Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, guest co-hosts Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Danielle Smith from the Labor Notes Podcast join the crew to celebrate their show’s first anniversary. They reflect on a year of sharing rank-and-file organizing stories and explain why hearing directly from workers has become a source of hope during turbulent times. We also feature highlights from across the Labor Radio Podcast Network: Madison Labor Radio reports from Calumet, Michigan, where organizers are raising funds for a life-sized statue honoring Big Annie Clements, the early 20th-century miner’s union organizer who led thousands during the 1913 copper strike. The Voice Podcast looks back at the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, remembering the workers whose deaths sparked sweeping workplace safety reforms and helped fuel the growth of the labor movement. America Works shares the story of Robert O’Keefe, a nurse and Marine veteran who describes caring for fellow veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic and why serving veterans remains a calling. On the Line talks with United Educators of San Francisco leader Natalie Rey about the union’s historic four-day strike — the first since 1979 — and how organizing, member engagement, and community support helped educators win key demands. The SAG-AFTRA Podcast takes a humorous look at artificial intelligence in acting. Director Sergio Cilli explains how his viral “AI audition” videos reveal that AI actors still can’t manage simple human tasks — like loading a dishwasher. Plus, in our speed Shows You Should Know round, we highlight more shows across the network, including Working Voices, The Labor Show with Jim Snell, The Concrete Gang, Future of Work, Pipe Up, and Power Line Podcast. As always, you can find links to every show featured this week at laborradionetwork.org. 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: On Work Week Radio, more than 6,500 San Francisco educators strike for living wages, safe staffing, and protections for immigrant students.From Labor Radio on KBOO FM, Portland Community College faculty describe their contract fight and readiness to strike for the first time in school history.A frontline nurse on Riverside Rank & File explains why 30,000 Kaiser healthcare workers are striking over patient safety and staffing levels.Unite & Win shares strategies for protecting immigrant workers amid growing political pressure.From Labor History in 2:00: MADISON!And on Labor History Today, we explore how labor memory survives through the new Labor Landmarks Map.Plus, in Shows You Should Know, highlights from Boiling Point, Labor Force, The Workers’ Mic, El Cafecito del Dia, and Roswell Hub. Find links to every show at laborradionetwork.org and follow #LaborRadioPod on social media. 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org@labormedianow @kboo #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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. Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor Notes Podcast — Minnesota workers organize a mass day of action as ICE activity turns immigration enforcement into an unavoidable workplace issue. Words & Work — USL soccer players use the championship spotlight to demand a real CBA, healthcare, and basic professional standards. America Works — Nurse practitioner Tracy Augusta connects holistic health, spirituality, and the labor history of Black caregiving. The SAG-AFTRA Podcast — Performers break down new AI protections, digital replica rules, and what producers can—and cannot—do without consent. Labor Express Radio — A documentary filmmaker and UAW activists recount corruption, job selling, and the rank-and-file movement that reclaimed union democracy. Plus Shows You Should Know: El Cafecito del Día — youth activism and love-in-action organizing; Green and Red Podcast — general strikes, May Day, and class-conscious storytelling; The Concrete Gang — construction industry news and a CFMEU victory; Pipe Up — Black leadership in the pipe trades; Union Or Bust — nurses on the Kaiser strikes; The Valley Labor Report — a Volkswagen win in Chattanooga. 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, shows across the Network spotlight the Minneapolis General Strike and a growing wave of worker resistance and organizing. We hear from Workers Beat Extra, Voice of the People, and Work Stoppage on what’s happening in Minnesota and why it matters nationally. The Manufacturing Report looks at ethical U.S. manufacturing, while Solidarity Works honors Pete Seeger’s legacy of music and movement-building. Shows You Should Know highlights include new episodes from The SAG-AFTRA Podcast, Blue Collar News, Talk The TAUC, and Unite And Win. 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIOHelp 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. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, we bring you voices from across the labor movement grappling with state violence, organizing under pressure, and the fight to protect workers’ power—on the streets, in the workplace, and in the digital economy. 🔹 The Rick Smith Show: Journalist Amanda Moore reports from Minneapolis, where ICE and Border Patrol operations have escalated into street-level raids that are traumatizing entire communities—not just those being detained. 🔹 Worker Power Hour: On this show from the Teamsters 1932 Broadcast Network, Randy Corrigan and steward Jason Nugent talk about what workers should be demanding in 2026: affordable healthcare, wage increases that beat inflation, and dignity backed by strong union contracts. 🔹 Counter App: This episode digs into “Uberization”—how digital labor platforms spread precarious work across industries, the warning signs to watch for, and how unions can respond before jobs are broken into tasks and controlled by algorithms. 🔹 The Valley Labor Report: From the largest union talk radio program in the South, Julie Prill of the Painters and Allied Trades shares how house calls, internal organizing, and honest conversations helped unionize more than 200 workers at a Mississippi shipyard. 🔹 Labor History Today: Historian Martin Wright, co-author of Made by Labour, explores labor history through objects—banners, lockboxes, and visual culture—that reveal how workers understood power, solidarity, and self-organization.BONUS TRACK: Labor History in 2: Packinghouse Workers Join the ‘46 Strike Wave. 🎧 About the Weekly: The Labor Radio Podcast Weekly is your roundup from the 200+ shows in the Labor Radio Podcast Network, sharing the best new episodes each week. 🔗 Find links to every show at laborradionetwork.org📣 Follow #LaborRadioPod on Bluesky, X, Facebook, and Instagram✉️ Contact us: info@laborradionetwork.org ✊ Solidarity works! Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below.Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, we wrap up our Best of the Year series with another round of standout episodes—chosen by producers and hosts across the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Highlights include deep Midwest reporting from Heartland Labor Forum; urgent political and cultural conversations from The Green and Red Podcast; working-class reflection and debate from The Wealthy Ironworker; and sustained local labor reporting from Boiling Point. We also share Best of selections from Labor History Today, connecting centuries of labor struggle to today’s fights, and we close with Work Stoppage—bringing sharp analysis, humor, and unapologetic class politics to the Network. Find links to every episode featured this week on the Labor Radio Podcast Network socials, and 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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. Edited and produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly takes a wide-angle look at where labor power is showing up right now—on the shop floor, in politics, in culture, and across the media landscape. We start on The Workers’ Mic, where hosts are joined by The Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Chris Garlock and Harold Phillips to talk about why independent labor media matters and how the Network connects worker struggles across industries and regions.From there, The Dig digs into the political moment, with Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, and Waleed Shahid examining the liberal resistance’s sharp left turn and what it means for organizing and strategy moving forward. On Labor Radio from WORT in Madison, it’s a packed labor news roundup—from state worker rallies and dairy workers authorizing a strike to Starbucks organizing wins and fights over school voucher transparency. We also hear from Heartland Labor Forum, which takes on the often-overlooked issue of mental health in the labor movement, spotlighting union-led programs that support members and their families. Our unusual pick this week comes from the Power Line Podcast, featuring a tailgate conversation with Austin Carr—known online as “America’s Favorite Lineman”—on life in the trades and how social media is reshaping work and identity.Plus, in our Shows You Should Know speed round, we spotlight more voices across the Network, including The Wealthy Ironworker, Boiling Point, RadioLabour Canada, El Cafecito del Día, and The CWA Hour of Power, and we pause to remember Ken Nash of Building Bridges. 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org@thedigradio @powerlinepodcast @coalition_labor @Heartland_Labor#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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. Produced by Chris Garlock, edited by Patrick Dixon, social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This Week on the Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: From a mass climate-justice blockade in Australia to the hidden labor history of British Columbia’s fruit-packing women, this week’s episode ranges across the movement to bring you standout stories from the Labor Radio Podcast Network. We kick things off with Solidarity Breakfast, reporting from Newcastle’s Rising Tide camp, where thousands gathered to shut down the world’s largest coal port. Then, Power at Work digs into the escalating fight over Amazon as New Jersey’s attorney general sues the company for violating worker-protection laws, with Teamsters organizer Randy Korgan connecting the legal battle to on-the-ground organizing. Public media writers join On Writing to break down the growing threats to free speech and funding in public broadcasting, while Tales from the Reuther Library features AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson on why labor history is a critical tool in today’s contract fights. Finally, On The Line brings us the story of the “Apple Box Belles,” the union women who powered BC’s fruit-packing plants for decades. Plus: our “Shows You Should Know” speed-round segment highlights more excellent episodes across the Network. 👉 Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org@3CRsolidarity @PowerAtWorkBlog @OnWritingWGAE @ReutherLibrary @BC_LHC #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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. The Labor Radio Podcast Weekly is produced by the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Member podcasts are independently produced. Opinions expressed do not represent the Network.Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.