Labor Day Around the Working World

On this special Labor Day edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, working people share stories of skill, struggle and power—from an Asbury Park beach to a nuclear-waste facility more than 2,000 feet underground.

Project Labor meets veteran lifeguard Joe Bongiovanni, who explains why saving lives begins long before anyone needs rescuing. On The Alberta Worker Podcast, journalist Ximena Gonzalez recalls the all-night architecture job that showed her exactly why workers organize.

Australia’s Concrete Gang responds to police raids targeting CFMEU officials and their families, while Solidarity Works visits the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, where United Steelworkers members keep a remarkable underground workplace running safely.

On Blue Collar News, AFL-CIO campaigns director Artie Blanco explains why workers already possess political power—and why more union members are asking, “Why not me? Why not now?”

Finally, The Labor Exchange uncovers the history behind Colorado’s 1927 coal strike, the Columbine Mine Massacre and the Wobblies who organized workers across ethnic and racial lines. Plus, more recommendations in Shows You Should Know.

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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.

Produced & hosted by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.