1932 Ford Hunger March, Panama’s Box 25, Derry’s missing “Factory Girls”

This week's show: Dave Elsila on the 1932 Ford Hunger March commemoration in Detroit, labor historian Julie Greene talks about her new book, “Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers & The Panama Canal,” and Chris Garlock searches for Derry’s missing “Factory Girls.”
Today’s music: The Ford Hunger March from "Forgotten -- the Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant"; Panama Canal by the Panama Brass; 'Factory Girls' by ELMA ORKESTRA. Bonus track: The Picket Line by Red Dust.
PLUS: Francis Perkins Named Secretary of Labor, The Worker Uprising that Started the American Revolution and The Exodusters.

Broadcast on March 6, 2025 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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