City Workers Strike Song

<p>LHT producers Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith head to the Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park to check out a <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/CWEOzSXpsZf/'>special exhibit</a> put together to amplify the momentum of the current wave of labor strikes. In the second half of the show, Dr. Eleanor Mahoney, host of the <a href='https://www.nps.gov/articles/series.htm?id=1C0F8C17-B00D-1A06-F15D541B22F47C11'>Ballot Blocked</a> podcast, explores the strong historical connection between voting rights and labor rights; in this episode, we learn about the barriers to voting faced by Mexican American women and workers in the years after World War II. </p> <p>On this week’s <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in Two</a>: Philly Garment Workers Win (1910); Seattle General Strike (1919).</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 @drovics</p> <p>This week's music: City Workers Strike Song, by <a href='https://www.davidrovics.com/'>Dave Rovics</a>; a song he wrote for members of the District Council of Trade Unions in Portland, Oregon, who are set to go out on strike on February 10th if they don’t get a better offer from the city.</p>