Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

55:00

Something’s Cooking on the Shop Floor

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/10/03

On The Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Grocery stores, warehouses and auto parts counters—different workplaces, familiar frustrations, and workers organizing for a say.On Grocery Nerds, a worker and a union organizer describe the fight at California’s Mother’s Market, where the company’s feel-good image clashes with workers’ experiences. The Garage Mind hears from a slot-machine technician organizing with Teamsters Local 710 over low wages, costly healthcare, safety concerns and expanding duties. And

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55:00

Organizing Everywhere

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/09/25

On the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor Force connects organizing fights across industries; Boiling Point examines a proposed $5,000 “Trump Dividend”; and El Cafecito del Día looks at affordability for Latino families. The Powerline Podcast tackles mental health in the trades, The Future of Work looks to space for lessons about decent jobs, and Working History returns. Plus, Shows You Should Know.Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

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59:26

Ironworkers, Tunnel Workers and a Fight for 2,500 Jobs

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/09/19

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Wealthy Ironworker honors the ironworkers who responded to 9/11; Alberta Worker explores LHF’s Labor Landmarks Map; and On the Line recounts immigrant tunnel workers’ landmark fight against wage discrimination. Plus, a Korean logistics union prepares to strike on LabourStart, Labor Notes reports on 2,500 workers fighting Tyson’s sudden Illinois plant closure, and Power At Work welcomes a mystery guest (Hint: his name isn’t on the Kennedy Center)

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57:26

Labor Day Lessons: Organizing, History and Holding...

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/09/11

On the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: On The SAG-AFTRA Podcast, Sean Astin and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler discuss the state of America’s labor movement. Engage explores how labor history shaped the piloting profession and why Delta pilots are determined to protect their hard-won contract rights. Green and Red talks with 9to5 co-founder Karen Nussbaum about organizing women office workers and the movement that inspired Dolly Parton’s classic film and song.Then, The Heartland Labor Forum speaks with

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58:00

Labor Day Around the Working World

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/09/04

On this special Labor Day edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, working people share stories of skill, struggle and power—from an Asbury Park beach to a nuclear-waste facility more than 2,000 feet underground.Project Labor meets veteran lifeguard Joe Bongiovanni, who explains why saving lives begins long before anyone needs rescuing. On The Alberta Worker Podcast, journalist Ximena Gonzalez recalls the all-night architecture job that showed her exactly why workers organize. Australia’s

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54:44

Surveillance Won’t Stop Solidarity

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/08/28

On this week’s Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: Labor Force and Labor Notes report on federal surveillance and investigations targeting Minnesota union members resisting immigration raids—and the workers refusing to be intimidated.Work Stoppage covers investigations into a suspected company union; Grocery Nerds talks with Cleanup on Aisle Five author Ann Larson about poverty wages, corporate power and solidarity in the grocery industry. Union or Bust meets San Diego Zoo artists who organized with IATSE

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55:00

Your Weekly Shot of Hope: Labor Media from the Streets

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/08/21

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips bring you another grassroots antidote to corporate media, featuring selections from across the Labor Radio Podcast Network’s more than 200 shows.On Labor Radio on KBOO, Michael Cathcart and Elliott Gilliland examine Labor Secretary nominee Keith Sonderling’s management-side background and support for employer self-policing. America’s Workforce Union Podcast traces labor’s central role in the decades-long

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55:01

Red Scares and Union Fights

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/08/14

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Next Gen Carriers on The Valley Labor Report reports on challenges to letter-carrier union leadership; Maryland Labor History explains a Baltimore museum’s new name; Apple Box Talks meets visual effects workers; Garage Mind exposes dangerous corporate shortcuts; The Solidarity Podcast warns of a threat to public-sector bargaining; and Green & Red takes on America’s renewed Red Scare. Plus, Shows You Should Know! Subscribe, listen, and follow us

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60:08

From Riot Dogs to Radio Waves

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/08/08

This week on Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: Filipino migrant workers fight back against union busting in Taiwan, protesters and their canine comrades take to the streets in Chile and Greece, and labor activists revisit the legacy of the Qatar World Cup as workers ask whether conditions have improved. Plus, organizing at Colorado's historic Hotel Boulderado, the closure of an Alabama tire plant, and a conversation about building worker power through independent radio. On LabourStart, Lennon Wang of the

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52:25

Worker Power From Cincinnati to Chennai

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/07/31

This week on Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly, Boiling Point explores hospitality-worker organizing in Cincinnati and celebrates its 100th episode; Blue Collar News launches a new series on Native workers in Montana's skilled trades; Wealthy Ironworker decodes construction contracts; and Re:Work follows an Indian auto-rickshaw driver who became a union leader. Plus, On the Line tells the story of Canadian volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, while The Workers' Mic covers the Ashland Specialty Chemicals

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55:07

Special “Deep Cuts” Edition: Continent of Resistance...

