Strikes, Unions and Workers' Rights
Podcast |
Civics 101
Publisher |
NHPR
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Government
History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jun 04, 2024
Episode Duration |
01:07:41

This is the story of what happens (and what's happening) when the American workforce tries to get a seat at the table.  Our guides to strikes, unions and the labor movement are Kim Kelly, journalist and author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, Eric Loomis professor of History at the University of Rhode Island and author of A History of America in Ten Strikes and our friend Andrew Swan, an 8th Grade Social Studies teacher in Newton, MA among many other things.

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To see Civics 101 in book form, check out gV4ZTnupzh9kEv4AEpX7jHVhvqqXVSZmOAryjrgo.MKpOMk22W8ZBn4vph5XOhdkQKfDGhDHp_JT2GsIHBws&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+user%27s+guide+to+democracy&qid=1730151470&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorr">A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. 

The American worker gets organized.

This is the story of what happens (and what's happening) when the American workforce tries to get a seat at the table.  Our guides to strikes, unions and the labor movement are Kim Kelly, journalist and author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, Eric Loomis professor of History at the University of Rhode Island and author of A History of America in Ten Strikes and our friend Andrew Swan, an 8th Grade Social Studies teacher in Newton, MA among many other things.

CLICK HERE: Visit our website to donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! 

To see Civics 101 in book form, check out gV4ZTnupzh9kEv4AEpX7jHVhvqqXVSZmOAryjrgo.MKpOMk22W8ZBn4vph5XOhdkQKfDGhDHp_JT2GsIHBws&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+user%27s+guide+to+democracy&qid=1730151470&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorr">A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. 

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