Podcast Episodes

School Privatization is Wrong for Alabama + Kim Kelly and Isaiah Thomas Talk LaborNotes & AFL Conventions - TVLR 7/2/22

Episode 146

We talk about some arguments for school privatization on our local talk station, bring Kim and Isaiah on to talk about the conventions in June.

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The Valley Labor Report is the only union tal…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

DOUBLE OT with Kim Kelly and David Thomas - TVLR 6/28/22

Episode 146

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The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating workers struggles for justice and fairness on the job, educating folks about how they can do the same, and b…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

OVERTIME - Mick Lynch in the UK Gives a Media Master Class for Labor Leaders + Alabama Politics with Josh Moon - TVLR 6/25/22

Episode 145

In Overtime we talk about the UK rail strike and bring on Josh Moon to talk ab out Alabama politics. 

✦ ABOUT ✦

The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating workers…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Pride at Work: Fighting for Gay Rights Through the Union - TVLR 6/25/22

Episode 144

Roe versus Wade is dead, a loss for workers across the country. We talk to the Executive Director of Pride at Work to round out June.

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The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio sho…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

DOUBLE OT: Ryan Grim Says Unionizing Nonprofit Workers are Whiny Babies; A Unionizing Nonprofit Worker Responds - TVLR 6/18/22

Episode 143

Ryan Grim had an article in The Intercept last week basically positing that nonprofit workers are too woke, sourced entirely from interviews with bosses. We talked to a worker whose union was implica…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

OVERTIME: What's Up With William Z Foster? with Chris Townsend - TVLR 6/18/22

Episode 142

William Z Foster's writings have been lighting up the labor organizing space recently. What do they say, and what is their relevance? We bring on Chris Townsend, former UE staff and ATU Organizing Di…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Organize the South with a Virginia Educator and a North Carolina Public Servant - TVLR 6/18/22

Episode 141

We've got a full (pretaped) show today, featuring a full roster of guests including Jonah Furman talking the LaborNotes convention, Virginia educator Patrick Korte and a North Carolina cook Sekia Roy…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

OVERTIME: Huntsville, Alabama moves to Displace Homeless Folks, Billionaires Shouldn't Exist, & More - TVLR 6/11/22

Episode 140

In OVERTIME we are gonna get to some state and labor news.

✦ ABOUT ✦

The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating workers struggles for justice and fairness on the j…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Alabama Republicans Don't Care About You & EPA Worker Talks Contract Negotiations - TVLR 6/11/22

Episode 139

We talk about some state politics for a bit, and then Brian Kelly will join us - AFGE Local 704 VP representing EPA workers - and talk about the EPA, Trump's attacks on it, and the effort to reverse …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

OVERTIME: Biden Fed to Lower Wages & How to Spot Corporate Plants w/ Left Reckoning - TVLR 6/4/22

Episode 138

✦ ABOUT ✦

The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating workers struggles for justice and fairness on the job, educating folks about how they can do the same, and br…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago