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Chris, who's based in Washington, D.C., is the founder of the Labor Radio and Podcasting Network.

With around 200 members, the network shows the very widespread adoption of podcasting by activists in the trade union movement.

We asked Chris about audience size, impact, and how unions and activists can start their own shows.

Listeners are encouraged to visit the network's website and to consider coming to one of its regular weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 13:00 (US Eastern Time).

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This week we talked with Paul Finch at a particularly interesting moment. His union, the largest in the Canadian province of British Columbia, is on strike. The employer in this case, the provincial government, is a social democratic party -- the NDP. Paul explains why the union is on strike and their strategy to win. He even broke the news to us that just a few minutes before the interview began, the union had shut down large numbers of public liquor and cannabis stores, having held back during the first few weeks of the strike. Things are heating up in British Columbia and LabourStart will continue to provide coverage of the struggle there.

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Shawna Bader-Blau heads up the Solidarity Center in Washington DC which has for many years been one of the great sources of support for workers around the world trying create and sustain independent, democratic trade unions. But with the inauguration of Donald Trump earlier this year, all that has come under threat. In our interview, Shawna discusses what the Solidarity Center does, the new threats it has to face, and how it intends to fight back. Learn more about the Solidarity Center here -- and if you can, donate here.

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