Solidarity, Song, and the Last Human Job

This week on The Labor Heritage Power Hour, we bring you powerful voices from the frontlines of labor struggle and song. UAW President Shawn Fain accepts the 2025 Solidarity Forever Award with a stirring call to action: “Solidarity isn’t a slogan—it’s a muscle.” Plus, sociologist Allison Pugh joins us to discuss The Last Human Job, her new book on the vanishing art of connective labor—from therapists and teachers to VA counselors and hairdressers.

Also on the show: a Labor History Month crossover with the Labor History Today and Power At Work podcasts, as historians Joe McCartin and Veronica Martinez-Matsuda connect past and present struggles—from PATCO to Trump’s anti-worker agenda. And we remember radical songwriter T-Bone Slim, whose century-old labor ballads still resonate today.

Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock.
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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