First published in 1981, Working Class Giant: The Life of William Z. Foster is the classic biography of the radical American labor organizer and Communist politician. A new edition includes a foreword by today’s guest, union activist and organizer Chris Townsend, who talks about how Foster’s life and legacy
continues to inspire a new generation of workers.
On this week’s Labor History in Two: Coxey’s Army Marches on the Nation’s Capitol (1894), and the day that updated National Labor Relations Board rules regarding the formation of new unions went into effect (2012).
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