Chris Garlock here, back with another special edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, live from the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. It’s late again, or, since it’s two o’clock Sunday morning, early. Like the Beatles said, it’s been a hard day’s…night. Today we bring you another sound collage of the voices of activists at the Labor Notes conference . Let me paint you a quick picture of the scene: the Labor Radio Podcast Network set up a open studio in the vendor area, basically the lobby of...
Apr 21, 2024•26 min•Ep 242•Transcript available on Metacast Hey, it’s Chris Garlock. It’s after midnight Friday night, so really Saturday morning here at the Labor Notes conference . The late-night jam here at the Great Labor Arts Exchange is winding down, but folks are still deep in intense conversations in the hallways of the Hyatt Regency. Maybe the best way to think about today’s show is like music. It's voices from dozens of activists at Labor Notes, captured by some of the crew here from shows in the Labor Radio Podcast Network, who spent the entir...
Apr 20, 2024•25 min•Ep 241•Transcript available on Metacast The Labor Radio Network is back at the Labor Notes conference! The biannual event, being held April 18-21 in Chicago, Illinois, attracts over 4,000 grassroots labor activists from across the country and around the world. We’ll be bringing you voices from Labor Notes over the next few days; today’s brief show is a conversation between Chris Garlock, Harold Phillips, Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp, longtime Network organizers and show producers who organized a gathering of almost 20 Network members o...
Apr 19, 2024•12 min•Ep 240•Transcript available on Metacast Union organizing and Colorado House Bill 1230; Books for our community; An interview with Egyptian trade union activist Ahmad Badawy; Capitalism is dead...welcome to technofeudalism; and former Vermont AFL-CIO president David van Deusen talks about his new book. This week’s featured shows are Labor Exchange , Colorado's only labor-focused radio show on KGNU Community Radio; El Cafecito del Día ; the podcast from the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; LabourStart , the official podcast...
Apr 12, 2024•32 min•Ep 239•Transcript available on Metacast This week: Randi talks with the co-chairs of Standing Together about Palestine/Israel; Tom Owens talks bridges; Victoria Police use explosive weapons at the Web Dock picket; Plus, discussions on the current status of ALPA Canada, United Musicians and Allied Workers. This week’s featured shows are Union Talk , the podcast from the American Federation of Teachers; Chasing The Hook , a podcast about union ironworker stories, told by the old timers; Solidarity Breakfast , a rank and file worker and ...
Apr 05, 2024•33 min•Ep 238•Transcript available on Metacast This week: A report from East Palestine; the UAW's Brandon Mancilla talks about why peace is a labor issue; What's next for Canadian labor journalism? IUOE Legislative and Political Director Seth Toth discusses the Biden administration and offshore wind energy in Humboldt County; and in our final segment; Jessica Breidinger, a Social Science instructor at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon, talks about the rural community college experience. This week’s featured shows are Work ...
Mar 29, 2024•31 min•Ep 237•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: A visit with striking Teamsters at Coors-Molson in Ft. Worth, Texas…American Postal Workers Union Organization Director Anna Smith talks about the union’s 2024 organizing campaign…JDoc and Krausey speak with Philly labor leaders…Park Ranger Jerry Bransford’s connection to Mammoth Cave National Park goes back to his enslaved ancestors…And in our final segment, "Changing Lives, Changing L.A.," a play featuring rank and file members of UNITE HERE Local 11. This week’s featured show...
Mar 23, 2024•30 min•Ep 236•Transcript available on Metacast On this week's show: Labor Express Radio celebrates 30 years on the air; The Resolved Labor Podcast highlights past leaders of the Worker's Rights Movement; Kazem Nik-Khah talks about workers in Iran on the LabourStart podcast; Succession creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong tells the On Writing podcast about how he staffed and ran his writers’ room; and, from the Workers Rock podcast, an Upstate New York dairy worker who emigrated from Mexico talks about the Farm Laborers Fair Practice Act. P...
Mar 16, 2024•32 min•Ep 235•Transcript available on Metacast The 96th Academy Awards – the Oscars -- are tomorrow night, and one of our shows, Power at Work , put together their own Labor Oscars contest (they’re probably gonna get a cease-and-desist letter from the Academy’s lawyers any day now), and in honor of all the Hollywood folks who held the line last year, we wanted to give the Labor Oscars a bit more time than we can in the Weekly. So here they are (the envelope, please), the Labor Oscars, from the Power at Work podcast! Please help us build soni...
Mar 09, 2024•40 min•Ep 234•Transcript available on Metacast On this week’s show: Members of IATSE Local 122 discuss their contract fight in San Diego; Fighting political interference in higher ed: From Florida to Texas, Ohio to Indiana, politicians are trying to substitute their own ideological beliefs for educational freedom by passing legislation that interferes with how colleges and universities operate. Then, a chat with Jamell Thrower, National Secretary of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus. Next, meet Ray Connor, the new president of the South...
