Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

Elections matter

From Union Talk, the podcast from the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten talks to governors Michelle Lujan and J.B. Pritzker about how they've turned election wins into gains for public employees.

On America’s Workforce Radio, the daily union podcast dedicated to union news and issues, Joey Combs from SEIU Local 517M on a plan to repeal Michigan's Right to Work Law.

Next, on From A to Arbitration, the podcast that aims to provide a union rep's in-depth guide to the dispute resolution process, how do we break the cycle?

On our last show today, Workers Beat host Gene Lantz poses the big question: is it time for a revolution?

We’ve got a bonus track today, in honor of the five hundred thousand workers who struck this week in in the UK: on Labor History in 2:00, we hear about the day a half a million African American and Puerto Rican students in New York City participated in a one-day school boycott. 

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

Remembering Myrtle Witboii; Fordham strike, plus labor music and movies

The Solidarity Center Podcast remembers Myrtle Witboii, general secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union, and president of the International Domestic Workers Federation.

Then we’ll hear about the strike at Fordham University from My Labor Radio: Interviews and information about working Americans broadcast weekly on WELT 95.7 FM in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Next, Evan Tuohy, the newly elected vice president of AFM Local 33, which represents musicians in Tucson, Arizona, talks with the Words and Work podcast, about what AFM can do for independent musicians. Words and Work is produced by the Tucson Chapter of the National Writers Union and Downtown Radio.

Then we have two reports involving workers and the movies: from Labor Radio on KBOO FM, Portland's Living Room Theater workers strike and unionize, forming the Cinema Workers Union. And, from the Labor Goes to the Movies podcast, a deep dive into the films “Blonde” and “Elvis” with Carnegie Mellon professor Kathy Newman, who wrote “Marilyn and Elvis: Dead Labor in the Age of Streaming.”

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

YouTubers get a union

From the FairWork podcast, YouTubers get a union. Then, Stephen Schima on the National Environmental Policy Act on El Cafecito del Día; Bo Lindell talks about being a lineman on the Power Line Podcast; Shaun Gundert, the new president of the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council shares his vision for the labor council on the Working to Live In Southwest Washington podcast. And our final segment this week comes from the Art and Labor podcast team, which offers their take on director James Cameron and Avatar.

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

Nurses strike coast to coast

Two reports on striking nurses, the first from RadioLabour, on the 7,000 nurses who walked out in New York City this week, and the second, from Work Week Radio, on the nurses who struck in California.

Then, on The Solidarity Podcast, from Teamsters Local 769, the threat Amazon poses to transportation workers.

On The Workers' Mic, a weekly show out of Chicago, Operating Engineers Local 150 General Counsel Dale Pierson talks about arbitration as a means of achieving a first contract.

Our last report comes to us from the We Rise Fighting podcast, which goes beyond Martin Luther King’s usual "I have a dream" speech to look at Dr. King's legacy with regards to unions, labor and the antiwar movements.

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

Labor’s 2023 Crystal Ball

On the Heartland Labor Forum, labor radio programmers and podcasters from around the country, from Kansas City and from as far away as England get out their union-made crystal balls and tell us what 2023 will bring for those who work and for the labor movement.

Then, from the Green and Red Podcast, Bob and Scott discuss America's failing infrastructure and how the Southwest Airlines meltdown is a metaphor for our times.

From Labor Radio on KBOO FM, two UAW 2865 stewards, Cyn Huang and Keith Brower Brown, lay out the power and complexities of the recent five-week strike by 48,000 academic workers at the ten University of California campuses.

ILO Future of Work podcast, a new Network member, brings us a discussion on labor migration and diverse gender identities. 

And, from the GRIT Nation podcast, Dan Kerrigan talks to Joe about how to maximize your output on the job no matter your trade.

Plus: The Tragic Youngstown Massacre, from Labor History in 2:00. 

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

OK, Tommy

On America’s Workforce Radio, North Alabama Area Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer (and Valley Labor Report radio/podcast host) Jacob Morrison  rebukes former Auburn football coach and current Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville for criticizing Millennials’ work ethic.
From PFFA Pod, the official podcast of the Portland Fire Fighters' Association (IAFF Local 43) a chat with new Behavioral Health Coordinator Tara Stein.
And on the Solidarity Center podcast, the rights of workers in the informal waste and recovery sector, who help recycle almost 60 percent of the world’s plastic waste.
Bonus: The Fight for Better Wages, Hours and Working Conditions on Labor History in 2:00.

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

A barista speaks out

San Francisco barista Kyle Trainer speaks out, on Work Week Radio. Then, Workers Beat’s Gene Lantz discusses what we'll be fighting for in 2023. On Labour Radio, Lisa Skeete, President of the CUPE Toronto District Council, reports on the historic education workers struggle in Ontario during the months of November and December. From Black Work Talk, Carroll Fife, former director of the Oakland chapter of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and now a Councilmember at the City of Oakland, talks about what it means to bring a Movement perspective to an elected position. What is live-action dubbing? You’ll find out, on the SAG-AFTRA Podcast.

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

”Organize, Fight, Win”

From The Valley Labor Report, railroader Matt Weaver on the fallout, next steps, and lessons learned from the rail dispute.
On the Heartland Labor Forum, Teamsters Local 955 President Jerry Wood talks about the women in trucking and the importance of warehouses.
From The Labor Show, Senator Chris Koons joins JDoc to talk about the renewable fuel standard.
On WORT’s Labor Radio, University of Wisconsin unions are reaching out to students and fellow workers to make sure they know they have rights on the job.
From the On The Job podcast, Emma Hartley and Kleo Cruse talk about "woke-washing."
And, from We Rise Fighting, an interview with Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, professor and co-editor of "Organize, Fight, Win - Black Communist Women's Political Writings".

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

Rail strike, World Cup and Fight Like Hell

On this week’s show: The Workers' Mic on the rail strike, not strike. On Voice of the People, Jim and Mark look at how the World Cup should make us look at human rights differently. El Cafecito del Día calculates The Cost of the World Cup: A Discussion on Labor Rights Now and in the Future. From Building Bridges Radio: Kim Kelly and Hamilton Nolan: Fight like Hell: the history of american labor’s uprisings for workers today taking up the challenge. On The Line: Stories of BC Workers: Rod Mickleburgh tells the tale of BC’s Fraser Valley farmworkers who toiled in dreadful, unregulated conditions in the 1970s and ‘80s.

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

”Capital’s Terrorists”

From The Valley Labor Report, Paul Lindsay makes the case for rail nationalization; Walmart and Kroger workers discuss the added stress of working during the holidays on the latest episode of Dissent Magazine's Belabored podcast; From We Rise Fighting, a report on UAW Locals 180 and 807, on strike in Racine, Wisconsin. And we wrap up this week with author Chad Pearson discussing his new book "Capital's Terrorists" on the Workers Beat podcast.
Bonus track: The 1946 Oakland General Strike on Labor History in 2:00.

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