Speaking of Work

ILHOP

5.0 (8)
HISTORY

Stories drawn from the everyday and extraordinary struggles of Midwestern workers, past and present.

02/25/2025

Justice for Phil

Justice for Phil by ILHOP

14 min
07/06/2023

Update and Short: Iowa City Starbucks Workers Striking with Pride

Speaking of Work has been on an extended hiatus but is on the way back. Host and producer John McKerley introduces upcoming episodes and presents a Speaking of Work Short from the picket line at Starbucks in Iowa City.

8 min
09/06/2021

S1 E4 The Jail Cell Contract

Keokuk teachers stand strong and demand change before they would leave jail or stop the public pressure. Yet, even as they celebrate the contract, teachers know the struggle isn't over.

39 min
08/25/2021

S1 E3 They Jail Teachers, Don't They? (rebroadcast)

In the spring of 1970, Keokuk teachers and other school workers launch an illegal strike to shine a bright light on injustices that they believe threaten not only them but their students and community. (rebroadcast)

48 min
08/18/2021

S1 E2 The Rainbow Schedule (rebroadcast)

Tensions mount as the Keokuk school board and their new superintendent pursue a hard line during the 1969-70 contract negotiations, and teachers begin organizing to fight back. [Edited rebroadcast]

38 min
08/09/2021

S1 E1 Keokuk Before The Strike (rebroadcast)

In this edited version of our season opener, we go back to the little industrial city of Keokuk, Iowa, in the 1960s to explore the roots of a strike that jumpstarted the state's movement for public-sector unionism.

29 min

6 Episodes

5

out of 5

8 Ratings

Gripping and important histories

04/22/2024

Chippy-58

A superb podcast that tells an important history, making use of first-rate oral history interviews!

Stories drawn from the everyday and extraordinary struggles of Midwestern workers, past and present.

Creator

ILHOP
Years Active

2020 - 2025
Episodes

6
Rating

Clean
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