Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: The Dig; LaborForce; BiPartisan Buzz; Tribunus Plebis; Union Bug; Labor Notes

Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: The Dig; LaborForce; BiPartisan Buzz; Tribunus Plebis; Union Bug; Labor Notes

Author: laborradiopodcastweekly January 10, 2026 Duration: 55:00
Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly (1/9): It’s the first week back in the New Year—and it feels like five days crammed into three. Chris, Harold, and Patrick return with a packed roundup: geopolitics, strike action, tax-policy sleight of hand, a brand-new show on worker-focused media, year-end reflections, and a fresh new intro. Featured this week: The Dig — Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho join Daniel Denvir to analyze the U.S. attack on Venezuela, Trump’s imperial project, oil politics, and how different forces inside Venezuela are responding.Labor Force — Mike Struan checks in on strike action at Telluride Ski Resort, spotlighting leverage, seasonal labor, and the power of unionized workers to shift the balance in a resort economy. (And: good news—workers later ratified a CBA.)Labor Notes Podcast — Labor Notes staff share New Year’s organizing resolutions—more phone calls, fewer Zooms, better delegation, and making time to evaluate fights and build for the long haul.Tribunus Plebis — Sean takes on Trump’s “no tax on overtime” promise, arguing it’s less a benefit than an accounting trick: a rebate structure that rewards overwork while protecting employer power.NEW: The Union Bug — Mel Buer launches a brand-new show with a conversation on why worker-focused media matters, featuring Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Harold Phillips and Chris Garlock.Shows You Should Know — Tariff debates, end-of-year wrap-ups, best-of episodes, and a look ahead to 2026, including: The Manufacturing Report, From A to Arbitration, Heartland Labor Forum, Canadian Union Podcast for Employees. Credits / notes: This podcast is recorded under a SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement. Edited this week by Patrick Dixon, Chris Garlock & Harold Phillips; produced by Chris Garlock; social media—always and forever—by Harold Phillips.

Tune in to Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly for a curated soundscape of voices often missing from mainstream headlines. This program acts as your direct line to the stories, struggles, and victories of working people across the nation, stitching together the most compelling segments from a diverse network of worker-focused shows. Each episode is a digest of on-the-ground perspectives, featuring conversations about workplace organizing, economic justice, policy debates, and the cultural issues that shape daily life for millions. You’ll hear from organizers, journalists, and workers themselves, offering analysis and personal narratives that go beyond simple news summaries. While the podcast compiles these highlights for on-demand listening, it also originates as a radio feature, airing weekday mornings on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, D.C. This dual identity ensures the content is both timely and deeply rooted in community broadcasting traditions. For anyone looking to understand the real conversations happening within the labor movement, this podcast provides an essential, unfiltered compilation. It’s more than a review; it’s a weekly immersion into the ongoing fight for fairness and dignity on the job, delivered with the urgency and authenticity that these topics demand.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly
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Data centers, May Day and the fight for power [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:55
On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, we explore the real-world impacts of major economic and industrial shifts—and how working people are organizing in response. The Rick Smith Show examines the rapid expansion of…
From ICE raids to layoffs, workers push back [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:02
On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Work Week Radio reports on a shocking ICE raid at San Francisco International Airport and the fight for sanctuary…El Cafecito Del Dia and Solidarity Works examine how unions are…
Breaking Chains from Memphis to Baseball [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:22
On this week’s Labor History Today: In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. stood with striking sanitation workers in Memphis—members of AFSCME Local 1733—delivering his powerful “Mountaintop” speech just one day before hi…
Organize, Disrupt, Win! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:00
This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: direct action, rising costs, worker resilience, and the long fight for free agency—Chris and Harold are joined by special guest co-host Judy Ancel of the Heartland Labor Forum…
Meatpacking Strike, Movement Truths, and Solidarity on the Field [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:24
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Working People – JBS meatpacking workers launch one of the largest strikes in decades, demanding safer conditions, fair pay, and dignity on the job amid growing corporate consolidat…
Where’s the Beef? Labor Radio Covers the JBS Strike [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:00
This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: comprehensive coverage of the strike by meatpacking workers at JBL; Labor Force looks at what led to the walkout, Colorado-based Labor Exchange brings us voices from the picke…
Where’s the Beef? Labor Radio Covers the JBS Strike [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:00
This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: comprehensive coverage of the strike by meatpacking workers at JBL; Labor Force looks at what led to the walkout, Colorado-based Labor Exchange brings us voices from the picke…