Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

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.

Ending gender-based violence at work

On the Solidarity Center Podcast, union women are key to ending gender-based violence at work.

The UK-based UnionDues podcast talks with newly-elected Trades Union Council President Maria Exall about activism, faith and sexuality.

Mental health in schools is the topic on OEA Grow, the podcast from the Oregon Education Association.

Plus two bonus tracks: the 1946 St. Paul teacher’s strike, on Labor History in 2:00, and a song by the Seattle Labor Chorus for the recent nationwide Starbucks strike.

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

Labor got out the vote

Labor Radio volunteer Carol Weidel is also an election official in Madison, Wisconsin; check out her Election Day report from Labor Radio on WORT.FM.

On the Your Rights At Work radio show which airs weekly on WPFW in Washington, DC, Mia Dell, Deputy Director of Advocacy at the AFL-CIO, discusses the Labor 2022 efforts and what’s next for organized labor’s Get Out The Vote efforts.

Philadelphia Labor Council president Pat Eiding discusses labor’s critical election work in Pennsylvania on The Labor Show.

Election pro tip: Signs, don't vote, but a person with a sign in their yard probably will. That’s from the latest episode of The Million Dollar Organizer.

So you want to start a TikTok account? Union Strong, the weekly podcast from the New York State AFL-CIO, provides some useful do’s and don’ts.

And, on Labor History in 2:00: Atlanta GM Workers Kick Off a Wave of Sit-Downs

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

Veterans are workers, too

On the Your Rights At Work radio show, Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig on how the UVC mobilized against a lawsuit seeking to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin.

On the TWU Local 513 Podcast, Local 513 Veterans Committee Chairman Sean Deeks joins Brian Parker to talk about the Veterans Committee's mission, and why it's so important for our veterans to get involved.

The Rick Smith Show’s Working Class Heroes’ Tour comes to Rick’s hometown, Cleveland, Ohio.

Phones down, fists up: a report from the strike by call center workers at Maximus, from the Working People podcast.

On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Alianza Americas and Lawyers for Civil Rights discuss their lawsuit targeting Republican politicians responsible for the fraudulent transportation of migrants under false pretenses.

And in our final segment, from the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, a candid look at the challenges and opportunities with self-taping and what the union is doing to address these concerns.

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

Starbucks fires award-winning barista

From The Checkout podcast, a bitter brew, as Starbucks fires an award-winning barista.
Then, on Work Week Radio, Sao Paulo transit worker Fabio Bosco reports on the results of last weekend’s victory by Lula and the Workers Party in Brazil.
From El Cafecito Del Dia: everything you need to know about the Illinois Workers Rights Amendment.
Then, a report on the effects of the 2020 Beirut Port blast on workers in that city; it comes to us from Labour Radio, which covers the workers movement across Quebec, Turtle Island and the globe and can be heard every 3rd Thursday from 5 to 6 pm on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, Canada.
In our final report, from the Heartland Labor Forum, we find out why zookeepers in Salinas, Kansas organized a union.

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