Episodios

  • Importing Inequality
    May 9 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Congress cracked down on undocumented workers—then made exceptions for low-wage white labor. Tales from the Reuther Library exposes the racial bias baked into U.S. labor policy. Plus: labor films this weekend, a 1934 strike, and Big Bill Haywood. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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  • Strike a Nerve, Snap a Shot, Draw the Line
    May 8 2025

    Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Labor Heritage Power Hour, Tim Lawson spotlights the IBEW Photo Contest, Tabitha Arnold talks labor art with Australian cartoonist Sam Wallman, and Samantha Smith uncovers the hidden history of unionizing Las Vegas showgirls. Plus, music from the DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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  • Sugar, Strikes, and Shorts
    May 7 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Inside the sugar production line with the Bakery Workers Union’s BCTGM Voices Project. In the labor arts world, Bargaining Shorts screen at California’s Reel Work Labor Film Festival. On this day in labor history: Philadelphia’s longest transit strike ends after 44 days. And today’s labor quote comes from Equity’s Andrea Hoeschen on the fight at The Second City in Chicago. @BCTGM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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  • “The Most American Thing You Can Do”
    May 6 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Week Radio defends freedom of speech as a core labor value, Calamity screens at the DC Labor FilmFest; the Clara Lemlich Awards honor women organizers in NYC; and NoVa Book Club tackles Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois. Plus, a wildcat strike by Black tobacco stemmers in 1937 Richmond and a quote by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.

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  • Locked Out: Labor, Community, and the Fight for Access
    May 5 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, May 5: A chilling glimpse into campus shutdowns and community exclusion, from the Union Talk podcast. Plus, two powerful films — Calamity and Clockwatchers — screen at the DC Labor FilmFest, and we remember the Battle of Harlan County and labor leader John Sweeney.

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  • From the Docks to Joe Hill: May Day Weekend Labor Arts
    May 2 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, May 2: A fish sampler talks shop on the America Works podcast. Then we run down a packed May Day weekend labor arts calendar, with screenings at the DC Labor FilmFest and Reel Work, a Joe Hill musical, and more. Plus, today in labor history: Hitler abolishes German unions in 1933. And Joan Baez reminds us: It's there you find Joe Hill.

    Full calendar and labor arts news: laborheritage.org Explore more shows: laborradionetwork.org

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  • Joe Hill, Lilly, and May Day: Labor’s Stories Take Center Stage
    May 1 2025

    It’s May Day on the Labor Radio Podcast Daily! We talk with Steven Schrum, co-author of Labor’s Martyr, a new musical about Joe Hill. Plus, tonight’s DC Labor FilmFest kicks off with Lilly, the story of equal pay trailblazer Lilly Ledbetter. All that, your labor arts calendar, a look back at the 1886 fight for the 8-hour day, and today’s labor quote—straight from the screen. Full details at laborheritage.org.

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  • Union Strong, Labor Loud: Arts, History, and Action Today
    Apr 30 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Union Strong on advancing labor issues across New York. Labor arts highlights from DC and Santa Cruz. In labor history: striking miners shot in 1906. Plus, Lilly Ledbetter’s call for justice as the DC Labor FilmFest kicks off. More at laborheritage.org. @nysaflcio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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