Episodes

  • Voting Rights and the Long Shadow of Matewan
    May 19 2026

    Voting rights advocates warn Alabama redistricting fights could weaken Black voting power, on the Valley Labor Report. In labor history, the 1920 Matewan shootout erupts in West Virginia. Quote of the day: John Sayles.

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    2 mins
  • REI Workers Push Back
    May 18 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Union Bug digs into the growing boycott of REI and workers’ claims that management is fundamentally opposed to unions. In labor history, Big Bill Haywood died in exile in 1928. Quote of the day: Big Bill Haywood.

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  • On the Shop Floor Front Lines
    May 15 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Project Labor podcast explores workers caught between management and labor struggle, plus Harold Phillips previews this weekend’s labor arts events. In labor history, IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim died in 1942. Quote of the day: T-Bone Slim.

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  • Labor Is Art
    May 14 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour spotlights worker culture, frontline care work, and why “labor is art.” In labor history, Milwaukee brewery workers launched a strike in 1953. Quote of the day: George Bancroft.

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  • Solidarity Means Showing Up
    May 13 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Solidarity Report says solidarity means standing together even when it’s hard to see what’s in it for you. In labor history, Canada created a Department of Labour in 1909. Quote of the day: Doug Fraser.

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  • May Day Means Fight Back
    May 12 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Work Stoppage podcast says May Day is workers’ real labor holiday, not the “bulls--t holiday” chosen to erase labor history. In labor history, ICE raided the Agriprocessors plant in Iowa in 2008. Quote of the day: George Escobar.

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  • The story changed as the mill shut down
    May 11 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Maryland Labor History podcast tracks a project overtaken by a mill closure. In labor history, 1894 Pullman Strike begins. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs.

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  • Contracts, culture and the power to make change
    May 8 2026

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The International Labour Organization’s Future of Work podcast examines how job contracts and workplace policies shape safety and justice on the job. In labor history, 1863 Brotherhood of the Footboard constitution ratified. Quote of the day: Elizabeth Tang.

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