Transcript

Bread on the Table, Fire on the River · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

0:02
Can't swim in the lake anymore.
0:03
You can't eat the fish.
0:05
This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Friday, August 28th.
0:10
The Cuyahoga River caught fire.
0:12
Prior to that, the smoke coming out of the steel mills just meant bread on the table.
0:18
That's from The Green and Red
0:23
Podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast network, laborradionetwork.org.
0:26
On this weekend's labor arts calendar, Woody Guthrie's American Song has its
0:31
final performances Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Washington, DC.
0:37
Illinois coal miners and their history will be honored Saturday in West
0:40
Frankfort, Illinois, and there's a reception for the Labor and Materials
0:45
exhibit in Durham, North Carolina.
0:48
Complete details and the latest labor arts news and events are
0:51
available at laborheritage.org,
0:54
In today's labor history on this date in 1963, the March for Jobs and Freedom, the
1:01
Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech march, was held in Washington,
1:05
D.C. with 250,000 people participating.
1:10
Today's labor quote is from Odetta's O Freedom, which she sang
1:14
at the 1963 March on Washington.
1:36
Support for the Labor Radio Podcast Daily comes from Union
1:40
Plus, a non-profit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
1:47
More information at unionplus.org.
1:51
This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast Network.