# labor history (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover labor history. Page: Feed: --- ## [Richard Trumka on The Art of Solidarity](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/richard-trumka-on-the-art-of-solidarity/) _2026-08-16 · Labor History Today_ On this week’s Labor History Today: Richard Trumka traces the history of labor art from the coalfields of Harlan County and the Flint sit-down strike to the Pittston mineworkers’ strike. Speaking at the Labor Heritage Foundation’s Great Labor Arts Exchange in June 2009, the future AFL-CIO president explains how songs, murals, films and stories preserve workers’ struggles and carry solidarity from… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/a4mnhd2mnjddy3q5/20260816_LHT-Richard_Trumka_on_The_Art_of_Solidarity6fhie.mp3) ## [The People’s Historian](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/the-people-s-historian/) _2026-08-09 · Labor History Today_ On this week’s Labor History Today: Dave Zirin discusses his new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , exploring the historian's influence on generations of activists—and even on Hollywood. Then, marking the August 7 birthday of labor organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, producer Anthony Dominiczak looks back at the life of the legendary "Rebel Girl" and the fight over her… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3ama75nkkyi6d53k/20260809-The_People_s_Historian9in3q.mp3) ## [Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/08/06/downriver-detroit-the-working-class-the-environment-and-the-bonds-of-place/) _2026-08-06 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Lisa Fine explains how the working class, local unions, and sportsman’s organization collaborated throughout the twentieth century to preserve the ecosystems and waterways located Downriver, a collection of working class industrial, exurban, and rural communities south of Detroit along the Detroit River. Fine is a professor of history at Michigan State University and author of Downriver… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep105_Downriver_Detroit.mp3) ## [No Pasarán Then, No Pasarán Now](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/labor-history-today-no-pasaran-then-no-pasaran-now/) _2026-08-02 · Labor History Today_ On this week’s Labor History Today: A hand-held fan donated to the Museum of Vancouver tells the story of Canadian workers who volunteered to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Its wooden struts bear the signatures of loggers, miners, and trade unionists from British Columbia who traveled thousands of miles to defend Spain's democratically elected government. From the On the Line: Stories of… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/93zwuf2sve6drs4b/20260802_LHT-No_Pasar_n_Then_No_Pasar_n_Nowbo98l.mp3) ## [Patriotism, Paranoia, and Labor on Trial (Encore)](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/patriotism-paranoia-and-labor-on-trial-encore/) _2026-07-26 · Labor History Today_ On this week’s Labor History Today: Historian Dr. Jeffrey Johnson tells the story of the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing and the infamous frame-up of labor leader Tom Mooney, who spent more than two decades behind bars before his eventual release and pardon. Recorded live at the 9th Annual Reuther-Pollock Labor History Symposium, Johnson explores how xenophobia, anti-labor fervor, and… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x7m8k7gbw4js3tcb/20250831_Patriotism_Paranoia_and_Labor_on_Trial8og8t.mp3) ## [The People's Game, The People's Strike](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/the-peoples-game-the-peoples-strike/) _2026-07-19 · Labor History Today_ As Spain and Argentina meet in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, Labor History Today looks beyond the action on the pitch to explore soccer's deep roots in working-class communities and labor struggles. British labor journalist and trade unionist Simon Sapper traces the history of "the people's game," from its origins in factory towns and mining communities to today's battles over billionaire… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tuthmq4krc3cef48/20260719-LHT-The_People_s_Game_The_People_s_Strike7gui7.mp3) ## [Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/07/16/freedom-train-black-politics-and-the-story-of-interracial-labor-solidarity/) _2026-07-16 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Cedric De Leon explains how, from the founding of the African Blood Brotherhood in 1919 through the 1963 March on Washington, Black workers linked racial justice to economic justice, challenging the American labor movement to become more racially inclusive in its fight for workers’ rights. De Leon is Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep104_FreedomTrain.mp3) ## [Red Jerseys in Detroit (Encore)](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/red-jerseys-in-detroit-encore/) _2026-07-13 · Labor History Today_ On this week’s Labor History Today: The FIFA World Cup is once again captivating fans around the globe as the 2026 tournament heads into the semifinal round, with France facing Spain on July 14 and England taking on Argentina on July 15. While soccer is often viewed as a relatively recent arrival in the United States, the game actually has deep roots here, thanks to immigrant workers from Britain… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cq9h32/20221218_LHT-Red_Jerseys_in_Detroit-finalbhvp3.mp3) ## [The People Make History](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/the-people-make-history/) _2026-07-05 · Labor History Today_ On this week's Labor History Today: As the nation reflects on Independence Day, we turn from the "Great Men" of history to the voices of the people. We begin with Frederick Douglass's searing 1852 speech, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, performed by James Earl Jones, then hear from the Labor and Working-Class History Association's People's 250 project, where workers, historians, and… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eik74pfm2kg24674/20260705_LHT-The_People_Make_History7q159.mp3) ## [The Martyr of Kensington: Carl Mackley and the Aberle Strike](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/the-martyr-of-kensington-carl-mackley-and-the-aberle-strike/) _2026-06-28 · Labor History Today_ This week on Labor History Today: Silk stockings were all the rage in the 1920s, but the workers who made them paid the price. When the H.C. Aberle Hosiery Company in Philadelphia imposed wage cuts and harsher working conditions in 1930, more than a thousand workers walked out, setting off one of the city's most dramatic labor struggles. As tensions escalated between strikers, strikebreakers,… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pd7e3393btp22bav/20260628_LHT-The_Martyr_of_Kensington7o7i3.mp3) ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TZBnto5gKZZo) _2026-06-28 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Made by Labour (Encore)](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/made-by-labour-encore/) _2026-06-21 · Labor History Today_ This week on Labor History Today (originally broadcast 1/11/2026), Simon Sapper talks with historian Martin Wright, co-author of Made by Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labor, 1780–1924 . The book traces the rise of the world’s first modern labor movement through banners, boxes, coins, tools, and images created by working people during the Industrial Revolution and beyond—right up… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sibkckgcxi25mph8/20260111_LHT-Made_by_Labour8m5k2.mp3) ## [The Donora Death Fog (Encore)](https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/the-donora-death-fog-encore/) _2026-06-14 · Labor History Today_ On this week’s Labor History Today (Originally released October 12, 2025): 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. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zwaa4q9pwfzic49r/20251012_LHT-The_Donora_Death_Fog8vsoq.mp3) ## [Tales From the Reuther Library Director’s Office: An Interview with Katrina Rouan](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/05/28/tales-from-the-reuther-library-directors-office-an-interview-with-katrina-rouan/) _2026-05-28 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Host Dan Golodner and Katrina Rouan trade quips while reflecting on the progress that has been made during her first 18 months as the director of the Reuther Library as well as the goals and challenges that lie ahead for the archives. Prior to her appointment as the Reuther’s director, Rouan coordinated reference services and graduate student assistants in the Wayne State University Library… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep103_Reuther_Director_Rouan.mp3) ## [Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/05/07/wildcat-of-the-streets-detroit-in-the-age-of-community-policing/) _2026-05-07 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Michael Stauch explains how newly elected Detroit Mayor Coleman Young introduced “community policing” to the city in 1974, an experimental approach to law and order that included affirmative action hiring policies and neighborhood police stations to address community concerns about both police brutality and criminal activity in the neighborhoods. Despite these changes, tensions with the police… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep102_WildcatOfTheStreets.mp3) ## [Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/03/26/women-on-a-mission-the-remarkable-heroes-who-put-men-on-the-moon/) _2026-03-26 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Children’s book author and engineer Suzanne Slade describes the creative process she used to engage the next generation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) with the stories of twelve women who worked behind the scenes on the Apollo lunar landing mission. Slade is the author of Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon . Related Resources:… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep101_Women_on_a_Mission.mp3) ## [The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/02/12/the-radical-fund-how-a-band-of-visionaries-and-a-million-dollars-upended-america/) _2026-02-12 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ John Fabian Witt recounts how in the 1920s and 1930s Charles Garland donated his million-dollar inheritance to the American Fund for Public Service, or Garland Fund, to support progressive causes and organizations he believed could challenge inequality and reshape capitalism and democracy in America. Dr. Witt is a Professor of History and the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep100_Radical_Fund.mp3) ## [The 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight against Sunshine State Conservatism](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/01/15/the-1968-florida-teachers-strike-public-sector-unionism-and-the-fight-against-sunshine-state-conservatism/) _2026-01-15 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Jody Baxter Noll recounts the 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike, in which 27,000 teachers across the state, amidst a shift in Florida politics toward a pro-business and suburban “Sunshine conservatism” reluctant to raise taxes for public education, submitted their resignations to gain collective bargaining rights and improved school funding. Noll is a Lecturer in the History Department at Georgia… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep099_1968_Florida_Teachers_Strike.mp3) ## [Talking Archives with the Society of Women Engineers](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/12/22/talking-archives-with-the-society-of-women-engineers/) _2025-12-22 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO of the Society of Women Engineers, talks about SWE’s archives at the Reuther Library and shares how the 75-year-old organization leverages its history to advocate for the inclusion of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Related Resources: Society of Women Engineers 75th Anniversary SWE Archives Virtual Tour \[Part 1\] SWE… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep098_SWE_Archives.mp3) ## [Polish American Women and Detroit’s 1938 Federal Screw Works Strike](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/12/11/polish-american-women-and-detroits-1938-federal-screw-works-strike/) _2025-12-11 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Martin Hershock recounts the violent three-day strike against General Motors supplier Federal Screw Works in 1938, when women from Detroit’s Polish community led the fight to preserve both their recently-recognized union and their neighborhood. Hershock is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and author of the article, “Seems to Me You Have Plenty of Nerve”: Polish… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep097_Detroit_Screw_Works_Strike.mp3) ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eCRS8aoZbHqH) _2025-12-11 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Talking History with AFA President Sara Nelson](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/11/26/talking-history-with-afa-president-sara-nelson/) _2025-11-26 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ In celebration of the Reuther Library’s 50th anniversary, Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO discusses the importance of understanding labor and legislative history when bargaining for better labor contracts for flight attendants today. Related Resources: Turbulent Romance: The History of the Association of Flight Attendants Related… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep096_AFA_Archives.mp3)