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Happy Holidays!-Sam and Gabe
12/25/2024

Happy Holidays!
-Sam and Gabe

NEW EPISODE ( # 74): Francis Daniel Pastorius and the 1688 Petition Against SlaveryOnly six years after the founding of ...
12/24/2024

NEW EPISODE ( # 74): Francis Daniel Pastorius and the 1688 Petition Against Slavery

Only six years after the founding of Pennsylvania, a group of German Quakers drafted the first petition for universal human rights in American history.

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Bezos' Bullies
12/21/2024

Bezos' Bullies

From our oven to your ears, it's the 1946 Bakers Strike in Philadelphia!Amidst post-war inflation, a grain shortage, and...
12/19/2024

From our oven to your ears, it's the 1946 Bakers Strike in Philadelphia!

Amidst post-war inflation, a grain shortage, and growing anti-union sentiment, the bakers of Philadelphia marched out on strike to fight for wages, hours, and conditions.

Originally aired: December 25, 2023.

Check out our latest re-release on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website, etc.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1946-bakers-strike/id1596705348?i=1000680981359

We're wrapping up the year by visiting the West Coast for our latest bonus episode.If you like what we do you too can su...
12/13/2024

We're wrapping up the year by visiting the West Coast for our latest bonus episode.

If you like what we do you too can support the show and receive the glorious bonus of hearing us experience a world outside of Philadelphia.

Patreon.com/LaborJawn

We're heading to South Jersey for episode 73!At one of the most industrialized farms in the country, Black and Italian f...
12/09/2024

We're heading to South Jersey for episode 73!

At one of the most industrialized farms in the country, Black and Italian farm workers stood up against violent repression from corrupt policemen, farmer vigilantes, the K*K, and the "Henry Ford of Agriculture," to get fair wages and union recognition.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1934-seabrook-farms-strike/id1596705348?i=1000679709491

https://open.spotify.com/episode/08rt0W6ug1bNx8vLTW3Ci0?si=4s32fV37Q5OV_ylU0IEUIg

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Maggie Kuhn dedicated her life to educating women, battling segregation, and supporting workers, but when she was forced...
12/01/2024

Maggie Kuhn dedicated her life to educating women, battling segregation, and supporting workers, but when she was forced into retirement at 65 years old she founded the Gray Panthers to fight for the rights and dignity of older workers.

Episode 8 - Maggie Kuhn and the Gray Panthers originally aired on December 27, 2021.

Listen at laborjawn.com or wherever you get your podcast fix.

NEW EPISODE: Labor Against the Arena - Interview with Lindsey Farrell and Duncan GromkoIn this interview episode, Sam an...
11/25/2024

NEW EPISODE: Labor Against the Arena - Interview with Lindsey Farrell and Duncan Gromko

In this interview episode, Sam and Gabe sit down with Lindsey and Duncan, two unionists who have been organizing against the construction of a new 76ers arena in Philly's historic Chinatown.

Sign the petition: https://noarenaphl.org/

Hearing schedule: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjcM6Bx3uRcZBGDgTW97_ZJz2Y1wNhZtbptbAYSqWkxDSGKQ/viewform

Union member petition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePkIe3tUG0YuOCer7eZqVW9DbWsMYbIhmC-GzVTkCSeHwHow/viewform

Day 6? Of posting union hotties whenever I feel like it because you're not my supervisor. Title: Leif Dahl, organizer of...
11/19/2024

Day 6? Of posting union hotties whenever I feel like it because you're not my supervisor.

Title: Leif Dahl, organizer of agricultural workers union speaking at union meeting in Bridgeton, New Jersey

Year: 1936

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

FOR LIBERTY IN SPAIN!Gabe and others will be doing a living history interpretation of the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln...
11/13/2024

FOR LIBERTY IN SPAIN!

Gabe and others will be doing a living history interpretation of the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade onboard USS Olympia at the Independence Seaport Museum at Penns Landing.

In the 1930s progressives across the US raised funds for Republican Forces in Spain, ranging from relief for refugees, to ambulances for the Medical Bureau, to funding volunteers to fight in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

Living history interpreters will portray veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, members of the American Medical Bureau, civilian members of the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (raising funds for the brigade) and members of Philadelphia’s CIO affiliated unions who donated time, money, and clothing to the Republican cause.

Come say hi and learn about some of Philly's radical past!

Saturday 16, November 2024

10am to 5pm

USS Olympia at the Independence Seaport Museum

211 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106

My favorite part of Union Station are the *multiple* labor monuments.
11/13/2024

My favorite part of Union Station are the *multiple* labor monuments.

Radical Duolingo, a story in 3 parts.
11/12/2024

Radical Duolingo, a story in 3 parts.

Day 4 of posting union hotties until everyone is organized. A Union Shop, Cigarmakers Tierra del Laga Cigar Co. Almost n...
11/09/2024

Day 4 of posting union hotties until everyone is organized.

