Broadcast on December 1, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock Barista Tyler Hofmann on organizing a Richmond Starbucks; sportswriter Dave Zirin on Brittney Griner in “The land of prisons”; "The Workers Cup" director Adam Sobel on worker rights in Qatar. NOTE: Starbucks Workers United Rally 5p Friday Dec. 9th on the plaza outside the Arlington government center, 2200 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, VA. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborrad...
Dec 01, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on November 17, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith The ”red tsunami” predicted to sweep Republicans into power in Congress last week turned out to be barely a ripple. MIA DELL, Deputy Director of Advocacy at the AFL-CIO, on the key role of union voters: the Labor 2022 union program's 100,000 volunteers reached nearly 8 million voters. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod #AFLCIOVotes...
Nov 19, 2022•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on November 17, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith SAM DUKORE , striking barista at the Arlington Courthouse Starbucks store, reports on the nationwide “Red Cup Rebellion”. Former Union Kitchen worker – and Union Kitchen Workers organizer -- GABE WITTES with an update on D.C.’s Union Kitchen Slapped With 26 Counts Of Labor Law Violations . Today’s music: When I’m Gone - Anna Kendrick Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #l...
Nov 17, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on November 10, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith With the holidays coming up, Letycia Pastrana , Executive Director of the Metro Washington Labor Council’s Community Services Agency , on how CSA helps needy working families in the metro area. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod
Nov 13, 2022•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on November 10, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Union Veterans Council Executive Director WILL ATTIG on how the UVC mobilized against a lawsuit seeking to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin . STEVE EARLY on “ Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs .” Meet Steve at “Do Veterans Need a New Agenda in Washington?”; Mon, November 14, 1:00pm – 2:30pm; CLICK HERE to RSVP (Free) Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by...
Nov 11, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on November 3, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Coalition of Labor Union Women president Elise Bryant premieres It's About Our Choice , the brand-new song/video from Lynn Marie Smith , and discusses getting out the union women’s vote in the 2022 elections. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @CLUWNational...
Nov 04, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on November 3, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith American Prospect Editor At Large Harold Meyerson on how UNITE HERE, the hotel workers union , has been talking to voters in Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania about progressive fixes to inflation for months . Plus: a special on-the-ground report from Atlanta, Georgia, where retired Utility Workers staffer Sam Weinstein and Mark Brooks (national staff at the Utility Workers) report on labor’s get out the vote efforts in that bat...
Nov 03, 2022•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on October 27, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Errol Schweizer, host of The CheckOut podcast and Jonathan Williams from UFCW Local 400 on Why A Kroger/Albertsons Merger Is A Bad Idea (except for investors and top executives who have extracted windfall profits). Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @UFCW400 @grocery_nerd @CheckoutRadio @Forbes...
Oct 28, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on October 27, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Elizabeth Falcon, DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director on the Still in the Dark: Tipped Wages in DC wage theft report and a caller suggests direct action at local Jose Andres restaurants. Plus labor news headlines: Threat of rail strike rises as members of another union reject proposed labor deal Corn Nuts workers in Fresno end strike over benefits, wage. Here’s what they won Ring cameras are being used to control and survei...
Oct 27, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on October 20, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Sociologist Tom VanHeuvelen on how Being in a Union Means You Could Make $1.3 Million More Over Your Lifetime . Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @TVanheuvelen
Oct 21, 2022•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on October 20, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith A chat with longtime labor journalist Joe Maniscalco, founder/publisher of Work-Bites.com . Plus: Working Girl Blues for Don't Forget The Blues host Chris Deproperty, who passed last week. Click here to support WPFW (select Your Rights At Work on the dropdown menu). Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @WorkBitesNews...
Oct 20, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on October 6, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Elise Bryant CEO pay rose more than 11% in 2021 , a new record, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute; JOSH BIVENS , EPI Director of Research, reports. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @EconomicPolicy @joshbivens_DC...
Oct 12, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on October 6, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Elise Bryant DC's P Street Starbucks votes in a union; Rebecca Hess , Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board, Workers United, SEIU, reports. Iron Workers Local 5 member Nathan Merhige on how he won #1 in the 2022 Outstanding Ironworkers Apprenticeship Competition . Today’s music: Paul Robeson sings “Joe Hill” on the legendary organizer/singer’s 143rd birthday. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfw...
Oct 06, 2022•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 22, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock Professor CHRIS MARTIN on Workers at Big Brands Like Starbucks Aren’t the Only Ones Unionizing , and Railroad Workers United’s Fritz Edler on Canadian railroaders who died on the job under circumstances where their deaths were self-investigated by private police owned and directed by their employer. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @railroadworkers...
Oct 03, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 29, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock DC’s historic Paid Family and Medical Leave bill is expanding coverage – increasing to 12 weeks -- this Saturday, October 1; At-Large DC City Council member ELISSA SILVERMAN joins us to discuss how this affects the lives and health of working families in the District. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @tweetelissa @jufj #PaidLeave @DCPaidLeav...
