 This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The Package King
Former Teamster activist Joe Allen on “A Rank-And-File History of UPS.” Folklorist Bucky Halker interviews iron workers Sharon Sisson and her husband Richard for the America Works podcast. And, on this week’s Labor History in 2: Born into Privilege, But… Last week’s show: Roediger on "The Sinking Middle Class"; Feurer on Mother Jones' legacy American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all German-made products as a protest against Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany - 1934 More than 1,100 office workers strike Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers win union recognition and pay increases - 1985 Hundreds of San Jose Mercury News newspaper carriers end 4-day walkout with victory - 2000 - David Prosten Comments are closed.
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