This week's labor history: Founding of the American Federation of Teachers; first McDonald’s opens, leading to "McJobs"; 20,000 blockade D.C. meetings of the World Bank and IMF.
Plus Saul Schniderman on A. Philip Randolph, Curtis Bateman on the strike by the first women-led American union, and music including Elizabeth Perry’s “Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Fight Song,” JY Media’s “mcjobs” and Seun Kuti’s “IMF.”
Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.
Patrick Dixson is a research analyst at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.
Chris Bangert-Drowns is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland who helped organize workers on the College Park campus and now works at the Metro Washington Council.
Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM.
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Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.
Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/
This week's music:
Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Fight Song (Elizabeth Perry)
https://youtu.be/y-X_Z29IRbc
mcjobs (by JY Media)
https://youtu.be/L9_nc1UEHZU
Seun Kuti - IMF ft. M1 (from Dead Prez)
https://youtu.be/8fGcf3GODKE
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