Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

MLK and labor: his last speech (Encore)

Originally released April 7, 2023
This week, on the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while he was in Memphis supporting striking sanitation workers, AFSCME, the union those sanitation workers belonged to, released the I AM STORY Podcast, which retells the story of a labor struggle that rocked a city and altered our history. Episode 1 is available now on all major podcast platforms.

Then, on Building Bridges Radio: Mike Honey on Dr. King and his last speech in Memphis.

On America’s Workforce Radio, Michigan State Senator Darrin Camilleri discusses his successful Right to Work repeal bill.

Then, we’ll hear about green jobs for Rhode Island on the Labor Vision podcast.

Roswell Hub is a podcast from a Teamster in Roswell, Georgia; today we feature an episode exploring Why must you work as instructed?

Then, on the Valley Labor Report, Max Fraser talks about his book Hillbilly Highway.

Our last segment today is from the America Works podcast, from the Library of Congress, and we’ll hear from Dairy Farm Herdsperson Joyce Godbout.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Organizing the South

Organizing the South and why it matters, on Solidarity Works: A Podcast From The United Steelworkers.

Then, from The Valley Labor Report, what labor councils are and why they're important, with Nashville Central Labor Council president Vonda McDaniel.

Next, we go to Australia, where the Solidarity Breakfast podcast brings us a voice from the Melbourne Uni strike.

And in our final segment today, Save WVU; the Working People podcast talks with students and organizers at West Virginia University, which recently announced plans to dramatically cut academic programs and jobs in the coming year.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

“My Boss Is a Robot”

If you work seven days a week, 12 hours a day and don’t make enough money to pay the bills, you can talk to your boss, right? Not if your boss is an app. The global impact of app-controlled working conditions on “My Boss Is a Robot,” the new Solidarity Center Podcast series.

Work Stoppage reports on the end of strikes at Wabtec and Leinenkugel, where workers have ratified new contracts after hard fought battles.

What is a union convention and why do unions have them? The Working to Live In Southwest Washington podcast explains.

 

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

California’s Labor Queen

Union or Bust welcomes the Labor Queen herself, Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation. They talk shop on unionism, what solidarity means to Gonzalez-Fletcher, and what work needs to be done to get out of this hole the country is in.

David, Greg and Richard talk about the UPS contract ratification and what is to come, on the Roswell Hub podcast.

From the PCTA FYRE podcast, the history and concept of striking in Florida.

In the seventh episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s second season, Kim Siever interviews Jordan Wilkie, a firefighter in the Edmonton area and the leader of the Green Party of Alberta. Jordan talks about working as a float plane pilot, becoming a firefighter, choosing to lead the Green Party, and the importance of class solidarity. A few times, he tries to switch roles with Kim.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

What SAG-AFTRA’s Interim Agreement is (and isn’t)

Clips from The SAG-AFTRA Podcast; Labor Express Radio; Workers Beat; The Check Out; Solidarity Breakfast; All Who Labor; UFCW 3000 Podcast; Labor Wave Radio; Green and Red; Building Bridges Radio.  

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Labor Week debuts

Clips from: Labor Week; You Are The Current Resident; America’s Workforce Radio;The Rick Smith Show; Voice of the People; Union or Bust; Union Strong; The Flight Deck

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Edited by Patrick Dixon & Chris Garlock, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Working Voices; The Workers’ Mic; Union Talk; Power Line Podcast

The Teamsters deal, WGA rallies in Chicago, education bridges the divide between Jews and Arabs, and a female lineman in Canada: reports from the Working Voices radio show, which airs weekly on KPFK in Los Angeles; The Workers' Mic, a live, weekly radio show from WGN in Chicago; the Union Talk podcast from the American Federation of Teachers; and from Power Line Podcast, a collection of stories from line workers around the world.
Our final segment is from Labor History in 2:00, a partnership between the Illinois Labor History Society and The Rick Smith Show, a labor-themed radio show out of Pennsylvania

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Edited/produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

We Rise Fighting; Heartland Labor Forum; SAG-AFTRA Podcast; The Alberta Worker

Reports on the tentative contract at UPS from the We Rise Fighting podcast and the Heartland Labor Forum radio show.

Then, Fran Drescher explains in very personal terms, why Hollywood actors are striking, on the SAG-AFTRA podcast.

In our final segment, the Alberta Worker Podcast returns for its second season with a fascinating conversation with Juan Estevez, about his journey from Bogota, Colombia, emigrating to Canada as a child, trying to unionize his workplace, and then running for political office.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Work Week Radio; Green & Red; Labor Radio on KBOO; ILO Future of Work; The Radical Songbook

On today’s show, UPS workers in San Francisco talk to WorkWeek Radio about their contract issues. On the Green & Red podcast: Summertime rolls, it’s too damn hot and the bosses are ripping us off! Bob and Scott riff and rant on strikes galore. Then on Labor Radio on KBOO FM, Michael is joined by his mother Ruth Bennett to discuss the WGA strike. On the ILO Future of Work podcast: Does AI threaten decent work? And in our final segment The Radical Songbook host Michael Funke makes the most of his chance to ask Nike founder Phil Knight about child labor.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Building Bridges Radio; Work Stoppage; Labor Heritage Power Hour; Heartland Labor Forum

Four reports on the week-old strike by 160,000 actors: First up, from Building Bridges Radio, writers and actors fight back against AI. On the Work Stoppage podcast, class struggle in Hollywood. Then we have two local reports: on the Labor Heritage Power Hour -- formerly Your Rights At Work -- we’ll hear from Elliott Bales a striking SAG-AFTRA member in the metro DC area; then we’ll head to the Midwest, where the Heartland Labor Forum talks with Shelley Waggener, President of the SAG-AFTRA Local in Missouri.
Bonus track: The Crazy Eights, on Labor History in 2:00.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.