The ALU has affiliated with the Teamsters.The agreement comes after ALU has failed to get Amazon to the table, gone broke, suffered internal strife, and their Reform Caucus has forced a leadership election.Let's discuss the good and the bad.--------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Plea…

On this week’s show: Hollywood Teamsters talk negotiations…WTF are "the METHODS"?...Tim Drea from the Illinois AFL-CIO, on recent legislative accomplishments…And the FTC bans non-competes. This week’s featured shows are 3rd & Fairfax; news and information about the Writers Guild of America West…Roswell Hub, A weekly podcast dedicated to Teamsters h…

On this week’s show: A brand-new show from two veteran UK organizers; we’ve got a sneak preview of the “Organising for A Change” podcast. What happens when the FBI doesn’t pay one of it’s stooges? Workers Beat Extra host Gene Lantz tells the story. Erin Beard talks about Makerspaces on the OEA Grow podcast, from the Oregon Education Association. An…

On today’s show: celebrating Pride Month! Why are unions essential to LGBTQ liberation? Why is union organizing that advocates for all workers essential to uplifting queer workers? And why is queer advocacy so commonsense to many of today’s unionized workers? Political scientist Joanna Wuest explores these questions and more in a conversation with …

On this week’s show: The Supreme Court's latest ruling on the National Labor Relations Act; EPI Chief Economist Josh Bivens discusses the economic performance of the Biden administration in a historical context; longtime organizer Chris Townsend on the organizing surge in Virginia; Madeline Gamsemer Topf, co-president of TAA Local 3220 in Wisconsin…

On this week’s show: Kitchen solidarity with Dontazz Williams, food service worker at UW; Naomi Harris, Waffle House worker and founding member of USSW, and Quichelle Liggins, 13-year Hyundai worker in Alabama; Restoring domestic shipbuilding; Les Leopold discusses his book Wall Street's War on Workers; Author/illustrator Nic Robertson discusses hi…

The Unites Auto Workers lost an election at an Alabama Mercedes plant, accuse Mercedes of illegal union-busting, and swear to continue the fight! The FTC BANS Non-Compete clauses, freeing millions of workers to move to new jobs, and start businesses! Dispensary company INSA forced to recognie union after multiple counts of illegal union-busting und…

On this week's show we'll feature Green and Red, hosted by Bob Bozanko and Scott Parkin, a show that discusses radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. The SAG AFTRA podcast, the official podcast of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, hosted by …

South Baltimore is a sacrifice zone…Interview with Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)…USPS Rural Carrier James Brennan…70 years of Brown vs. Board…Kjersten Forseth discusses accomplishments in Colorado's legislative session. This week’s featured shows are Working People, a podcast by, for, and about the…

Mercedes UAW election this week, on Work Stoppage; on the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, Tik-Tok star embraces the influencer agreement; from Labor Radio on KBOO, Vincent Blanco Jr discusses transitioning the Oregon political process to address the concerns of communities of color; Allie Malis from the APFA, on My Labor Radio, and, on the Fly By Night FDX ALPA…

Who is Jon Melrod? College students mobilize; “We don't have time to wait”; No Fakes Today’s labor quote: Donna Reed Today’s labor history: 400 immigrant workers arrested @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.By laborradiopodcastweekly

Political interference in higher ed, from the AAUP Presents podcast; on thePower at Work podcast, Stadium battles: how to beat a billionaire; we meet Fire fighter Audrey Tollefson on the Air Line Pilot Podcast, and on Union or Bust, Paul Diaz, the Portland iron worker from the Chasing the Hook podcast, another Network member. Plus: why the Weekly i…

On today’s show, the Art and Labor podcast discusses the demands of the campus protests, and potential strategies for coordination and escalation; The Valley Labor Report talks with Alabama auto workers Quichelle Liggins from Hyundai in Montgomery and Jacob Ryan from Mercedes in Vance about their campaigns after the huge win in Chattanooga; The SAG…

VW workers in Chattanooga win a historic union vote to join the UAW; Workers file for election in London, Kentucky; Roland "Rex" Rexha on the Francis Scott Key Bridge incident; Health and safety wins in Washington, and a profile of labor organizer and activist Jonathan Melrod. This week’s featured shows are Work Stoppage, the podcast that only talk…

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 confe…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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 instru…

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 ancesto…

The Palestinian people, and Gaza as a place, are being genocided and obliterated and erased from their land.Let's talk about it.-------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spring.comPlease, if you have a moment, take a …

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’ r…

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…

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.…

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…

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 …

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 feature…

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 unfil…

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 Ru…

2023 was a banner year for organized labor - Teamsters got a record contract at UPS, the United Auto Workers got record breaking contracts at the Big 3. Starbucks has been organizing across the nation, SAG-AFTRA/WGA had victories. Vegas Hotel workers and healthcare workers across the country succeeded as well. But what may this mean as we look forw…

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 w…

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…

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…

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 V…

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 NetworkBy laborradiopodcastweekly

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 off…

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'…

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 Comm…

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 afte…

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 p…

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…

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 Mik…

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 i…

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…

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…

On today’s show, we’ll hear about work stop actions -- that’s what they call strikes in Australia -- at B&D Doors in Victoria, on the Stick Together podcast. Then on the UFCW 3000 podcast, Meat cutter Amber Wise runs for office. We’ll meet Fran McLaughlin, the new Business Manager at Painters District Council 21 in Philadelphia, on The Labor Show. …

Police unions should not exist. Not only do they protect corrupt, violent, even murderous cops, but they are also staunch defenders of the status quo. They use their power to grow in both size and power and to use their strength against the working class and poor. They are the ultra-violent arm of the state which is dead set against the organizing …

On today’s show, The Valley Labor Report talks to UAW Local 862’s Todd Dunn about the strike at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant. Then, news about the strike by Hollywood actors -- now in its fourth month-- is dominated by the big locals in Los Angeles and New York City. On The SAG-AFTRA Podcast, we’ll hear about how it’s also being supported by small a…

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