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The Monthly Labor Report
by Richard Hill, WPKN
Economist Michael Zweig and Richard HIll discuss recent developments on the labor front and delves into the history of the struggles of working people for union representation and economic justice.
Episodes
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How Is Labor Day 2026 Different? -- Hae-Lin Choi, co-founder of Hands Off NYC, Breaks It Down
The Monthly Labor Report speaks with Hae-Lin Choi, co-founder/co-executive director of Hands Off NYC (https://www.handsoffnyc.com), in the lead up to Labor Day 2026. Hae-Lin talks about Labor Days past and how this one will set a marker for a new worker-immigrant alliance in preparation to fight...
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Monthly Labor Report, July 2026---The Amazon Labor Union Fights For A Contract
The Monthly Labor Report talks with Sultana Hossain, recording secretary with the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which continues to fight for its first contract with the company two years after the union's certification by the NLRB. Sultana Hussain describes the history of the movement that led to the...
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Labor Against All Wars (e.g. Iran) with veteran labor leader John Braxton
The Monthly Labor Report welcomes long-time labor leader John Braxton. co-founder of Labor Against the War, to talk about the ongoing fight against the militaristic foreign policy of the US and the systemic structures that support it. Hosts: Michael Zweig and Richard Hill
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Women's History Month Special: Kathy Black, Life-long Union Activist, Talks About the On-going Struggle
The Labor Report welcomes Kathy Black, who served as the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) for more than two decades, as well as an organizer with US Labor Against the War. Kathy speaks about the history of women in struggle, the battles won and...
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The Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson: Pioneering Labor Solidarity
The Labor Report talks with Gene Bruskin, veteran labor organizer, anti-war activist, and play write, known for leading one of the most significant private sector union victories of the 21st century, namely the successful effort to unionize 5000 workers at the Smithfield Foods pork processing…
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How to Win Five Strikes in Two Years? A Conversation With Faye Guenther, President of UFCW-3000
The Monthly Labor Report interviews Faye Guenther, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (Local 3000), who leads over 50,000 members across Washington state, northeast Oregon and northern Idaho. Faye discusses her progressive union's strategies that led to victories in five strikes in…
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The Starbucks Workers United Strike is Nationwide--Can This Scrappy Union Win?
The Monthly Labor Report interviews Olivia "Liv" Ryan, a Starbucks shift supervisor and a lead organizer with Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). which has mounted a national strike against the Starbucks corporation. Economist Michael Zweig talks about his trip to Vietnam and Australia where he met...
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The Working Class Majority -- America's Best Kept Secret
In this edition of the Monthly Labor Report, Michael Zweig discusses his book The Working Class Majority--America's Best Kept Secret and why class consciousness/awareness is important as working people struggle for equity and justice. Prof. Zweig also offers his perspective on the Nov. 4 election...
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Labor Day 2025 -- Sara Nelson, President of the AFA-CWA Stares Down Full Frontal Fascism
The Monthly Labor Report, broadcast on WPKN the 1st Tuesday of each month, presents an interview with Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (CWA - AFL-CIO), conducted on the Friday before Labor Day. Sara Nelson, regarded by many as one the most militant, class conscious...
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Monthly Labor Report -- June, 2025 -- Upping the Ante on the Resistance
The June Labor Report features Jeremy Brecher, co-founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability, and author of the iconic labor history book, Strike!; joined by economist and labor historian Michael Zweig, to discuss the latest alarming developments in the Trump regime's authoritarian putsch…
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The Fascist Assault on Higher Education
The May Labor Report focuses on the fully emergent fascist assault on higher education and intellectual life the US with special guest Fred Kowal, president of United University Professions (UUP) and economist Michael Zweig. The conversation includes an analysis of what social and political…
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Will Labor Lead in the Formation of an Anti-Fascist Front?
UE President Carl Rosen and economist and labor historian Michael Zweig discuss the Trump/Musk fascist coup and what role labor will play in forming alliances with the different silos on the left and leading an anti-fascist front. Hosted by Richard Hill
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Six Weeks Into Trump 2.0 and YES: We've Got Fascism!
This month the Labor Report focuses on the rapid devolution of the American political system into an authoritarian fascist oligarchy. Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, provides an overview of these dangerous developments and the type of resistance needed to combat them. Special guest...
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Black Labor in the US -- Then and Now
A deep dive into the history of African American involvement in the US labor movement with Steven Pitts, recently retired labor policy advisor of the UC Berkeley Labor Center, and Michael Zweig, economist, labor and civil rights activist, and founder of the Center for the Study of Working Class...
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What's in store for the working class in 2025?
The Monthly Labor Report's first broadcast after the Nov. 5 election: Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, discusses the role labor must play in the resistance to the fascist anti-worker agenda of the incoming Trump administration. Prof. Zweig performs a post mortem on Kamala Harris'…
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Labor and the Election
Economist and labor historian Michael Zweig discusses the impact labor will have on the 2024 US election. Host: Richard Hill
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Economist Michael Zweig and Richard HIll discuss recent developments on the labor front and delves into the history of the struggles of working people for union representation and economic justice.
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