Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

Labor Radio on KBOO FM; America’s Workforce Radio; Union Strong; Concrete Gang; America Works

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly:

📻 First, on Labor Radio from KBOO FM in Portland, Oregon, we hear from members of the Oregon Education Association Board of Directors on the power of unions and how they’re preparing for the challenges ahead—including the return of Trump and the threat to workers’ rights.

⚖️ Then on America’s Workforce Radio, longtime labor lawyer Lynn Rhinehart and NLRB Board Member Lauren McFerren break down the growing threats to labor law and employee protections—and what we can do to defend them.

🗳️ Next up on Union Strong, Peter de Jesus, president of the Western New York Area Labor Federation, talks about why lobbying—yes, lobbying—is critical to advancing the labor movement.

🏗️ On The Concrete Gang, we get a reportback on a near miss involving a tower crane and follow-up actions to protect health and safety on the job site. Real talk, real risks—and why vigilance matters.

⚓ And finally, on America Works, we meet Natalie Ameral, a Port Sampler from New Bedford, Massachusetts, whose work connects her to the ocean, the community, and the rhythms of the working day.
Plus, Harold’s "Shows You Should Know!"

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Work Stoppage; Power at Work; Buwa Basebetsi Updates; We Rise Fighting; Classes of Mail; Stick Together

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: This week’s episode takes us from South Africa to California, Wisconsin to the Pilbara — with a few sharp words about Trump along the way.

• Work Stoppage: The fight against illegal deportations and labor’s role in defending our communities from unjust immigration policies.
• Power at Work: How recent administrative policies are hitting hospitality workers in California — and how unions are pushing back.
• Buwa Basebetsi Updates: In South Africa, workers at East Rand’s M&N Waste stand up against poor treatment and demand better conditions.
• We Rise Fighting: UAW Local 291 is on strike in Oshkosh, Wisconsin — we bring you voices from the picket line.
• Classes of Mail: Ever wonder how scanners keep the postal system running? Alan breaks it down in a surprisingly fascinating look behind the scenes.
• Stick Together: Author Alexis Vassiley discusses Striking Ore, his powerful new book on the rise and fall of union power in Australia’s Pilbara region.

🎧 Plus: In Shows You Should Know, Harold Phillips rounds up sharp takes on Trump, union organizing at REI, and how workers are challenging corporate and political power — from Missoula to Baton Rouge.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

The Workers' Mic; The Valley Labor Report; Working People; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; School Me; Boiling Point; Know Your Rights

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Hands off our public services, our public workers, and our public spaces. The Workers' Mic reports that across the country, protests are rising up against the Trump administration's attacks on federal workers and the services so many of us rely on.

Then The Valley Labor Report talks with Jeff, an organizer from 50/51, the group behind Saturday’s Hands Off protest down in Huntsville, Alabama — where folks came out to stand with public workers and defend their communities.

And over on Working People, Max gets a firsthand account from National Park Service employee James Jones about what it’s like inside the federal workforce right now — with Trump’s attacks not just targeting agencies, but the people who depend on them.

Plus — can a mindworm influence the state budget? We’ll find out on the Working to Live In Southwest Washington podcast.

And what can we actually do about cyberbullying? School Me has some thoughts.
Then on Boiling Point, we’ll hear from Thad Breckenridge and Kay Bishop about the issues affecting SEIU District 1199 members and what workers are doing to push back.

Finally, we’ll head to South Africa and the Know Your Rights podcast, where Connie and Irene unpack the socioeconomic rights of asylum seekers and refugees — and how the fight for justice crosses every border.

Plus Harold’s rundown of Shows You Should Know.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Labor Notes Podcast; Heartland Labor Forum; My Labor Radio; The Flight Deck; Economics for the People; The SAG-AFTRA Podcast

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly:
Labor Notes Podcast: How TSA Agents and Federal Workers are fighting a hostile administration.

Heartland Labor Forum: Cuts to Haskell Indian Nation's University in Lawrence.

My Labor Radio: Discussion with Eric Blanc on his new book We Are The Union.

The Flight Deck: Women's history month: two captains discuss their inspiring stories.

Economics for the People: The political economy of the Middle East.

The SAG-AFTRA Podcast: Jane Fonda discusses her career with Fran Drescher.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Everything U$P$; ETUI Podcast; Buwa Basebetsi Updates; El Cafecito del Día; AAUP Presents; Labor Jawn

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: the US Postal Service is under the most existential attack in it’s history; Everything U$P$ assesses the situation.

