The Rick Smith Show; Worker Power Hour; Counter App; The Valley Labor Report; Labor History Today; Labor History in 2

The Rick Smith Show; Worker Power Hour; Counter App; The Valley Labor Report; Labor History Today; Labor History in 2

Author: laborradiopodcastweekly January 17, 2026 Duration: 54:52
This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, we bring you voices from across the labor movement grappling with state violence, organizing under pressure, and the fight to protect workers’ power—on the streets, in the workplace, and in the digital economy. 🔹 The Rick Smith Show: Journalist Amanda Moore reports from Minneapolis, where ICE and Border Patrol operations have escalated into street-level raids that are traumatizing entire communities—not just those being detained. 🔹 Worker Power Hour: On this show from the Teamsters 1932 Broadcast Network, Randy Corrigan and steward Jason Nugent talk about what workers should be demanding in 2026: affordable healthcare, wage increases that beat inflation, and dignity backed by strong union contracts. 🔹 Counter App: This episode digs into “Uberization”—how digital labor platforms spread precarious work across industries, the warning signs to watch for, and how unions can respond before jobs are broken into tasks and controlled by algorithms. 🔹 The Valley Labor Report: From the largest union talk radio program in the South, Julie Prill of the Painters and Allied Trades shares how house calls, internal organizing, and honest conversations helped unionize more than 200 workers at a Mississippi shipyard. 🔹 Labor History Today: Historian Martin Wright, co-author of Made by Labour, explores labor history through objects—banners, lockboxes, and visual culture—that reveal how workers understood power, solidarity, and self-organization.BONUS TRACK: Labor History in 2: Packinghouse Workers Join the ‘46 Strike Wave.   🎧 About the Weekly: The Labor Radio Podcast Weekly is your roundup from the 200+ shows in the Labor Radio Podcast Network, sharing the best new episodes each week. 🔗 Find links to every show at laborradionetwork.org📣 Follow #LaborRadioPod on Bluesky, X, Facebook, and Instagram✉️ Contact us: info@laborradionetwork.org ✊ Solidarity works! Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below.Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and 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.
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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…