Labor Heritage Power Hour

This week’s labor news headlines

Broadcast on March 2, 2023
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Starbucks Violated Labor Law in Buffalo Union Drive, Judge RulesCaterpillar and UAW reach a tentative contract agreement, averting strikeUnion leaders hail Su nomination as new Labor SecretaryBrandon Johnson Is Heading to Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff as a Champion of the Working ClassHigh-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.
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The Buffalo Soldier who became a Filipino revolutionary

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.
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Strikes up 50% last year; Ukraine labor solidarity; EWL award-winners

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.
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Labor’s next generation

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

A rail worker’s warning

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

Bill Fletcher’s “Man Who Changed Colors”

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.
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Farmers market workers organize

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

Remembering Ralph Fasanella

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.
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500,000 strike in UK; wildlife defenders organize; grad students demand rights

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.
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DC Instacart workers owed $1.5m

Broadcast on January 26, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Economic Policy Institute Policy Analyst and Government Affairs Specialist Margaret Poydock on how Unionization increased by 200,000 in 2022; tens of millions more wanted to join a union, but couldn’t.
Emily Barth, Assistant Attorney General in the DC OAG’s Office of Consumer Protection on how Instacart workers who made deliveries in DC may be eligible for $150+ cash payments. Click here for details on how to file a claim. Deadline: March 25.
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