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Sam Walton, Harry Bridges & The Great Cowboy Strike (Encore)
Episode 300
On Labor History Today: Joe McCartin, Leon Fink and Patrick Dixon discuss the 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that undocumented workers don’t have the…
1 year, 5 months ago
The St. Mary Nurses Strike of 2020
Episode 299
Labor History Today: During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 800 nurses walked out on strike in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As concern rises abou…
1 year, 6 months ago
Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia
Episode 298
Labor History Today: This week’s edition of the show takes us to Australia, but the history of slavery and the ongoing failure to come to terms with …
1 year, 6 months ago
Derry’s Missing Factory Girls
Episode 297
On Labor History Today: A visit to the Northern Ireland city of Derry and a search for the real Factory Girls.
On this week’s Labor History in Two: …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Episode 296
As Black History Month comes to a close, the On the Line podcast marks the occasion with a fascinating look back at the history of train sleeping car…
1 year, 6 months ago
Black labor in Richmond (Encore)
Episode 293
For 150 years, Richmond's place in history has been as "the capital of the Confederacy." But this label hides a much richer and more complex history.…
1 year, 7 months ago
Grit and Working-Class Solidarity
Episode 292
On Labor History Today: Grit and Working-Class Solidarity: B.C. Workers Respond to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. The On the Line: Stories of BC W…
1 year, 7 months ago
The 1917 “Bath Riots”
Episode 291
On Labor History Today: The 1917 “Bath Riots”. The story of Carmelita Torres, the "Latina Rosa Parks," and the so-called “Bath Riots” on the U.S.-Mex…
1 year, 7 months ago
MLK in Memphis
Episode 290
On this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour: MLK in Memphis; “We Will Not Be Turned Around”, Part 3 of AFSCME’s I AM STORY podcast about the 1968 sanita…
1 year, 7 months ago
Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting Columbine
Episode 288
On this week’s Labor History Today: While historians have written prolifically about the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, there has been a lack of attention to…
1 year, 8 months ago