Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

Spiritual and global solidarity

The Labor Radio Podcast Daily is coming to you from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hundreds gathered for an interfaith breakfast Sunday morning before the convention officially opened at noon, so our show begins with Father Clete Kiley and Clayton Sinyai; Father Kiley is chaplain to the Chicago Federation of Labor and senior adviser to Unite Here, while Clayton Sinyai is the Executive Director of the Catholic Labor Network.
Our other guests today hail from across the country and around the world,
from April Lott, president of the Charleston South Carolina Labor Council,
to Kooper Caraway, president of the South Dakota AFL-CIO. Fathimath Zimna (photo) is General Secretary of the Maldives Health Professionals Union and we wrap up today’s show with Laxman Basnet, General Secretary of the South Asian Regional Trade Union Council.

We’ve got a lot more already lined up for tomorrow’s show, including an exclusive sitdown with Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond, who talked with the Labor Radio Podcast Network just hours after being elected President and Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. Also, Karen Nussbaum interviewed a number of international trade unionists which we’ll be featuring in tomorrow’s report.

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Interviews and editing by Patrick Dixon, Evan Papp and Chris Garlock; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

LIVE from the AFL-CIO convention!

Welcome to the Labor Radio Podcast Daily, a special edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly. We’re here in Philadelphia at the AFL-CIO Convention, where thousands of union leaders and members
have gathered to celebrate the strength of the federation’s 56 affiliated unions and 12.5 million members, honor the souls lost and renew the movement’s commitment to build back better with unions.
Hosted by American Income Life, the Labor Radio Podcast Network
will be interviewing convention attendees about the opportunities and challenges ahead for the American labor movement.
On today’s show, highlights from tonight’s moving tribute to Richard Trumka, the fiery Mine Workers president who led his union to victory in the 1989 Pittston strike, and went on to lead the AFL-CIO, serving as president from 2009 until his untimely death on August 5, 2021.
PLUS: interviews with Brian Griffin, executive secretary treasurer for the Cincinnati AFL CIO labor council, Leonard Aguilar, secretary treasurer of the Texas AFL CIO, and Alicia Page, business development officer for the Bank of Labor.

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

Pride At Work!

June is Pride Month, so we start off with Pride at Work Executive Director Jerame Davis on YALL Cast, a podcast that looks at Young Active Labor Leaders in the great state of Texas.         
Then the Talking SMART podcast talks with Matt Cherry and Dan O’Connell. Matt is a Local 33 sheet metal member from Toledo, Ohio, who serves as the president of the Toledo City Council, Dan is a long-time member of the SMART Transportation Division who served as New Jersey State Legislative Director for 20 years, until his retirement in 2018.
On the Canadian Union Podcast For Employees, Rory Gill, president of CUPE Alberta discusses Jason Kenney, the premier of Alberta and the leader of the United Conservative Party who recently announced his intentions to step down.
Next we go to New Zealand, where Justine answers all your questions about bad managers, Christmas leave, and dreaded team bonding activities, on the Red Dead Redemption podcast.
We wrap up this week with the On Writing podcast’s chat with Amy Schumer, creator and star of the comedy-drama series LIFE & BETH, with her advice to writers, why she loves writing in bed and the differences between writing a sketch show like INSIDE AMY SCHUMER versus a scripted show like LIFE & BETH.

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

June 18 March on Washington

Previewing the June 18 March on Washington on the Your Rights At Work radio show; the El Desvio podcast explores what the current attack on women’s health means for women in the labor force; on the Workplace Matters podcast, anthropologist Dina Mahnaz Siddiqi explains that the way we look at global labor inequality is backwards; then, from the Million Dollar Organizer podcast, the hierarchy of seating in the boardroom and the classroom; and we wrap up this week with poet Asnia Asim exploring the differences in the consumption of art in the United States and her home country of Pakistan; that’s from the Empathy Media Labs podcast.

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 Mr. Harold Phillips.

Alabama Starbucks workers organize

Members of Alabama Starbucks Workers United talk with the Valley Labor Report about why they’re organizing…On the Labor Exchange,
a conversation with Colorado AFL-CIO president Josette Jaramillo…
Executive producer and show runner Robin Veith talks with the 3rd & Fairfax podcast about making the ‘80s crime drama Candy for Hulu…
and Tales from the Reuther Library literally digs into local history
as Dr. Krysta Ryzewksi discusses archaeological digs at famous locations in Detroit.

