast for Delta Pilots on solidarity you can see and why wearing your ALPA pin matters. In labor history, 1921: mineowners dropped homemade bombs on West Virginia strikers. Quote of the day: Joseph Ettor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On 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.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour's Labor Day Special with Josh MacPhee on strike records from the Sixties to the Eighties that put you on the line. In labor history, 2003: the AFL-CIO launched Working America. Quote of the day: Ford Workers on Strike @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This is the full 8-31-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This Labor Day 2025 episode includes news and music.  Jorge Mujica of ARISE Chicago Workers Center discusses plans for Labor Day 2025 in Chicago, as well as how unions are taking action to defend immigrant workers.  English folk musician Ed Pickford, the author of “The Worker's Song” and many other songs addressing the struggles of working people, talks about his life and music.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: Machinists 141 Connections on recruiting, education, and showing up to union meetings, plus a plug for Monday's Labor Heritage Power Hour Labor Day Special (11–1 on WPFW). In labor history, 1996: dancers at San Francisco's Lusty Lady vote to join SEIU Local 790 and soon won a first contract. Quote of the day: Courtney Crimson. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: clips from the Labor Heritage Power Hour—Theater Alliance's “Fire Work,” strike songs from Strike While the Needle is Hot (including “Ford Workers on Strike”), and Ziltoid the Worker Safety Oracle. In labor history, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom drew 250,000 and heard Dr. King's “I Have a Dream.” Quote of the day: Zoltoid, the Worker Safety Oracle. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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.

This is the full 8-17-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Don Villar of the Chicago Federation of Labor discusses Chicago's history as a leader in labor media and the current attacks on immigrant workers by the Trump administration. Also, organizers in the immigrant worker communities in Los Angeles discuss attacks on their members.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: federal bargaining rights under fire, rank-and-file power rising, and one very odd ICE headline. The Labor Notes Podcast spotlights UAW Region 9A's member-driven endorsements and field power; Green and Red digs into how to turn non-compliance into concrete action; The Workers Mic unpacks Dean Cain's leap from Superman to ICE amid a recruitment blitz; The Valley Labor Report features AFGE's Jessica LaPointe on SSA attrition and service delays; Heartland Labor Forum debunks “national security” claims behind canceling federal CBAs; and Harold's 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. @LaborNotes @PodcastGreenRed @coalition_labor @LaborReporters @Heartland_Labor#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: What happens when union leadership tries to shut down support for women, LGBTQ members, Black and Latino caucuses—all in the name of “compliance”? On the Labor Notes Podcast, the rank and file are pushing back inside the building trades, and they're not backing down. Then: over in Boston, the Pipe Up podcast is thinking outside the pipe—literally. If electricians can represent blackjack dealers, why can't plumbers organize chimney sweeps? We'll also hear from Working to Live in Southwest Washington, where delegates reflect on solidarity and strategy at the Washington State Labor Council convention. Why “everybody should be union”? Let's just say it starts with healthcare—and ends with dignity. From Cincinnati's Boiling Point to labor YouTubers calling for collectivization over corporatization, this week's shows aren't afraid to tackle the deep questions: Who gets a voice in our unions? What kind of future are we organizing for? And how do we fight disinformation at the hyperlocal level? And speaking of solidarity: you don't want to miss out on participating in the Unions Power America sweepstakes      ! It's your chance to win cash prizes—just for being union. But it's about more than the money. It's about showing the country that union members make America work. Enter today at UnionsPowerAmerica.org and share what union power means to you. No purchase necessary. That's UnionsPowerAmerica.org. Full rules on the site. Don't miss out—Labor Day is almost here! From contract fights to community radio, you'll hear the voices of working people telling their own stories—in their own words. This is the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: stories you won't hear anywhere else. 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 @LaborNotes @ABWorker @SWWACLC 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

