From Heat Waves to Toy Story: Workers Organize the Future

From Heat Waves to Toy Story: Workers Organize the Future

Author: laborradiopodcastweekly July 11, 2026 Duration: 55:00
On the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Roswell Hub — Teamsters discuss surviving extreme heat on the job and the contract rights that can save workers' lives.Labor Force — AI, gig work, engineering, ports, and video games all point to one conclusion: workers are organizing to shape the future of work.The Workers Mic — Teamsters launch the nation's first cannabis industry strike as workers fight for a first contract.Pipe Up — A 19-year-old union apprentice prepares to represent the UA and the U.S. at the WorldSkills competition in Shanghai.Labor Notes Podcast — Toy Story turns out to be a master class in organizing, collective action, and worker solidarity.Green & Red Podcast — Historian James Cheney explores the largely forgotten 1912–13 Little Falls textile strike led by immigrant women workers.Shows You Should Know: Worker Power Hour; Next Generation Carriers; Working People; My Labor Radio; Labor History Today. Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO 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 by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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