Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: it’s all about power — who’s got it, who’s lost it, and how working people are organizing to take it back. On the Labor Notes Podcast, federal workers push back against executive overreach and call out politicians who pretend they’re powerless. Workers Beat Extra dives into divisions inside the labor movement. The Bipartisan Buzz breaks down what postal workers can and can’t do under the Hatch Act. Union Strong spotlights the WNBA Players Association’s fight for equal pay and better facilities. And from South Africa’s Buwa Basebetsi, the Casual Workers Advice Office tells the story of the Unpaid Benefits Campaign — a fight to reclaim billions owed to workers and families. We also say farewell — for now — to the Buwa Basebetsi crew, whose final episode marks the end of a great run. Special thanks to Charles Leonard, a regular at our weekly Network meetings, for his solidarity and storytelling. Plus in Shows You Should Know: Classes of Mail takes on USPS safety guides and the finer points of curbing wheels. My Labor Radio talks trades and tunes with IUOE 369’s Sammy Cossairt. Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots explores hotel quirks in the “layover landscape.” Labor Radio on KBOO takes you to the Kaiser strike line. 🎧 Listen to all these and 200+ more shows at laborradionetwork.org 💬 Follow #LaborRadioPod on Bluesky, X, Facebook, and Instagram. 👕 Support the Network with union-made T-shirts — two colors, all sizes — at laborradionetwork.org. Recorded under a SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement. Edited by Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media by Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: The Line on record-breaking membership growth; Talk the TAUC on bridging labor and tech in megaprojects; Work Week Radio covers a protest against Amazon's landlord Prologis's plan to build a massive E-Commerce warehouse in the San Francisco Bayview neighborhood; Boiling Point investigates ICE and its pattern of unlawful and problematic behaviors; The Flight Deck explores how the new United pilot uniform came to life. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @labormedianow @UnitedPilots #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Work Stoppage: 32,000 Michigan home healthcare workers win SEIU recognition with a 73% “yes” vote and gear up to bargain with the state. Radio Labour Canada: CUPE re-elects Mark Hancock, announces 800,000 members, and vows to fight back-to-work orders and a right-wing federal agenda. Machinists 141 Connections: Inside JetBlue ramp organizing: why workers want a union and how an in-shop committee is building power. Labor History Today: The 1948 Donora “Death Fog”: how a Pennsylvania smog disaster reshaped U.S. thinking on work, health, and environmental accountability. Plus, on Shows You Should Know: Labor Force, Working People, Labor Notes Podcast, Heartland Labor Forum, Tales from the Reuther Library, Talk The TAUC, Labor Heritage Power Hour. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @WorkStoppage @radiolabour#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Working People — Max Alvarez follows up with two HUD whistleblowers who were fired after going public; our clip captures them describing how they watched officials “continue to dismantle fair housing” from the inside. The Labor Show (with J-Doc & Krausey) — FOP Lodge 5 President Roosevelt Poplar talks tech and accountability; in our excerpt, he explains how body cams protect officers: “If someone makes a complaint…we have it on video.” Stick Together — On-the-ground from Melbourne, security guards at hospitals and public housing rally for safety and pay; our cut features UWU’s blunt message: disrespect guards and you disrespect residents. My Labor Radio — NYC Building Trades leader Gary LaBarbera on PBS’s Hard Hat Riot and union identity; “You go to work, you work hard, you don’t want anything for free.” Third & Fairfax (WGAW) — Filmmaker Susie Singer Carter on No Country for Old People and exposing elder abuse. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @WorkingPod @stick__together @mgevaart @WGAWest#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Weekly SPECIAL EDITION: After five years, we’re mixing things up a bit; Chris, Harold and Patrick talk about what’s new. Let us know what you think: email us at info@laborradionetwork.org Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited/produced by Chris Garlock & Patrick Dixon; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: workers standing up for safety, history, and democracy—from aquariums to archives. Over on America’s Work Force Union Podcast, Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United explains why hazard pay and a real living wage matter when your job includes deep dives, disease treatment, and dangerous animals. This week on El Cafecito del Dia, Cheryl Niro breaks down how the Constitution protects immigrants and why unions are teaching due process in their halls. From Buwa Basebetsi Updates, Zimbabwe farmworkers lay out how U.S. tariffs ripple through jobs, prices, and organizing on the ground. In the latest Say Watt, instructor Summer Zachary traces her path from tinkerer to union electrician—and the bootcamp that changed everything. From the Labor Exchange, steelworker Joel Buchanan remembers the late USW president Leo Gerard with stagecoaches, shareholder showdowns, and steadfast solidarity. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @AWFUnionPodcast @LCLAA @aflbobby#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: This week on Work Stoppage, Italy’s unions show how it’s done, with port blockades and a nationwide transit shutdown in solidarity with Palestine. Over on WorkWeek, a Wells Fargo banker in Wyoming tells how workers organized with CWA—and what happened when the company fired him for it. From the Labor Notes Podcast, beauty-salon workers at Sugared + Bronzed unionize amid safety concerns and punishing metrics—and win momentum shop by shop. In the latest Reinventing Solidarity, NEA president Becky Pringle argues public education is where democracy takes root—and why that scares authoritarians. Meanwhile, on Words & Work, Jonathan Rosenblum revisits Kshama Sawant’s wins—from $15 to taxing Amazon—and how an elected office became an organizing center. And on the Powerline Podcast, JNCTN’s crew breaks down an app built to tighten safety, compliance, and efficiency across the building trades. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @WorkStoppagePod @labormedianow @LaborNotes @CunySLU #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: art, political corruption, and worker power — from Robert Redford’s films to frontline labor struggles and global supply-chain fights. Over on The Green and Red, a film-forward conversation looks at Redford’s movie work and how cinema has long probed political corruption and community resistance. This week on Working People, fired tech workers tell the story of No Azure for Apartheid and why they risked their jobs to pressure a tech giant. From Stick Together, an Oxfam campaigner walks us through a new report exposing wage theft and the crisis facing garment workers in Bangladesh. In the latest We Work Europe, the founder of Bulgaria’s first independent trade union shares lessons learned and how they echo in today’s Europe. Plus, Harold’s got some more hot tips on his Shows You Should Know segment. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @WorkingPod @stick__together @PodcastGreenRed #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: how workers, artists, and activists are pushing back, telling their stories, and demanding change. Over on Exploits of Play, hosts dig into video games and capitalism, exploring how play shapes the way we work and learn. This week on the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, veteran narrator Sean Pratt shares what it really takes to build a career in the booming world of audiobooks. From South Africa, Buwa Basebetsi follows a factory worker named Happiness as she struggles to raise two kids on a national minimum wage that doesn’t cover the basics. In the latest episode of AAUP Presents, lawyers and professors take on ideological deportations targeting pro-Palestinian voices, and what that means for free speech on campus. Meanwhile, on Power at Work, we hear from college football players fighting to organize and claim their rights as workers in a multibillion-dollar industry.. Plus, of course, Harold with Shows You Should Know. Find these—and dozens more—at laborradionetwork.org. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @sagaftra @aaup.org @PowerAtWorkBlog #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: we’re talking about solidarity, storytelling, and the ways workers are fighting back against power. Over on The Rick Smith Show, Painters Union President Jimmy Williams Jr. calls out the Trump administration for canceling union jobs while claiming to put “American workers first.” This week on The Labor Show, we’re on the picket line in South Philly, where Scabby the Rat is making an appearance and union members explain what real solidarity looks like. From Work Stoppage, farmworkers in New York face ICE raids that expose the ugly alliance between bosses and the state to silence immigrant workers. In the latest Director’s Cut from the DGA, filmmaker Adele Lim reveals the craft and complexity behind her body-swap comedy Freakier Friday with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Meanwhile, on The Labor Exchange from KGNU, Austin Sauerbrei talks about his new graphic novel Trouble at Coal Creek, which brings to life a forgotten East Tennessee miners’ uprising. Plus, on Shows You Should Know, Labor Day was a big theme across the Network this past week; Harold gives us a roundup of how shows marked the holiday. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @RickSmithShow @WorkStoppagePod @directorsguild @aflbobby#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: On WBAI’s What’s Going On, Liz Shuler talks with Bob Henley about the fight to defend collective bargaining rights for federal workers. The Heartland Labor Forum features former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, reflecting on her abrupt firing and what it reveals about presidential power. From the Engage Podcast, ALPA pilots explain why a simple union pin represents nearly a century of solidarity in the cockpit. On Boiling Point, campaign strategist Celeste Trees shares how grassroots organizing is powered by issues, not candidates. The Labor Heritage Power Hour welcomes National Book Award winner Martín Espada, who reads from his new collection, Jailbreak of Sparrows.   Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @Heartland_Labor @LaborHeritage1#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Power at Work explores why conservatives support unions; Australia’s Concrete Gang reports on a jobsite medical emergency and safety fight; The Alberta Worker covers Air Canada flight attendants’ battle over unpaid labor; Workers Beat Extra takes on Trump’s torrent of lies; the IAM’s Connections Podcast highlights shop-floor organizing and building member power; plus Harold’s Shows You Should Know. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @PowerAtWorkBlog @cfmeu_cg @ABWorker @KNON893FM#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: federal bargaining rights under fire, rank-and-file power rising, and one very odd ICE headline. The Labor Notes Podcast spotlights UAW Region 9A’s member-driven endorsements and field power; Green and Red digs into how to turn non-compliance into concrete action; The Workers Mic unpacks Dean Cain’s leap from Superman to ICE amid a recruitment blitz; The Valley Labor Report features AFGE’s Jessica LaPointe on SSA attrition and service delays; Heartland Labor Forum debunks “national security” claims behind canceling federal CBAs; and Harold’s Shows You Should Know. Find these—and dozens more—at laborradionetwork.org. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @LaborNotes @PodcastGreenRed @coalition_labor @LaborReporters @Heartland_Labor#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From America’s Workforce Radio, we revisit the Vietnam era’s “Hard Hat” protest and how labor’s stance on war split the movement. Tales from the Reuther Library explores rank-and-file reform in the Steelworkers with the story of “Oil Can Eddie.” Labor Jawn takes us inside Philadelphia’s once-every-40-years sanitation strikes. On Solidarity Works, the legacy of Cesar Chavez and the Delano grape strike is remembered as a call to action for today’s immigrant workers. And the Labor Heritage Power Hour uncovers the radical roots of the American West in the Great Cowboy Strike of 1883. Plus, Harold Phillips spotlights “Shows You Should Know” from across the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @AWFUnionPodcast @ReutherLibrary @labor80132 @steelworkers @LaborHeritage1#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: What happens when union leadership tries to shut down support for women, LGBTQ members, Black and Latino caucuses—all in the name of “compliance”? On the Labor Notes Podcast, the rank and file are pushing back inside the building trades, and they’re not backing down. Then: over in Boston, the Pipe Up podcast is thinking outside the pipe—literally. If electricians can represent blackjack dealers, why can’t plumbers organize chimney sweeps? We’ll also hear from Working to Live in Southwest Washington, where delegates reflect on solidarity and strategy at the Washington State Labor Council convention. Why “everybody should be union”? Let’s just say it starts with healthcare—and ends with dignity. From Cincinnati’s Boiling Point to labor YouTubers calling for collectivization over corporatization, this week’s shows aren’t afraid to tackle the deep questions: Who gets a voice in our unions? What kind of future are we organizing for? And how do we fight disinformation at the hyperlocal level? And speaking of solidarity: you don’t want to miss out on participating in the Unions Power America sweepstakes      ! It's your chance to win cash prizes—just for being union. But it’s about more than the money. It's about showing the country that union members make America work. Enter today at UnionsPowerAmerica.org and share what union power means to you. No purchase necessary. That’s UnionsPowerAmerica.org. Full rules on the site. Don’t miss out—Labor Day is almost here! From contract fights to community radio, you’ll hear the voices of working people telling their own stories—in their own words. This is the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @LaborNotes @ABWorker @SWWACLC Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From trash pick-up to the Vietnam War, from Inland Empire housing justice to Wisconsin healthcare strikes—this episode is full of grit, struggle, and solidarity. We begin with Power at Work, where Victor Mineros of the Teamsters and Kathy Torres from Local 179 break down the nationwide