Mar 08, 2024•30 min•Ep 233•Transcript available on Metacast On this week’s show: Carolina Dantas, Project Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean Building and Wood Worker’s International, Jon Hartough discusses migrant fishers in Thailand, Sara Nelson takes questions from SkyWest flight attendants, Second City educators discuss tentative deal, Michael and Elliott discuss the lawsuit against the NLRB, and a dangerous mixture: booze and the workplace. This week’s featured shows: LabourStart , the official podcast of LabourStart, the news and campai...
Mar 01, 2024•31 min•Ep 232•Transcript available on Metacast Liberia Firestone workers’ 2006 strike; Forward for justice; Organized labor and the Civil Rights Movement; American Fiction’s Cord Jefferson; “Our union is us” Today’s labor quote: Joe Glazer Today’s labor history: Cops beat textile strikers @wrkclasshistory @AWFUnionPodcast @AFTunion @Heartland_Labor @OOItsTime @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network .
Feb 24, 2024•3 min•Ep 231•Transcript available on Metacast On this week’s show: Labor Secretary Julie Su; Joelle Salerno and Danielle Harshman from the National Association of Women in Construction; Catarina Cinnani discusses allegations of sexual harassment at Perfection Fresh; Did the mob control the Teamsters?; Mike talks with Darren about attendance; Remembering the 1997 UPS Strike. This week’s featured shows are El Cafecito del Día , from the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; The Construction User 2.0 , the podcast from the Association ...
Feb 23, 2024•35 min•Ep 230•Transcript available on Metacast On this week’s show: AFT's Fedrick Ingram on his experience with unions and how he got to his current position; Unions and the Civil Rights Movement; How to get it done in 2024; Disneyland actors seek a union; and we meet Damon Walker, a luthier from Durham, North Carolina. This week’s featured shows are America’s Workforce Radio , a clear and unfiltered voice for the working people of America; The Heartland Labor Forum , Radio That Talks Back to the Boss! It’s Time Live , the official podcast o...
Feb 17, 2024•30 min•Ep 229•Transcript available on Metacast Hyundai Workers sign union cards; More on UAW organizing; Cord Jefferson and USC adjunct professors fight for a union; and, Remembering the 2006 Liberia Firestone Strike. Plus, Labor History in 2:00. This week’s featured shows are The Valley Labor Report , a weekly talk radio show airing on WVNN 92.5 FM in Huntsville Alabama and on WGOL 920 AM in Russellville Alabama; Work Stoppage , a podcast that only talks about what can be done for the working class; 3rd & Fairfax , news and information ...
Feb 10, 2024•25 min•Ep 228•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: Teamsters protest Donald Trump’s invitation to union headquarters; Delta workers discuss the need for union representation; Veteran firefighter Chris Fukai; The importance of family engagement in schools; and LCLAA's Annual Report on Latino Workers and Unions. This week’s featured shows are Work Week Radio , covering the voices of working people, unions and their struggles locally, nationally and internationally. IAM Delta , The official podcast for ramp, tower, and cargo worker...
Feb 02, 2024•31 min•Ep 227•Transcript available on Metacast Economic Policy Institute president Heidi Shierholz, on what the latest surge in labor actions means for workers and the fight for racial and economic justice; New York State AFL-CIO Legislative Director Mike Neidl on legislative priorities for 2024; Carlos Jimenez, head of the AFL-CIO’s special projects division, talks about labor strikes over the past year; General Secretary of UNI Global Union Christy Hoffman on the benefits of being in a union in the age of AI; and writer and recording artis...
Jan 26, 2024•33 min•Ep 226•Transcript available on Metacast Rick Smith remembers Martin Luther King; will 2024 be the Year of the Fascist?; How to Preserve Democracy in 2024; Bill Fletcher Jr on a ceasefire in Gaza; and a COP28 Recap with Lauren Baker. This week’s featured shows are The Rick Smith Show , “Where Working People Come to Talk!”; RadioLabour , Bringing Labour's Voices to the World; Union Talk , the podcast from the American Federation of Teachers; Union or Bust , a podcast with two union activists discussing organizing, unions, and politics; ...
Jan 19, 2024•30 min•Ep 225•Transcript available on Metacast Organizing at Marquette University Starbucks, Wells Fargo workers in Albuquerque win their election, three types of office visits, extra-judicial killings of unionists in the Philippines, and remembering the Coors boycott. Shows featured include Labor Radio (WORT), Work Stoppage, America’s Workforce Radio, Roswell Hub, Stick Together, and Working Voices Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, p...
