Solidarity, Mr. Frodo

This week on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, Chris Garlock checks in from Chicago, where the Labor Heritage Foundation is joining thousands of activists, artists, organizers and union members at the Great Labor Arts Exchange and the Labor Notes Conference. Follow the action all weekend on Labor Heritage Foundation social media.

We start with Harold Phillips' Labor Arts News, featuring SAG-AFTRA's new contract, a major union victory for public library workers in Kansas City, and a preview of labor arts events around the country.

Then we hear an inspiring AFL-CIO convention address from SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin, who reflects on his journey from actor to labor leader and explains why unions remain essential to democracy and worker power.

Next, we visit Seattle's remarkable labor mural with the Labor Archives of Washington, uncovering a story of preservation, solidarity, and anti-fascist labor history.

From America's Workforce, historian and union activist Max Krochmal discusses organizing higher education workers across the South and the lessons today's labor movement can learn from multiracial organizing campaigns in Texas and Louisiana.

We'll also visit Barre, Vermont's historic Socialist Labor Party Hall, one of the last surviving labor halls of its kind in America, and close with Labor History in Two on the downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the labor movement's struggle against the Red Scare.

Broadcast on June 11, 2026; hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman.
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network and syndicated on Pacifica’s Audioport.

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