Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

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.

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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.

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

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor unions are leading the fight to protect workers from the impacts of artificial intelligence—from film and television to privacy and job security. On Union Strong, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls out what she describes as a “big, beautiful betrayal” of working people hidden in the latest federal budget bill—and explains why unions must stay vigilant as AI reshapes entire industries.

Then on Pipe Up, plumbers and pipefitters discuss the wave of major federal construction projects abruptly canceled or put on hold, costing union jobs across Maryland and Washington, D.C.

In British Columbia, Apple Box Talks features Mikelle Sasakamoose, who shares how she’s working to indigenize colonial spaces as the first Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for the City of Burnaby.

And on The Docker Podcast, ILWU longshore workers mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier—a defining moment of solidarity and resistance on Vancouver’s waterfront.

Plus, from South Africa’s Buwa Basebetsi podcast, the remarkable story of an American activist who went underground after a 1970s bank heist and resurfaced decades later as a labor educator.

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

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From veterans rallying on the National Mall…To postal workers fighting privatization…To musicians lifting up migrants' voices…To labor leaders warning against fascism and false unity…we bring you a snapshot of the urgent struggles—and enduring solidarity—shaping the working class today.

On Labor Radio in Portland, hosts Michael and Elliott take a hard look at the first 100 days of a second Trump term—describing a “relentless onslaught” of executive orders, wage cuts, and attacks on federal workers.

On the Heartland Labor Forum, Bill Fletcher, Jr. warns against labor giving even tacit support to authoritarianism, reminding us: “There is no middle ground.”

Working People joins a powerful protest on the National Mall, where veterans speak out against Trump’s betrayal of their service and the gutting of VA protections.

On the Labor Heritage Power Hour, Francisco Herrera says it plainly: “Migration strengthens the nation.” His songs, rooted in struggle, become tools for organizing and survival.

And in the Bipartisan Buzz and The Hot House, letter carriers sound the alarm: Postal workers are under attack, facing rising violence, congressional inaction—and a push toward privatization.

From the shop floor to the stage, from the picket line to the podcast mic—this is the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly.

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

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly:
WorkWeek Radio: Cliff Smith of Roofers Local 36 joins Steve Zeltzer to sound the alarm on ICE raids and rising fascism, calling for immediate labor action to defend immigrant workers.

Green and Red Podcast: Organizer Estuardo Mazariegos of ACE Los Angeles details how neighbors, workers, and community groups are resisting federal violence with both organization and spontaneous solidarity.

Work Stoppage: Hosts John, Dan, and Lina unpack the brutal crackdown in LA and expose how conspiracy laws—used to charge SEIU California President David Huerta—have long targeted labor and social movements.

Union Talk: Randy Weingarten and Skye elevate the voices of Gen Z and Gen Alpha organizers fighting back against anti-trans laws, book bans, and erasure—from Kentucky to California.

Buwa Basebetsi: From Johannesburg, we hear from students working to overcome inequality and thrive in math, nearly 50 years after the Soweto Uprising.

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

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: What makes a union meeting worth showing up to? On the Labor Notes Podcast, organizers dive into how to make meetings matter—and why members sometimes stay away for good reason.

On Power at Work, the newly formed Washington Post Tech Guild explains how and why tech workers—long considered outside the traditional bounds of labor organizing—built a winning union campaign at one of the nation’s most influential newsrooms.

On Economics for the People, Chris Sturr and Mike Osh examine how short staffing—once seen as a crisis—is now a corporate strategy, from hospitals to warehouses.

The Engage Podcast explores how Delta is undermining state sick leave laws, even as it touts its "Delta family" values.

And from The Dig and Green and Red: what does fashion say about power—and what does Star Wars’ Andor say about rebellion? Turns out, quite a lot.

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

On this week’s edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From Tucson to Melbourne to Vancouver, workers are rising up—and their stories are being told.

We start with Words and Work, where Bookmans employees in Arizona walk off the job, demanding movement at the bargaining table. “If they’re not going to make a motion,” one worker says, “we’re going to make a motion.”

On Working People, student hunger strikers at the University of Oregon connect their campus protest to the starvation crisis in Gaza, calling it not only physical destruction—but cultural erasure.

Down under, Stick Together brings us to a pastry factory in Melbourne, where bakery workers making muffins, donuts, and Australia’s famous Woolworths mud cakes go on strike for fair pay—and win a seat at the table through collective action.

From Roswell Hub, we explore what it means when your workplace relocates—sometimes a blessing, sometimes a life-altering burden—and what unions can do to protect workers when buildings close or operations shift.

And on On the Line, we travel back to WWII-era Vancouver, where women known as “conductor-ettes” defied gender roles—and unruly passengers—to keep the streetcars running while the men were at war.

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

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Barbecues and base building at Amazon, ICE agents confronted in Newark, redefining plumbing with kids, the magic of assimilation, and why turning doctors into data entry clerks is bad for us all. Plus, a roundup of even more labor shows you should know. It’s a jam-packed episode with clips from Labor Notes, My Labor Radio, Third and Fairfax, The Labor Heritage Power Hour, and more.

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

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly:

The Valley Labor Report asks: What does the new Pope mean for labor? Catholic TikToker Union Dad breaks it down.

America’s Workforce talks air safety with PASS President David Spero.

Heartland Labor Forum hears from frontline Social Security workers.

The Boiling Point explains workers’ comp with attorney George Mueller.

Stick Together explores the 4-day workweek in Australia.

LaborStart Canada covers Alberta’s new Solidarity Pact.

America Works meets a small-town pharmacist who treats circus elephants.

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

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: On Working Voices, UTLA fights to protect immigrant students; from On the Line, CTU’s Stacy Davis Gates marks May Day with a contract that builds working-class power; The Manufacturing Report exposes the hidden costs of cheap factory TikToks; The Labor & Energy Show goes inside Boilermakers Local 13; Reinventing Solidarity traces Jaz Brisack’s journey from atheist autodidact to salting strategist; and Solidarity Works honors cross-border unity with Mexico’s Los Mineros.

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