Whose History Gets Told?

About this episode

This episode discusses the narratives included in American history, focusing on labor movements and significant strikes led by marginalized groups.

On this week’s edition of Labor History Today: the People’s 250 campaign asks whose stories belong in America’s history, from the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike to today’s fights for worker dignity and democracy. Then historian Eric Bernardino joins America’s Work Force Radio to discuss the massive 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike led largely by Mexican women workers and fiery organizer Emma Tenayuca. Plus: the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum’s “Courage in the Hollers” labor history trail, Birmingham unionists who stopped a Klan church bombing, and this week’s Labor History in Two on the historic 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike. Questions, comments, or suggestions? Contact us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation in partnership with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle…

People in this episode

Guest: Eric Bernardino

Topics covered

• labor history
• worker dignity
• democracy
• strikes
• women workers
• historical narratives

Keywords

• labor history
• Memphis sanitation strike
• San Antonio pecan shellers strike
• Emma Tenayuca
• Minneapolis Teamsters strike
• worker dignity
• democracy

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