A Union Shop, Cigarmakers Tierra del Laga Cigar Co. Almost no hands under 20 years of age. (60 employees.) These are the conditions the labor organizations strive for. One third of the cigarmakers in Tampa are Union men. Location: Tampa, Florida.

January, 1909

(From the Lewis W. Hines collection, Library of Congress)

Also note women working right along the men. The "cult of domesticity" was always a middle class thing.

**rs -CHIC

Day 3 of posting union hotties until Big Bill Haywood comes back to life.I wanna take this moment to talk about what bei...
11/08/2024

Day 3 of posting union hotties until Big Bill Haywood comes back to life.

I wanna take this moment to talk about what being a "union hottie" means. Because it's not about being the toughest, or the meanest, or the hottest, but often being the most caring, or the kindest.

While William "Big Bill" Haywood was known for being a large and imposing man and a rough and tumble miner with only 1 eye, he was also known for being a caring husband and father. When he was organizing with the Western Federation of Miners he married Nevada Jane, and they raised 2 children, Henrietta and Vernie.

Nevada Jane had been thrown from her horse and lost the use of her legs, leaving her wheelchairbound for the rest of her life. When they lived in Butte Montana, Bill would carry Nevada Jane into town every morning, with their two daughters in tow, and he'd place her at the train station where she went about organizing the women of the town. Bill would go about organizing the miners, which sometimes included forcing all the bars to close, often leading ti fights in the street.

At the end of each day, Bill, often beaten and bruised by the bosses thugs, would pick up Nevada Jane and the children and carry them all back home.

All of this to say that caring for those closest to you in life, whether family or comrades, is what makes one a union hottie.

Solidarity is sexy ya'll

"England is not a free people, till the poor that have no land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the commons."-Ge...
11/07/2024

"England is not a free people, till the poor that have no land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the commons."
-Gerrard Winstanley

NEW BONUS EPISODE IS LIVE ON OUR PATREON!

Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers: In the turmoil after the English Civil Wars, Gerrard Winstanley and a group of radicals attempted to build a revolutionary movement to reclaim common land and make the earth a common treasury for all.

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We're celebrating International Lesbian Day by learning a little bit more about Barbara Gittings and her work in improving the lives of gays in an unwelcoming society. Along with activist Frank Kameny, she helped organize one of the first gay rights protests in the country. The Annual Reminder occurred every July 4th from 1965-1969 outside of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. There's so much more to her story (which might get an episode down the road) so please look her up!

NEW EPISODE: 1935 AFL Convention In the midst of the Depression, tensions were rising in the American Federation of Labor, and a new wave of industrial organizing was about to sweep the nation. www.laborjawn.com

For all you pinko public school teachers, we're re-releasing our episode about American Federation of Teachers Local 192. While they never went on strike, nor bargained for a contract, AFT Local 192 in Philadelphia fought for civil rights inside and outside of the classroom. Originally aired: July 24, 2023. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-federation-of-teachers-local-192/id1596705348?i=1000662147290

It's Emma Goldman's birthday! In honor of the "mother of American anarchism," we are re-releasing our episode all about her visit to Philadelphia in 1909. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SyCBIJTq7x1yUDVzv66rx?si=zSaxOwHhShm5fMTxB8fawg

BRAND NEW EPISODE for our lovely supporters over at https://www.patreon.com/laborjawn In-between the two World Wars, the Medem Sanatorium existed as an experimental school and retreat for the at-risk youth of Warsaw. Partially run by the students themselves, it emphasized socialism, democracy, and health in all of its programming.

The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill automatically registering men aged 18-26 for military conscription. This got me thinking about activist Kiyoshi Kuromiya's uncle Yosh, a Japanese-American who was drafted while imprisoned at the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp in Wyoming during World War 2. He refused to serve the country that stripped him of his civil rights and he and 62 other men from the camp were indicted for draft evasion. Clip from the 2000 documentary, Conscience and Constitution, directed by Frank Abe.

It was a lot of fun revisiting the life of Voltairine de Cleyre for the rerelease of our collaboration episode with the D Listers of History podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voltairine-de-cleyre-with-d-listers-of-history/id1596705348?i=1000658851349

BRAND SPANKING NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! 1887-1888 Reading Railroad Strikes Over the winter of 1887-88, miners, railway workers, and others fought for job control, wages, and conditions. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1887-1888-reading-railroad-strikes/id1596705348?i=1000654631637

Our niche little side of the road podcast just passed 10,000 downloads! We literally could not have done it without you. Thank you so much for joining us on our venture into the world of working class history. Here's to 10,000 more!

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Labor Jawn 2:17 says game night is gonna be fun. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/labor-jawn-game-night-at-the-wooden-shoe-tickets-801752652767

UAW president Shawn Fain calls for a general strike on May 1, 2028 and encourages other unions to schedule contracts to expire on that day.

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