“America Works” launches new season

<p>Mario Cervantes, a skilled factory worker -- and proud union member -- who makes the tools that make the planes for Boeing aircraft in Wichita, Kansas, kicks off the new season of <a href='https://loc.gov/podcasts/america-works/'>America Works</a>, the podcast series from the Library of Congress that features the voices of contemporary workers from throughout the United States talking about their lives, their workplaces, and their on-the-job experiences.  Also this week, Saul Schniderman brings us the touching true story of Rex, the Mine Pony, saved by the coal miners who he helped save from a mine collapse (<a href='https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001IzhgEiH4Pbdm5fyqSdl574QdnK7XqfjaBDvwG726veg8ps-B9KW8bU8r57Zwucj76VX3sBgYfkxodYOq_du1r6wHuoTnROilI8Pm-x_vW6I%3D'>subscribe here</a> to Friday’s Labor Folklore). Bonus track: commemorating the 25 years since the last pit pony left the final deep coal mine in Northumberland, England. On this week’s <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in Two</a>: Saul Alinsky (1908); Chicago Gravediggers End 43-day Strike (1992); A Day for Remembering (2011).</p> <p>Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at <a href='mailto:LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com'>LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Labor History Today is produced by <a href='https://unioncityradio.podbean.com/'>Union City Radio</a> and the <a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/'>Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor</a>.</p> <p>#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory @librarycongress</p> <p>This week's music: <a href='https://gordoncarter.bandcamp.com/track/pit-ponys-tale'>Pit Pony's Tale</a>, by Gordon Carter from his album <a href='https://gordoncarter.bandcamp.com/album/diary-of-a-coaltown'>Diary of a Coaltown</a>, available