Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

Live from the UAW convention

Two from the recent 2022 United Auto Workers Constitutional Convention in Detroit: on My Labor Radio, Mark Gervaart gets into the weeds of this year’s convention to explain changes to the election process; then, on the Trucked Up podcast, members from Locals 2209 and 14 discuss the different feel this convention has had, compared to past years.

On AFT in Action, Richard Bensinger talks about his involvement in the Starbucks unionization movement and how the workers got their initial momentum to begin organizing. 

Lastly, author Matt Christman joins The Dig to explain how the United States’ history has led to our present economic situation.

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 and Mel Smith; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Harold Phillips

Organizing in Medieval Times

On the Work Stoppage podcast: Hyundai is violating child labor laws with migrant children in an Alabama metal stamping plant. The latest southern labor news from The Valley Labor Report. On the Belabored podcast,

why performers at the Medieval Times in Lindhurst, New Jersey have voted to unionize. Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, in Australia recently to talk with unions, workers and the newly elected Labor government, sat down with the On The Job podcast in Melbourne. Labor journalist Hamilton Nolan talks to the Labor Radio Podcast Network about why “labor media is a vital part of a thriving labor movement.”

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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 Mel Smith; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Selma James: “Our time is now”

On the Black Work Talk podcast, Erica Iheme, Deputy Director for Jobs to Move America talks about organizing and burnout…Sandy Burch and Carol Wald discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade on the Voice of The People podcast…On the latest podcast of The Voice, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten offers some pointed opinions on the Supreme Court's ruling striking down Roe v. Wade...In the final episode of the Union Days podcast series; the role sex plays in misconduct at work…Writer, feminist and social activist Selma James talks with the Your Rights At Work radio show about the International Wages for Housework Campaign, which she co-founded fifty years ago…

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

Amazon and the legacy of bloody Harlan

From the Work Stoppage podcast, we hear from Matt, a worker-organizer at Amazon’s SDF1 facility in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Then we find out why some people are trying to censor The Valley Labor Report. Jerome Almon talks with My Labor Radio about his plan to unify workers behind an app that publishes crucial information on the realities of corporate America.
On El Cafecito del Día, advocates for undocumented students explain DC Achieves, a program that grants scholarships for undocumented students in higher education.
Hosts Charles and James kick back and talk about life, labor and living on LaborVision, the podcast from the Michigan AFL-CIO.
Finally, from the European Trade Union Institute – ETUI—podcast, what are psychosocial risks, or PSRs? They’re increasingly affecting workers in industries across Europe, with effects that can be long-lasting and have both physical and psychological impacts on workers’ lives, including depression, musculoskeletal disorders or burnout.

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

More labor takes on over-ruling Roe v. Wade

Three reports on the effect of the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade: On Your Rights At Work, labor historian Joe McCartin reminds us that counting on the Supreme Court to uphold key rights was always a mistake; then the Heartland Labor Forum hosts a round table of legal experts and academics discuss how the decision will affect working folks; and for our last report on this issue, we go Down Under for the Solidarity Breakfast podcast’s coverage of a pro-abortion rally in Australia.

Then we completely shift gears with the Alberta Workers Podcast’s interview with Dominic Shaw who rappelled down the Calgary Tower in a wheelchair. We wrap up the show with two activists from the Bayard Rustin Center discussing the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin on the Solidarity Works podcast.

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

Labor after Roe v. Wade

From The Rick Smith Show, Robin Marty of the West Alabama Women's Center clarifies the reality of the post-Roe v Wade aftermath and what can happen next...Then, what unions should be doing to protect their workers: on The Valley Labor Report, Jacob and Adam discuss the loss of Roe v Wade and the implications other recent Supreme Court rulings have on our rights...The Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation’s Linda Morales talks with the Lone Star Labor Pod about the intersection of the LGBTQIA+ and labor movements, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and what union members can do about it. Then, Pride Month is in June, so why is Vancouver USA Pride held in July? Find out on the Working To Live In Southwest Washington podcast. In our final report, Belarus union leaders are under attack; Rudy Porter, Solidarity Center Regional Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, briefed members of the Labor Radio Podcast Network at our weekly meeting. Click here for the LabourStart petition.

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

Amazing-Man and the All-Star Squadron

On today’s show: Anti-labour rule in Asia Pacific: RadioLabour reports on how unions are fighting back as exemplified by Fiji's labour movement.
On the Power Line Podcast, Kaycee Field talks about how important the trades are and why ranch and rodeo kids are a perfect fit for those types of jobs.
Then, Kamal Bell, owner of Sankofa Farms, talks with The Check Out about how he uses agricultural practices rooted in his African heritage to address modern problems like food deserts that disproportionately affect Black communities.
On GRIT Nation, logger, blacksmith, carpenter, and internet sensation Scott Wadsworth talks about how the trades can be a more viable route than college and how he started his YouTube channel.
We wrap up with a really fun and interesting episode of Tales from the Reuther Library, as Dr. Vincent Haddad joins the show to talk about how Black DC Comic heroes such as Amazing-Man dismantled urban stereotypes about Detroit while also reflecting the city's history with race.

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

Labor On The Airwaves at Labor Notes

The Labor On The Airwaves panel attracted an overflow audience at this year'sLabor Notes conference. A show of hands revealed that about a third of those in attendance already had shows while another third was interested in finding out how to start their own shows, many of whom stopped by the Network's booth after the panel. Working People's Maximillian Alvarez hosted a panel that included BeLabored hosts Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, Heartland Labor Forum's Judy Ancel (thanks for the Network shoutout!) and Jamie Partridge from Labor Radio on KBOO FM. Here are highlights from their discussion.
photo (l-r): Jamie, Max, Judy, Sarah and Michelle.

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Produced/edited by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith.

“Billionaires have got to go! F—k Jeff Bezos!”

Friday night’s all-star program at the 2022 Labor Notes conference in Chicago featured Chris Smalls from the Amazon Labor Union, Bernie Sanders and Teamsters president Sean O’Brien, who fired up an already-fired-up crowd. We’ve got highlights from the program on today’s show, including music from Dilson Hernandez, along with more voices from the folks who stopped by the Labor Radio Podcast Network booth here at the conference: Carmen Velasquez, Naomi Martinez, Anecia Ventura, Eris Derrickson, Jackie Serrato, Martin Unzueta, Jose Carlos, Janette Corcelius, Robert Hughes, Michael Harrington, Jamie Simpson, Zach Young, Jessica Buttermore, Jessica Thornton, Nate Wendt, Nicole McCormick, Joe Jencks, Ben Grosscup and Maggie Hansford.
NOTE: Here’s video of the complete Friday night Labor Notes program.

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Editing by Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith.

Voices from the 2022 Labor Notes conference

There are over 4,000 folks at the 2022 Labor Notes conference in Chicago and the Labor Radio Podcast Network team talked to almost all of them today…Liz Medina, Will Westlake, Michael Brennan, Robert Ovetz, Jeff Eagan, Noah Strang, John Courtney, Jordan Fisher, Mitchell Jones, Howard Stewart, Sam Sprole, Lynn Fields, Lakeisha Lloyd, Dan Kask and Bobby Lynn Negron. OK, maybe not all 4,000, but a terrific cross-section of the activists and self-proclaimed “troublemakers” gathered here in Chicago. The music you’ll hear is from the Great Labor Arts Exchange.

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Editing by Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith.