On today’s show: listen in as GRIT Nation discusses shortcomings in the global garment industry with the CEO of union shop Image Pointe and finds out just what it takes to run a company that can truly change people’s lives.
Then, Talking SMART is back with their most popular episode yet, as SMART TD President Jeremy Ferguson talks about a subject that’s foremost on the minds of many members: a new draconian attendance policy BNSF has imposed on the very members who have kept the company operational through the pandemic, and who earned BNSF record profits in 2021.
Last year, 1,500 steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania went out on strike for four long months. Filmmaker Samuel George embedded himself and his camera in the strike and he talks about the resulting film, Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike, on the Labor Goes to the Movies podcast.
And, on Work Week Radio, labor troubadour and internationalist David Rovics talks about his life and work as a musician in the international struggle for justice.
Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.
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Edited by Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.
Union-busting in America’s national parks (Encore)
Mobilizing for the Million Workers March (Encore)
MLK and labor: his last speech (Encore)
Organizing the South
“My Boss Is a Robot”
California’s Labor Queen
What SAG-AFTRA’s Interim Agreement is (and isn’t)
Labor Week debuts
Working Voices; The Workers’ Mic; Union Talk; Power Line Podcast
We Rise Fighting; Heartland Labor Forum; SAG-AFTRA Podcast; The Alberta Worker
Work Week Radio; Green & Red; Labor Radio on KBOO; ILO Future of Work; The Radical Songbook
Building Bridges Radio; Work Stoppage; Labor Heritage Power Hour; Heartland Labor Forum
Roswell Hub; Speaking of Work; OEA Grow; Working History
The Upsurge; Work Week Radio; BCTGM Voices Project; Working to Live In Southwest Washington
Union Talk; I AM Story; Union Dues; Stick Together; Tales from the Reuther Library
Working People; Solidarity Center Podcast; Power Line Podcast; Your Rights At Work
Work Week Radio; Heartland Labor Forum; Roswell Hub; America Works; Labor History Today
Stuck Nation Radio; PCTA FYRE; Voice of the People; Labor Radio WORT; Labor Exchange
The Workers’ Mic; Solidarity Breakfast; Work Week Radio; The Dig; Labor Jawn
Labor Radio; America’s Workforce Radio; Million Dollar Organizer; WestJet MEC PIREP; Construction User 2.0; We Rise Fighting
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