- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Saba Waheed & Veena Hampapur hosts of Re:Work Radio - LRPN Spotlight
“At the UCLA Labor Center we believe that a public university belongs to the people and our programs and research are informed by that and we're committed to quality education and employment for everybody.” “We're all workers...and unions and worker centers are often at the forefront of [changing] work forces that may be overlooked. So Re:Work is about how we're all human and we all have shared experiences and let's understand that certain workers in our workforce are exper
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- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Michael Blain co-host of Talking SMART - International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
“In every episode we talk about issues that directly affect our members but a lot of those issues affect other unions and working people across the United States and Canada.” Michael Blain co-hosts Talking SMART a podcast of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, a diverse union of more than 200,000 members. Michael is also the co-director and co-producer of Dear Walmart, which is an independent documentary that tells the story of
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- Feb 24
- 2 min
David Story co-hosts The Valley Labor Report out of Huntsville, Alabama - LRPN Spotlight Series
“...they shut the entire plant down and outsourced it to Alabama and we've kind of always said the running joke in Alabama is we're the last stop to Mexico. Us and Mississippi are probably the most exploited workforce in America.” David Story co-hosts The Valley Labor Report with Jacob Morrison airing on WVNN 92.5 FM in Huntsville Alabama and Russellville, Alabama, where they cover local, state, and national news for workers, by workers. The hosts hope specifically to educate
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- Feb 23
- 2 min
Mark Gevaart host of My Labor Radio - Labor Radio Podcast Member Spotlight Series
”...you'll involve people when you start sending them the message about why collective bargaining in their workplace is a right and it's something they're going to benefit from.” My Labor Radio is hosted by Mark Gevaart, and is broadcast on WELT 95.7 FM in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Labor Radio interviews working people and reviews data and information essential to working families. In the words of Labor Leader Walter Reuther “There's a direct relationship between the ballot box an
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- Feb 22
- 2 min
Steven Pitts host of Black Work Talk - LRPN Spotlight Series
“...in the red scare was a kind of the fissure between civil rights and labor...we're going to strengthen both movements in many ways…” Black Work Talk is an Organizing Upgrade podcast created by host Steven Pitts where he focuses on building the collective power of Black workers. Across his platform, he features conversations with union and worker center leaders, organizers, rank-and-file worker activists, and advocates about their fight against the intertwined evils of raci
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- Feb 18
- 2 min
Organizing Amazon in Alabama and the Role of the UAW and Unions - LRPN Livestream
“This is a whole other level...and I think it scared people...it was like wait a second, you're trying to take away something from me and that's my humanity.” Josh Brewer of RWDSU Organizer of Amazon Union Drive in Bessemer, Alabama Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members. Guests for February 17th, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Josh Brewer (Lead organizer fo
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- Feb 16
- 2 min
Sarah Jaffe, Author of Work Won’t Love You Back & Co-Host of Belabored Podcast - LRPN Spotlight
“...the idea that going to work in a Ford Factory would be like, ‘I really loved working on an assembly line...’ No. you went to work at Ford because it was the best job that you could get and because after a while the union had actually won enough gains to make it a pretty damn good job but it was still hard back-breaking...so the reason that I love talking about stuff like this is to point out these things we assume are natural are mostly not.” Sarah Jaffe is the author of
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- Feb 16
- 2 min
Tanya Hutchins host of Activate L!VE - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
“We're a very diverse union...so I feel very thankful to live in this country and very thankful to have this opportunity to try to help give a voice to the voiceless so that we can all thrive.” Tanya Hutchins hosts Activate L!VE, which is the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ show about organized labor and working people on podcast platforms and YouTube. Tanya Hutchins' work has appeared on The Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, local TV stat
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- Feb 15
- 1 min
Pass the PRO Act and Support Your Rights At Work w/ UCOMM Live
On Thursday, February 11th, 2020, I called into UCOMM Live to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act that was recently re-introduce in the 117th Congress. While the economy is working very well for the wealthy, the well-connected, and massive corporations—it’s stagnating for everyone else. From 1980 to 2014, wages for the bottom half of income earners grew by one percent, while wages for the top one percent of earners grew by 205 percent. This inequality, stag
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- Feb 12
- 2 min
NAFTA 2.0 – Is it better for workers than NAFTA? - LRPN Livestream
