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Episode 320
On this week’s Labor History Today, we feature the Tales from the Ruther Library podcast, where Dan Golodner talks with historian Dr. Justine Modica …
1 year, 1 month ago
If Wages Aren’t Increasing, How Do We Expect This to Work?
Episode 319
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Worker Power Hour tackles the housing crisis and wage stagnation in Southern California.
In labor history, …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Raging Erie: Life, Labor, and the Canal That Changed America
Episode 318
This week on Labor History Today: author Mark S. Ferrara joins labor educator Linda Donahue to explore the hidden history of the workers who built an…
1 year, 1 month ago
Life and Times of a Black Wobbly (Encore)
Episode 317
Ben Fletcher was one of the most important black labor leaders in American history. Yet he’s almost entirely unknown. In today’s show, from the Worki…
1 year, 2 months ago
Houston, We Have a Labor Dispute (Encore)
Episode 316
For decades, rumors have circulated about a strike in space. The story goes that in 1973, the three astronauts on the Skylab 4 mission took an unplan…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Weekend With Pete Seeger
Episode 315
This week on Labor History Today, we bring you a special episode celebrating folk legend Pete Seeger. In the first episode of A Weekend With Pete See…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Battle of Ballantyne Pier
Episode 314
On today’s Labor History Today, from our friends at The Docker Podcast, we join ILWU longshore workers James Brophy and Leith Jasinowski-Kahl to mark…
1 year, 2 months ago
We Rise Fighting: Strikes, Struggle, and Strategy
Episode 313
This week on Labor History Today, we bring you a special episode from the We Rise Fighting Labor Podcast, exploring the power and potential of today’…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tony Mazzocchi, Cowboy Strikes, and the Power of Solidarity
Episode 312
On this week’s Labor History Today: We remember legendary union leader Tony Mazzocchi—his fight for worker safety, his role in founding the Labor Par…
1 year, 3 months ago
Songs of the Line and Stall
Episode 311
This week on Labor History Today: From the Library of Congress’ America Works podcast: Bill Favaro shares the origins of his family’s Louisiana rod &…
1 year, 3 months ago