Jan 12, 2024•31 min•Ep 224•Transcript available on Metacast The toll of stress on educators, on the School Me podcast Today’s labor history: The Missouri Highway sit-down Today’s labor quote: WWI Mediation Commission @NEAToday @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Jan 09, 2024•2 min•Ep 223•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: Battling educator stress; kicking off 2024; innovation and ConTech; flight attendants raise the bar, and…extrapolation, speculation, fabulation; Steven Shaviro on the work of science fiction. This week’s featured shows are School Me , a podcast fueled by educators from the National Education Association; The Bipartisan Buzz , the official podcast of the Colorado State Association of Letter Carriers; The Construction User 2.0 , the podcast from The Association of Union Constructo...
Jan 05, 2024•31 min•Ep 222•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: The spontaneous uprising of Bangladeshi garment workers; an end-of-year labor roundup with Kim Kelly, Michael Sainato and Jordan Zakarin; the Heartland Labor Forum’s annual Crystal Ball show; and Matthew Lassiter on police violence and racial justice in the Civil Rights Era. This week’s featured shows are Stick Together , Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues, distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network; the Power at W...
Dec 29, 2023•28 min•Ep 221•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: postal workers deliver during the holidays, letter carriers speak out; labor joins a Palestine solidarity rally in Madison (WI); Educators push for a ceasefire in Gaza; and, in our final segment, what’s it like to be a progressive in charge of a traditionally conservative union for prison guards. This week’s featured shows are Communicating with You, the Member , the podcast from the APWU, the American Postal Workers Union; You Are The Current Resident , from the National Associ...
Dec 22, 2023•30 min•Ep 220•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: a 24-hour strike at the Washington Post, Medieval Times workers stand up for their animals, talking about mental health and addiction in the trades, la victoria de los trabajadores in the entertainment industry, and political interference in Florida higher ed. This week’s featured shows are Work Week Radio , which airs Thursday afternoons from 12 to 2 PST on San Francisco KPOO.com 89.5 FM; Working Voices , airing weekly on KPFK 90.7, also in San Francisco; Bridging The Iron , th...
Dec 15, 2023•27 min•Ep 219•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show: The Black Work Talk podcast explores where the Writers' Guild goes next to support marginalized workers…Then, find out “ How Jane McAlevey Transformed the Labor Movement ” when Judy Ancel interviews organizer and journalist Eleni Schirmer on The Heartland Forum . We continue in that vein with our next report, from On The Line , which presents the compelling tale of Diana Kilmury, British Columbia's bold and fearless truck driver who became immersed in the murky male dominated wo...
Dec 09, 2023•31 min•Ep 218•Transcript available on Metacast Shut down APEC, on the Green and Red podcast; the UAW 1700 Podcast with a post-contract ratification panel discussion; this year's educator strikes, on Working to Live In Southwest Washington ; Union Dues with StrikeMap’s slam-dunk success; To drink or not to drink? Red Dead Redemption’s Justine answers union and employment questions. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national...
Dec 02, 2023•29 min•Ep 217•Transcript available on Metacast Our shows today are themed around the holiday the nation just celebrated yesterday; but Thanksgiving looks a bit different depending on where you stand, so from Equal Rights and Justice, Building Bridges host Mimi Rosenberg connects the struggles of native peoples both here in the U.S. and in Palestine. And from America Works , an interview with Mike Williams, a dirt track auto racer at the famed Ransomville Speedway in western New York, interviewed at his home on the Tuscarora Nation reservatio...
Nov 24, 2023•30 min•Ep 216•Transcript available on Metacast What did Hollywood actors win? We’ve got a report from KPFK’s Working Voices . Then, the Working People podcast’s Maximilian Alvarez reports from the Teamsters picket-line at Amazon's BWI5 Warehouse in Baltimore. From the Labor Jawn podcast, the history of Zionism, Anti-Zionism, and the American labor movement. The Labor Force podcast reports that injuries are soaring at SpaceX, victims of Elon’s Musk’s rush to Mars. Earlier this month, Australia Asia Worker Leagues reported a victory for sacked...
Nov 17, 2023•36 min•Ep 215•Transcript available on Metacast WORT’s Labor Radio show takes a look at what auto workers won in their new contracts at the Big Three automakers. Then, there’s been an alarming rise in crimes against postal workers; letter carrier Doug Jaynes tells the Labor Exchange radio show that “Enough is Enough”. From America’s Workforce Radio , we’ll hear why workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art have joined the wave of museum workers organizing unions. And our final segment comes from Union Talk , the podcast from the American Federat...
Nov 10, 2023•29 min•Ep 214•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s special strike edition: From the BCTGM Voices Project , an update on the five-month-old strike against International Flavors and Fragrances by Local 390G of the Bakery Workers in Memphis. Then, Portland teachers walked out on Wednesday, the first time they’ve ever struck, so we’re bringing OEA Grow -- the podcast from the Oregon Education Association -- back for the second week in a row, with their special bonus episode talking with educators from the Portland Association of Teachers ...
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