This week's show: Remembering civil and labor rights apostle Rev. James Lawson and labor radio pioneer Frank Emspak, who both died recently.
PLUS: LaborForce podcast Michael Struchen’s favorite labor song, incarcerated writer Amber Kim’s poem “In Response to the Prompt ‘Write About the Invention of the Sunkist Bottle’”, more entries in our Labor Heritage Power Hour Theme Song Contest, and, on Labor History in 2:00, the day 1,400 workers at the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company launched a four-day strike.
Broadcast on June 27, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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