Power at Work; Madison Labor Radio; Teamsters 1932's Worker Power Hour; Labor Heritage Power Hour

Power at Work; Madison Labor Radio; Teamsters 1932's Worker Power Hour; Labor Heritage Power Hour

Author: laborradiopodcastweekly July 28, 2025 Duration: 28:20
This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From trash pick-up to the Vietnam War, from Inland Empire housing justice to Wisconsin healthcare strikes—this episode is full of grit, struggle, and solidarity. We begin with Power at Work, where Victor Mineros of the Teamsters and Kathy Torres from Local 179 break down the nationwide strike against Republic Services. These essential sanitation workers aren’t just cleaning up your waste—they’re cleaning up corporate greed, one picket line at a time. Then we head to Madison Labor Radio, where UAW Local 95's Enrique Castano is fighting for a fair contract at Mercy Health East Clinic. The stakes? Wages, safety, and keeping the only unionized unit in a sprawling non-profit hospital chain alive. On Teamsters 1932's Worker Power Hour, Randy Corgan speaks with Shayla Bernard from the UCR Labor Center about worker organizing and vanishing middle-class opportunity in California’s vast Inland Empire. It’s a call for regional labor power and research that centers real workers’ voices. Finally, on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, longtime activist Michael Ansara reflects on a life of organizing—from SDS and the Civil Rights movement to community empowerment and poetry—with a moving message on The Hard Work of Hope, also the title of his new memoir. 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. Click here to enter the Unions Power America sweepstakes; Grand Prize is $40K + a dream holiday trip to NYC, plus, they’ve got some life-changing cash for First, Second and Third Prizes!@PowerAtWorkBlog @1932Teamsters @LaborHeritage1 #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO Edited by Captain Swing, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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