From Camp Solidarity in Matewan, West Virginia—the heart of the legendary Mine Wars—UMWA President Cecil Roberts reflects on the long struggle of coal miners to claim America’s promise that “this land belongs to all of us.” On the eve of his retirement, Roberts’ words connect today’s fights for ju

On this week’s Labor History Today: Justice Denied: David Gariff on “Ben Shahn and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.” Saul Schniderman remembers musician activist Elaine Purkey. From the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, “When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism.”And, on Labor History in 2: Paul Robeson, “The Voice of an Era.” Originally aired October 18, 2020; produced and edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp. To contribute a labor history item, email [email protected] Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network; #LaborRadioPod

On this week’s Labor History Today: Justice Denied: David Gariff on “Ben Shahn and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.” Saul Schniderman remembers musician activist Elaine Purkey. From the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, “When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism.”And, on Labor History in 2: Paul Robeson, “The Voice of an Era.” Originally aired October 18, 2020; produced and edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp. To contribute a labor history item, email [email protected] Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network; #LaborRadioPod

On this week’s Labor History Today: Justice Denied: David Gariff on “Ben Shahn and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.” Saul Schniderman remembers musician activist Elaine Purkey. From the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, “When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism.”And, on Labor History in 2: Paul Robeson, “The Voice of an Era.” Originally aired October 18, 2020; produced and edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp. To contribute a labor history item, email [email protected] Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network; #LaborRadioPod

On this week’s Labor History Today: Justice Denied: David Gariff on “Ben Shahn and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.” Saul Schniderman remembers musician activist Elaine Purkey. From the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, “When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism.”And, on Labor History in 2: Paul Robeson, “The Voice of an Era.” Originally aired October 18, 2020; produced and edited by Chris Garlock and Evan Papp. To contribute a labor history item, email [email protected] Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network; #LaborRadioPod

“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” – Fannie Lou Hamer; hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour. 

On this week’s Labor History Today: A visit to the Donora Smog Museum, where a six-day inversion in 1948 trapped toxic fumes over a Pennsylvania mill town and changed how the U.S. thinks about work, health, and accountability.And, on Labor History in 2:00: The Mother Jones Monument is Dedicated.

Chris Stain Gregorek has been making working class murals and paintings for since the late 1990s. See more on his Instagram page.

LAUREL BLAYDES (1952-2022) sings "What Will I Leave" at the Great Labor Arts Exchange in 2004. (This recording is featured on this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour). For 13 years Laurel directed the Labor Heritage Foundation during its early days when it struggled to establish itself

Broadway Musicians Authorize Strike: American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 members voted on Monday to empower union leadership to call a strike at any time amid ongoing contract negotiations with The Broadway League. Read more.2025 Workers Unite! Film Festival launches

THU: Labor Heritage Power Hour (radio/online) FRI: LABOR Big Book Forum (Virtual)FRI: James Connolly Irish Biopic 'We Only Want the Earth' - Q&A (WUFF, NY)FRI: Rochester Labor Film Series: La Cocina (NY)FRI: Doc Shorts - Forecast, Home From Work, Freedom Waders, Bev Grant (WU

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1939Labor activist Warren Billings is released from California's Folsom Prison. Along with Thomas J. Mooney, Billings had been pardoned for a 1916 conviction stemming from a bomb explosion during a San Francisco Preparedness Day parade. He had always maintained his innocence.1950Salt of

@steelworkers: “More than 8,000 of our fellow USW members who work for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California are on a 5-day strike, fighting for stronger staffing commitments and fair wage increases that will help recruit and retain skilled caregivers.”

On today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour (airs at 1p today on WPFW; tune in or listen online here): We dedicate this week’s show to Laurel Blaydes (1952–2022)—singer, organizer, and former director of the Labor Heritage Foundation—on the week she would have turned 73. Co-host Elise Bryant shares reflect

American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 members voted on Monday to empower union leadership to call a strike at any time amid ongoing contract negotiations with The Broadway League.This powerful act of unity is magnified by Actors’ Equity Association (Equity)-represented

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