strike against Republic Services. These essential sanitation workers aren’t just cleaning up your waste—they’re cleaning up corporate greed, one picket line at a time. Then we head to Madison Labor Radio, where UAW Local 95's Enrique Castano is fighting for a fair contract at Mercy Health East Clinic. The stakes? Wages, safety, and keeping the only unionized unit in a sprawling non-profit hospital chain alive. On Teamsters 1932's Worker Power Hour, Randy Corgan speaks with Shayla Bernard from the UCR Labor Center about worker organizing and vanishing middle-class opportunity in California’s vast Inland Empire. It’s a call for regional labor power and research that centers real workers’ voices. Finally, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, longtime activist Michael Ansara reflects on a life of organizing—from SDS and the Civil Rights movement to community empowerment and poetry—with a moving message on The Hard Work of Hope, also the title of his new memoir. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. Click here to enter the Unions Power America sweepstakes; Grand Prize is $40K + a dream holiday trip to NYC, plus, they’ve got some life-changing cash for First, Second and Third Prizes! @PowerAtWorkBlog @1932Teamsters @LaborHeritage1 #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: On Green and Red, Mike Elk reports from Brazil, where Trump’s tariffs have sparked backlash—and boosted Lula’s standing. Art Labor returns with a new name—Pod Save Ridgewood—and a sharp take on affordable housing and class warfare in New York. On Union or Bust, Mai Han of Borderlands for Equity talks student-led walkouts, protest training, and the faith-fueled fight for justice. The Labor Link Podcast heads to Ghana, where former child laborer Eric Mawuko Atsiatorme shares what it’s really like organizing in the artisanal fishing sector. And on On Writing, the head writers of Saturday Night Live take us behind the scenes of Season 50, from subway ads to last-minute rewrites. Stories from the frontlines of the working class—one podcast at a time. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @PodcastGreenRed @ArtandLaborPod OnWritingWGAE Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: The Valley Labor Report unpacks devastating Medicaid cuts with Chuck Corra. The Labor Exchange explores the ripple effects on rural healthcare in Colorado. The Line dives into AI-driven data center construction—and the electricians needed to build them. Rachel Kushner joins the Heartland Labor Forum to discuss her new novel about FBI infiltration. And Harold Phillips rounds things out with more Shows You Should Know. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @LaborReporters @aflbobby @Heartland_Labor Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: The Labor Show shares why 9,000 Philadelphia city workers were prepared to strike if they didn’t win a fair contract. Stick Together takes us to Melbourne, where community members rallied to save a vital library social worker program serving the most vulnerable. Union Talk hears from nurses who warn that dismantling Medicaid will be catastrophic for patients and healthcare workers alike. OnWriting spotlights WGA East captains who kept the strike lines strong and the spirit of solidarity alive. Classes of Mail heads to New Mexico, where wind energy project managers describe the challenges of working on a site so vast it takes hours just to drive across. Wherever you are, these voices are working to build power, protect their communities, and fight for a better future. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @stick__together @aftunion @OnWritingWGAE @powerlinepodcast#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Labor unions are leading the fight to protect workers from the impacts of artificial intelligence—from film and television to privacy and job security. On Union Strong, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls out what she describes as a “big, beautiful betrayal” of working people hidden in the latest federal budget bill—and explains why unions must stay vigilant as AI reshapes entire industries. Then on Pipe Up, plumbers and pipefitters discuss the wave of major federal construction projects abruptly canceled or put on hold, costing union jobs across Maryland and Washington, D.C. In British Columbia, Apple Box Talks features Mikelle Sasakamoose, who shares how she’s working to indigenize colonial spaces as the first Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for the City of Burnaby. And on The Docker Podcast, ILWU longshore workers mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier—a defining moment of solidarity and resistance on Vancouver’s waterfront. Plus, from South Africa’s Buwa Basebetsi podcast, the remarkable story of an American activist who went underground after a 1970s bank heist and resurfaced decades later as a labor educator. Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. @nysaflcio @iatse891 #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.