Mill workers have now been out on strike for over a month in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; The Checkout Radio talks with Bakery Workers International Rep Jason Davis to find out why.
Union construction workers and members of the fire and police departments in New York City developed a strong bond working together
on New York’s 9/11 recovery mission. Years later, many of them are now retired, and they’re putting their knowledge and skills to work to help those in need. On the latest Union Strong podcast, Bill Keegan, founder and president of HEART 9/11 talks about the mission of the organization and what drives workers to pay it forward.
In June of this year, more than 100 Apple store employees in Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, making it the first Apple store to unionize. Their union is called the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (or AppleCORE), and The Empathy Media Lab podcast talks with Apple Core Union’s Billy Jarboe.
From El Cafecito del Día, “organizing while undocumented”; how undocumented workers can benefit from the higher wages, benefits and protections that come with a union contract.
Next, we go to Australia for Solidarity Breakfast’s interview with Forest Defenders against VicForests, and find out why ordinary people need to take radical action to defend nature.
Our final segment takes us to Colombia, where union activist and labor lawyer Mery Laura Perdomo told the Solidarity Center Podcast how a vibrant labor movement is the key to thriving democracies because unions reduce economic inequality, strengthen the social safety net and unite diverse groups.
Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below.
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.
#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @checkoutradio @nysaflcio @empathymedialab @3CRsolidarity @LCLAA @SolidarityCntr
Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.
America’s Workforce Radio; Heartland Labor Forum; It’s Time Live; Labor Force; America Works
The Valley Labor Report; Work Stoppage; 3rd & Fairfax; On This Day in Working Class History; Labor History in 2:00
Work Week Radio; IAM Delta; PFFA Pod; OEA Grow; El Cafecito del Día
The State of Working America; Union Strong; Black Work Talk; RadioLabour; Labor Heritage Power Hour
The Rick Smith Show; RadioLabour; Union Talk; Union or Bust; The Check Out
Labor Radio (WORT), Work Stoppage, America’s Workforce Radio, Roswell Hub, Stick Together, Working Voices
The altar of the testing god
School Me; The Bipartisan Buzz, The Construction User 2.0; It’s Time! Live!; The Workers’ Speculative Society
Stick Together; Power at Work; Heartland Labor Forum; Tales from the Reuther Library
Communicating with You, the Member; You Are The Current Resident; Madison Labor Radio; Labor Radio on KBOO; Heartland Labor Forum
Work Week Radio; Working Voices; Bridging The Iron; El Cafecito del Día; AAUP Presents
Black Work Talk; Heartland Labor Forum; On The Line; Solidarity Works; Solidarity Breakfast
Green and Red; UAW 1700 Podcast; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; Union Dues; Red Dead Redemption
Equal Rights and Justice; America Works; Labor History in 2:00; Labor Heritage Power Hour
Working Voices; Working People; Labor Jawn; Labor Force; Stick Together
Labor Radio; Labor Exchange; America’s Workforce Radio; Union Talk; RadioLabour
The strike edition!
A meat cutter runs for office
Strikes, tech discrimination and how to pack your bags
Breakthrough in UAW strike
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Pharmacy Podcast Network
Børsen Morgenbriefing
Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers
Wall Street Breakfast
Money Talks from The Economist