Labor History Today
Gripping stories of the historic battles for worker rights and how they fuel today’s struggles. Part of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network: #LaborRadioPod
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Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Irish historian John Dorney discussed the 1913 Dublin Lock-out at a recent meeting of the NoVA Labor Book Club. The Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers which took place in Ireland's capital city of Dublin. Often viewed as the most significant industrial dispute in Irish history, the dispute lasted from August 26, 1913 to January 18, 1914. The central issue was the workers' right to unionize.Dorney – whose father led the Irish Teachers' Union for 25 years -- is the author of "The Civil War in Dublin" and "Peace After the Final Battle - The Story of the Irish Revolution."Music: 1913 Lockout by musicians Don Baker & Gerry Hendrick On today’s Labor History in 2: The year was 1937. That was the day known as among the darkest days for Labor, the Memorial Day Massacre.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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @va_labor Edited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
On May 19, 1920, a deadly shootout took place in Matewan, West Virginia between striking union miners and coal company agents; Record West Virginia launched their show last year with a retelling of this famous battle. And just two years earlier, a general strike took place in Kansas City, sparked by solidarity between black and white women workers. The Heartland Labor Forum’s Judy Ancel brings us the story of this important but little-known moment in labor history.On today’s Labor History in 2: The year was 1934. That was the day the Lucas County Sheriff ordered an attack on thousands of Electric Auto-Lite strikers and Unemployed League supporters, touching off the six-day Battle of Toledo.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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @RecordWV @Heartland_Labor Edited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
This year marks the 95th anniversary of the 1926 textile strike in Passaic, New Jersey, when some 15,000 unskilled wool workers -- mostly immigrants and half of them women -- struck for more than a year for higher wages and better conditions. We talk about the strike and its relevance to today’s struggles with Jacob Zumoff, author of The Red Thread, the first comprehensive study of this historic strike.This Friday, the biennial conference of LAWCHA – The Labor And Working Class History Association – kicks off. It’s being held online, making it available to labor history fans around the world. The theme this year is “Workers on the Front Lines”; LHT’s Patrick Dixon gets a preview from conference co-chair Peter Cole.
On today’s Labor History in 2: The year was 1934. That was the day Minneapolis Teamsters walked off the job.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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @LAWCHA_ORG #LAWCHA2021 @LaborOnline @RutgersUPress @ProfPeterColeEdited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Kathy Newman tries to figure out why this 200-year-old genre is suddenly so popular, and Drunk History’s version of the 1886 Haymarket Riot. On today’s Labor History in 2: The Historic ‘34 West Coast Maritime Strike Begins. Thanks to the Working Class Perspectives blog, Comedy Central’s Drunk History show and The Haymarket Squares.
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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow #LaborHistory @_kathymnewmanEdited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
"So many people have been unwilling to say the word strike, but say it with me: Strike, strike, strike!" AFA president Sara Nelson’s inspirational keynote at the April 6 symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jeremy Brecher’s classic labor history book “Strike!” On today’s Labor History in 2: Our Thing is DRUM!
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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow #LaborHistory @PMPressOrg @FlyingWithSara @labornotes @LN4SEdited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
April 28 is a National Day of Mourning, or Workers Memorial Day, observed in over 100 countries around the world. From the On the Line: Stories of BC Workers podcast, we bring you the story of Bea Zucco, a third generation pioneer from Grand Forks, British Columbia and a miner's wife. Ordinary in so many ways, and yet absolutely extraordinary in her determination to see justice prevail and secure a pension for her silicosis-stricken husband. On today’s Labor History in 2: UAW Mobilizes Against Taft-Hartley
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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow #LaborHistory @BC_LHCEdited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Brockman Sewell’s original dramatic performance based on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre in Colorado, which occurred 117 years ago on April 20. Labor History Today contributor Saul Schniderman with his tribute to labor and protest singer Anne Feeney.On today’s Labor History in 2: We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years
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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @ILLaborHistory @RickSmithShow #LaborHistory Edited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sara Nelson and Alvin Finkel explore the differences and similarities between the labor movements in Canada and the United States. On today’s Labor History in 2: Terrorists Try to Silence Workers. PLUS: Three songs about the 1913 Saskatchewan coal miners’ strike.
For more on the U.S. - Canadian Labor History Collaborative, email Ken Germanson at kagermanson@wisconsinlaborhistory.org. 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, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod
#LaborRadioPod @ILLaborHistory #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP @FlyingWithSara @alvinfinkel @RickSmithShow #LaborHistory @WILaborHistoryEdited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
