Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

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Episodes

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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. Airs weekdays at 7:15a ET on WPFW 89.3FM #LaborRadioPod

Episodes

I AM Story; Memphis ‘68

A discussion of the continuing Pittsburgh Gazette strike on Today in Pittsburgh Labor . The Union Strong podcast reports on a healthcare worker rally in Albany, New York. Then, a discussion of education and training programs with Matthew Clark on the BCTGM Voices Project . A win for unions and indigenous communities in Brazil, on the Solidarity Center Podcast . And in our final segment, Cam Juarez talks about growing up as one of "Cesar's kids" on Words and Work . We’ve got a special bonus track...

Mar 31, 2023•32 min•Ep 182•Transcript available on Metacast

Labor Power & Strategy

From We Rise Fighting , a report on the strikes in France over increasing the retirement age. On the ILO Future of Work podcast, Janine Berg and Iván Williams Jiménez discuss why key workers are undervalued. From the Heartland Labor Forum , authors from the new book Labor Power & Strategy, which focuses on how organized labor can build its power to take on corporate America and win. On El Cafecito del Día , a conversation on book bans with Noel Candelaria, Secretary Treasurer of the NEA. On Stic...

Mar 25, 2023•28 min•Ep 181•Transcript available on Metacast

Elon Musk’s company town

Elon Musk plans to set up a company town; The Rick Smith Show reminds us of the dark history of company towns. Then, on America’s Workforce Radio , Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO, tells us about new legislation to improve safety on the railroads. Next we go to Brazil, for a report on 39 workers rescued from modern slavery on the Solidarity Center Podcast . From the FairWork podcast , a discussion with Heather Berg about how the internet has changed sex work. Our final segment today is ...

Mar 17, 2023•29 min•Ep 180•Transcript available on Metacast

Extremism in Topeka

The Kansas Reflector’s Sherman Smith reports on extremism in Topeka on the Heartland Labor Forum . Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson discuss Rutgers workers' industrial unionism strategy on The Dig . The Oscars are this Sunday; actor and podcaster Harold Phillips highlights some of the more labor-focused movies and TV shows on Labor Goes To The Movies . After a 2-year hiatus, we’re very pleased to welcome back the Working History podcast, which spotlights the work of leading labor historians, activis...

Mar 11, 2023•30 min•Ep 179•Transcript available on Metacast

The Tractor Princess and The Cake Lady

April Lott, Vice President of the South Carolina AFL-CIO and President of AFGE Local 3627, joins the America’s Work Force Union podcast to talk about the uphill battle she faces, not just from the anti-labor rhetoric but also as a black female in a union in South Carolina, the state with the lowest labor density. In the latest episode of Solidarity Works: A Podcast From The United Steelworkers , Vice President of Human Affairs Kevin Mapp and Pride at Work Co-President Brittani Murray talk about ...

Mar 03, 2023•35 min•Ep 178•Transcript available on Metacast

“A Hell of Wall Street’s Making”

Two reports focusing on the recent train derailments: Jeff Kurtz of Railroad Workers United talks with the We Rise Fighting podcast about the roots of the problem, and then on the Working People podcast, rail worker Matt Weaver says East Palestine was “A Hell of Wall Street's Making.” Then, “Teasing the tech,” things teachers should know about the impact of education technologies; that’s from the EdVoices podcast, put out by Education International, the voice of teachers and other education empl...

Feb 25, 2023•33 min•Ep 177•Transcript available on Metacast

Black History Month at work

February marks Black History Month in the United States and that’s definitely been reflected this last week on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. On El Cafecito del Día , Janella Hinds from the United Federation of Teachers in New York discussed the importance of centering Afro-Latina voices within the contemporary labor movement, and the need to address the continued under-representation of black members within positions of union leadership. The following two shows are really a tale of two differ...

Feb 18, 2023•35 min•Ep 176•Transcript available on Metacast

Three from the UK

Hundreds of thousands of nurses, teachers, and transit workers have taken to the streets in the UK for living wages and against privatization of public services; we’ll hear a report from WorkWeek Radio . Then, the secret art of negotiation -- why is it an art and not a science? -- on the latest UnionDays , a UK-based podcast that’s returning from hiatus. From the Reinventing Solidarity podcast, despite Walmart’s decade-long effort at reforms, the average full-time worker there earns just under $...

Feb 10, 2023•25 min•Ep 175•Transcript available on Metacast

Elections matter

From Union Talk , the podcast from the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten talks to governors Michelle Lujan and J.B. Pritzker about how they've turned election wins into gains for public employees. On America’s Workforce Radio , the daily union podcast dedicated to union news and issues, Joey Combs from SEIU Local 517M on a plan to repeal Michigan's Right to Work Law. Next, on From A to Arbitration , the podcast that aims to provide a union rep's in-depth guide to the dispute reso...

Feb 03, 2023•28 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast

Remembering Myrtle Witboii; Fordham strike, plus labor music and movies

The Solidarity Center Podcast remembers Myrtle Witboii, general secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union, and president of the International Domestic Workers Federation. Then we’ll hear about the strike at Fordham University from My Labor Radio : Interviews and information about working Americans broadcast weekly on WELT 95.7 FM in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Next, Evan Tuohy, the newly elected vice president of AFM Local 33, which represents musicians in Tucson, Arizona...

Jan 27, 2023•31 min•Ep 173•Transcript available on Metacast