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  • Women's History Month Special: Kathy Black, Life-long Union Activist, Talks About the On-going Struggle
    2026/03/29

    The Labor Report welcomes Kathy Black, who served as the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) for more than two decades, as well as an organizer with US Labor Against the War. Kathy speaks about the history of women in struggle, the battles won and lost, and the on-going fight for economic and social justice.
    Hosts: Michael Zweig and Richard Hill

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    27 分
  • The Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson: Pioneering Labor Solidarity
    2026/02/25

    The Labor Report talks with Gene Bruskin, veteran labor organizer, anti-war activist, and play write, known for leading one of the most significant private sector union victories of the 21st century, namely the successful effort to unionize 5000 workers at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in North Carolina -- a victory which is documented in the film Union Time. Gene Bruskin shares the story of his long association and collaboration with Rev. Jackson focusing on Jesse's groundbreaking initiatives to forge alliances with the multi-racial working class and organized labor.
    Hosts: Richard Hill and Michael Zweig

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    27 分
  • How to Win Five Strikes in Two Years? A Conversation With Faye Guenther, President of UFCW-3000
    2026/01/27

    The Monthly Labor Report interviews Faye Guenther, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (Local 3000), who leads over 50,000 members across Washington state, northeast Oregon and northern Idaho. Faye discusses her progressive union's strategies that led to victories in five strikes in the past two years.
    Special guest: Michael Zweig
    Host: Richard Hill

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    30 分
  • The Starbucks Workers United Strike is Nationwide--Can This Scrappy Union Win?
    2025/12/24

    The Monthly Labor Report interviews Olivia "Liv" Ryan, a Starbucks shift supervisor and a lead organizer with Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). which has mounted a national strike against the Starbucks corporation.
    Economist Michael Zweig talks about his trip to Vietnam and Australia where he met with labor organizations and discussed working class agendas and strategies.
    Host: Richard Hill

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    29 分
  • The Working Class Majority -- America's Best Kept Secret
    2025/11/26

    In this edition of the Monthly Labor Report, Michael Zweig discusses his book The Working Class Majority--America's Best Kept Secret
    and why class consciousness/awareness is important as working people struggle for equity and justice.
    Prof. Zweig also offers his perspective on the Nov. 4 election and what Zohran Mamdani's victory--under the banner of Democratic Socialism--might portend for the political battles to come.
    Interview by Richard Hill

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    25 分
  • Labor Day 2025 -- Sara Nelson, President of the AFA-CWA Stares Down Full Frontal Fascism
    2025/08/31

    The Monthly Labor Report, broadcast on WPKN the 1st Tuesday of each month, presents an interview with Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (CWA - AFL-CIO), conducted on the Friday before Labor Day.
    Sara Nelson, regarded by many as one the most militant, class conscious labor leaders in the country, addresses the current struggle of her union, and working people in general, against a patently fascist authoritarian Trump regime.
    Hosted by Richard Hill with Michael Zweig, economist, labor historian, professor emeritus at the SUNY-Stony Brook, and author of Class, Race and Gender -- Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism (published by PM Press).

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    36 分
  • Monthly Labor Report -- June, 2025 -- Upping the Ante on the Resistance
    2025/06/10

    The June Labor Report features Jeremy Brecher, co-founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability, and author of the iconic labor history book, Strike!; joined by economist and labor historian Michael Zweig, to discuss the latest alarming developments in the Trump regime's authoritarian putsch, and what shape and strategies an effective resistance must take to counter a free-fall into fascism.
    Host: Richard Hill

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    41 分
  • The Fascist Assault on Higher Education
    2025/05/10

    The May Labor Report focuses on the fully emergent fascist assault on higher education and intellectual life the US with special guest Fred Kowal, president of United University Professions (UUP) and economist Michael Zweig. The conversation includes an analysis of what social and political forces must coalesce to create a truly effective anti-fascist front.
    Host: Richard Hill

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    36 分