Welcome to the Reuther Library's podcast archive. They are arranged by publication date with the most recent on top and the oldest at the bottom.
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[Podcast] The UAW’s Southern Gamble in Foreign-Owned Factories
Posted February 26th, 2024 by teller
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Dr. Stephen Silvia explains how the UAW built a cooperative relationship with workers’ councils and unions at foreign automotive companies, but has nevertheless struggled to organize those companies’ vehicle factories in the southern United States since the 1990s due to anti-labor politics and the companies’ shared anti-union playbooks. read more »
[Podcast] Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence and Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era
Posted December 7th, 2023 by teller
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- African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--20th century
- Civil rights
- Detroit (Mich.) Police Dept.
- Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--20th century
- Detroit Commission on Community Relations
- Detroit--politics and government
- Detroit--race relations
- Militarism
- NAACP
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Detroit Branch
- Police-community relations
Dr. Matthew Lassiter shares stories uncovered in Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence, Crime Politics, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era, a collaborative digital exhibit created by undergraduate history students documenting nearly 200 civilians killed between 1957 and 1973 by the Detroit Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the city. Because identifying information was rarely included in official reports or the city’s mainstream media, the students instead searched the archives of local activists and community organizations to identify the victims and the circumstances of their deaths. read more »
[Podcast] Labor Radical Harry Bridges and the Cold War Ire of the US Government
Posted October 26th, 2023 by teller
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In the second of a two-part series, Dr. Robert Cherny recounts how immigrant Harry Bridges successfully led the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for four decades beginning in the 1930s, even as his militant unionism and association with communists placed him at odds with the American government during the Cold War and at the center of several deportation hearings. read more »
[Podcast] Labor Legend Harry Bridges and the Pacific Coast Longshore Strike of 1934
Posted October 26th, 2023 by teller
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In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Robert Cherny explains how the early life of Australian immigrant Harry Bridges prepared him to lead the groundbreaking 1934 Pacific Coast longshoremen’s and maritime workers’ strikes in the United States, later becoming the first president of the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). read more »
[Podcast] Taming the Octopus: Eli Black and the Search for Social Responsibility at the United Fruit / United Brands Company
Posted September 11th, 2023 by teller
Dr. Matt Garcia traces the legacy of Eli Black, a former rabbi who, as CEO of United Fruit/United Brands Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s, attempted to instill corporate social responsibility into the notorious fruit conglomerate before ending his life following a series of business setbacks and looming corruption scandals. read more »
