Labor Jawn

Labor Jawn

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Philly's working class history. Historian Gabe Christy and musician Young Sam James explore the working class history of Philadelphia and the surrounding world.www.laborjawn.com

Episode List

Museum Unions Enact Workplace Justice Zine - Interview with the Authors

Jan 5th, 2026 5:00 AM

Sam and Gabe took a moment from the holidays to talk with Jessi Jones from the Academy Foundation, Emma Rose Rainville from the Esplanade Association, Adam Rizzo from the Penn Museum, and independent researcher Amanda Tobin Ripley about their recent work with Museums Moving Forward and the zine Museum Unions Enact Workplace Justice that they all co-authored with Josh Davis of the Seattle Art Museum. The zine dives into how museum union contracts have improved equity and justice in the field, and hopes to provide inspiration for future unionists in how they can use their own contracts to improve the field even further. Art Museum Union Contract Language Introduction to the Art Museum Unions IndexSupport the showwww.laborjawn.com

State of the Podcast (May 16, 2024)

Dec 27th, 2025 9:00 PM

Our first address to the world detailing updates to the show and some exciting news!Ben Fletcher Mural Unveiling and CelebrationSaturday May 18, 2024 2pm-4pm301 S. Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia PASEIU - Philadelphia Labor History Map (produced by Labor Jawn)https://goo.gl/maps/HHggN819SpfC6tx87Support the showwww.laborjawn.com

Labor Jawn: In Story & Song

Dec 24th, 2025 2:00 AM

On November 18, 2022, Labor Jawn hosted their first live show In Story and Song at the Philadelphia Folksong Society.Join the hosts of the Labor Jawn podcast in celebrating the labor movement through song and story. Relive the struggles and victories of the working class with historian Gabe Christy as musician Young Sam James leads you and a few special guests in the anthems and ballads that defined an entire movement.Guests are Pie-Eyed Preachers, Bevan Dayn, and Molly Hebert-Wilson.Intro: 00:00Hard Travelin': 4:40Paddy On The Railway: 9:54Good Morning Blues (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 14:51Preacher And The Slave: 20:11Factory Girl: 27:16Nine To Five: 34:18Too Old To Work: 38:39No More: 45:53 Trust No One (Bevan Dayn): 50:20There Is Power In A Union (Bevan Dayn): 53:31Building Up And Tearing It All Down (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 58:36(Sam breaks a string): 1:02:20Hot Asphalt (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 1:04:26Dirty Old Town (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 1:09:45Come Out Ye Black And Tans (Pie-Eyed Preachers): 1:15:20Radium (Molly Hebert-Wilson): 1:19:36Paradise: 1:27:52They're Moving Father's Grave: 1:34:00Barnyards Of Delgaty: 1:36:57Tip Your Waitress: 1:41:34Solidarity Forever (feat. Molly Hebert-Wilson): 1:44:41We Shall Not Be Moved: 1:49:10Support the showwww.laborjawn.com

Greater Philadelphia Volumes - Interview with Dr. Francis Ryan

Dec 8th, 2025 5:00 AM

Sam and Gabe sit down to chat with Dr. Francis Ryan, Associate Teaching Professor & Director of Master of Labor and Employment Relations Program, Labor Studies and Employment Relations (LSER) at Rutgers University, to discuss Philadelphia's importance in labor history, and his contributions to the three volume set The Greater Philadelphia Region, Greater Philadelphia and the Nation, and Greater Philadelphia and the World from University of Pennsylvania Press.Support the showwww.laborjawn.com

Feeding the Army of Labor - Interview with the Starbucks Strike Kitchen

Nov 20th, 2025 1:00 AM

Sam and Gabe sit down to chat with Megan and Claudia of Starbucks Workers United and Sophie of the Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America who established a strike kitchen to feed and support Starbucks workers as they fight for a first contract. Sign the pledge: https://www.nocontractnocoffee.com/ More links: https://linktr.ee/phillyDSAlaborSupport the showwww.laborjawn.com

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