Sep 30, 2022•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 22, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Vocalist Pam Parker is hosting an online concert on Sunday, September 25; details/tickets at pamelaparker108@gmail.com . Pam, who recently survived a near-death experience, talks about finding her voice after a serious illness, Sunday’s concert’s theme of gratitude, and the importance of music to the labor movement. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #labo...
Sep 23, 2022•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 22, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Netflix documentary The Anthrax Attacks: In The Shadow of 9/11 with director Dan Krauss and Dena Briscoe, president of APWU, Nation’s Capital and Southern MD Local. From Oscar-nominated director Dan Krauss ( Extremis ) comes the story of the 2001 anthrax attacks on the United States in the days following 9/11 and the incredible forensic investigation that followed. Briscoe is among the DC postal workers featured in the film a...
Sep 22, 2022•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 15, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Economic Policy Institute policy analyst Margaret Poydock on President Biden’s first 18 months , including his key role in the tentative rail settlement averting a nationwide strike. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @smartunionworks @mpoydock @POTUS...
Sep 17, 2022•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 15, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith With a 72% union approval rating among young workers, American Prospect Editor At Large Harold Meyerson has dubbed them “Generation Union”. RN Victoria Zeehandelaar reports on this week’s 3-day strike by 15,000 Minnesota nurses. Plus an update on the tentative rail agreement, averting a nationwide strike. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborrad...
Sep 16, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 8, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Last week we talked to U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh about the induction of Essential Workers of the Coronavirus Pandemic into the Labor Hall of Honor. This week we talk with Wade Rathke , Chief Organizer for ACORN about how “ Essential workers are taking action ” and organizing. “Acknowledging workers' importance doesn't give employers the right to exploit them,” he says. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael...
Sep 09, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 8, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Sportswriter Dave Zirin on three major labor sports stories: the Major League Baseball Players Association affiliates with the AFL-CIO, minor league ball players organize, and U.S. Soccer signs equal pay agreements. Plus: DC has its first union bookstore! We talk with Isa Salazar , one of the Politics and Prose Workers Union organizers, about how workers there won a union and a first contract in just 10 months. Produced...
Sep 08, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on September 1, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith This week’s guests: Rebecca Hess , Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board, Workers United, SEIU, with updates on Starbucks Labor Day Weekend Sip-Ins in the DC metro area. Margaret Poydock , Policy Analyst and Government Affairs Specialist at the Economic Policy Institute on Union approval hits highest point since 1965 (Here’s why this isn’t surprising). U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on the induction of Essential Workers of th...
Sep 02, 2022•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on August 25, 2022 While hosts Chris Garlock and Ed Smith are off this week, check out The Heartland Labor Forum’s show: The Federal Reserve is trying to slow inflation by raising interest rates while at the same time corporate profits are at an all-time high: is our monopolized economy really what’s driving inflation? Then, what do you know about the border wall between the US and Mexico? In his new book More Than a Wall, photojournalist David Bacon shows how the border is more than a...
Aug 25, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on August 18, 2022 While hosts Chris Garlock and Ed Smith take a break, check out these reports from the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly , which features brief excerpts from some of the more than 150 labor radio shows and podcasts around the country. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nasella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod #1u #UnionStrong
Aug 18, 2022•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on August 11, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan reports on labor’s efforts to provide disaster relief to those impacted by the recent floods in eastern Kentucky as well as last Fall’s tornados in the western part of the state. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod #TogetherWeFightTogetherWeWin #1u #UnionStrong @aflcioky...
Aug 12, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on August 11, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Supermarket workers at Shoppers, in the second year of a contract extension, are running out of patience; UFCW 400’s Mike Wilson reports. Today’s music: “Don’t Play With My Money/Dignity and Respect (Put It All in My Check)” chant mash-up from the 8/9 ATU 689 MetroAccess strike rally. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @UFCW400 @ATULocal689 #Transdev #...
Aug 11, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on August 4, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Damon Silvers on how the GOP is ganging up with Big Tech, Big Pharma and Wall Street to fight the minimum corporate tax. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod #InflationReductionAct
Aug 05, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on August 4, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith On the picketline at the Hubbard Road MetroAccess strike against Transdev by members of ATU Local 689. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @ATULocal689
Aug 05, 2022•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on July 28, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Jonah Furman on the DMV-area Labor Notes Meet-up (Sat, July 30, 12 noon at Denizen's Brewing Co) . Fired by The Washington Post ; a 50-year-old case (listener call). Plus music from Bob Marley . Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @JonahFurman @labornotes...
Jul 28, 2022•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcast on July 21, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock Writer, feminist and social activist Selma James on the International Wages for Housework Campaign at 50. Her latest book, Our Time Is Now , compiles several decades of James’s work with a focus on her more recent writings. PLUS: An audio postcard from the July 20 Senate cafeteria worker civil disobedience action. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @WomenStrike #CareIncome...
Jul 24, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
