LHT producers Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith head to the Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park to check out a special exhibit put together to amplify the momentum of the current wave of labor strikes.
In the second half of the show, Dr. Eleanor Mahoney, host of the Ballot Blocked podcast, explores the strong historical connection between voting rights and labor rights; in this episode, we learn about the barriers to voting faced by Mexican American women and workers in the years after World War II.
On this week’s Labor History in Two: Philly Garment Workers Win (1910); Seattle General Strike (1919).
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This week's music: City Workers Strike Song, by Dave Rovics; a song he wrote for members of the District Council of Trade Unions in Portland, Oregon, who are set to go out on strike on February 10th if they don’t get a better offer from the city.
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