In March 2021, workers at the Mariposa Food Co-Op in West Philly formed a union with UFCW Local 1776. Today, they're working to build more power in order to make Mariposa into an even better place to work.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

In 1903, all building construction in Philadelphia was brought to a grinding halt when just a few thousand carpenters showed the power of their union. Music: Cosmopolitan Man by Dominic Behan, arranged and performed by Young Sam James.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

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Farm workers have always been mistreated, but in 1938 the CIO fought to change that at a farm in Morrisville, PA. Music: Cotton King's Rock Island (Lead Belly Medley), arranged and performed by Young Sam James.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

When cloakmakers in New York struck for union recognition, their comrades in Philly joined in, bolstered by local Jewish anarchists. Music: Work of the Weavers, arranged and performed by Young Sam James.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

Libertarians, Goodfellas, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the fun economic theories of late-18th century America. Join our Patreon for more bonus goodies! https://www.patreon.com/laborjawnSupport the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

By 1941, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee had led successful union drives across most of the US Steel industry. But can they break into Bethlehem Steel when $1billion in defense contracts are hanging in the balance? Music: Steelworkers Are We, adapted and performed by Young Sam James.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

For Christmas, we're giving you coal. Bootleg coal to be exact! We sit down and talk with Mitch Troutman, organizer and author of The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry, 1925–1942.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

When the United Textile Workers of America declared a general textile strike in 1934, the people of Hazleton, Pennsylvania had a choice: would they stand with the textile workers, or the bosses? Music: Little Black Train, arranged and performed by Young Sam James.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn

In September 1987, the Philadelphia Eagles and the National Football League Players Association walked off the field and onto the picket line. Demanding better benefits, conditions, and wages these football players knew that they were going to have a long fight ahead of them. Over the next 5 weeks, the striking Eagles battled scab players, the NFL, and worst of all, the Dallas Cowboys. Music: Fight Union Fight (Fly Eagles Fly by Charles Borrelli and Roger Courtland), adapted and performed by Young Sam James.Support the showhttps://linktr.ee/laborjawn