Million Dollar Organizer; Speaking of Work; UCOMM Live; FairWork; Council 4 Unplugged; Union Strong; Labour Radio; Art and Labor

We’ve got eight different excerpts to share with you this week, some from shows that are new to the network and others that will be familiar to regular listeners.

We begin with the Million Dollar Organizer podcast where host Bob Oedy offers some thoughts on the global employment crisis.

Next we introduce you to the Speaking of Work podcast from the Iowa Labor History Society.  In this episode we learn about Keokuk Senior High School, site of an illegal strike in 1970 that changed the trajectory of education in all of Iowa, through the voices of teachers themselves.

Randy Corrigan from the Teamsters Union joins Kris LaGrange on UCOMM Live to discuss organizing the world’s most evil corporation (That’s Amazon, by the way). From one colossal warehouse to another, we cross the Atlantic to the FairWork podcast and hear from delivery drivers who participated in a recent wildcat strike against Gorillas Corporation in Berlin.

On Council 4 Unplugged -- that’s the podcast of AFSCME Council 4 in Connecticut -- we learn about a new project that’s focused on addressing some of the mental health challenges faced by workers in correctional facilities. And Denise Berkley joins the latest episode of Union Strong to discuss the New York State AFL-CIO’s Social Justice Task Force.

We then journey a bit further north to Montreal where this month’s episode of Labour Radio focused on the history and legacy of the Greek Workers Association of Quebec. Finally, the Art and Labor crew raise concerns about the United Federation of Teachers’ position on the New York Health Act.

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.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, Melanie Smith and Chris Bangert-Drowns; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips