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Labor Radio-Podcast WeeklyLabor Notes Podcast; Pipe Up; The Alberta Worker Podcast; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; Boiling PointThis week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: What happens when union leadership tries to shut down support for women, LGBTQ members, Black and Latino caucuses—all in the name of “compliance”? On the Labor Notes Podcast, the rank and file are pushing back inside the building trades, and they’re not backing down.
Then: over in Boston, the Pipe Up podcast is thinking outside the pipe—literally. If electricians can represent blackjack dealers, why can’t plumbers organize chimney sweeps?
We’ll also hear from Working to Live in Southwest Washington, where delegates reflect on solidarity...
2025-08-0432 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonGround Zero For Worker Protections: Voices From The 2025 WSLC ConventionThe 2025 Washington State Labor Council Convention took place July 22nd - 24th at the Vancouver Hilton. As The Stand put it (https://www.thestand.org/2025/07/convention-2025-our-voice-our-power-our-movement/) those three days "strengthened bonds of solidarity, grew skillsets, and celebrated the powerful resiliency of a movement by and for working people."
Over the course of those three days Harold hit the Convention floor and talked with other Delegates including
Ryan Andreas (USW Local 289m - https://usw.org/)
Joe Bond (IBEW Local 48 - https://www.ibew48.com/)
Ava Claridge (AFSCME Local 443 - https://www.wfselocal443.org/)
Rik Desken (S...
2025-07-2720 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhy Are Over 300 MORE Union Members Headed To Vancouver Next Week?There are a lot of union members in Southwest Washington, but that population is going to jump between July 22nd and 24th when the Washington State Labor Council holds its 2025 Convention (https://www.wslc.org/convention/) at the Vancouver Hilton.
Washington State Labor Council Communications Director Sarah Tucker sits down with Harold to talk about what happens at the WSLC Convention, what bringing it to Vancouver means for working people there (whether they're in a union or not) and what a COPE barbecue is!
This episode is sponsored by Union Plus's Unions Power America Sweepstakes...
2025-07-1823 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Are Those Labor History Posters You're Seeing Around Vancouver All About?If you've been out and about in Vancouver Washington, you may have noticed some new additions to the walls of businesses such as Richland Hub (https://richlandhub.com/) or White Oak Books (https://whiteoakbooks.net/.) These and other businesses are displaying posters that explore our region's deep Labor history.
The posters are part of a May Day Scavenger Hunt (https://tinyurl.com/mbwpk8px) put together by a coalition of Southwest Washington educator, health care, state worker, and other unions that will culminate in a May Day celebration at the Clark County Historical Museum (https://cchmuseum.org/) o...
2025-04-2330 min
Labor Radio-Podcast WeeklyThe Workers' Mic; The Valley Labor Report; Working People; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; School Me; Boiling Point; Know Your RightsOn this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Hands off our public services, our public workers, and our public spaces.
2025-04-1236 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonCan A "Mindworm" Influence The State Budget?If you’ve been paying attention to the news you probably know that the state of Washington is facing a severe budget deficit. Governor Bob Ferguson and the state Legislature have a plan to address that deficit which includes severe cuts to public services and the public servants who provide them.
Harold talks with Charles Loeffler and Joshua Eaton, two Washington Federation of State Employees (https://wfse.org/) members, about the challenges our public employees are facing, the varying proposals the Governor, the state House and Senate are proposing, and the innovative way they've found to get pub...
2025-04-0734 min
Union City RadioLabor Radio-Podcast Daily Labor Radio Podcast Daily HighlightsSee Educators Run; From advocating to legislating; Organizing the Red Cross; Tabitha Arnold’s union textile art
Today’s labor quote: Philip Murray
Today’s labor history: CIO founded
@SWWACLC @AWFUnionPodcast @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
2024-11-0902 minUnion City RadioLabor Radio-Podcast Daily From advocating to legislatingLocal politics, on the Working To Live In Southwest Washington podcast
Today’s labor history: The Everett, Washington massacre
Today’s labor quote: Gene Debs
@SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
2024-11-0502 minLabor Radio-Podcast WeeklySchool Me; Working History; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; America’s Workforce Radio; What Do Workers Want?; Working Voices; Working PeopleOn this week’s show: The NEA’s School Me podcast takes a peek into the exciting weekend of training hosted by NEA's See Educators Run team…Step Up Louisiana co-founder and co-director Maria Harmon joins the Working History podcast to talk about the group’s Freedom Summer-inspired voter turnout campaigns and grassroots mobilization efforts in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Jefferson Parish…on the Working to Live In Southwest Washington podcast, Harold sits down with State Senate candidate Adrian Cortes and State House candidates John Zingale and Deken Letinich to find out the differences - and similarities - between th...
2024-11-0130 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonConvening To Solve ProblemsBy now you should have received your ballot for the 2024 General Election (if you haven't, contact your county elections office - find more information on how to do that at https://www.VoteWA.gov!) You may be familiar with a lot of the offices up for election this year... but do you know the full scope of what Washington's Attorney General does?
Nick Brown (https://nickbrownforag.com/) sits down with Harold to discuss what goes into being the lawyer for every citizen of Washington, the Attorney General's ability to solve problems for everyday working people, and the p...
2024-11-0124 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonFrom Advocating To LegislatingA lot of working people are somewhat familiar with the US Senate and US House of Representatives in the other Washington... but they're not as familiar with our STATE Senate and State House of Representatives in this Washington (you know... the one in Olympia.)
Harold sits down with State Senate candidate Adrian Cortes (https://www.votecortes.com/) and State House candidates John Zingale (https://www.electjohnzingale.com/) and Deken Letinich (https://www.electdeken.com/) to find out the differences - and similarities - between the Federal Legislature and our State Legislature, the value of failure, and how y...
2024-10-2731 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonBreaking The Hamster Wheel For Working PeopleWashington's 17th Legislative District looks a lot different after its boundaries were changed due to a Voting Rights Act violation (https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/04/03/heres-how-washingtons-legislative-districts-will-change-for-this-years-elections/.) While East Vancouver is still part of the 17th LD, so are more rural parts of Skamania and Klickitat Counties.
Harold sits down with Marla Keethler (https://www.marlaforsenate.com/) and Terri Niles (https://www.voteterriniles.com/) to find out more about the new areas in the 17th LD, what unifies people living in rural and urban areas, and what they plan to do to break the "hamster wheel" working people find themselves o...
2024-10-2329 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Can The Clark County Council Do About Housing?Of all the challenges working people are facing these days, the lack of affordable housing may be one of the biggest. What can be done about the ever-increasing percentage of workers' paychecks that are going towards the rent?
Harold sits down with Wil Fuentes (https://electwil.com/) to discuss the difference between Vancouver and "unincorporated Clark County," what's driving the lack of affordable housing in our region, and what the Clark County Council can do to fix this growing problem.
Remember working people in Southwest Washington, this is YOUR podcast! Email us at podcast@swwaclc.o...
2024-10-1422 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonPlanning For The Future of Klickitat CountyThere are a lot of changes happening in Klickitat County, Washington. This largely rural county is seeing a housing boom and several large projects are on the horizon that could bring jobs and prosperity.... but that doesn't mean there aren't challenges to contend with.
Harold sits down with two candidates running for the Klickitat County Commission, Amanda Kitchings (https://www.amandaholtmankitchings.com/) and Ron Ihrig (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559059846273,) to find out a little more about Klickitat County, the issues working people face there, and what the heck a "pump storage project" is.
2024-10-0924 minUnion City RadioLabor Radio-Podcast Daily What Is the Clark PUD?Working to Live in Southwest Washington explains why you should care.
Today’s labor history: Hollywood’s "Battle of the Mirrors"
Today’s labor quote: Joe Hill
@SWWACLC @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod
Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network
2024-10-0702 minLabor Radio-Podcast WeeklyWork Stoppage; Working to Live In Southwest Washington; Heartland Labor Forum; 3rd & Fairfax; PFFA Pod; Labor ForceOn this week’s show: John, Dan, and Lina discuss the East Coast dockworker strike, on the Work Stoppage podcast…What is the Clark PUD? The Working to Live In Southwest Washington podcast explains why you should care…Then, on the Heartland Labor Forum, Emily Guendelsberger, author of On the Clock…Allison Jones and Sherry Thomas from Teamsters Local 399’s Casting Department in Hollywood, on the WGA’s 3rd & Fairfax podcast. On the PFFA Pod -- the official podcast of the Portland Fire Fighters' Association, IAFF Local 43 in Portland Oregon -- PFFA President Isaac McLennan and OSFFC President Karl Koenig discu...
2024-10-0437 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Is The Clark PUD And Why Should You Care?The Clark Public Utilities District (https://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/about-cpu) touches every person living and working in Clark County, Washington... but many working people are unaware of the impact the Clark PUD has, or what the Commissioners who oversee it do.
Harold sits down with labor-endorsed candidate for Clark Public Utilities Commissioner James O'Neil (https://oneil4pud.com/) to find out what the PUD is, why James thinks you need to think about water and electricity, and why he believes the people working at Clark PUD are the most important part of the organization.
Find...
2024-09-2725 min
Labor History Today“The Port of Missing Men” (Encore)This week, in an encore of a show we first aired on July 10, 2022, labor history takes a deep dive into "True Crime" `. Billy Gohl was called "The Ghoul of Grays Harbor" in the early 20th Century when he was accused of being the murderer who dumped several bodies into the canals around Aberdeen in Washington State. Was he one of America's first serial killers? Or was he just another in a long line of labor activists framed by the bosses? Find out when Working to Live in Southwest Washington podcast hosts Shannon and Harold talk with Aaron Goings, author o...
2024-06-3027 minLabor Radio-Podcast WeeklyLabor Notes speaks!Chris Garlock here, back with another special edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, live from the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. It’s late again, or, since it’s two o’clock Sunday morning, early. Like the Beatles said, it’s been a hard day’s…night.
Today we bring you another sound collage of the voices of activists at the Labor Notes conference. Let me paint you a quick picture of the scene: the Labor Radio Podcast Network set up a open studio in the vendor area, basically the lobby of the Hyatt Regency, where everyone els...
2024-04-2126 minLabor Radio-Podcast Weekly(Many) Voices from Labor NotesHey, it’s Chris Garlock. It’s after midnight Friday night, so really Saturday morning here at the Labor Notes conference. The late-night jam here at the Great Labor Arts Exchange is winding down, but folks are still deep in intense conversations in the hallways of the Hyatt Regency. Maybe the best way to think about today’s show is like music. It's voices from dozens of activists at Labor Notes, captured by some of the crew here from shows in the Labor Radio Podcast Network, who spent the entire day recording interviews, many of them at the Network’s open-a...
2024-04-2024 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonMeet Ray Connor -The New President Of The SWWACLCIn January Delegates to the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council elected UA Local 26 (http://www.ua26.org/) member Ray Connor to be their new president. Who is Ray, and what are his plans for the CLC?
Ray sits down with Harold to talk about his background, how the Labor Council works, and what the best decision he ever made was.
Remember working people in Southwest Washington, this is YOUR podcast! Email us at podcast@swwaclc.org and let us know what you think about the show, and what you'd like to hear in future episodes!...
2024-03-0229 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonAn Amazing Year For Working People: Talking About The Wins With Don McIntosh and David GrovesWe don't have to tell you that 2023 was an amazing year for working people. Big strikes, big contract wins and new organizing campaigns grabbed the headlines this year, and public support for organized Labor soared to new heights.
With the end of the year just around the corner, Harold sits down with Northwest Labor Press (https://nwlaborpress.org/) Editor-in-Chief Don McIntosh and The Stand's (https://www.thestand.org/) Editor-in-Chief David Groves to talk about what made 2023 so special and what this year's wins for working people might tell us about the year to come.
Before...
2023-12-2141 min
Working to Live in Southwest Washington”We’re Fighting For Your Kids” - Reflections On This Year’s Educators StrikesThe Portland Association of Teachers strike is over - but we thought our sisters, brothers and siblings' struggle across the river to the south gave us a great opportunity to look back on this year's educator strikes here in Southwest Washington.
Evergreen Education Association Vice President Marj Hogan and Camas Education Association Vice President Michael Sanchez sit down with Harold to discuss why their two unions went on strike, what the experience was like, and what they gained for their members... and their students!
Remember working people in Southwest Washington, this is YOUR podcast! Email...
2023-11-2828 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Is A Convention, And Why Do Unions Have Them?It's Labor Day weekend, and there's a lot to celebrate this year - including polling that says over 2/3 of Americans are in favor of unions (https://thehill.com/business/4176862-two-thirds-of-americans-support-unions-poll/!) We hope you'll join us in celebrating this news and much more at our annual Labor Day Picnic at Haydu Park in Kalama (https://tinyurl.com/yednnuh5) - and if you're listening to this month's show outside of Southwest Washington, that you'll find a Labor Day picnic near you at https://aflcio.org/laborday.
We know a lot of people have joined unions this year (and a lot...
