Labor Heritage Power Hour

Getting it right on reopening schools; How the media abandoned the working class

Broadcast on August 13, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
This week's show:
Liz Davis, Washington Teacher’s Union; “Getting it Right: Reopening Our Nation’s Schools” (Saturday, August 15, 12-4p on WPFW and WBAI FM)Music: “Old School Mechanic,” by SpudWrenchChristopher Martin, Professor of Digital Journalism, University of Northern Iowa: author of "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class"Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Myke “The Man” Nasella

Worker wins and losses at DC City Council; 2020 Executive Paywatch report

Broadcast on August 6, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
This week's show:
Jews United For Justice DC Community Organizer Zach Weinstein on “Wins, losses and a few things in-between: highlights from this year’s DC City Council”; read the report here.
AFL-CIO Deputy Director, Corporations and Capital Markets Brandon Rees on “1,000-to-1 Pay Ratio CEOs Furlough Workers”; the AFL-CIO's 2020 Executive Paywatch report.
Tales of the Resistance, an original radio serial from the San Francisco Mime Troupe. This week's episode: “The Good Cop.”
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Myke “The Man” Nasella

Tales of the Resistance (Episodes 1 & 2)

Broadcast on July 30, 2020
Chris Garlock and Ed Smith are off this week; they’ll be back next week with the latest labor news, guests and updates, plus of course your calls about your rights on the job.
Today, catch up on Tales of the Resistance, the radio serial we’ve been running from the wonderful San Francisco Mime Troupe, featuring political comedy, biting satire, and catchy original music. The stories are all about workers fighting back in creative ways, perfect for these days.
Here are the first two episodes; we’ll be back next week with the third!Episode 1: Jade, For Hire! Looking for work during a race and class war ain’t easy, But why was "Derrick" fired in the first place? And what is the secret of...Jamazon.com?Episode 2: Novice Nurse: Susie Terse and "The Price of Infection." Can Nurse Susie find a way to deliver vital antiviral medicine while navigating hospital bureaucracy while fending off the corrupt Capitalist Healthcare Conspiracy?
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineering by Michael Nasella

Union-busting at the Scholars Strategy Network

Broadcast on July 23, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock
This week's show:
A tribute to John Lewis, the American politician and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020 from pancreatic cancer.
Kayla Blado, president of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), on union-busting at the pro-democracy Scholars Strategy Network.News headlines: 18 ways to be a hero (by supporting the HEROES ACT)
Plus: Episode 2 of Tales of the Resistance, an original radio serial from the San Francisco Mime Troupe. This week: Novice Nurse: Susie Terse and "The Price of Infection."
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Myke “The Man” Nasella

VA first to issue standard to protect workers from COVID-19

Broadcast on July 16, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show: Doris Crouse-Mays, Virginia AFL-CIO President: Virginia Issues an Emergency Temporary Workplace Standard to Protect Workers from COVID-19
MUSIC: Fight The Power; Public Enemy Joe McCartin & Sara Myklebust, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor: An Interactive Tool for Building Power: Contract Map
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Myke “The Man” Nasella

SF Mime Troupe’s “Tales of the Resistance”

Broadcast on July 9, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show:
Latest labor news updates, including what’s happening with the proposed East End Hospital and the NLRB says the boss can search your car!
Plus: Tales of the Resistance, an original radio serial from the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Today’s episode: JADE, FOR HIRE! Looking for work during a race and class war ain’t easy, But why was "Derrick" fired in the first place? And what is the secret of...Jamazon.com?
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Myke “The Man” Nasella

Union democracy at the Homestead Steel Mill; Remembering Dr. Howard Croft

Broadcast on July 2, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show:
MIKE STOUT, author, Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years ― Local 1397 and the Fight for Union Democracy (PM Press).Remembering DR. HOWARD CROFT, the longtime social justice activist in Washington DC, who recently died of COVID-19. Excerpted from the June 29 broadcast of To Heal DC on WPFW 89.3 FM; hosted and produced by Joni Eisenberg
Music: Occupy the song-Mike Stout
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella

Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment

Broadcast on June 25, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show:ERIN HATTON, author, Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment
MLOV’s MEGAN MACARAEG on the DC Excluded Workers Rally coming up Monday, June 29
Poem: "Ready To Kill" by Carl Sandburg, performed by ELISE BRYANT, Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and president of the Coalition of Labor Union Women
Music: You About to Lose Your Job ( Original Remix )
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella

SCOTUS bans LGBTQ workplace discrimination; meet new MWC president Dyana Forester

Broadcast on June 18, 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show:
JERAME DAVIS, Executive Director, Pride@WorkANNE BALAY, teacher, activist and author of “Steel Closets” and “Semi Queer” Music: I Walk The Line: Sophie HansonDYANA FORESTER, new President of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella

Music to start a revolution!

Broadcast on June 11 2020
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show:
Music to start a revolution. Plus, listener music calls and suggestions.
Music:
A Change Is Gonna Come (Aretha Franklin)
Power Martin Luther King Jr. Type_Beat
Rosa Parks Equality Song (Horrible Histories)
This Little Light of Mine (Fannie Lou Hamer) $20 Bill (for George Floyd); Tom Prasada-Rao
None of Us Are Free (DC Labor Chorus)
Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around (The Roots from The Soundtrack For A Revolution)
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineering by Jerry Paris