Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

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.

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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.

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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.

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

Solidarity 3X

This week’s show starts with The Solidarity Podcast from Teamsters Local 769, which recently passed a resolution in support of the Ukrainian people. The Belabored podcast talks with Michelle Valentin Nieves from the Amazon Labor Union. The Solidarity Center Podcast travels to Palestine for a report on the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions’ campaign to raise the minimum wage. From the Squatters and Unwaged Workers (SUWA) show, the Seven Circles of Migrant Worker Hell. On Reinventing Solidarity, Ants Among Elephants, a fascinating bottom-up view of life within India’s caste system. We end with a quick trip to Motor City where veteran trombonist George Troia talks with America’s Workforce Radio about the alarming trend of using backing tracks to accompany live stage performances. 

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 @TLU769 @DissentMag @SolidarityCntr @3CR @CunySLU @AWFUnionPodcast

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

“The Future We Need” (No foolin’)

On today’s show: Work Stoppage podcast gets down to the nitty gritty of how a handful of Amazon workers defeated the world’s richest man. And on the CUPE Cast from our friends north of the border, organizing news from PetSmart and Staples. Empathy Media Labs talks with Sarita Gupta and Erica Smiley about their new book “The Future We Need.” Then two pieces, one from GRIT Nation, the other from Union City Radio, prove that the labor movement does indeed have a sense of humor. We wrap up this week with the voice of Kira Fobbs, an elementary school teacher in Madison, Wisconsin, on the America Works 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.

#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkStoppagePod @CUPEOntario @empathymedialab @GritNw @DCLabor @librarycongress

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

Organizing Amazon, REI & garment workers

On today’s show: Labor Express Radio brings us Voices from the Ukrainian Left…on Work Week Radio, wars and oligarchs…two reports on Amazon, from the Valley Labor Report and the Rick Smith Show…then, inside the successful organizing effort at REI, on the Belabored podcast…from En Masse, longtime organizer Daisy Pitkin on her new book “On The Line”, and we wrap up with Justine answering all your work and union questions with a little help from Jorts the Cat on Red Dead Redemption.

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 @WLUW @labormedianow @LaborReporters @RickSmithShow @DissentMag @EnMassePodcast @95bFM

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

A Steelworkers strike, on film

On today’s show: listen in as GRIT Nation discusses shortcomings in the global garment industry with the CEO of union shop Image Pointe and finds out just what it takes to run a company that can truly change people’s lives.

Then, Talking SMART is back with their most popular episode yet, as SMART TD President Jeremy Ferguson talks about a subject that’s foremost on the minds of many members: a new draconian attendance policy BNSF has imposed on the very members who have kept the company operational through the pandemic, and who earned BNSF record profits in 2021.

Last year, 1,500 steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania went out on strike for four long months. Filmmaker Samuel George embedded himself and his camera in the strike and he talks about the resulting film, Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike, on the Labor Goes to the Movies podcast.

And, on Work Week Radio, labor troubadour and internationalist David Rovics talks about his life and work as a musician in the international struggle for justice.

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 @checkoutradio @DCLabor @GritNw @smartunionworks @labormedianow

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

Branagh & Nolan on “Belfast”

On today’s show: Director Kenneth Branagh discusses his new film Belfast with fellow director Christopher Nolan on The Director’s Cut, the podcast from the Directors Guild of America.

And on The Live Event Workers Podcast, what’s ahead for workers in the Live Event Industry, following the extended industry-wide shutdown due to COVID-19?

Then we’ll hear from working barista Ky Fireside about Starbucks union efforts in Eugene, Oregon, on The Brain Labor Report.

From the On The Job podcast, Slaying the Inflation Myth.

We wrap up today’s show with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, editor of The Black Agenda, discussing the need for Black expertise across policy, industry, and academia, on the State of Working America 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.

#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @checkoutradio @DCLabor @SaintFrankly @sallyrugg @EconomicPolicy @directorsguild

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