Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

The Fire Fighters Podcast; Working People

This week, in The IAFF Podcast, hosts Mark Treglio and Doug Stern talk with members of the Fire Fighters Health and Safety Division about how their members are dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Our firefighters and paramedics are used to risking their lives and safety every day when they go to work, but the sheer scope of the virus combined with the lack of PPE in some communities creates a very anxiety-provoking situation.
On the Working People podcast, track laborer and writer John Tormey interviews working-class Kentucky artist, writer, and radio host Terry Tapp about his latest book, “A Serf's Journal: The Story of the United States' Longest Wildcat Strike.”
PLUS: A teaser from our very latest Network member, an exciting new podcast called En Masse that’s dedicated to telling “Stories of struggle and hope from the working class,” and a short clip from UCOMM LIVE, where the Texas AFL-CIO’s Ed Sills talked about whether COVID-19 will result in more organizing for workers in Texas. And on Labor History in 2:00, we find out about the day in 1972 when employees at the Farah Manufacturing Company went out on strike, launching one of the iconic boycotts of the era.

Produced by Chris Garlock; chris@laborradionetwork.org

UCOMM Live; CTU Speaks; Labor History in 2:00

This week, IBEW Local 3’s Chris Erikson Jr talks to UCOMM Live about the daily salute to frontline workers in Electchester, a New York City community built in the 1950's by Local 3 to house their members: The windows open up, people start banging pots and pans and whooping and hollering. Actor Harold Phillips talks about the financial impact union TV shows have on the community: There were a lot of different unions that benefited from that one production being based in Portland, Oregon. On CTU Speaks, the podcast of the Chicago Teachers Union, it’s pretty clear that teachers don’t like remote learning, and students like it even less, but what about the parents? CTU Speaks talks with CPS parents Andrea Mosley and Valerie Nelson: I was so confused, and I'm like, well, how do you start remote learning? But we don't have the tools in order to make that first week successful. Plus, Labor History in 2:00 on labor pioneer Richard Trevellick, one of the early leaders of the US labor movement and the fight for the eight-hour work day. #LaborRadioPod

Produced by Chris Garlock; chris@laborradionetwork.org

Work Week Radio (KPOO); Labor Radio (KBOO); Labor History in 2:00

This week, actor and activist Danny Glover says “”We need to fight a fight for the new future” on Work Week Radio (KPOO), and Jamie Partridge of Communities and Postal Workers United says “This pandemic is life and death, if not for you, for your coworker, for your family, for their family, for our customers” on Labor Radio (KBOO), which included an excerpt from this year’s online Labor Notes conference. Plus “The Fight for Equality” from Labor History in 2:00.

Produced by Chris Garlock; chris@laborradionetwork.org

Union Strong; Willamette Wake-Up

This week, Union Strong (NYS AFL-CIO) talks with a flight attendant who’s lost co-workers to the COVID-19 pandemic and says “the main message is don't fly right now.” And on the labor segment of Willamette Wake-Up, Andrea Haverkamp of the Coalition of Graduate Employees at Oregon State University explains why grad students are workers: “We are researchers. We are teachers. We develop courses. We are the real lifeblood of the modern university system.”

The Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly podcast features highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

Produced by Chris Garlock; chris@laborradionetwork.org

Talking SMART, Teamster Nation, Heartland Forum & more

This week, the Talking SMART podcast explores the impact the COVID-19 crisis is having on members and their jobs; the latest Teamster Nation podcast focuses on UPS Teamsters on the Frontlines; on the Heartland Labor Forum, labor lawyer Mark Galus talks about how Trump’s National Labor Relations Board is eroding worker rights to organize and bargain; last Thursday’s Opening Day for the World Champion Nationals in Washington, DC was canceled, but that had an effect on some very special workers, as Margaret Sharp, DC organizing director for UNITE HERE Local 23, tells us on this week’s edition of Your Rights At Work; plus a sound collage from Union City Radio, and the Labor History Today podcast brings us the story of the last days at work for a local bookseller as the nation’s capital shut down.

Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network of more than two dozen shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

America’s Work Force; Your Rights At Work

This week, America’s Work Force talks with retired painter Bob Swanson about mental health and the construction trades, while on Your Rights At Work, retired nurse and novelist Tim Sheard visits a New York City hospital, and historian Steve Fraser discusses the pandemic, workers and the current state of capitalism.

Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network of more than two dozen shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

America’s Work Force, Workers Beat, UCOMM Live & more

This week, America’s Work Force talks with Dr. Gil Mobley about the coronavirus, Workers Beat talks about why it’s important to get online, Union City Radio hears from DC hotel workers, fire fighters and transit workers about how they’re coping with COVID-19, the Heartland Labor Forum takes a look at who really benefits from property tax abatements, and UCOMM Live chats with JC Tretter, the new president of the National Football League Players Association.

Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

Produced by Chris Garlock; cgarlock@dclabor.org