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From trash pick-up to the Vietnam War, from Inland Empire housing justice to Wisconsin healthcare strikes—this episode is full of grit, struggle, and solidarity. We begin with Power at Work, where Victor Mineros of the Teamsters and Kathy Torres from Local 179 break down the nationwide strike against Republic Services. These essential sanitation workers aren't just cleaning up your waste—they're cleaning up corporate greed, one picket line at a time. Then we head to Madison Labor Radio, where UAW Local 95's Enrique Castano is fighting for a fair contract at Mercy Health East Clinic. The stakes? Wages, safety, and keeping the only unionized unit in a sprawling non-profit hospital chain alive. On Teamsters 1932's Worker Power Hour, Randy Corgan speaks with Shayla Bernard from the UCR Labor Center about worker organizing and vanishing middle-class opportunity in California's vast Inland Empire. It's a call for regional labor power and research that centers real workers' voices. Finally, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, longtime activist Michael Ansara reflects on a life of organizing—from SDS and the Civil Rights movement to community empowerment and poetry—with a moving message on The Hard Work of Hope, also the title of his new memoir. 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. Click here to enter the Unions Power America sweepstakes; Grand Prize is $40K + a dream holiday trip to NYC, plus, they've got some life-changing cash for First, Second and Third Prizes! @PowerAtWorkBlog @1932Teamsters @LaborHeritage1 #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This is the full 6-29-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, SEIU holds a Justice Journey caravan through the deep South, culminating in Louisiana, which has become Trump's preferred location for disappearing immigrants snatched up in ICE raids prior to their deportation.  Also, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani wins NYC's Democratic mayoral primary.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 7-13-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. CTU plans for a rally on July 17th, demanding Gov. Priztker call a special session to deal with the school funding crisis.  And Judy Ancel of the Heartland Labor Reform talks with Carl Rosen, General President of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, better known as UE, about what it means to be a member-run union.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 7-27-2025 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The Labor Notes podcast discusses combating ICE and Trump's impact on the building trades. Leaders of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) discuss Trump's attacks on immigrant day laborers.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

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.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: On Green and Red, Mike Elk reports from Brazil, where Trump's tariffs have sparked backlash—and boosted Lula's standing. Art Labor returns with a new name—Pod Save Ridgewood—and a sharp take on affordable housing and class warfare in New York. On Union or Bust, Mai Han of Borderlands for Equity talks student-led walkouts, protest training, and the faith-fueled fight for justice. The Labor Link Podcast heads to Ghana, where former child laborer Eric Mawuko Atsiatorme shares what it's really like organizing in the artisanal fishing sector. And on On Writing, the head writers of Saturday Night Live take us behind the scenes of Season 50, from subway ads to last-minute rewrites. Stories from the frontlines of the working class—one podcast at a time. 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 @PodcastGreenRed @ArtandLaborPod OnWritingWGAE Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

There are a lot of union members in Southwest Washington, but that population is going to jump between July 22nd and 24th when the Washington State Labor Council holds its 2025 Convention (https://www.wslc.org/convention/) at the Vancouver Hilton. Washington State Labor Council Communications Director Sarah Tucker sits down with Harold to talk about what happens at the WSLC Convention, what bringing it to Vancouver means for working people there (whether they're in a union or not) and what a COPE barbecue is! 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.

On this week's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: The Valley Labor Report unpacks devastating Medicaid cuts with Chuck Corra. The Labor Exchange explores the ripple effects on rural healthcare in Colorado. The Line dives into AI-driven data center construction—and the electricians needed to build them. Rachel Kushner joins the Heartland Labor Forum to discuss her new novel about FBI infiltration. And Harold Phillips rounds things out with more 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. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @LaborReporters @aflbobby @Heartland_Labor Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: The Labor Show shares why 9,000 Philadelphia city workers were prepared to strike if they didn't win a fair contract. Stick Together takes us to Melbourne, where community members rallied to save a vital library social worker program serving the most vulnerable. Union Talk hears from nurses who warn that dismantling Medicaid will be catastrophic for patients and healthcare workers alike. OnWriting spotlights WGA East captains who kept the strike lines strong and the spirit of solidarity alive. Classes of Mail heads to New Mexico, where wind energy project managers describe the challenges of working on a site so vast it takes hours just to drive across. Wherever you are, these voices are working to build power, protect their communities, and fight for a better future. 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. @stick__together @aftunion @OnWritingWGAE @powerlinepodcast#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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