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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Nationalize Boeing!

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Nationalize Boeing!

Work Stoppage reports on the massive strike by Boeing workers Today’s labor history: United Labor party launched Today’s labor quote: Gray Davis @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0023/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Green 4 Falasteen

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Green 4 Falasteen

The Labor Jawn podcast talks with AFSCME members and staffers organizing for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and in solidarity with their fellow workers in Palestine Today’s labor history: Hod Carriers get a new name Today’s labor quote: Joe Jencks sings John Henry @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0020/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Shift Happens

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Shift Happens

Children’s book author J. Albert Mann on the Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: 500K Solidarity Day rally in DC Today’s labor quote: Benjamin Hooks @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
01:5919/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Game Over?

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Game Over?

Video game workers strike; On The Line reports Today’s labor history: Kaiser lockout ends Today’s labor quote: JFK @laborontheline @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0018/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Voices from the hotel strike

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Voices from the hotel strike

The Power at Work podcast walks the line with UNITE HERE Today’s labor history: Mine workers occupy Pittston Today’s labor quote: Richard Trumka @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
01:5917/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Don't cross the picket line

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Don't cross the picket line

Latest U.S. strike news on We Rise Fighting Today’s labor history: Guest workers win a union Today’s labor quote: Richard Trumka @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0016/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Weathering a dry summer

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Weathering a dry summer

Liquor store workers strike in Ontario, Canada; CUPE CAST reports Today’s labor history: P.O. orders clerks to shoot bandits Today’s labor quote: Noam Chomsky @CUPEOntario @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0013/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily We all need time to care

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily We all need time to care

Family Values @ Work’s night of storytelling about caregiving Today’s labor history: Jobless workers march on grocery stores Today’s labor quote: Eugene V. Debs Eugene V. Debs @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0012/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Debbie Goldman’s “Disconnected”

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Debbie Goldman’s “Disconnected”

Call center workers fight for good jobs in the digital age, on the Heartland Labor Forum Today’s labor history: 9/11 toll on NYC cops & firefighters Today’s labor quote: Crystal Lee Sutton @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0011/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A labor walk in Wheeling

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A labor walk in Wheeling

Labor History Today covers the Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium  Today’s labor history: The Lattimer Massacre Today’s labor quote: Ken Worthen @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0010/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Disabled athletes are also workers

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Disabled athletes are also workers

Future of Work on the challenges facing athletes with disabilities Today’s labor history: Boston cops strike Today’s labor quote: Henry George Salter @ilo @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0009/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily What is a union?

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily What is a union?

The Wealthy Ironworker podcast explains Today’s labor history: UMW’s Tony Boyle charged with murder Today’s labor quote: Joseph “Jock” Yablonski @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0006/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Our theme song contest!

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Our theme song contest!

Chris and Elise play songs submitted in our Labor Heritage Power Hour Theme Song Contest; which will be the winner? Today’s labor history: NYC’s first Labor Day parade Today’s labor quote: Congressman William Clay, Sr. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0005/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Project 2025 comes after labor

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Project 2025 comes after labor

GOP plan to repeal labor law, on The Rick Smith Show Today’s labor history: The longest strike Today’s labor quote: Malcolm X @RickSmithShow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0004/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily In the streets of Chicago

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily In the streets of Chicago

The Green and Red podcast reports on the DNC Today’s labor history: Black cotton pickers strike Today’s labor quote: George Meany @PodcastGreenRed @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0003/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily WPFW’s Labor Day Special

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily WPFW’s Labor Day Special

Work, Resistance and HipHop; 9a to midnight on WPFW 89.3 FM Today’s labor history: WV mineowners bomb strikers by plane Today’s labor quote: Muriel Rukeyser @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0002/09/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Protecting voice performers

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Protecting voice performers

The SAG-AFTRA podcast explores the new contract with Narrativ AI Today’s labor history: National Trades' Union formed Today’s labor quote: National Trades' Union @sagaftra @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0030/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Keeping teachers ahead of the AI curve

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Keeping teachers ahead of the AI curve

AFT’s Union Talk podcast looks at AI in our classrooms Today’s labor history: Live nude girls unite! Today’s labor quote: Lusty Lady dancers @aftunion @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0029/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Taking on Desantis

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Taking on Desantis

Public employee unions fight back in Florida, on the Power at Work podcast Today’s labor history: The March for Jobs and Freedom Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King, Jr. @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0028/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Harley Davidson on the move

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Harley Davidson on the move

Motorcyle legend threatens to shift jobs overseas; Labor Radio reports Today’s labor history: Memphis striker dies Today’s labor quote: Martin Luther King @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0027/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily State of Emergency

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily State of Emergency

What's Going On Labor Mondays on the DNC Today’s labor history: Murdered by coal company guards Today’s labor quote: Fannie Sellins @stucknation @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0026/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The 1,000-day strike

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The 1,000-day strike

Stick Together talks with striking workers at RMIT University in Australia Today’s labor history: Sacco and Vanzetti executed Today’s labor quote: Emma Goldman @stick__together @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0023/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Jamie Raskin’s favorite labor song

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Jamie Raskin’s favorite labor song

On today’s WPFW Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: Broom & Whisk Makers Union disbands Today’s labor quote: Joyce Miller @RepRaskin @CLUWNational @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0022/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Women canners in BC

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Women canners in BC

The role of women in BC‘s once-thriving fishing industry, from the On The Line: Stories of BC Workers podcast   Today’s labor history: Slaves revolt in VA Today’s labor quote: The Confessions of Nat Turner @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0021/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Delivering solidarity

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Delivering solidarity

Member communication, on the Classes of Mail podcast Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO elects first woman president Today’s labor quote: Liz Shuler @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
01:5920/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn and Laleh Khalili

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn and Laleh Khalili

Internationalism and left-wing politics on The Dig podcast Today’s labor history: IWW’s "Little Red Song Book" published Today’s labor quote: Hold the Fort @thedigradio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0019/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Where was that Ram truck really built?

