Surveillance Won’t Stop Solidarity

Surveillance Won’t Stop Solidarity

Author: laborradiopodcastweekly August 29, 2026 Duration: 54:44
On this week’s Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: Labor Force and Labor Notes report on federal surveillance and investigations targeting Minnesota union members resisting immigration raids—and the workers refusing to be intimidated. Work Stoppage covers investigations into a suspected company union; Grocery Nerds talks with Cleanup on Aisle Five author Ann Larson about poverty wages, corporate power and solidarity in the grocery industry. Union or Bust meets San Diego Zoo artists who organized with IATSE Local 122, while Maryland Labor History explores civil rights and public-sector unionism in Baltimore with author Jane Berger. Plus, Shows You Should Know highlights educators preparing for a new school year on Boiling Point; longtime Teamster Randy Cammack on The Worker Power Hour; the KKK in Kansas City and the upcoming UAW election on The Heartland Labor Forum; labor author Cole Rockarts and voices from the Teamsters Black Caucus Convention on Working Voices; and Labor Day plans and sustainable community schools on Labor Express Radio. 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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