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LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” — Fannie Lou Hamer

Hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour 🎙️
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#FannieLouHamer #LaborQuote #JazzAndJustice #WPFW #Solidarity

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Fannie Lou Hamer - Labor Heritage Foundation

“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” – Fannie Lou Hamer; hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour. 

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 1d

New Labor History Today: The Donora Death Fog — how a 6-day 1948 inversion over a PA mill town changed U.S. thinking on work, health & accountability. Plus Labor History in 2: the Mother Jones Monument is dedicated. Listen: bit.ly/47g9i2E #LaborHistory #EnvironmentalJustice #Workers #MotherJones

LABOR HISTORY TODAY PODCAST: The Donora Death Fog - Labor Heritage Foundation

On this week’s Labor History Today: A visit to the Donora Smog Museum, where a six-day inversion in 1948 trapped toxic fumes over a Pennsylvania mill town and changed how the U.S. thinks about work, health, and accountability.And, on Labor History in 2:00: The Mother Jones Monument is Dedicated.

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LABOR ART OF THE WEEK 🎨

Chris Stain Gregorek — working-class murals & paintings since the late ’90s; gritty, human, and rooted in everyday labor. See more on his IG: bit.ly/3WGWEVm

#LaborArt #WorkingClassArt #Murals #ArtOfLabor #UnionStrong

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Chris Stain Gregorek - Labor Heritage Foundation

Chris Stain Gregorek has been making working class murals and paintings for since the late 1990s. See more on his Instagram page.

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 1d

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK 🎶 Laurel Blaydes — “What Will I Leave” (GLAE 2004). Singer/organizer & former LHF director whose voice lifted labor culture. Featured on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW).
Watch/listen: bit.ly/3Jc96cC
#LaborMusic #LaurelBlaydes #WPFW #GLAE #UnionStrong

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: What Will I Leave - Laurel Blaydes - Labor Heritage Foundation

LAUREL BLAYDES (1952-2022) sings "What Will I Leave" at the Great Labor Arts Exchange in 2004. (This recording is featured on this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour). For 13 years Laurel directed the Labor Heritage Foundation during its early days when it struggled to establish itself

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 1d

Labor Arts News Updates: 🎭 Broadway musicians authorize strike (AFM Local 802). 🎬 Workers Unite! Film Festival starts Oct 17 @ Cinema Village (Without Bosses, Sex Work: It’s Just a Job, Lilly). 🎶 Paul McKenna drops 36-song Come Join us in a Union Song. More:

LABOR ARTS NEWS UPDATES: 10/16/2025 - Labor Heritage Foundation

Broadway Musicians Authorize Strike: American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 members voted on Monday to empower union leadership to call a strike at any time amid ongoing contract negotiations with The Broadway League. Read more.2025 Workers Unite! Film Festival launches

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 1d

Weekend Labor Arts Calendar is live ➡️ Thu: Labor Heritage Power Hour. Fri: LABOR Big Book Forum + WUFF NYC (Connolly biopic, docs). Sat: tenant power, Lilly + shorts. Sun: Baristas vs Billionaires, Rosinante, YAPS. Ongoing exhibits nationwide. Details: bit.ly/46VznoE #LaborArts #WUFF

WEEKEND LABOR ARTS CALENDAR: October 17, 2025 - Labor Heritage Foundation

THU: Labor Heritage Power Hour (radio/online) FRI: LABOR Big Book Forum (Virtual)FRI: James Connolly Irish Biopic 'We Only Want the Earth' - Q&A (WUFF, NY)FRI: Rochester Labor Film Series: La Cocina (NY)FRI: Doc Shorts - Forecast, Home From Work, Freedom Waders, Bev Grant (WU

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

NEW! Listen to the Labor Heritage Power Hour on @Wpfwfm’s new app! Download and listen now!

laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

This week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour 1p: 🎤 Laurel Blaydes tribute • ✊ Fannie Lou Hamer—song & struggle • 📚 Giovannitti & Bread & Roses • 🎶 “Joe Hill’s Ashes.” If this moved you, fuel it: wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #LaborRadio #WPFW

laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

Why WPFW? No ads. No shareholders. Just community voices, labor arts, and the truth. Listen to the Labor Heritage Power Hour at 1p; be the reason it stays on: become a sustainer during our Fall Drive—wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #KeepItIndependent #JazzAndJustice

