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Jeremy Brecher’s new book, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW 89.3FM) Today’s labor history: Flight attendants celebrate smoking ban Today’s labor quote: Michael Badnarik @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on The Dig Today’s labor history: Time clock invented Today’s labor quote: Norman Thomas @thedigradio @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Work Stoppage on election fallout Today’s labor history: Joe Hill executed Today’s labor quote: Joe Hill @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Bill Fletcher Jr. on the Radical Songbook podcast. Today’s labor history: 33 die when Carl D. Bradley sinks Today’s labor quote: Larry Penn & Darryl Holter @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Why Trump’s tariffs may appeal to working-class voters; Workers take on Kaiser again; Rooted in racism; The lost labor artist; The Canadian Dream/Adidas Owns the Reality Today’s labor quote: Plato Today’s labor history: Strikers banned from singing @EconomicPolicy @WorkingPod @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Two labor films screen free this weekend; On The Line: Stories of BC Workers Today’s labor history: Federation of Trades and Labor Unions founded Today’s labor quote: Federation’s preamble @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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Labor paintings of Philip Tipperman, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, 1p on WPFW 89.3 FM Today’s labor history: AFL precursor founded Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The State of Working America podcast investigates the realities behind the Southern economic development model Today’s labor history: CO militia crushes Western Federation of Miners strike Today’s labor quote: Gil Scott Heron @EconomicPolicy @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Working People reports on the strike in SoCal Today’s labor history: Ellis Island closes Today’s labor quote: Hilton M. Weiss @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Steven Greenhouse on the Payday Report Today’s labor history: Haymarket martyrs hanged Today’s labor quote: August Spies @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Step Up Louisiana’s voter turnout campaign, on the Working History podcast Today’s labor history: General strike in New Orleans Today’s labor quote: FDR @SouthernLaborSA @oliviacpaschal @AndersonDavidM @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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On today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour; Bev Grant and Tabitha Arnold Today’s labor history: Ike uses Taft-Hartley to break steel strike Today’s labor quote: Bev Grant @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

America's Workforce Union podcast reports Today’s labor history: The Spangler coal mine explosion Today’s labor quote: Sam Gompers @AWFUnionPodcast @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Local politics, on the Working To Live In Southwest Washington podcast Today’s labor history: The Everett, Washington massacre Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs @SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

School Me on how to run for office Today’s labor history: Uber buys an election Today’s labor quote: Saul Alinsky @NEAToday @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Perils of entertainment industry concentration, on 3rd and Fairfax Today’s labor history: 20,000 Google workers walk out Today’s labor quote: Ken Loach @WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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The life and music of Barbara Dane, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: Workers complete Mt. Rushmore Today’s labor quote: Barbara Dane @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Breaking Ground looks at elections’ impact on workers Today’s labor history: Tennessee sends convict laborers to break strike Today’s labor quote: Working Man’s Advocate @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Gabe Sherman on the On Writing podcast Today’s labor history: "Black Tuesday" Today’s labor quote: Don Marquis @OnWritingWGAE @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The NALC’s You Are the Current Resident podcast reports Today’s labor history: Gateway Arch completed safely Today’s labor quote: Socrates @NALC_National @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On the SAG-AFTRA podcast Today’s labor history: The Great Hawaiian Dock Strike Today’s labor quote: John Sweeney @sagaftra @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

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Photographers Leslie Grant and Jeffrey Skemp on The Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: Black and white unite in New Orleans strike Today’s labor quote: Jeffrey Skemp @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On the Roswell Hub podcast, from Teamsters at UPS Today’s labor history: DC postal workers killed by anthrax attack Today’s labor quote: Peter Drucker @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

American Jewish labor history on the Labor Jawn podcast Today’s labor history: FBI kills the "Sagebrush Robin Hood," Pretty Boy Floyd Today’s labor quote: Woody Guthrie @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On the ground with Working People Today’s labor history: Dairy farmers strike Today’s labor quote: Frank More Colby @WorkingPod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Why it matters and how we do it, on Solidarity Works Today’s labor history: GM agrees to hire more women and minorities Today’s labor quote: Bill Lucy @steelworkers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

“Union” filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing Today’s labor history: “Salt of the Earth” strike begins Today’s labor quote: Brett Story @unionthefilm @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Why a Starbucks worker wants a union, on Building Bridges, A Labor Podcast.   Today’s labor history: Wilson signs "Labor’s Magna Carta" Today’s labor quote: Lilly Ledbetter @UWBridgesCenter @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Work Week Radio reports on the push by San Francisco Amazon workers to unionize Today’s labor history: Wilson signs "Labor’s Magna Carta" Today’s labor quote: The Clayton Antitrust Act @labormedianow @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Secretary Julie Su, on the Power at Work podcast Today’s labor history: Seafarers International Union founded Today’s labor quote: Julie Su @ActSecJulieSu @PowerAtWorkBlog @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On the Labor Force podcast’s final episode Today’s labor history: Hawaii sugar plantation workers strike Today’s labor quote: Marc Blitzstein @LaborForcePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Previewing NYC labor arts on The Labor Heritage Power Hour Today’s labor history: CA cotton growers murder strikers Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez @WorkersUniteFF @WrkingTheater @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

WGAW’s 3rd & Fairfax podcast talks with Casting Department Teamsters. Today’s labor history: Chicago sanitation workers clean up Today’s labor quote: Morris Hillquit @WGAWest @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Emily Guendelsberger talks with the Heartland Labor Forum Today’s labor history: the union Solidarity banned in Poland Today’s labor quote: Lech Walesa @Heartland_Labor @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Working to Live in Southwest Washington explains why you should care. Today’s labor history: Hollywood’s "Battle of the Mirrors" Today’s labor quote: Joe Hill @SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The Work Stoppage podcast on the dockworker strike Today’s labor history: Truman seizes striking refineries Today’s labor quote: Hamilton Nolan @WorkStoppagePod @hamiltonnolan @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Director Shanara Gabrielle, on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour. Plus, Dana Frank on What Can We Learn From the Great Depression? Today’s labor history: Umpires strike back Today’s labor quote: Woody Guthrie @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Coordinating the work of 2,000 building trades workers, on the Labor and Energy Show Today’s labor history: 200K rally for One Nation Working Together Today’s labor quote: Leonard Riley @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Advice from The Million Dollar Organizer podcast Today’s labor history: Dairy farmers strike Today’s labor quote: Abe Lincoln @boboedy @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Madison Labor Radio on why local Teamsters broke with their international union Today’s labor history: Striking steelworkers charged with treason Today’s labor quote: Mother Jones @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Agricultural pilot Emily Daniels on America Works Today’s labor history: The "Uprising of the 20,000" Today’s labor quote: Steven Biko @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Folksingers Si Kahn and George Mann, on their new album Today’s labor history: Temple grad students win union Today’s labor quote: "Big Bill" Haywood @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On the NALC – National Association of Letter Carriers -- Branch 458 Podcast Today’s labor history: Striking cotton-pickers shot down Today’s labor quote: Lewis Hine @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio reports on the Boeing strike Today’s labor history: Canada bans Wobblies Today’s labor quote: IWW songwriter T Bone Slim @kboo @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Work Stoppage reports on the massive strike by Boeing workers Today’s labor history: United Labor party launched Today’s labor quote: Gray Davis @WorkStoppagePod @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network