Trumka on the power of labor arts

<p>AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka spoke passionately about the key role of labor arts in the labor movement at the Great Labor Arts Exchange in 2009; he died in 2021 but we’ll hear his voice again on today’s show (the <a href='https://www.laborheritage.org/2023-great-labor-arts-exchange/'>40th gathering of GLAE</a> will take place June 15 through 18 at the Maritime Conference Center and Hotel, in Linthicum Heights, Maryland). On this week’s <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in Two</a>: 50,000 striking rubber workers end their 5-day walkout in Akron, Ohio.  Questions, comments, or suggestions are 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 #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  </p>