Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

Working People; The Labor Show; Stick Together; My Labor Radio; 3rd & Fairfax

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly:

• Working People — Max Alvarez follows up with two HUD whistleblowers who were fired after going public; our clip captures them describing how they watched officials “continue to dismantle fair housing” from the inside.
• The Labor Show (with J-Doc & Krausey) — FOP Lodge 5 President Roosevelt Poplar talks tech and accountability; in our excerpt, he explains how body cams protect officers: “If someone makes a complaint…we have it on video.”
• Stick Together — On-the-ground from Melbourne, security guards at hospitals and public housing rally for safety and pay; our cut features UWU’s blunt message: disrespect guards and you disrespect residents.
• My Labor Radio — NYC Building Trades leader Gary LaBarbera on PBS’s Hard Hat Riot and union identity; “You go to work, you work hard, you don’t want anything for free.”
• Third & Fairfax (WGAW) — Filmmaker Susie Singer Carter on No Country for Old People and exposing elder abuse.
  
  

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

Labor Radio Podcast Weekly SPECIAL EDITION: Introducing our new format!

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly SPECIAL EDITION: After five years, we’re mixing things up a bit; Chris, Harold and Patrick talk about what’s new.
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Edited/produced by Chris Garlock & Patrick Dixon; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

America’s Work Force Union Podcast; El Cafecito del Día; Buwa Basebetsi Updates; SayWatt; Labor Exchange

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: workers standing up for safety, history, and democracy—from aquariums to archives.

Over on America’s Work Force Union Podcast, Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United explains why hazard pay and a real living wage matter when your job includes deep dives, disease treatment, and dangerous animals.

This week on El Cafecito del Dia, Cheryl Niro breaks down how the Constitution protects immigrants and why unions are teaching due process in their halls.

From Buwa Basebetsi Updates, Zimbabwe farmworkers lay out how U.S. tariffs ripple through jobs, prices, and organizing on the ground.

In the latest Say Watt, instructor Summer Zachary traces her path from tinkerer to union electrician—and the bootcamp that changed everything.

From the Labor Exchange, steelworker Joel Buchanan remembers the late USW president Leo Gerard with stagecoaches, shareholder showdowns, and steadfast solidarity.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Reinventing Solidarity; Work Week Radio; Work Stoppage; Labor Notes Podcast; Words and Work

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: This week on Work Stoppage, Italy’s unions show how it’s done, with port blockades and a nationwide transit shutdown in solidarity with Palestine.
Over on WorkWeek, a Wells Fargo banker in Wyoming tells how workers organized with CWA—and what happened when the company fired him for it.
From the Labor Notes Podcast, beauty-salon workers at Sugared + Bronzed unionize amid safety concerns and punishing metrics—and win momentum shop by shop.
In the latest Reinventing Solidarity, NEA president Becky Pringle argues public education is where democracy takes root—and why that scares authoritarians.
Meanwhile, on Words & Work, Jonathan Rosenblum revisits Kshama Sawant’s wins—from $15 to taxing Amazon—and how an elected office became an organizing center.
And on the Powerline Podcast, JNCTN’s crew breaks down an app built to tighten safety, compliance, and efficiency across the building trades.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

The Green and Red Podcast; Working People; Stick Together; We Work Europe

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: art, political corruption, and worker power — from Robert Redford’s films to frontline labor struggles and global supply-chain fights.

Over on The Green and Red, a film-forward conversation looks at Redford’s movie work and how cinema has long probed political corruption and community resistance.
This week on Working People, fired tech workers tell the story of No Azure for Apartheid and why they risked their jobs to pressure a tech giant.
From Stick Together, an Oxfam campaigner walks us through a new report exposing wage theft and the crisis facing garment workers in Bangladesh.
In the latest We Work Europe, the founder of Bulgaria’s first independent trade union shares lessons learned and how they echo in today’s Europe.
Plus, Harold’s got some more hot tips on his Shows You Should Know segment.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Exploits of Play; The SAG-AFTRA Podcast; Buwa Basebetsi Updates; AAUP Presents; Power at Work

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: how workers, artists, and activists are pushing back, telling their stories, and demanding change.