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

Mobilizing for the Million Workers March

On today’s show: Organizer Clarence Thomas talks with Building Bridges Radio about the mobilization leading up to the 2004 Million Workers March…On The Check Out podcast, Bob Funk discusses how LaborLab tracks and communicates information about union busting…And winter may be a long way off, but it’s not too early to think about buying rock salt, specifically American Rock Salt; on the Union Strong podcast we hear about the importance of prioritizing Buy American legislation…Then, on the new podcast Union Days, Simon Sapper takes us on a wild ride from Glasgow's abattoir to Kew Gardens…We wrap up with the Solidarity Breakfast radio show from Melbourne, which this week brings us a report on speeches from a rally defending native rights in Australia.

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.

#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AWFUnionPodcast @WorkingPod @bbridgesradio @checkoutradio @nysaflcio @duesunion @3CRsolidarity

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

Strikes, rights and non-violent resistance

On today’s show: Two strike reports; UNITE HERE Local 6 President Carlos Aramayo talks to America’s Workforce Radio about why hotel workers are on strike, and on the Working People podcast, Indiana University grad workers on why they are on strike.
From Your Rights At Work, labor journalist Kim Kelly on why abortion is a labor issue and the history of the fight for women worker rights.
And from We Work Europe, a brand-new member of the Network,
we get a look at how European workers see Amazon as a threat, not just to worker rights, but to democracy in their countries.
On Labor Wave Radio, Graham Kovich, running for the role of Communications Officer for the IWW, discusses media strategies for increasing union power.
On the AFGE Y.O.U.N.G. podcast, a fascinating discussion on solidarity.
Costume department member Soroush Matoor talks being a newcomer in IATSE on the Apple Box Talks podcast.
And from the Re:Work Radio podcast, Reverend James Lawson shares stories from his youth and his path to non-violent resistance.
Plus: PSA on NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive today, and “The Day the Beer Stopped Flowing” on Labor History in 2:00.

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.

#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @AWFUnionPodcast @WorkingPod @DCLabor @LaborwaveRadio @iatse891@rework_radio @ILLaborHistory

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

The voice of an imprisoned Belarus union leader

On today’s show: The voice of a Belarus union leader who is now imprisoned, but who spoke with the Solidarity Center podcast just over a year ago…also this week, unions rarely like to talk about their failures but the BCTGM Voices Project – from the Bakery Workers union – brings us a fascinating and honest report on an unsuccessful organizing campaign at Hershey's in Stuart's Draft, Virginia…Our final report today is about how content streaming has affected workers in the entertainment business from the SAG-AFTRA podcast. Spoiler alert, it’s a very mixed bag.

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

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Blood, guts, and organizing

On today’s show: The Canadian Union Podcast for Employees on “Day of Mourning - When a Product Fails”. The APWU’s Vince Tarducci talks about post office reform on The Labor Show. On Black Work Talk, Steven and Sheri talk to Beverly Guy-Sheftall about Black feminism and labor. From Class Matters, Adolphe Reed, Jr. on public schools. On the Live Event Workers Podcast, a discussion of mental health. Blood, guts, and organizing with Rich Rowe and Charlie McCollester on the Ironworkers Rising Podcast. Mark Gevaart talks EVs on UAW 2209 Trucked Up. On The Dig, Destin Jenkins on his book The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City. Poet Kerry Trautman on The Blue Collar Gospel Hour, and on America Works, Popcorn the Circus Clown.

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.

#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @cupe37 @MyPhillyLabor @TheIronworkers @UAW_Local_2209 @thedigradio @TheBlueCollarG1 @librarycongress

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

Of union busters, bombs and white papers

On today’s show: Mel Buer of The Morning Riot podcast joins The Valley Labor Report to talk about a wild white paper from a union busting group
that compares union organizers to IEDs in Iraq. On the latest Solidarity Center Podcast, Carmen Foro, secretary-general of the Central Union of Workers in Brazil, describes how an Amazon community is standing up to plans for a river project that would destroy their livelihoods. While education should not be partisan, it is most definitely political. On Educating from the Heart sits down with three members of the Florida Education Association’s Republican Cadre to discuss their challenges and successes. On Labor Vision, James and Charles talk unions, coalition building, broadband infrastructure and more. We wrap up this week with Working to Live In Southwest Washington, which returns this week to explain why the Evergreen Schools Replacement Levy is important to everyone.

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.

#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @LaborReporters @SolidarityCntr @FloridaEA @seelaborvision @SWWACLC

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