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

Labor Song of the Week: Otis Gibbs — “Joe Hill’s Ashes” on Labor Heritage Power Hour 1p today. Don’t mourn—organize (and become a sustainer). $12.50/mo keeps independent radio alive: wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #LaborMusic #WPFW

laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

From the mills of Lawrence, 1912: Arturo Giovannitti—organizer, poet, free-speech defendant. Labor Heritage Power Hour 1p today; history that helps us fight smarter. Power it: wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #LaborHistory #WPFW

laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

Fannie Lou Hamer knew work—and song. Hear the brand-new “Fannie Lou” (R.J. Phillips Band) + Hamer herself leading “Pick a Bale of Cotton.” Labor Heritage Power Hour 1p today wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #JazzAndJustice

laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

Today on Labor Heritage Power Hour we honor Laurel Blaydes—singer, organizer, former LHF director—with her soaring “Hold the Fort” (1981). Tune in at 1p & keep Jazz & Justice strong: wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #WPFW #LaborHeritage

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY IN LABOR HISTORY 🗓️

1939: Warren Billings released from Folsom after wrongful 1916 conviction
1950: “Salt of the Earth” strike begins in Bayard, NM
1966: Twelve NYC firefighters die battling a midtown blaze.
Read more: bit.ly/4n9gEea

#LaborHistory #UnionStrong #NeverForget #Solidarity

LABOR HISTORY TODAY: "Salt of the Earth" opens - Labor Heritage Foundation

1939Labor activist Warren Billings is released from California's Folsom Prison. Along with Thomas J. Mooney, Billings had been pardoned for a 1916 conviction stemming from a bomb explosion during a San Francisco Preparedness Day parade. He had always maintained his innocence.1950Salt of

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

🪧 PICKET SIGN OF THE WEEK: More than 8,000 @steelworkers at Kaiser Permanente in SoCal are on a 5-day strike—demanding stronger staffing commitments and fair wage increases to recruit & retain skilled caregivers. Solidarity! ✊
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#USW #KaiserPermanente #UnionStrong #SafeStaffing #FairPay

PICKET SIGN OF THE WEEK: Kaiser Permanente strike - Labor Heritage Foundation

@steelworkers: “More than 8,000 of our fellow USW members who work for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California are on a 5-day strike, fighting for stronger staffing commitments and fair wage increases that will help recruit and retain skilled caregivers.”

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 2d

Today 1p ET on WPFW: Labor Heritage Power Hour — Laurel’s Legacy, Fannie Lou & Joe Hill’s Ashes. Hear Laurel Blaydes (“Hold the Fort”), a new “Fannie Lou,” Hamer herself, Giovannitti’s Bread & Roses story, and Otis Gibbs. Tune in: bit.ly/3KNI4sF
Support the Fall Fund Drive: wpfwfm.org • 800-222-9739

TODAY’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Laurel’s Legacy, Fannie Lou & Joe Hill’s Ashes - Labor Heritage Foundation

On today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour (airs at 1p today on WPFW; tune in or listen online here): We dedicate this week’s show to Laurel Blaydes (1952–2022)—singer, organizer, and former director of the Labor Heritage Foundation—on the week she would have turned 73. Co-host Elise Bryant shares reflect

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Broadway musicians authorize strike. 🎭🎻
AFM Local 802 members voted to empower leadership to call a strike amid ongoing talks with The Broadway League. This is about fair pay, benefits, and safe, fully staffed pits. Stand with the band.
Read more: bit.ly/3WDU0jb

#Broadway #1u #AFM #AFM802

Broadway Musicians Authorize Strike - Labor Heritage Foundation

American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 members voted on Monday to empower union leadership to call a strike at any time amid ongoing contract negotiations with The Broadway League.This powerful act of unity is magnified by Actors’ Equity Association (Equity)-represented