Over on Exploits of Play, hosts dig into video games and capitalism, exploring how play shapes the way we work and learn.
This week on the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, veteran narrator Sean Pratt shares what it really takes to build a career in the booming world of audiobooks.
From South Africa, Buwa Basebetsi follows a factory worker named Happiness as she struggles to raise two kids on a national minimum wage that doesn’t cover the basics.
In the latest episode of AAUP Presents, lawyers and professors take on ideological deportations targeting pro-Palestinian voices, and what that means for free speech on campus.
Meanwhile, on Power at Work, we hear from college football players fighting to organize and claim their rights as workers in a multibillion-dollar industry..

Plus, of course, Harold with Shows You Should Know.

Find these—and dozens more—at laborradionetwork.org.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

The Rick Smith Show; The Labor Show; Work Stoppage; The Director’s Cut; Labor Exchange

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: we’re talking about solidarity, storytelling, and the ways workers are fighting back against power.

Over on The Rick Smith Show, Painters Union President Jimmy Williams Jr. calls out the Trump administration for canceling union jobs while claiming to put “American workers first.”

This week on The Labor Show, we’re on the picket line in South Philly, where Scabby the Rat is making an appearance and union members explain what real solidarity looks like.

From Work Stoppage, farmworkers in New York face ICE raids that expose the ugly alliance between bosses and the state to silence immigrant workers.

In the latest Director’s Cut from the DGA, filmmaker Adele Lim reveals the craft and complexity behind her body-swap comedy Freakier Friday with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Meanwhile, on The Labor Exchange from KGNU, Austin Sauerbrei talks about his new graphic novel Trouble at Coal Creek, which brings to life a forgotten East Tennessee miners’ uprising.

Plus, on Shows You Should Know, Labor Day was a big theme across the Network this past week; Harold gives us a roundup of how shows marked the holiday.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

WorkBites; Heartland Labor Forum; Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots; Boiling Point; Labor Heritage Power Hour

On this week’s Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly:

• On WBAI’s What’s Going On, Liz Shuler talks with Bob Henley about the fight to defend collective bargaining rights for federal workers.
• The Heartland Labor Forum features former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, reflecting on her abrupt firing and what it reveals about presidential power.
• From the Engage Podcast, ALPA pilots explain why a simple union pin represents nearly a century of solidarity in the cockpit.
• On Boiling Point, campaign strategist Celeste Trees shares how grassroots organizing is powered by issues, not candidates.
• The Labor Heritage Power Hour welcomes National Book Award winner Martín Espada, who reads from his new collection, Jailbreak of Sparrows.

 

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Power at Work; Concrete Gang; The Alberta Worker Podcast; Workers Beat Extra; Machinists 141 Connections

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Power at Work explores why conservatives support unions; Australia’s Concrete Gang reports on a jobsite medical emergency and safety fight; The Alberta Worker covers Air Canada flight attendants’ battle over unpaid labor; Workers Beat Extra takes on Trump’s torrent of lies; the IAM’s Connections Podcast highlights shop-floor organizing and building member power; plus Harold’s Shows You Should Know.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor Notes Podcast; The Green and Red Podcast; The Workers' Mic; The Valley Labor Report; Heartland Labor Forum

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: federal bargaining rights under fire, rank-and-file power rising, and one very odd ICE headline. The Labor Notes Podcast spotlights UAW Region 9A’s member-driven endorsements and field power; Green and Red digs into how to turn non-compliance into concrete action; The Workers Mic unpacks Dean Cain’s leap from Superman to ICE amid a recruitment blitz; The Valley Labor Report features AFGE’s Jessica LaPointe on SSA attrition and service delays; Heartland Labor Forum debunks “national security” claims behind canceling federal CBAs; and Harold’s Shows You Should Know. Find these—and dozens more—at laborradionetwork.org.

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Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.