Labor Week

Harold wasn't able to put together a REAL Labor Week episode this week (if you want to find out what happened, he explains it here ) but he wanted to make sure you were aware of an important event happening on Sunday... and Work Stoppage was kind enough to share Seattle letter carrier C. Moline's message about it. For articles that WOULD HAVE been mentioned in this show, visit this episode at Labo...

Striking Starbucks workers are arrested in multiple cities, Columbia University “fires” its Grad union president the day before contract negotiations start, and… a federal judge says to the Trump administration "NOT SO FAST" on firing probationary workers. This is Labor Week For March 14, 2025. For articles mentioned in this show,  visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Photo Credit: Starbucks Work...

Unions rally against Trump practically EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, VW Workers in New Jersey say it’s their turn, and Trump puts an anti-union “advocate” in the Department of Labor. This is Labor Week For March 8, 2025. For articles mentioned in this show,  visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Photo Credit:  AFL-CIO Want the latest labor news? Follow us on  Blue Sky ,  Facebook  and...  Twitter  (for now...

Unions keep standing up to the Trump (and Musk) administration, working people get BIG contract wins, and the clock is ticking for Stop & Shop in New England! This is (an abbreviated) Labor Week For February 28, 2025. Harold will appear on Power At Work 's Labor Oscars episode next week. Be sure to follow Power At Work wherever you get your podcasts so you find out when the show drops! For art...

Trump’s plans for the workers and organized Labor come into sharper focus, but the real news this week comes from the strike line and the bargaining table. Plus… Britain’s Number 10 Downing Street is going to get a bit more DIRTY. For articles mentioned in this show,  visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Photo Credit: Kevin J. Beaty / Denverite Want the latest labor news? Follow us on  Blue Sky ,...

Unions Rally against the Trump administration, New Hampshire rejects Right To Work and… King Soopers keeps UFCW Local 7’s lawyers VERY busy! For articles mentioned in this show,  visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Photo Credit: u/Johnathan_Swag Want the latest labor news? Follow us on  Blue Sky ,  Facebook  and...  Twitter  (for now.)   Labor Week is produced and edited by  Harold Phillips , un...

Unions rally at the Department of Labor, Letter Carriers vote NO on the tentative agreement with the Post Office and… Elon Musk created a fake government agency -  why can't the AFL-CIO? For articles mentioned in this show,  visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Photo Credit: AFSCME Want the latest labor news? Follow us on  Blue Sky ,  Facebook  and...  Twitter  (for now.)   Labor Week is produced...

Trump takes aim at Organized Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers don’t tell the whole story, and Jeff Bezos has another union to worry about! For articles mentioned in this show,  visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Want the latest labor news? Follow us on  Blue Sky ,  Facebook  and...  Twitter  (for now.)   Labor Week is produced and edited by  Harold Phillips , under a  SAG-AFTRA Mic...

Federal Workers unions sue the Trump Administration, Labor reacts to Trump’s immigration orders, and even some Labor news that's NOT about Donald Trump! For articles mentioned in this show, visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Want the latest labor news? Follow us on  Blue Sky ,  Facebook  and...  Twitter  (for now.)   Labor Week is produced and edited by  Harold Phillips , under a  SAG-AFTRA Mic...

#LaborRadioPod The Day of Donald Trump's second inauguration felt like the perfect day for Harold to re-launch Labor Week, and to reaffirm the show's commitment to keeping you informed about the ways working people are standing together to fight for justice – for themselves and for their fellow workers. Corporate-controlled media has proven it is ready and willing to bend the knee, and only share...

We're back - and we've got a new format (spoiler alert - the show is MUCH shorter!) Unions are part of college protests, the UAW gets an 11th hour win at Daimler, and the union difference includes a BIG boost in pay! Want to hear more of the interviews the Labor Radio Podcast Network conducted at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago? Check out the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly at https://laborradiop...

That's right - a new, re-tooled Labor Week is coming back at the end of this month. In the mean time, Harold appeared on two other Labor Radio Podcast Network shows in the past few weeks to talk about "laboriffic" films and TV, and he thought you might like to hear some of what he had to say. First Harold talks to the Labor Heritage Foundation's Elise Bryant and Chris Garlock about working class f...

This really isn't working out so well for us, is it folks? Stick with us - we'll get on track sometime soon... For articles mentioned in regular Labor Week episodes, visit this episode at LaborWeek.org . Want to send Harold hate mail about not being able to get his show out on a regular basis? Email him at news@laborweek.org  or find us on  Facebook  and  Twitter .   Labor Week is USUALLY produced...

The Teamsters say YES to UPS, GEO says YES to the University of Michigan, and the Writer's Guild says "NO, you will not divide us" to the AMPTP. PLUS - the NLRB says union busting companies now have to automatically recognize their unions! This is Labor Week for August 26, 2023 – powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network . For articles mentioned in this episode, visit this episode at LaborWeek.or...

Harold's house is under construction and unfortunately it got in the way of his being able to record and post a full episode of Labor Week this week. Patreon sponsors still have access to links to the articles he WOULD have mentioned in the show - find them at https://www.patreon.com/LaborWeekPod . If you can't afford the $5.00 per month, you'll find many of the articles on our Facebook and Twitte...

Thousands of workers swarm the streets of Los Angeles, construction workers are getting a raise thanks to the Biden Administration, and the AMPTP says, “let’s try this one more time."   This is Labor Week for August 12, 2023 – powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network .   Articles mentioned in this episode:     Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor...

Yellow Trucking is shutting down, the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 272-to-1 last year, and the studios are FINALLY going back to the table with the Writers Guild. This is Labor Week for August 4th 2023 – powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network .   Articles mentioned in this episode:   Yellow Lays Off a Swath of Its Workforce, Winds Down Operations   TEAMSTERS NOTIFIED THAT YELLOW CORP. O...

This is Labor Week, powered by the Labor Radio Podcast Network . There’s a lot happening in the world of Labor right now, and it can be easy to lose track of what workers are fighting for, where negotiations are taking place, or when a strike might be looming on the horizon. Labor week helps you keep track of the most important Organized Labor headlines of the past week by sharing the headlines in...