Former AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on the critical role labor arts play in “supporting our fights for economic and social justice.” He spoke at the 31st annual Great Labor Arts Exchange in 2013, organized by the Labor Heritage Foundation.
And, on Labor History in 2:00, the year was 1981; more than 400,000 union members marched in Labor Day's first Solidarity Day demonstration in Washington, D.C.
Plus: an excerpt from "Solidarity Day, 1981”, an 11-minute film produced by the AFL-CIO.
Music for today’s show by The ULiNERS and Joe Uehlein.
Special thanks to Ellis Boal and Saul Schniderman for the recording of Trumka; subscribe to Saul’s Friday’s Labor Folklore newsletter here.
Produced by Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.
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This post has been updated: the 31st GLAE took place in 2013, not 2017.
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