ABRIDGED PANEL Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members. Guests for February 10th, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Lori Wallach (Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch), Eric Gottwald (AFL-CIO Trade Specialist), Alejandro Villamar (Mexican Action Network Against Free Trade), and Rick Arnold (Canada’s Common Frontiers). LRPN Hosts: Jacob Morrison (The Valley Labor
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- Feb 5
- 1 min
Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal with Madison Czerwinski
“Bringing nuclear to other countries would necessarily put us in competition with Russia and China...we know that competitive global markets can help with deployment innovation, development of advanced fuels, and technologies and I just see no reason why it shouldn't be American industry, American manufacturing, American jobs that are delivering on the economic and environmental benefits of nuclear worldwide. I think it should be us.” Welcome to the Harmony of Interest series
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- Feb 4
- 2 min
The Rise of Fascism and Independent Politics and Labor Working Class Response to Attacks - LRPN Live
Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members. Guests for February 3rd, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included David Van Deusen (President, Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO), Trent Willis, (ILWU Local 10), Carol Lang (CUNY Professor), Mehmet Bayram (Pacifica Media Workers Guild in SF). LRPN Hosts: Steve Zeltzer (Work Week Radio) and Chris Garlock (Union City Radio) Add
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- Feb 3
- 2 min
Joe Cadwell host of Grit Northwest - Labor Radio Podcast Member Spotlight Series
“As the President of the Northwest Carpenters Union...we are a six state regional council. We're all of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska and we have about 29 000 members and cover over 1.1 million square miles.” Joe Cadwell Joe Cadwell, President of the Northwest Carpenters Union, hosts Grit Northwest podcast where self-motivated people, just like you, come to learn from construction industry professionals about the issues that affect their lives and car
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- Feb 2
- 1 min
Peter Rachleff Author of Black Labor in Richmond, Virginia 1865-1890 & Director of East Side Freedom
Peter Rachleff Author of Black Labor in Richmond, Virginia 1865-1890 and Co-Executive Director of East Side Freedom Library Welcome to the Harmony of Interest series where we explore ideas that positively shape our world. Professor Peter Rachleff is a retired Professor of History at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota specializing in United States labor, immigration, and African American history. He is the author of BLACK LABOR IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 1865-1890, and HARD
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- Feb 1
- 2 min
Deborah Hall host of Labor Radio on KBOO FM Labor - Labor Radio Podcast Member Spotlight Series
“...we were very excited to get the show because as a black organization, the Oregon Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, we bring union members on to address not only issues for black union members but for all union members...and so it's important to let people know that there's a place for you, there's a voice for you.” Deborah Hall is a host of Labor Radio on KBOO FM in Portland, Oregon is a show “of the working class, by the working class and for the working class.” Debor
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- Jan 30
- 1 min
Energy, Opera Singing, & Our Nuclear Future with Generation Atomic Executive Director Eric Meyer
Welcome to the Harmony of Interest series where we will explore ideas that positively shape our world. Eric Meyer is the founder and executive director of Generation Atomic with a mission to energize and empower today’s generation to advocate for a nuclear future. We discussed Eric’s background growing up in Minnesota, training as a classical singer, founding Generation Atomic, and what we need to do to expand the use of the cleanest, most energy dense fuel human history has
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
What is a progressive, pro-labor migration policy? w/ JJ Rosenbaum, Neha Misra, & Shannon Lederer
Shortened Livestream Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members. Guests for January 27, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included JJ Rosenbaum (Global Labor Justice/International Labor Rights Forum), Neha Misra (Solidarity Center), and Shannon Lederer (AFL-CIO). LRPN Hosts: Bama Athreya (The Gig Podcast) and Evan Papp (Empathy Media Lab). Full Livestream Additional Guest i
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- Jan 22
- 2 min
LRPN Live - Joe McCartin, Mark McDermott, Marc Dann, Kurt Stand, Danny Schur
Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members. Guests for January 20, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Joe McCartin (Kalmanovitz Initiative at Georgetown University), Mark McDermott (Labor Activist), Marc Dann (Former Attorney General Ohio), Kurt Stand (Portside), Danny Schur (Composer/Producer) LRPN Hosts: Chris Garlock (Union City Radio in Washington, DC); Kris La
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- Jan 19
- 1 min
Labor, FDR, The New Deal, & The Fight for The Four Freedoms with Professor Harvey J. Kaye
Welcome to the Harmony of Interest series where we will explore ideas that positively shape our world. Harvey J. Kaye, is a Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and he is an award-winning author, and has published sixteen books on history, politics, and revolutionary ideas. We discuss his background in organized labor with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), his interest in FDR, and his book The Fight for The Four
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