We Rise Fighting; Reinventing Solidarity; Art and Labor; What Do We Want?; The SAG-AFTRA Podcast; Labor History Today; Green and Red
On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly… The We Rise Fighting podcast interviews Madeline Topf, co-president of the graduate workers union in Madison, Wisconsin, about Act 10 and its reversal last week…It's been a new day in the United Auto Workers since the election of Shawn Fain as president in 2023, with the union carrying out an aggressive organizing and political program that has established the UAW as a major presence in American life. On the Reinventing Solidarity podcast, New Labor Forum's Micah Uetricht spoke to Jonah Furman, a top aide to Fain, about the union's strategy, its various wins and losses among nonunion auto manufacturers in the American South, its relationship to the Democratic Party under President Joe Biden, and the impact of a Donald Trump presidency on the union and labor as a whole…The Art and Labor podcast folks have thoughts on the CEO shooter, Wicked, and seeing the Bidens in a bookstore…Live, in front of a seductive studio audience, Sarah and Max bring to a climax the first intoxicating season of What Do We Want?, a podcast about what brings social movements together and drives them apart…Intimacy coordinators are an essential part of creating safe and professional working environments on movie sets, acting as advocates and liaisons between actors and production for scenes involving nudity, simulated sex and other intimate acts. Last month, intimacy coordinators unanimously agreed to join SAG-AFTRA in a National Labor Relations Board vote. To discuss why this matters and what it means for the future of the profession and the entertainment industry at large, the SAG-AFTRA Podcast is joined by intimacy coordinators Claire Warden and Erin Tillman, who were instrumental in the recent vote to unionize…Labor History Today producer Patrick Dixon talks with historian Sarah McNamara about her book Ybor City, Crucible of the Latina South, which tells the story of immigrant and U.S.-born Latinas and Latinos who organized strikes, marched against fascism, and criticized U.S. foreign policy…Alan Moore is one of the most important comic book and graphic novel creators in the business. The Green and Red podcast discusses how Moore’s work – including “The Watchmen” and “V for Vendetta,” -- has subverted literary and comic book genres and put radical ideas into the mainstream…Plus Harold’s Shows You Should Know! Please 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. @CunySLU @ArtandLaborPod @sagaftra @PodcastGreenRed#LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.