What's behind Europe's labor shortages? We’ll find out, on the ETUI Podcast.
From brand-new Network member Buwa Basebetsi Updates; migrant workers say enough is enough.
Machinists Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes talks about Latinas in the labor movement on El Cafecito del Día.
AAUP Presents talks with Stephanie Hall about how academic freedom is on the line.
And, in our final segment, the Labor Jawn podcast talks with Blair Kelley, author of Black Folk.
PLUS: Harold’s Shows You Should Know.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Heartland Labor Forum; Work Week Radio; Work Stoppage; LabourStart; Concrete Gang; Labor Heritage Power Hour

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Stewart Acuff discusses his new book of poetry Love Is Solidarity in Action, on the Heartland Labor Forum radio show; then, Work Week Radio takes us to a protest to shut down Google's Waymo taxis; on Work Stoppage, grad workers negotiate at Brown University; CUPE's Mark Hancock talks about the "Montreal Declaration" on LabourStart; the scallywags discuss an accident at Crinum on the Concrete Gang podcast; and in our final segment, Alex Lin talks about her new play, American Steel on the Labor Heritage Power Hour.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

The Labor Notes Podcast; 3rd & Fairfax; Speaking of Work Podcast; The Dig; Workers Beat; UFCW 3000 Union Podcast; On The Line: Stories of BC Workers

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: from the inaugural episode of The Labor Notes Podcast, which just launched yesterday: When Nippon sought to acquire U.S. Steel in a $15 billion acquisition last year, the companies went to great lengths to convince U.S. Steel workers that the deal would benefit them too (and not just line executives’ pockets). Hear why the workers didn’t buy it.

Then, from the 3rd & Fairfax podcast, a report on the SAG-AFTRA video game strike.

Justice for Phil, on the Speaking of Work podcast

On The Dig podcast, TrueAnon hosts Brace Belden and Liz Franczak on our freakish and reactionary tech oligarchy. They say Musk and friends built a technological infrastructure that has warped everyone’s minds, including their own. Now they’re seizing the state.

The Workers Beat wonders, Is this the end of capitalism?

And the UFCW 3000 Union Podcast is back, with a report on working with rank and file members in contract bargaining.

In our final segment, On The Line: Stories of BC Workers remembers union solidarity against apartheid in South Africa.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Union Talk; Labor Radio (WORT); Labor Exchange; The SAG-AFTRA Podcast; Heartland Labor Forum; LabourStart

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Teachers talk about the impact education cuts will have on kids, on the Union Talk podcast…Then, from Labor Radio on WORT, teachers and advocates rally in Madison…Organizing in Utah and Colorado's ski communities; the Labor Exchange reports…Meet the union reps keeping front line union members safe, on The SAG-AFTRA Podcast…On the Heartland Labor Forum, labor historian Julie Greene discusses who built the Panama Canal…And in our final segment, from LabourStart radio, an interview with Liza Merliak, exiled trade unionist from Belarus.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

America’s Workforce Radio; The Malmborg Report; Stick Together; Organizing for a Change; The Manufacturing Report; Labor - Know Your Rights

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Fedrick Ingram, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers, joins the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the AFT's role in civil rights, challenges in public education and the importance of organizing. On the Malmborg Report, Caleb Jerome Morales discusses the economic realities of independent music and the challenges of sustaining a creative career. On this week’s episode of Stick Together host James Brennan speaks with author Santilla Chingaipe about her book 'Black Convicts: How slavery shaped Australia.' On the Organising for a Change podcast, Martin and Simon are joined by Mick Rix to get behind the headlines of successful organising campaigns like Deliveroo, looking at what tactics are needed to make such work successful - and what success itself looks like. Ryan Hunt, co-founder of Shloop and BLKSWN Footwear, talks with The Manufacturing Report about how his journey to a footwear factory in Meridian, Mississippi began with a bioengineering lab. 

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Power at Work; Work Week Radio; Fire Up Plumbers; Words and Work; Art and Labor

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: National Treasury Employees Union President Doreen Greenwald, on the Power at Work podcast, talks about the attack on the rights of federal workers by the Trump administration and NTEU's strategies in defending its members; Tesla Fremont Assembly worker Branton Philipps, after working for years at the plant -- which has over 20,000 workers -- talked with Work Week Radio about why he quit in protest this week after opposing the union busting, racism and health and safety dangers at the plant, caused by owner Elon Musk; On Fire Up: Plumbers, from Melbourne, Australia, the fellas talk about the summer, when the temps soar; Rasean Clayton, an AFSCME member who heads up the A. Philip Randolph Institute's Arizona chapter, talks about the work of the Institute and other issues in labor on Words and Work; In a special LIVE Art and Labor show OK talks with Liz Pelly about the state of DIY and our extractive relationship with big tech.
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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.