2023-09-0327 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonDoes It Really Make A Difference? With Courtney Braddock and Suzanne Southerland#LaborRadioPod
If you have an email address in this day and age, your inbox is probably crammed with messages asking for help. They ask you to sign an online petition... or write a letter... or show up at an event... and as more and more come in, you might begin to wonder if opening these messages will really make any difference - or if you should just hit the "Delete" key.
WPEA (https://www.wpea.org/) Steward Courtney Braddock and Clark College Association For Higher Education (https://www.ccahe.org/) President Suzanne Southerland sit down...
2023-07-0226 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonHow Do We Celebrate The People Who Made A Difference For Working Families Last Year?Organized Labor had a GREAT year in 2022 as working people around the country and right here in Southwest Washington organized their workplaces and stood up for their rights on the job.
Too often the people who dedicate their time and energy to making things better for those working people don't get the recognition they deserve, but the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council and Cowlitz Wahkiakum Central Labor Council are making sure they get their due with the second annual Southwest Washington Labor Awards on February 25th at the Vancouver Hilton (https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/pdxvahh-hilton-vancouver-washington/.)
2023-02-0521 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonNew Leadership For A New YearAs you may have already heard, the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council is kicking off 2023 with new leadership.
Harold talks with new SWWACLC Executive Board member Kevin Fanning (a member of UA 290 - https://ua290.org/) and new President Shaun Gundert (a member of the Evergreen Education Association - https://www.eeaoffice.com/) about their vision for the Central Labor Council and their plans for the coming year.
Stick around to the end, working people, to find out about our upcoming Labor Awards Dinner at the Vancouver Hilton on February 25th! Find out more about...
2023-01-1528 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Can We Do About The High Cost Of Living With Duncan Camacho and John Zingale#LaborRadioPod
It's no secret that things are tough out there. The cost of everything seems to be on the rise, and working people are feeling the pinch.
Two Southwest Washington union members who are running for the state House of Representatives sit down with Shannon and Harold to talk about what can be done to fix the high cost of living - Duncan Camacho (https://www.duncanforstatehouse.com/) and John Zingale (https://www.electjohnzingale.com/.)
Want to meet Duncan and John in person? Join the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council for our Labor...
2022-10-0835 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhy Are So Many Union Members Running For Office?#LaborRadioPod
Happy Labor Day Working People! Do we have a lot to celebrate this year or what? Did you see the latest Gallup poll on support for unions in the US? (https://news.gallup.com/poll/398303/approval-labor-unions-highest-point-1965.aspx)
Something else to celebrate is the number of union members who are stepping up to run for office! Two of those union members - Terri Niles (https://voteterriniles.com/) and Joe Kear (https://www.joekear.com/) - sit down with Shannon and Harold to talk about why they decided to run and how their union membership affects...
2022-09-0433 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonHow Can We Be There For The Firefighters Who Are There For Us?#LaborRadioPod
Ballots for the August 2nd election (https://clark.wa.gov/elections/august-2-2022-primary-special-election) are headed to Clark County voters' mailboxes - but those ballots contain more than just political candidates asking for your vote in Washington's top-two primary (if you haven't made your decision on who to vote for in the primary, be sure to check out the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council's endorsements at https://www.swwaclc.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=875277)
Shannon and Harold get the lowdown on two important fire levies that are also on the ballot from Va...
2022-07-1731 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Is Vancouver USA Pride - And Why Does It Happen In July?#LaborRadioPod
June is coming to an end - but that doesn't mean we're done honoring and celebrating members of the LGBTQ+ community here in Southwest Washington! Vancouver USA Pride (https://vanusapride.org/) keeps the party going on July 9th at Esther Short Park in Downtown Vancouver.
Shannon and Harold sit down with three members of Vancouver USA Pride's Board - Brian Beliel, Jennifer Lanier and Dustina Haase-Lanier - to find out why Pride is so important for working people (no matter what their sexual orientation or gender identity might be,) why Vancouver's event is so...
2022-07-0131 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhy (and How) Do Unions Get Involved In Elections? With Shaun Gundert and Shawn Nyman#LaborRadioPod
It's election time again here in Southwest Washington. How do we know? Well, the number of political signs has exploded and Labor has put out its endorsements for candidates running for office (https://www.thestand.org/2022/05/wslc-makes-2022-election-endorsements/.)
But how does organized Labor pick candidates to endorse... and why are unions involved in the political process at all?
Shannon and Harold sit down with Shaun Gundert and Shawn Nyman, who chair the political committees for the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council and Cowlitz Wahkiakum Central Labor Council, to pull back the curtain o...
2022-06-1232 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWho Is The REAL Billy Gohl, and What Does His True Crime Story Have To Do With Labor History? With Aaron Goings and Connor Casey#LaborRadioPod
On this special episode, we're taking a deep dive into "True Crime" territory... Billy Gohl was called "The Ghoul of Grays Harbor" in the early 20th Century when he was accused of being the murderer who dumped several bodies into the canals around Aberdeen. Was he one of America's first serial killers?
Find out when Shannon and Harold talk with author Aaron Goings (https://www.stmartin.edu/directory/aaron-goings-phd) about who the REAL Billy Gohl was, and why his story is actually a Labor history story.
You can buy Aaron's book about B...
2022-06-0648 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonHonoring Our Local Labor Heroes#LaborRadioPod
On February 4, 2022 the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council and Cowlitz Wahkiakum Central Labor Council (https://www.facebook.com/Cowlitz-Wahkiakum-Central-Labor-Council-261864860491206/) came together to present the first annual Labor Heroes of Southwest Washington Awards - and it was a night to remember!
CWCLC President Diana Winther joins Shannon and Harold to talk about the 100% Union-Made awards show, the winners (find the complete list at https://www.swwaclc.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=867191,) the money raised for Labor's Community Service Agency (https://www.lcsaportland.org/) and most importantly what union members in our area should...
2022-04-2637 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhy Is The Evergreen School District Replacement Levy Important To EVERYONE?#LaborRadioPod
Residents in the Evergreen School District (https://www.evergreenps.org/) are being asked to vote on a replacement levy by April 26th (find out more about the levy at https://www.evergreenps.org/levy.)
The tactics being used by the opposition to the Levy are surprising, and they look disturbingly similar to what people are seeing in other school elections around the country! Shannon and Harold sit down with three Evergreen Education Association (https://www.eeaoffice.com/) members - Margaret Hunter, Shaun Gundert and Monica Stonier (yes, state Representative Monica Stonier... she works for E...
2022-04-1731 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Does This Year’s ”Strike Wave” Mean For 2022? With David Groves and Don McIntosh#LaborRadioPod
#Striketober... #Strikesgiving... #Strikesmas...
2021 has been a year unlike any in recent memory, filled with worker energy and power. Some have even called this moment we're living in a "strike wave..." but will all this worker activism continue into the new year?
The Stand's (https://www.thestand.org/) David Groves and the Northwest Labor Press' (https://nwlaborpress.org/) Don McIntosh sit down with Shannon and Harold to discuss the gains working people have made in 2021, and look ahead to what's in store for 2022.
PLUS - Shannon spills the beans on the S...
2021-12-2836 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Is ”Redistricting” And Why Should We Care? With April Sims#LaborRadioPod
Something is happening right now in Washington state (and around the country) that is going to change the political landscape for the next decade. It's called "redistricting," and it might have a major impact on working people's lives - but they may not be aware it's happening, or even know what it is.
Thankfully, Washington State Labor Council (https://www.wslc.org/) Secretary Treasurer April Sims, who also serves on our state's Redistricting Commission, is here to explain to Shannon and Harold what redistricting is, why it matters, and how working people can affect...
2021-10-1032 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhy Does A Hollywood Strike Matter To Southwest Washington? With Special Guest cdavid cottrill#LaborRadioPod
About 60,000 members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE (https://iatse.net/) - including some here in the Pacific Northwest - are voting on whether or not to authorize a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers or AMPTP (https://www.amptp.org/.) A strike, if it happens, would severely impact movie and TV production in the united states... but what would that mean for us here in Southwest Washington?
IATSE Local 488 (https://www.iatse488.org/) Business Agent cdavid cottrill sits down with Shannon and Harold to tell...
2021-10-0325 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWho‘s Next? Voices From The Nabisco Strike#LaborRadioPod
The Nabisco Strike is over - https://bctgm.org/2021/09/18/nabisco-strike-ends-bctgm-members-overwhelmingly-accept-new-contract/ Why did Nabisco workers go on strike in the first place, though, and what were they fighting for?
Shannon and Harold sit down with Mike Burlingham and Jesus Martinez, two BCTGM Local 364 (https://www.facebook.com/BCTGM-Local-364-Portland-Oregon-621776167954560) members, to talk about the conditions in the Portland Nabisco plant and the reasons they stayed on strike for over a month.
Then Doug Long and John Murphy, two former presidents of Local 364, tell Harold and Shannon about the support striking workers received from t...
2021-09-1948 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat‘s In Your Kit?#LaborRadioPod
Happy Labor Day, working people!
Unfortunately, we aren't able to gather at our annual Labor Day picnic this year (though we ARE holding a virtual #LaborDay celebration - find out more about it at https://tinyurl.com/eudbbdwj.)
A few local working people are still getting together and talk about what they do and how they do it, though.
A stage hand (IATSE Local 28 - https://www.iatse28.org/ - member Jane Chorazy)
An educator (Evergreen Education Association - https://www.eeaoffice.com/ - member Marj Hogan)
...
2021-09-0522 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonRest In Peace, Brother - We've Got It From Here... Remembering Richard Trumka#LaborRadioPod
The unexpected death of AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka sent shockwaves through the American Labor movement.
Three Washington Labor leaders -
IBEW Local 48 (https://www.ibew48.com/) Business Rep. and Southwest Washington Central Council Vice President Bob Carroll,
UA Local 290 (https://ua290.org/) member and Southwest Washington Central Labor Council Secretary Treasurer Randall Friesen,
and AFM Local 105 (https://www.afm105.org/) president and Secretary Treasurer of the Spokane Regional Labor Council (https://unionhall.aflcio.org/spokanelabor) Tina Morrison -
Join Shannon and Harold to discuss who Richard Tr...
2021-08-0924 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Do We Mean When We Talk About "Equity?" With Kasi Perreira and Shellea Loutsis - Allen#LaborRadioPod
It's been a year since the death of George Floyd, and working people in Southwest Washington and across America are having hard conversations about how members of marginalized groups are treated here in the United States.
Thankfully, the Washington State Labor Council (https://wslc.org/) is here to help with those conversations. WSLC Director of Racial and Gender Justice (https://www.wslc.org/race-and-labor/) Kasi Perreira tells Shannon and Harold what her department is all about, some of the history Labor is working to acknowledge and move past (https://www.thestand.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Race-and-Labor_booklet_lo-res.pd...
2021-06-1339 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonCan Your Boss Really Do That? Is It Even Legal? With Diana Winther and Daniel Hutzenbiler#LaborRadioPod
Far too many people feel mistreated at work, but when is that mistreatment because of a "bad boss," and when is it actually a violation of the law?
Shannon and Harold talk to two Labor attorneys to find out where that line is drawn, and what recourse working people have under the law.
First they talk with Diana Winther (https://www.ibew48.com/leadership/diana-winther) General Counsel for this episode's sponsor, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48, about the difference between Labor law and employment law - and when it might...
2021-05-3134 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonA Historic Legislative Session For Working People With Rep. Sharon Wylie, Sen. Karen Keiser and Rep. Monica Stonier#LaborRadioPod
Washington's 2021 Legislative session closed on April 25th, and it was called "historic" by a lot of people, for a lot of reasons.
The most obvious reason is that the Legislature couldn't meet in person at the state capitol in Olympia because of the Covid 19 pandemic. The session was also historic because of the groundbreaking laws and policies the legislators passed to help working people during the pandemic - and long after it's over.
State Senator Karen Keiser (https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/keiser/) and Representatives Sharon Wylie (https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/wylie/) and M...
2021-05-1545 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhy Do ALL Working People Need The PRO Act - with Senator Patty Murray and AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler#LaborRadioPod
It's May Day, or International Workers Day!
Shannon and Harold couldn't think of a better time to talk about how working people can come together and work towards fair treatment in their workplaces... and about the PRO Act, which will make it easier for them to do that when it passes the Senate!
One of the authors of the Protecting The Right To Organize Act, Washington's own Senator Patty Murray (https://www.murray.senate.gov/), calls in to tell them why she created the bill and why she's fighting so hard to...
2021-05-0139 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonDon't Look Back - Move Forward And... What Do Nurses Need At PeaceHealth SW?#LaborRadioPod
It's been a while, huh?
Now that she's back and ready to podcast, Shannon takes charge and focuses on all the great things happening for working people right now - including:
The American Rescue Plan - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/biden-1point9-trillion-covid-relief-package-thursday-afternoon.html
The PROAct - https://passtheproact.org/
The American Jobs Plan - https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-jobs-plan/
And... a president that's not afraid to say GOOD things about unions (seriously... did you hear this speech? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpUD9KgYc4)
...
2021-04-0843 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonFinancial Stability In The COVID Era With Special Guests Patrick Town and Ross Wolf#LaborRadioPod
It's always difficult for working people to get their finances in order, but it's especially difficult in this COVID-19 era we've all been living through. Shannon and Harold talk to two financial experts -
Ross Wolf, President of Pacific Financial Advisors (https://www.pacificfa.com/) and
Patrick Town, founder and Executive Director of Union Home Plus (https://www.unionhomeplus.org)
- about the pressures working people are facing, and what they can do to start on the road to true financial stability.
Be sure to visit Ross's Financial P...
2021-01-3123 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonSharing Your Views With Your Government (The RIGHT Way) With Special Guests Monica Stonier and Annette Cleveland#LaborRadioPod
Washington's 2021 Legislative session opened this week against the backdrop of political violence at the nation's Capitol, and new restrictions because of the COVID 19 pandemic. Washington has a lot of very important issues to be dealt with during this session, and it's crucial that working people engage with their legislators... but between increased security and legislators' absence from the state Capitol in Olympia, how are they supposed to do that?
Shannon and Harold dig into these issues with state Representative Monica Stonier (https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/stonier/) who has a handy infographic to help constituents...
2021-01-1732 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonOh What A Year It's Been With Special Guest Larry Brown#LaborRadioPod
You don't need us to tell you that 2020 has been a ROUGH year... and you don't need us to tell you why! With everything that's happened, though, there have been some major victories for working people!
Rather than dwell on the bad things that have happened this year, Shannon and Harold decided to talk to the people involved with some of those victories, including
- Clark College Association for Higher Education (https://www.ccahe.org/) President Suzanne Southerland, who tells us about CCAHE's successful strike and standing in solidarity with WPEA members (h...
2020-12-2040 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonLabor's Helping Hands For The Holidays... And All Year Round!#LaborRadioPod
Organized Labor is always there for working people in our region - but particularly during the holiday season when so many people impacted by employment issues aren't able to provide a happy holiday for their families! With that in mind, Shannon and Harold talk to several people in our local Labor community about what they're doing to support working families this season.
First, they talk to Myka Dubay from the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union Local 5 (https://ilwulocal5.com/) who is urging people to do their holiday shopping online at our local independently-owned un...
2020-12-0632 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Do The New Covid Restrictions Mean For Classified Staff (And For YOU?) With Special Guests Temple Lentz and Julie Olson#LaborRadioPod
Vancouver School District classified employees have been furloughed for months, and they're struggling. Barb Plymate, president of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals (http://www.vaespwa.org/) joins Shannon and Harold to talk about the district's justification for these furloughs... and the fact that it has the money to put these people back to work!
Find out more at the Washington Education Association Riverside Uniserv Council's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WEARUC
Want to do more to help VSD classified employees? Sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/w...
2020-11-2232 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWho Are Shannon and Harold?#LaborRadioPod
We're doing something a little different this week! Shannon and Harold recorded their intro on November 6, before the US election had been called for Joe Biden, and they thought you working people out there might need to take a break from being glued to the news and "Doom Scrolling" - so, this week's guests are... Shannon and Harold!
You know we're a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. A few weeks ago Empathy Media Lab (https://www.empathymedialab.com/) producer and Network member Evan Papp interviewed Shannon and Harold for his new L...
2020-11-0732 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonGet Out And Vote!! With Special Guest Carolyn Long#LaborRadioPod
After what seems like a political season that's lasted for years... election day is almost here! It's FINALLY TIME TO VOTE!
Because Washington is a 100% Vote By Mail State, you can still drop your ballot in the mail - or drop it off in an official ballot drop box (https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/Drop%20Boxes%20and%20Voting%20Centers%20PDF.pdf) - by 8:00 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd!
Washington State Labor Council (https://www.wslc.org) Political and Strategic Campaign Director Cherika Carter, Washington State Nurses Association (https://www.wsna...
2020-11-0133 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonGetting Support In Difficult Times With Daniel Smith and Tanisha Harris#LaborRadioPod
Daniel Smith (https://www.smithforsenate.org) and Tanisha Harris (https://www.electtanisha.com/) aren't just running for the Washington State Legislature in the 17th Legislative district... they're also social service providers who work on the ground in Clark County.
Daniel and Tanisha sit down to talk about the struggles working people are facing during this very difficult year - and where they can go for help with domestic violence, legal issues, mental health support, and more.
If you or someone you know are facing a crisis, please contact
The YWCA of...
2020-10-2534 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonDealing With Political Bullies with Anne McEnerny-Ogle and Troy Price#LaborRadioPod
Shannon and Harold have said it plenty of times: "it's getting crazy out there!"
This week that "crazy" hit close to home when a woman right here in Vancouver, Washington was accosted on the street while canvassing for her preferred political candidate. The six minute video she shot spread rapidly across the internet, and made national news.
Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle and Assistant Chief of the Vancouver Police Department Troy Price join Harold and Shannon to talk about the state of political discourse today, and what working people can do to keep t...
2020-10-1828 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonTelling Fact From Fiction Online With Special Guest Donna Sinclair#LaborRadioPod
As the election gets closer, the misinformation - and DISINFORMATION - getting passed around through social media seems to be at an all time high. How is a working person supposed to tell when something is true... or false?
Three media professionals - KGW (https://www.kgw.com/) reporter and SAG-AFTRA Shop Steward Tim Gordon; former Columbian (https://www.columbian.com/) reporter and administrative officer for the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild (http://www.pnwguild.org/) Katie Gillespie; and Clark College (http://www.clark.edu/) communications professor Suzanne Southerland - are on hand with advice t...
2020-10-1134 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonHow To Get (and Give) Help In A Crisis With Special Guests April Sims and Matt Little#LaborRadioPod
It's not news that between Covid-19 and the recent wildfires, 2020 has been full of challenges for working people. Thankfully, there are resources available to help in times of need like these. Washington State Labor Council (http://www.wslc.org) Secretary Treasurer April Sims tells Shannon and Harold about the Foundation For Working Families, and what the WSLC is doing to help working people throughout Washington State.
Then, Matt Little (https://www.mattlittle4clarkcounty.org/) tells them how his family coped in rural Clark County during the recent wildfires, and about his run for Clark C...
2020-10-0429 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonEssential Workers Voices with special guest Sharon Wylie#LaborRadioPod
Three essential workers - nurse Dawn Marick, bus driver Jim Bennett, and IT Customer Support Specialist Tracy Stanley - talk with Shannon and Harold about what life has been like since the beginning of the pandemic, and what people can do to help them as we move forward together into "the new normal."
Then, state representative Sharon Wylie (https://www.electsharon.com/) stops by to talk about what's being done to support essential workers at the Washington state capitol in Olympia, and about her campaign to retain her seat representing the 49th Legislative District.
2020-09-2724 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonWhat Is The Clark County Charter Review Commission and Why Should You Care?Now that Labor Day has passed, we're fully into election season. There's an important election taking place in Clark County, though, that you might not be paying attention to - the race for the Charter Review Commission. What is the Charter Review Commission, and what affect does it have on YOUR daily life? Six candidates join Shannon and Harold to talk about it:
Terri Niles - https://www.facebook.com/niles4clarkcounty/
Eric Labrant - https://labrantforcharter.com/
Michael Martin - https://electmichaelmartin.org/
Kelsey Potter - https://www.facebook.com/kp...
2020-09-2032 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonStarting a Career Without Going Into Debt with Special Guest Joanna TurnerShannon and Harold talk to Bob Caroll, president of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council (http://www.colpacbuildingtrades.com/,) Mike Bridges with the Longview Kelso Building Trades Council, and Executive Secretary of the Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council (http://www.wabuildingtrades.org/) Mark Riker about how people can start a new career without taking on a ton of college debt.
Mike Bridges sticks around to discuss the Northwest Innovationworks project in Kalama, Washington with Vee Godley and Kent Caputo. Find out more about the project and the living wage jobs it will provide...
2020-09-1332 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonSurviving Online Education with special guest Monica StonierJust in time for Labor Day weekend, working people in SW Washington and across the world, it's episode 1 of Working to Live in Southwest Washington - sponsored by http://www.qualifiedelectricianspdx.com!
Shannon and Harold talk to four SW Washington educators about what it's like to go back to school in our new reality, and what they think it's important for parents to know so their students have the best chance of success.
Randy Davis from IBEW Local 48 (https://www.ibew48.com/) introduces a $200 discount coupon available to working families in our region through Qualified...
2020-09-0630 min
Working to Live in Southwest WashingtonIntroducing Working To Live in Southwest WashingtonIn the Pacific Northwest we don't live to work... we work to live!
The Southwest Washington Central Labor Council is very excited to bring you a new podcast about work, and life, in the lower-left-corner of the Evergreen State. Hosts Shannon Myers and Harold Phillips are planning to bring working people in our region and throughout the world discussions with newsmakers, Labor leaders and everyday workers about the things that matter most to their day-to-day lives - and have some fun along the way!
Remember, working people in SW Washington, this is...
2020-08-2606 min