Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

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 talks about what can be done for the working class. They’re here to demolish corporate ladders and chew bubblegum. And they don't even like bubblegum. BCTGM Voices Project, the podcast from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union. America’s Workforce Radio, a clear and unfiltered voice for the working people of America. Solidarity Works: a podcast from the United Steelworkers. And the Resolved Labor Podcast, highlighting labor leaders who we definitely should have learned about in school. This podcast is for union activists, history buffs, and any human who just wants to learn something new. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @WorkStoppagePod @BCTGM @AWFUnionPodcast @steelworkers #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 conference. Let me paint you a quick picture of the scene: the Labor Radio Podcast Network set up a open studio in the vendor area, basically the lobby of the Hyatt Regency, where everyone else is hawking labor books, shirts, buttons, literature and the like. So when they come to us they’re kind of curious, but not exactly sure what this Labor Radio Podcast Network thing is; so one of us explains the Network is this loose confederation of labor radio shows and podcasts, all working to bring out and raise up the issues and voices of working people. That sounds great, the people usually say; how’d you like to tell us about why you’re here, what you’re working on, we say. Almost no-one says no. And that’s why we have so many voices to share with you. Hope you enjoy. Our interviews were conducted by members of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, including Lynn Fields from the Resolve podcast, Carmen Rodriguez, from El Cafecito del Dia, Jerry Mead Lucero, from Labor Express Radio, Mark Gevaart from My Labor Radio, Judy Ancel, from the Heartland Labor Forum, Harold Phillips, from Working to Live in Southwest Washington, and Patrick Dixon, co-producer here on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, Harold and Patrick co-produced today’s show. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @Heartland_Labor @SWWACLC @mgevaart @WLUW @LCLAA #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; production and social media by Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 voices from dozens of activists at Labor Notes, captured by some of the crew here from shows in the Labor Radio Podcast Network, who spent the entire day recording interviews, many of them at the Network’s open-air studio in the vendor area, others caught in the hallways, on the run from one session to the next. We’ve taken bits and pieces of those interviews and woven them into the fabric that makes up today’s show. Hope you enjoy it! Our interviews were conducted by members of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, including Lynn Fields from the Resolve podcast, Carmen Rodriguez, from El Cafecito del Dia, Jerry Mead Lucero, from Labor Express Radio, Mark Gevaart from My Labor Radio, Harold Phillips, from Working to Live in Southwest Washington, and Patrick Dixon, co-producer here on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, Harold and Patrick co-produced today’s show, doing all the heavy lifting processing the dozens of interviews the rest of the crew did, with a special shoutout to Lynn Fields (in action here with Patrick producing), who really set the blistering pace for us all. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @SWWACLC @mgevaart @WLUW @LCLAA #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; production and social media by Mr. Harold Phillips.

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, Harold Phillips, Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp, longtime Network organizers and show producers who organized a gathering of almost 20 Network members on April 18 at Labor Notes, the first official in-person such gathering. Here are their immediate reactions to the historic gathering. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 on KGNU Community Radio; El Cafecito del Día; the podcast from the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; LabourStart, the official podcast of LabourStart, the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement; Green and Red; organizers, academics, artists discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics; and We Rise Fighting; Labor theory, news, history and analysis. Look for us at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago next week and keep an ear out for special daily reports as we bring you the voices of today’s labor movement! Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @aflbobby @LCLAA @labourstart @PodcastGreenRed#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips. This podcast recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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 of Teachers; Chasing The Hook, a podcast about union ironworker stories, told by the old timers; Solidarity Breakfast, a rank and file worker and trade union show covering current affairs, progressive issues and news and events from the Australian labour movement; ALPA Canada Podcast, the official podcast for ALPA Canada, the segment of the Air Line Pilots Association that manages all things Canadian; Art and Labor, a podcast for art workers trying understand their place in the brutal capitalist systems of power. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @aftunion @3CRsolidarity @ArtandLaborPod#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 instructor at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon, talks about the rural community college experience. This week’s featured shows are Work Week Radio, which broadcasts Thursdays on San Francisco’s KPOO 89.5 FM; The Valley Labor Report, a weekly talk radio show airing Saturdays on WVNN 92.5 FM in Huntsville, Alabama and Sundays on WGOL 920 AM in Russellville, Alabama; RadioLabour, the global news service; Breaking Ground, the podcast from Operating Engineers Local 3 in the Western U.S.: OEA Grow, the weekly podcast from the Oregon Education Association. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @labormedianow @LaborReporters @radiolabour @oregoneducation#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 ancestors…And in our final segment, "Changing Lives, Changing L.A.," a play featuring rank and file members of UNITE HERE Local 11. This week’s featured shows are Workers Beat, which airs at 9:00 AM Saturdays Central Time on KNON in Dallas Texas…Communicating With You, The Member, the podcast from APWU, the American Postal Workers Union…The Labor Show, the radio voice of Philly’s Labor Movement, airs every Saturday at 7 pm on WPHT 1210 AM…America Works, an ongoing podcast series from the Library of Congress, featuring the voices of contemporary workers from throughout the United States…Re:Work Radio is a women-led radio show and podcast from the UCLA Labor Center that spotlights the voices of workers, immigrants, and people of color. Now you can be part of the Network; our brand-new t-shirts are now available! CLICK HERE to order yours. And please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @KNON893FM @APWUnational @MyPhillyLabor @librarycongress @rework_radio#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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’ room; and, from the Workers Rock podcast, an Upstate New York dairy worker who emigrated from Mexico talks about the Farm Laborers Fair Practice Act. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WLUW @labourstart Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 time than we can in the Weekly. So here they are (the envelope, please), the Labor Oscars, from the Power at Work podcast! Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @BurnesCenter @MrSethHarris @sagaftra @AndreaLyman10 @haroldPDX @AWFJ @aboutdocsguide @PowerAtWorkBlog #Oscars Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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. Then, a chat with Jamell Thrower, National Secretary of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus. Next, meet Ray Connor, the new president of the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council. And in our final segment, Paul Robeson sings at Peace Arch Park. This week’s featured shows: Union or Bust, two union activists discuss organizing, unions, and politics; AAUP Presents, the podcast produced by the American Association of University Professors, on issues related to academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education; SayWatt, which covers what’s going on in the world of electrical apprenticeship; Working to Live In Southwest Washington, the podcast from the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council; and On The Line: Stories of BC Workers, a Canadian labour history storytelling podcast, produced by volunteers & staff of the BC Labour Heritage Centre. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @UnionOrBustPod @AAUP @SWWACLC @BC_LHC #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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, and a dangerous mixture: booze and the workplace. This week’s featured shows: LabourStart, the official podcast of LabourStart, the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement, a brand-new podcast and a brand-new member of the Network; Labor Link, the podcast cast is about the brave individuals organizing the workers who make our stuff; It’s Time Live, the official podcast of SkyWest Flight Attendants; 3rd & Fairfax, news and information about the Writers Guild of America West; Labor Radio on KBOO FM, radio of the working class, by the working class and for the working class, from Portland, Oregon; and our final segment is from Union Days, longtime trade unionist Simon Sapper’s stories of people, places, scraps and scrapes. Heroes and villains. Tall tales and low blows. It’s the stuff of life itself. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @OOItsTime @WGAWest @kboo @duesunion#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO