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/07/24

This week's special edition of Labor Radio Podcast Weekly features extended excerpts from two outstanding shows on the Labor Radio Podcast Network instead of the usual sampler format.First, Continent of Resistance explores what it means to rewrite the culture of labor movements. The discussion argues that strong organizing depends on healthy relationships, democratic decision-making, collective care, and a culture of solidarity that welcomes new workers and builds resilient movements. Then, The

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55:31

On Strike, On Stage, On TikTok

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/07/18

On the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Work Week Radio: ILWU Local 6 members take on C&H Sugar in a strike over jobs, safety and respect. Blue Collar News: Terrie Trettenback examines the case of a worker at Hometown Harvest Foods and what it says about workplace rights. Grocery Nerds: Why ALDI is winning the U.S. grocery war—and what it means for workers and shoppers. Labor Notes Podcast: Highlights from the live show at the 2026 Labor Notes Conference. My Labor Radio: TikTok creator Joe Lundequam

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55:00

From Heat Waves to Toy Story: Workers Organize the...

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/07/10

On the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Roswell Hub — Teamsters discuss surviving extreme heat on the job and the contract rights that can save workers' lives. Labor Force — AI, gig work, engineering, ports, and video games all point to one conclusion: workers are organizing to shape the future of work. The Workers Mic — Teamsters launch the nation's first cannabis industry strike as workers fight for a first contract. Pipe Up — A 19-year-old union apprentice prepares to represent the UA and the U.S. at

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54:59

First Contracts, Strike Data & Starbucks Organizing

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/07/03

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Work Stoppage examines the Faster Labor Contracts Act and whether it could finally speed first-contract negotiations. Reinventing Solidarity digs into the Labor Action Tracker's latest findings on strikes and labor militancy. Labor Radio on KBOO checks in with Oregon university workers preparing for a possible strike, while Grocery Nerds talks with Dr. Bronner's CEO David Bronner about worker justice and regenerative business. Plus: the Manufacturing

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55:00

LIVE from Labor Notes: The Work Continues

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/06/27

Winning a strike. Building a union. Defending organizers. This week on Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, we hear why the real work begins after the victory. LaborForce recaps the action at this year’s Labor Notes, plus live from the stage, UAW Local 2093's John Krause about the American Axle strike that delivered every demand after 18 years of concessions. Working People: Hamilton Nolan and Alex Press ask why union membership fell during the most pro-union administration in decades—and what organized

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55:29

Power, Pride, and Solidarity

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/06/19

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: the Labor Heritage Power Hour live from last weekend’s Great Labor Arts Exchange at Labor Notes to explore how culture builds worker power; Grocery Nerds talks Whole Foods union organizing; Economics for the People examines labor organizing in newsrooms; Next Generation Carriers celebrates Pride Month and queer labor history; and Class Matters revisits the Labor Party experiment 30 years later. Plus Shows You Should Know and Chris, Harold and Patrick

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55:00

The Pope, AI and the Future of Work

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/06/05

Artificial intelligence dominates this week's Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly. The Workers Mic examines Pope Leo XIV's call to protect the dignity of work in the age of AI, while WorkWeek Radio, the International Labour Organization's Future of Work podcast, and Working Voices explore automation, inequality, workplace surveillance, and who benefits from the rapid deployment of new technologies.Then we step away from AI for a look at the human side of work, as Project Labor profiles a funeral director

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55:00

Workers Speak for Themselves

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/05/31

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor Radio on KBOO talks with workers organizing at a gender-affirming care clinic, Riverside Rank and File explores union organizing at Amazon, Solidarity Breakfast marks National Sorry Day with Indigenous activists in Australia, Heartland Labor Forum talks with retiring Texas AFL-CIO leader Rick Levy, El Cafecito del Día examines the history of mass deportations and mixed-status families, and Say Watt explores the core beliefs that shape our lives

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55:01

Coal Dust and Coffee Shops

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/05/23

This week on the Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly, we feature stories from across the Labor Radio Podcast Network on coal miners, grassroots democracy movements, labor media, Starbucks organizing, labor music, and more.Working People: Labor journalist Kim Kelly reports on the Trump administration’s weakening of mine safety protections, exacerbating the black lung crisis and jeopardizing coal miners' health. Green and Red: Anthropologist Ida Susser discusses France’s Yellow Vest movement, highlighting

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55:00

Boycotts, Burnouts and Breakthroughs

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly ·

2026/05/16

This week on the Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: REI workers launch a nationwide boycott campaign after stalled bargaining talks, Alabama lawmakers battle over voting rights and representation, Brookfield Zoo workers score a contract breakthrough after a strike threat, Montana nurses discuss burnout and staffing shortages, and Cincinnati labor activists talk about connecting unions to broader community life.Featuring clips from The Union Bug, The Valley Labor Report, The Workers Mic, Blue Collar News

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