Episodes

Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
James Baldwin on The Fire This Time; SMART 88’s Jeff Proffitt runs for school board in Las Vegas; unions on two coasts fight for fair, progressive taxation; Insulators’ Pete IIelmini on getting out the union vote; the Foley Sisters on the limitations of political parties and elections; and what will labor do if Trump tries to steal the election?
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
Edited by Evan Papp and Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Election 2020 Podcast Extra: Visits with Indiana candidates Chip Coldiron (Indiana 3rd CD) and Marty Lemert (Indiana State House District 52). Uber and Lyft drivers speak out at a recent protest against Proposition 22 in San Francisco. History professor Donna Sinclair – and candidate for Washington state's 18th Legislative District in Olympia – on how historians play a role in determining what's fake and what's real. Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper on why Joe Biden is a better candidate for public schools.
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
Edited by Evan Papp and Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
America’s Work Force; The Gig; Working People; Working To Live In Southwest Washington
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Election 2020 Podcast Extra: Working-Class Perspectives Co-Editor John Russo discusses whether union members will vote for President Trump again. Why California’s Proposition 22 ballot initiative is opposed by drivers and gig workers in both California and Nigeria. Catching up with two members of California's Labor Slate. Matt Little on how his family coped in rural Washington state during the recent wildfires, and about his run for Clark County Council District 4.
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
Edited by Evan Papp and Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Saturday Oct 24, 2020
WorkWeek; Working People; Stronger Together
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Election 2020 Special: Rochester Labor Council president Dan Maloney on their recent resolution calling for a general strike if president Trump ignores the results of the upcoming elections. Professor Veena Dubal explains why everyone who’s a worker or who cares about workers should be paying close attention to Proposition 22 in California. A visit with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Deb Patterson, a homecare worker running in Oregon’s state Senate District 10.
WorkWeek broadcasts Mondays at 3:30 PM Pacific Time on KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, California.
Working People is a podcast by, for, and about the working class today, put out in partnership with In These Times magazine.
Stronger Together is a podcast from SEIU Local 503 in Oregon.
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
Edited by Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Friday Oct 23, 2020
America’s Work Force; Working To Live In Southwest Washington; Union Strong
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Election 2020 Podcast Extra: AFL-CIO Director of Government Affairs Bill Samuel on the current political climate in Washington; Washington State Representative Monica Stonier on how she balances being a working educator with serving in the state legislature; Westchester/Putnam Central Labor Council Director Jenn Puja talks about the power behind labor’s endorsement.
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
Edited by Evan Papp and Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Saturday Oct 17, 2020
Saturday Oct 17, 2020
Election 2020 Special: “Which Of The 2020 Candidates Is A Friend Of The Workers?”; Terrie Martin, candidate for Jackson County commissioner in Southern Oregon; SMART Local 2 member Aaron Mais, running for State Representative in Missouri’s 53rd District; Vic Abundis, running in Missouri’s 13th House District; the human cost of policies enacted by anti-worker politicians, plus a stirring rendition of Joe Hill’s classic labor song, “Rebel Girl.”
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
Edited by Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Saturday Oct 10, 2020
RadioLabour; We Do The Work; America’s Work Force; Laborlines
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Labour calls for a new social contract; “Grand Theft Paycheck”; NFLPA’s JC Tretter on renegotiating collective bargaining agreements for player safety during the pandemic; an interview with NYC Restaurant Workers Council organizers.
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
Edited by Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
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
Rachel Cohen on “How Trump Could Dismantle Workers’ Rights with Another Four Years”; Getting ballots to displaced voters; Essential workers voices; global unions call for COVID-19 to be declared an occupational disease; Mother Jones’ monuments & museums
Edited by Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Highlights from the national Labor Radio Podcast Network's shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
AFM Local 4 president Len DiCosimo on the political divides in America today; unionbusting at nonprofits; “A perfect illustration of why public services should not be entrusted to for-profit companies like Transdev”; Stephen Lerner on Bargaining for the Common Good; first-year apprentice Kasey Mathias shares her experiences.
Edited by Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Saturday Sep 19, 2020
Saturday Sep 19, 2020
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
RadioLabour on labor’s calls for reform of post-pandemic corporations, plus singing "Hold That Line"; Thoroughbred Teamsters’ update on the story of J’s Teamster cousin and his family losing their home in Oregon fire; The Voice of Oregon’s Workers catches up with Lamar Wise, a Political Coordinator with Oregon AFSCME and an organizer on the frontlines of the Black Lives Matter movement with Rose City Justice; Crimes Of Capital on The Cochabamba Water Wars and its lessons for U.S. activists. Plus Labor History in 2 on “The End of My Sweet Jennie.”
Edited & produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips