Labor Heritage Power Hour

Union-The Film

Union co-director Stephen Maing and cinematographer Martin DiCicco on their new film about the historic Amazon Labor Union victory (screens 6/15 in DC); labor poetry from union organizer Jessen Fox; Chris visits the Kate Mullany House; and in our latest Story Behind the Song series, Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou on her Ballad of Min Mathesun. PLUS: We launch our Labor Heritage Power Hour Theme Song Contest!Broadcast on June 13, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

“Labor’s Turning Point”

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes, which changed the course of history and the lives of tens of thousands of working people. On today’s show, an excerpt from “Labor’s Turning Point,” a documentary on the strike.
Then we tour Collective Action: Labor Activism in 21st Century Baltimore, a bold new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Industry exploring the historic and contemporary organized labor movement.
On Labor History in 2:00: Striking Toledo Auto-Lite workers OK a dealBroadcast on June 6, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@BMIatWork @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Favorite labor songs

Chris & Elise play labor songs requested by listeners, including talkin’ bout a revolution (Tracy Chapman), Chain Gang (Sam Cooke), Union Maid (Anne Feeney) and Solidarity Forever (Billy Bragg). Broadcast on May 30, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.Please support the program by pledging generously to WPFW’s spring pledge drive: call 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or pledge online (be sure to scroll down and select “The Labor Heritage Power Hour”).Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

“The Black Wobbly” gets a mural

A mural celebrating Ben Fletcher – “The Black Wobbly” – was unveiled in Philadelphia on May 18; check out our audio postcard.On this week’s Labor History in Two: Remembering C.L.R. James
Broadcast on May 23, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.Please support the program by pledging generously to WPFW’s spring pledge drive: call 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or pledge online (be sure to scroll down and select “The Labor Heritage Power Hour”).Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@IWW @ProfPeterCole @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

The Crab Pickers Strike; Mural of a Black Wobbly

In 1938, 600 crab pickers struck for higher wages and a union in Crisfield, Maryland; on today’s show, an audio postcard from the May 10 dedication of an official state historical marker commemorating the strike. Then, we talk with historian Peter Cole, author of Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly, whose work inspired the new Ben Fletcher mural being dedicated on May 18 in Philadelphia. Our “Story Behind the Song” feature returns today with Emily Jo Tanzey, one of our 2023 Great Labor Arts Exchange song contest winners; today she tells us the story behind her song “Solidarity is the Only Thing We Need.”  And, on Labor History in Two: The year was 1913; that was the day Philadelphia longshoremen walked off the job.

Mother Jones, Russell Lee & Solidarity Forever

This week's show: Live from the 2024 LHF Solidarity Forever Awards honoring AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond and retiring LHF Executive Director Elise Bryant; a visit to the annual wreath-laying at the Mother Jones historical marker; clips from the DC Labor Chorus May Day Concert; host Chris Garlock visits the National Archives with photojournalist Earl Dotter to take a look at a new exhibit, "Power & Light: Russell Lee's Coal Survey". Plus, new music from the R.J. Phillips Band, and, on Labor History in Two: The Battle of Harlan & Popeye Was a Union Man. Broadcast on May 9, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@AFLCIO @STRedmond @LaborHeritage1 @LaborHistoryin2 @wpfwdc #1u #unions #laborradiopod

“We Mean to Make Things Over”

Fred Glass on the May Day history exhibit based on the “We Mean to Make Things Over” video; Seafarers president Dave Heindel shares his favorite labor song; 2024 LHF Joe Hill Award-winner Labor Notes editor Alexandra Bradbury on why labor art matters; Metro DC DSA’s Zach Tashman on the May 11 DC Labor History Walking Tour & Happy Hour. And on Labor History in 2:00: May Day marchers attacked in Cleveland.Broadcast on May 2, 2024 on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, DC. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@mdc_dsa @labornotes @al_bradbury @SeafarersUnion @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

LIVE from the Great Labor Arts Exchange!

Highlights from Saturday night’s concert at the Great Labor Arts Exchange in Chicago, a preview of the DC Labor FilmFest’s Opening Night screening of The Old Oak, and Elise remembers Ed Smith and Dennis Serrette. Plus: The California Spinach Riot. Get LHF’s free weekly newsletter here and subscribe the Labor Notes here.Broadcast on April 25, 2024. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@labornotes @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

The Return of John Brown

Abolitionist John Brown is mistaken for a Black Lives Matter activist in Gene Bruskin’s latest labor musical, Matewan and Office Space return to the DC Labor FilmFest, and a tour guide keeps Black worker history alive.   Broadcast on April 18, 2024 on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington DC. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@AFISilver @librarycongress @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Labor FilmFest, union photos, Coal Mining Woman

This week's show: Previewing the 2024 DC Labor FilmFest, winners of the IBEW’s annual photo contest, Si Kahn on Coal Mining Woman. Plus: celebrating the UFW’s Dolores HuertaBroadcast on April 11, 2024; Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise BryantProduced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@AFISilver @IBEW @UFWupdates @DoloresHuertaFD
#SiSePuede @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod