I AM STORY
AFSCMEIn 1968, sanitation workers in Memphis took a stand against degrading and deadly working conditions. They declared a strike that would lead to a movement that would shake the nation. The I AM STORY podcast tells the story of the sanitation workers who dared to declare: I AM A MAN.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 8 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Categories | DocumentarySociety & CultureHistory | ||||
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In the fifth episode of the I AM Story podcast, current labor leaders discuss how the lessons of the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike are as relevant today as they were 55 years ago. more
Episode 4 of the I AM STORY podcast looks at the impact the strike had on the lives of the people involved and the challenges workers have faced in the years since.
Seven weeks after the sanitation strike began, garbage was piling up and the city was feeling the pressure. The labor action was expanding into a mass community mobilization – with churches, student activists, and civil rights organizations and even ... more
In the wake of the deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, 1,300 Memphis sanitation workers went on strike. The men were demanding safer working conditions and basic respect for the services they provided. But Mayor Henry Loeb dug in, refusing to rec... more
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- I Am Story
This is a way we as workers and as a community have to keep fighting for better wages and better working conditions, this story tells the struggles of what some workers went through back then. more
Apple Podcasts5Syblow
United Statesa year ago - I am story
We need to be able to tell and retell this important history about the intersection of race and class as it plays out in labor, demonstrating the need to organize and struggle for workplace rights and social justice. The same arguments by Memphis’ racist power structure against the union employ the same tactics being advanced against workers today.
Apple Podcasts5Nat BenderUnited Statesa year ago - A compelling history
Thank you for bringing this important history to life. This compelling podcast is a model for historians and activists.
Apple Podcasts5Chippy-58United Statesa year ago - History come to life
Beautiful produced oral history—edge of the seat pacing. Important information for those interested in Civil Rights and Labor history.
Apple Podcasts5ethereal_ladUnited Statesa year ago - So good
Great podcast for Labor history.
Apple Podcasts5Jeralyn CaveUnited Statesa year ago
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