Broadcast on March 2, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith In one of the largest series of labor-focused teach-ins in recent memory, academics have joined with workers, Gen Z activists, unions and others to launch “Labor Spring.” These events, held on college campuses and in communities nationwide from late February through early May, are clear outgrowths of the current moment’s surge in union organizing and pro-worker sentiment.  We talk with Dr. James Benton, director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, which launched the effort. Click here for a full list of planned events. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Broadcast on March 2, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Starbucks Violated Labor Law in Buffalo Union Drive, Judge Rules Caterpillar and UAW reach a tentative contract agreement, averting strike Union leaders hail Su nomination as new Labor Secretary Brandon Johnson Is Heading to Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff as a Champion of the Working Class High-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Broadcast on February 23, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Jon Melrod on the life and legacy of David Fagen, a Buffalo Soldier who became a Filipino revolutionary. A former auto worker, Melrod’s the author of Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War.   Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @JonathanMelrod

Broadcast on February 23, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith EPI policy analyst and government affairs specialist Margaret Poydock: Major strike activity increased nearly 50% in 2022. Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig: Labor joins Ukraine solidarity rally this Saturday at Lincoln Memorial. Evening with Labor award-winners Sam Epps, UNITE HERE 25 Political Director and IATSE 22’s Chuck Clay. Plus: Latest labor news headlines. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @unionveterans #Ukraine @EconomicPolicy @UHLocal25 @IATSELocal22

Broadcast on February 16, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock Elise Bryant on a new generation’s plans at the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the Labor Heritage Foundation. Plus an audio postcard from the Feb. 15 Prince George’s County building trades rally for a project labor agreement. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @CLUWNational @LaborHeritage1 @pgcd8_burroughs @KrystalOriadha @WalaBlegay @Progressive_MD @NABTU @Plumbers_5_DC Carpenters @smartunionworks

Broadcast on February 16, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock Live report from the Teamsters 639 picket line against Keolis Transit in Prince William County. Veteran railroader Fritz Edler says rail workers have been warning of the dangers of accidents like the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and why it matters to us all. Edler is a Special Rep for Railroad Workers United, and former local and regional officer of BLET-IBT. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @SafeTrainsNow @railroadworkers @KaminkowRon @theCP31 @KylePense @ChristensonGabe @JonahFurman @jfranz88 @LabourStartCanE @Dulabr @Marc_Perrone @JBarab @LN4S

Broadcast on February 9, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Back when he was an arc welder, longtime labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr fell 20 feet on the job; his second novel, The Man Who Changed Colors, imagines the story of another worker who didn’t survive the fall, exploring the complicated relationships between Cape Verdean Americans and African Americans, Portuguese fascist gangs, and abusive shipyard working conditions on Cape Cod. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod  @BillFletcherJr @hardballpress

Broadcast on February 9, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Pasha Fesenko and Jeslyn Zakes on why DC-area farmers market workers voted to unionize this week with UFCW Local 400 to form the FRESHFARM Workers Union. Plus: Harold Phillips, actor and fellow Labor Radio Podcast Network member, on the workplace safety issues raised by the recent charging of actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the tragic 2022 "Rust" shooting case. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod  @FRESHFARMunion @UFCW400 @haroldPDX @sagaftra

Broadcast on February 2, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Ralph Fasanella, a former UE organizer who became recognized as one of America’s greatest painters of working-class life and struggle, passed away twenty-five years ago, on December 16, 1997. UE Communications Director Jonathan Kissam talks about Fasanella’s life, art and commitment to the working class. Read his article here: Remembering Ralph Fasanella, UE Organizer and Painter of Working-Class Life and Struggle   Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman.   @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @ueunion @domesticleft

Broadcast on February 2, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Longtime labor activist  Sam Weinstein reports live from the UK on the Wednesday Walkout by 500,000 fed-up workers.  Defenders of Wildlife works to protect animals and plants but who protects the people who work there? We find out from Defenders United’s Erica Prather.  PhD candidates Jan-Michael Archer and Alexander Hoyle on how Maryland graduate student workers are fighting for union rights. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman.    @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @thericandback @defenders_staff @FSE_UMD