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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:49 — 14.9MB)Subscribe: RSSBy Jiin Hur A labor strike is when union workers withhold their labor under their employer for purposes of negotiation. This negotiation is called collective bargaining. They do this until they reach an agreement that settles compromised terms and conditions (e.g. higher pay, fewer working hours, etc.). This agreement …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 76.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | More This week, we speak with a group of grassroots labor organizers formerly employed at No Evil Foods, a socialist-themed vegan foods company.  They describe their efforts to organize a union at the company’s Asheville manufacturing plant, and No Evil’s subsequent efforts to bust the union – …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:55 — 39.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe “Red Scare,” often called McCarthyism, went much deeper than what was directed by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s and had, even as early as the late 1940s, a broad reach into the states. Local “scares” were often instigated by individuals, mini-McCarthys, who would red-bait …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:25 — 2.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Supreme Court struck a blow to labor unions yesterday. In a five-four decision, the court held that laws forcing all public sector employees—including police, firefighters and teachers— to pay union fees were unconstitutional. The court majority wrote that forcing non-union employees to pay the fees was …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:01 — 55.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHosts Doug Storm and Trish Kerle’ are joined by historian Jim Madison to discuss the Hoosier through history. Madison has just published a new book, Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana, published by Indiana University Press. Our three segments cover the origin and cultural identity embodied in …