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Where was that Ram truck really built?

Find out, on the UAW 1700 podcast Today’s labor history: Birth of the AFL-CIO founder Today’s labor quote: George Meany @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0016/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Blood In The Streets

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Blood In The Streets

Chuck Avery’s illustrated history of American labor struggles, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: NYNEX striker killed on picket line Today’s labor quote: Chuck Avery @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0015/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Macy's Unfair Labor Practice Strikes

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Macy's Unfair Labor Practice Strikes

The UFCW 3000 podcast reports   Today’s labor history: Solidarity union seizes Gdansk shipyard Today’s labor quote: Lech Walesa @UFCW_3000 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0014/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The rise of the “Union Curious”

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The rise of the “Union Curious”

Sophie Mariam, on the Labor Exchange radio show Today’s labor history: Mills lock out 8,000 Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph @aflbobby @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0013/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “We are the agents of change”

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “We are the agents of change”

Changing tech, on the Say Watt podcast Today’s labor history: Chorus Equity Association founded Today’s labor quote: Louis H. Albert @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0012/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Organizing app-based drivers

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Organizing app-based drivers

San Diego Drivers United, on the Union or Bust podcast Today’s labor history: California School Employees Association founded Today’s labor quote: William Novak & Moshe Waldoks @UnionOrBustPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
01:5909/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The 1934 Minneapolis trucker’s strike

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The 1934 Minneapolis trucker’s strike

How a local strike helped shape national labor law Today’s labor history: St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elects first African-American leader Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0008/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily KAMALAUTUMN

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily KAMALAUTUMN

Art and Labor podcast’s frontline defense of the Women First movement Today’s labor history: Actors Equity recognized Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs @ArtandLaborPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0007/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural’

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Detroit Industry and ‘The Mural’

Tales from the Reuther Library podcast takes a look at Diego Rivera’s famed Detroit Industry murals Today’s labor history: Verizon workers launch 18-day strike Today’s labor quote: Samuel Gompers @ReutherLibrary @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0006/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily AAUP and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955–1965

AAUP Presents looks back Today’s labor history: FDR’s National Labor Board Today’s labor quote: Saul Alinsky @AAUP @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0005/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily 4-day workweek picks up steam in UK

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily 4-day workweek picks up steam in UK

Not enough work and low pay: Organizing for a Change podcast looks at a shorter workweek and UBI (Universal Basic Income). Today’s labor history: Hatch Act restricts fed worker rights Today’s labor quote: William Dudley "Big Bill" Haywood @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0002/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Fruit of Labor celebrates 40 years

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Fruit of Labor celebrates 40 years

Raleigh-based organization is more than just a singing ensemble Today’s labor history: Glass workers unite Today’s labor quote: Angaza Laughinghouse @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0001/08/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Plan to Destroy Worker Power

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Plan to Destroy Worker Power

The Power At Work podcast takes a look at Project 2025 and Labor Today’s labor history: The ’81 baseball strike ends Today’s labor quote: Jackie Robinson @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0031/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Project 2025 and the labor movement

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Project 2025 and the labor movement

The On The Line podcast investigates Today’s labor history: Jimmy Hoffa disappears Today’s labor quote: Jimmy Hoffa @laborontheline @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0030/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily TradesFutures and Recruitment

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily TradesFutures and Recruitment

A discussion with Nicole Schwartz on the Construction User 2.0 podcast Today’s labor history: MoJo’s March of the Mill Children Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0029/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Do you ask questions?

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Do you ask questions?

The Wealthy Ironworker podcast thinks not. Today’s labor history: Feds burn out WWI vets Today’s labor quote: Harry Bridges @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0026/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A farewell to BJR

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily A farewell to BJR

Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: First US general strike Today’s labor quote: Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0025/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The free trade myth

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The free trade myth

The Labor and Energy podcast takes a look Today’s labor history: Alliance for Labor Action founded Today’s labor quote: Thomas Donahue @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0024/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Trump’s actions speak louder

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Trump’s actions speak louder

A Teamster leader speaks out on The Real News Network Today’s labor history: Anarchist attacks steel magnate Today’s labor quote: Alexander Berkman @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0023/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Remembering Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Remembering Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon

The Sweet Honey In The Rock founder passed July 16. Today’s labor history: Labor-owned WCFL goes on-air Today’s labor quote: Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0022/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “The Revolt of the Good Guys”

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily “The Revolt of the Good Guys”

Weekend highlights at the San Francisco LaborFest Today’s labor history: Women's Rights Convention opens Today’s labor quote: Declaration of Women's Rights @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0019/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Art Works

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Art Works

“How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together,” on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, 1p on WPFW 89.3 FM Today’s labor history: Charleston hospital workers win strike Today’s labor quote: Ossie Davis/Jeanne Noble @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
01:5918/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Port Chicago Mutiny

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily The Port Chicago Mutiny

Black sailors rebel after hundreds die in Port Chicago explosion Today’s labor history: World War II’s worst home front disaster Today’s labor quote: Joseph Small @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0017/07/2024
Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Palestine, Academic Witch-hunts & Canary Mission

Labor Radio-Podcast Daily Palestine, Academic Witch-hunts & Canary Mission

At the San Francisco LaborFest today Today’s labor history: San Francisco General Strike begins Today’s labor quote: Mike Quin @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
02:0016/07/2024