Labor Heritage Power Hour

Free Brittney Griner!

Broadcast on July 21, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock
Sportswriter DAVE ZIRIN on the campaign to free women’s basketball star Brittney Griner, an active member of the Women's National Basketball Players Association who’s been detained in Russia for five months. Zirin also talks about plans to write a biography of historian – and onetime union organizer -- Howard Zinn.
PLUS: ANTHONY ROMERO, UFCW 400 union rep, on getting out the union vote in Tuesday’s Maryland primary.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @EdgeofSports @UHLocal25 @unitehere #bringbrittneyhome @Swan_effects87

Back To The Way Things Were

Broadcast on July 14, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Velina Brown, director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s new live musical, Back To The Way Things Were, playing free in San Francisco parks through Labor Day: In a country where we can finally stop wearing masks to get pizza and go to the movies, and where we again have a president who isn’t dumb as a two dollar ham, hard-working, middle-aged liberals Ralph and Alice wistfully yearn for The before Times, when things seemed normal. But for Zoe - their twenty-something daughter who grew up in a world of climate change, housing crashes, student debt, the rise of dictatorships and the fall of democracies - there is no “better” to go back to. For her the purgatory of the last two years was just a pause from life in Hell. So what’s the point? Isn’t it easier to just give up?
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @SFTroupers

Primary GOTV; fairhotel.org

Broadcast on July 14, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
UFCW 1994’s Amy Millar reports on how labor is getting out the vote for the July 19 Maryland primary; UNITE HERE Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer Paul Schwalb on how to find a good union hotel on fairhotel.org, plus today’s labor news headlines.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @UFCW1994 @UHLocal25 @unitehere

Fighting for telework

Broadcast on July 7, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Sean Hendley, former president of AFSCME Local 3399, reports on how Takoma Park City Manager Jamal Fox has wasted more than $33,000 in city taxpayer funds on legal fees to fight a city employee’s request for six days of telework, which would have cost nothing. Plus labor news headlines: Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong; Production workers on “The Simpsons,” “American Dad!” and “Family Guy” secured voluntary recognition from 20th Television Animation after more than 90% of eligible workers voted to join The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839); I Got Fired for Unionizing at Starbucks. And I’d Do It Again.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Don’t count on the Supreme Court

Broadcast on July 7, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Labor historian Joe McCartin reminds us that counting on the Supreme Court to uphold key rights was always a mistake, and journalist podcaster Errol Schweizer tells us Why Worker Organizing Is So Essential To The Food Industry.
Plus original music from local folksinger Steve Jones.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @checkoutradio @GeorgetownKILWP

Putting the union in Union Kitchen

Broadcast on June 23, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
After months of delays by the boss, Union Kitchen workers have finally won union recognition; UFCW Local 400 organizer Travis Acton reports. Then, it’s Back To The Way Things Were, a brand-new live musical from our friends at the San Francisco Mime Troupe; Resident Playwright Michael Gene Sullivan joins us for a preview. Plus, Kathy M. Newman wonders what the Van Gogh Immersive Experience can tell us about the relationship between art, social class, and work.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @UFCW400 @UKworkersunited @_kathymnewman @SFTroupers

Power Concedes Nothing

Broadcast on June 9, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
How did our movements in the south flip key states against Trump, hold the line in Virginia, and make gains states like in Florida and Texas
against such great odds? The must-read book Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections” lays out the organizing work building up to the monumental 2020 election including what worked, what didn't, and how they approached the challenge of both "going broad" to win a crucial election and "digging deep" to build a base for long-term progressive change. Deepak Pateriya, Former Managing Director of Community Change Action, and a contributor to Power Concedes Nothing, joins us to discuss the book and the future of the struggle to win power at the ballot box.
Along with Vivian Chang, APALA's Civil Engagement & Racial Justice Coordinator and SEIU National Political Director Maria Peralta, Pateriya will be doing a book talk Tuesday, June 14 from 6pm – 8pm at the Takoma Park Busboys and Poets;
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @_convergencemag @DeepakPateriya1

Marching for our lives

Broadcast on June 9, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Washington Teachers Union president Jacqueline Pogue Lyons on Saturday’s March for Our Lives against gun violence (12 noon at the Washington Memorial). “Our union has taken on this issue for years,” says the American Federation of Teacher, “fighting to keep our schools, streets and communities safe from the public health crisis that is gun violence in America.”
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @WTUTeacher @AFTunion @AMarch4OurLives #EndGunViolenceNow

Labor Notes conference & the Great Labor Arts Exchange

Broadcast on June 2, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
The Great Labor Arts Exchange, usually held in Washington, DC, will be part of the annual Labor Notes conference coming up June 16th through 19th in Chicago. Judy Ancel, longtime producer/host at the Heartland Labor Forum radio show in Kansas City, and one of this year’s Joe Hill award-winners, joins us to report on both events as well as the role of labor radio and podcasts in the labor movement.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @laborradionet @labornotes conference #heartland_labor@laborradionet

June 18 March on Washington

The Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls is coming up on June 18 and has a lot of labor support; Roz Pelles and David Mott discuss the demand for a living wage, affordable health care, housing and a democracy that guarantees dignity and respect for all.Plus labor news headlines, including Starbucks Is the Country’s Worst Labor Law Violator, Carvana cuts 12% of their workforce over email and Zoom, and CEO-Worker Pay Gap Widens—And Employees Aren’t Happy About It.
Broadcast on June 2, 2022, hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @UniteThePoor #MoralMarch June 18 march and rally here in DC; #MeetUSInDC @WashingtonPPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign @AFLCIO @laborradionet