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The Conductorettes
Episode 310
On this week’s Labor History Today: "This drunk came on and he started showing me a bad time, and I up and popped him and knocked him out. The soldie…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property (Encore)
Episode 309
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property (Encore)
Steve Fraser discusses his book “Mongrel Firebugs and Men of P…
1 year, 3 months ago
Emma Tenayuca and the Strike that Shook San Antonio
Episode 308
On this week's Labor History Today: Before she turned 20, Emma Tenayuca led thousands of Mexican American pecan shellers into one of the largest stri…
1 year, 4 months ago
From PATCO to Trump: Lessons from Labor’s Past for Today’s Fight
Episode 307
On this week’s Labor History Today podcast: In a special crossover episode with the Power At Work podcast, historians Joe McCartin and Veronica Marti…
1 year, 4 months ago
Broken Heads and Unbroken Spirits: 40 Years After the British Miners’ Strike
Episode 306
On this episode of Labor History Today, we mark the 40th anniversary of the end of one of the most significant labor struggles of the 20th century: t…
1 year, 4 months ago
50 years of “Strike!” (Encore)
Episode 305
Sara Nelson’s inspirational keynote at the April 6, 2021 symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jeremy Brecher’s classic labor history book “S…
1 year, 4 months ago
Union Made: The DC Labor FilmFest Preview
Episode 304
This week on Labor History Today: The 25th annual DC Labor FilmFest kicks off May Day at the AFI Silver! Host Chris Garlock previews the powerful lin…
1 year, 5 months ago
Para Power
Episode 303
On Labor History Today: Para Power: AFT president Randi Weingarten talks with Nick Juravich, associate director of the Labor Resource Center at UMass…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Chance to Harmonize
Episode 302
On Labor History Today: In 1934, as part of an effort to boost morale and encourage citizens to find community in their traditions, the Roosevelt adm…
1 year, 5 months ago
Taking a Stand: Union Solidarity Against Apartheid
Episode 301
On Labor History Today: Kings and presidents and CEOs like to think that they make history but real history is actually made by thousands of small ac…
1 year, 5 months ago