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 6d

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PICKET SIGN OF THE WEEK

PICKET SIGN OF THE WEEK: Fed Heroes - Labor Heritage Foundation

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 6d

“Not a goddamn man went down in that zinc works that day.”
A zinc worker’s memory from Donora’s 1948 disaster—toughness, loyalty…and the cost. Hear the story where work, health & solidarity collide.
🎧 Labor History Today: apple.co/4haJQ32 #Steelworkers #LaborHistory #Donora

The Donora Death Fog

Podcast Episode · Labor History Today · 10/12/2025 · 32m

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 6d

LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK 🎥
“Art of Labor: Off Our Walls” at the historic Bost Building (Homestead, PA) runs through Oct 24. 130+ paintings, photos, artifacts & ephemera. Can’t visit? Watch the 15-min video: bit.ly/4nWtAVV

Hours (M–F): (412) 464-4020
#LaborArt #1u #PittsburghArts

LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK: "Art of Labor: Off Our Walls" - Labor Heritage Foundation

The "Art of Labor: Off Our Walls" exhibit is on view through October 24 at the historic Bost Building, 623 E. 8th Ave. in Homestead, Pennsylvania, but if you can’t make it in person, here’s a brief (15m) video featuring much of the artwork. The show features over 130 paintings, photographs

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 6d

In 1948 a 6-day inversion trapped mill toxins over Donora, PA—dozens died, thousands sickened. We visited the Donora Smog Museum to hear how a “death fog” changed how the U.S. thinks about work, health & the environment.
🎧 Labor History Today: apple.co/4haJQ32 #LaborHistory #Donora #EnviroJustice

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 7d

YOUR VOICE: Readers Write
Vintage labor songbooks to rehome? Jeanne’s looking for ideas.
New nonprofit honoring PR labor leader Santiago Iglesias Pantin is planning a video for union members.
Interested? [email protected]

Details: bit.ly/478fR7r

#LaborHistory #LaborArts #PuertoRico #1u

YOUR VOICE/Readers Write: Vintage Labor Songbooks; Honoring a PR Labor Leader - Labor Heritage Foundation

Vintage Labor Songbooks: “Good morning, good people,” writes Jeanne Mackey. “I’m cleaning up my papers, looking to pass on vintage labor songbooks etc. Any ideas of who might enjoy these?”Email [email protected] if interested.Honoring a PR Labor Leader: “I've been enjoying your websit

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 8d

DETROIT: This weekend—FORGOTTEN: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant. A jazz opera with 22 original songs tracing the Ford Hunger March, Battle of the Overpass & the Flint sit-down. Meet Rev. Lewis Bradford and the forces that made Detroit a union town. bit.ly/4qjL0xs
#LaborArts #Detroit #LaborHisto

FORGOTTEN: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant This Weekend in Detroit - Labor Heritage Foundation

In the jazz opera FORGOTTEN: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant, twenty-five actors, singers, dancers, and musicians tell the story of how Detroit became a union town. FORGOTTEN – which is being staged this weekend in Detroit -- includes 22 original songs that trace historic events including the For

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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 8d

Weekend Labor Arts Calendar ⤵️
Fri–Sun: FORGOTTEN: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant (MI)
Fri: Baristas vs. Billionaires (NY) + Rochester Labor Film Series: East of Wall (NY)
Sat: Matewan Walking Tour (WV)
Details: bit.ly/4qaoE1m
#LaborArts #1u #LaborHistory

laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 8d

Labor Arts News Briefs ⤵️
• Chicago News Guild & NABET-CWA sue ICE/DHS over attacks on journalists in Broadview, IL.
• Workers Unite! FilmFest S14: Oct 17–23 (events thru Nov 1).
• Power Hour now on WPFW’s new app.
More: bit.ly/4oeSG27

#PressFreedom #1u #LaborArts #WUFF14 #WPFW

LABOR ARTS NEWS BRIEFS (10/10/25) - Labor Heritage Foundation

News Unions Join Lawsuit Against ICE Over Attacks on Journalists: The Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34017, and National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) Local 41 have joined a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Depart

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