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 @AFLCIO Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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 featured shows are El Cafecito del Día, from the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; The Construction User 2.0, the podcast from the Association of Union Constructors, Stick Together, Australia's only national radio show focusing on industrial, social and workplace issues; Roswell Hub, a weekly podcast dedicated to Teamsters helping Teamsters; the UAW 1700 Podcast, and Labor Jawn, the podcast tackling the working class history of Philadelphia and the surrounding world with comprehensive research and off-color absurdity. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @LCLAA @TAUCbuilt @stick__together#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 unfiltered voice for the working people of America; The Heartland Labor Forum, Radio That Talks Back to the Boss! It’s Time Live, the official podcast of SkyWest Flight Attendants; Labor Force, a podcast about labor issues and working people; America Works, an ongoing podcast series from the Library of Congress. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @AWFUnionPodcast @Heartland_Labor @OOItsTime @LaborForcePod @librarycongress#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 Russellville Alabama; Work Stoppage, a podcast that only talks about what can be done for the working class; 3rd & Fairfax, news and information about the Writers Guild of America West; On This Day in Working Class History, daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year, from the Working Class History team; Labor History in 2:00, daily podcasts with a two-minute story about an event or person connected to that day in labor history. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @LaborReporters @WorkStoppagePod @WGAWest #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 working people, unions and their struggles locally, nationally and internationally. IAM Delta, The official podcast for ramp, tower, and cargo workers at Delta Air Lines who are organizing their union with the IAM; PFFA Pod, the official podcast of the Portland Fire Fighters' Association, Fire Fighters Local 43 in Portland Oregon; OEA Grow, the weekly podcast from the Oregon Education Association; El Cafecito del Día, the podcast from LCLAA, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @labormedianow @iaff43 @oregoneducation @LCLAA#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 past year; General Secretary of UNI Global Union Christy Hoffman on the benefits of being in a union in the age of AI; and writer and recording artist Hilary Peach reads from her memoir, Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood. This week’s featured shows are The State of Working America, the podcast from the Economic Policy Institute; Union Strong, the official podcast of the New York State AFL-CIO; Black Work Talk, a show that elevates the voices of Black labor, workers, leaders, activists, and intellectuals; RadioLabour, which promotes global communication between labour organizations; and the Labor Heritage Power Hour, which promotes knowledge of the cultural heritage of the American worker through the arts. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @EconomicPolicy @nysaflcio @BlackWorkTalk @radiolabour @LaborHeritage1 #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 podcast from the American Federation of Teachers; Union or Bust, a podcast with two union activists discussing organizing, unions, and politics; and The Check Out, centering the voices and efforts of essential workers on the frontlines of our food system. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @RickSmithShow @radiolabour @aftunion @UnionOrBustPod @checkoutradio #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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 Voices Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @WorkStoppagePod @AWFUnionPodcast @stick__together #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.