Tales from the Reuther Library Podcast
1) The 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight against Sunshine State Conservatism
Dr. Jody Baxter Noll recounts the 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike, in which 27,000 teachers across the state, amidst a shift in Florida politics toward a pro-business and suburban “Sunshine conservatism...Show More
2) Talking Archives with the Society of Women Engineers
Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO of the Society of Women Engineers, talks about SWE’s archives at the Reuther Library and shares how the 75-year-old organization leverages its history to advo...Show More
3) Polish American Women and Detroit’s 1938 Federal Screw Works Strike
Dr. Martin Hershock recounts the violent three-day strike against General Motors supplier Federal Screw Works in 1938, when women from Detroit’s Polish community led the fight to preserve both their r...Show More
4) Talking History with AFA President Sara Nelson
In celebration of the Reuther Library’s 50th anniversary, Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO discusses the importance of understanding labor and ...Show More
5) The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North
Professor Michelle Adams describes the struggles to integrate Detroit’s highly segregated neighborhoods and schools in the 1960s, a federal judge’s ruling to alleviate that segregation by bussing stud...Show More
6) Remembering the Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center
Dr. Beth Widmaier Capo discusses the Detroit Feminist Women’s Health Center and the role health practitioners there—including her mother—played in empowering women to understand their bodies and take ...Show More
7) Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976
John Miles Branch discusses the National Labor Relations Board’s policy to dismiss union petitions at charitable organizations in the decades following the Second World War, and the policy’s reversal ...Show More
8) Talking Archives with AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride
In celebration of the Reuther Library’s 50th anniversary, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride reflects on the role the union’s history and archives play in current and future labor actions and o...Show More
9) Coach of Champions: D.L. Holmes and the Making of Detroit’s Track Stars
Dr. Keith Wunderlich shares the life and legacy of D.L. Holmes, athletic director of what is now Wayne State University from 1917 though 1958. With a meager budget and outdated equipment, Coach Holmes...Show More
10) Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education
Dr. Nick Juravich discusses the experiences of the first-generation of paraprofessional educators in New York City in the 1960s-1980s and their impact on the city’s educational system, community relat...Show More