2020-11
2020-11
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Uprising of the 20,000
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
From 1980 to 1995, during a time of significantly declining membership in most other American labor unions, the Service Employees International Union – SEIU -- nearly doubled its membership. Dr. Timothy Minchin explains why, in this excerpt from the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast. The Columbine Mine Massacre, which took place on November 21, 1927, was an important moment in the Colorado Mine Wars. Bob Rossi, who hosts a monthly labor segment on the Willamette Wake Up show on KMUZ in Salem, Oregon, discusses miners' organizing efforts.Plus: On this week’s Labor History in 2:00, Rick Smith tells the story of the 1909 Uprising of the 20,000.Produced and edited by Chris Garlock; additional editing by Patrick Dixon. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, nearly 80 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
A journey down the Working River
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
The UnionDues podcast takes a trip down the River Thames, finding struggles and strikes, insurrection and inspiration. "But take away the Tudor palaces, Shakespeare’s plays, Handel’s Water Music, great paintings from Turner to Monet and look instead at The Great Rebellion of 1381, 1450’s Battle of London Bridge, The Nore Sands mutiny of 1797, 1889’s Dock Strike for a minimum wage of 6 old pence a day – the dockers’ tanner. The history of the Thames is often the history of our trade union movement."And, on this week’s Labor History in 2: Striking against privatization in Alberta, Canada. Produced and edited by Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
Click here to order Working River - Songs and Music of the ThamesLabor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, 70 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Blue Wave? Labor and the Democratic Coalition in the Southwest
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
The Democrats may have won the 2020 presidential election with historic victories in southern states ranging from Georgia to Arizona, but have they created the kind of interracial labor coalition required to win the ongoing economic and ideological battles that did not end on election day? Historian Max Krochmal, author of “Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era” sees a lot of unfulfilled potential to bring young social movement organizations into the mainstream of American politics. Plus: Dorothy Day is born.
Contributors: Labor History in 2.
Produced by Chris Garlock, edited by Patrick Dixon. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, 70 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Organizing through the Divide
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Author and historian Peter Rachleff and longtime labor educator and organizer Bill Fletcher Jr. explore labor’s connections to Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue. PLus: A union-made Halloween. Contributors: Race Capitol podcast; Labor History in 2. Produced and edited by Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, 70 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod