The UFF-FSU Chapter initiated the “Labor Minute” series on WFSU in April of 2014. "Labor Minute" shares stories of the American Labor movement, including the challenges and success of American workers. All of these recordings were researched, written, and recorded by UFF activists. "Labor Minute" is sponsored by UFF-FSU with help from the Florida AFL-CIO and the Big Bend Labor Chapter.
First aired 2014-04-09 What is a labor union?
Written by Jack Fiorito, read by Jennifer Proffitt
First aired 2014-04-16 Harlan County, Kentucky
Written by Jennifer Proffitt, read by Jennifer Proffitt
First aired 2014-04-23 "Which Side Are You On?"
Written by Jennifer Proffitt, read by Jennifer Proffitt
First aired 2014-04-30 Fair Labor Standards Act
Written by Jennifer Proffitt, read by Jennifer Proffitt
First aired 2014-05-07 What is "work to rule"?
Written by Pamela Doffek, read by Pamala Doffek
First aired 2014-05-14 "Sixteen Tons"
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-05-21 How did Charlotte Perkins Gilman influence maternity reform?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-05-28 The Union-wage Premium
Written by Irene Padavic, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-06-04 Collective Bargaining
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-06-11 The Triangle Factory Fire
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-06-18 What is the relationship between women's literacy and labor unions?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-06-25 Have labor strikes ever been done for social protest?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-07-02 What do women want?
Written by Irene Padavic, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-07-09 Unions’ effect on non-unionized workers
Written by Irene Padavic, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-07-16 Do Americans like unions?
Written by Jack Fiorito, read by Pamala Doffek
First aired 2014-07-23 What is collective bargaining?
Written by Scott Hannahs, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-07-30 Are there unions in Florida?
Written by Jack Fiorito, read by Pamala Doffek
First aired 2014-08-06 Crystal Lee Sutton
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-08-13 Workplace Vigilance
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-08-20 Where did the eight hour workday originate?
Written by Randolph Langley, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-08-27 What does a 1905 novel have to do with 21st century sanitation and labor laws?
Written by Robin Goodman, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-09-03 Labor Day
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-09-10 The Wobblies
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-09-17 Tom Morello
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-09-24 Who was America's first labor leader?
Written by Randolph Langley, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-10-01 Where did the mass march on Washington originate?
Written by Randolph Langley, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-10-08 What is a "practical blue-stocking"?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-10-15 What inspired the New York Working Women’s Protective Union?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-10-22 Could feminist literary realism humanize mill workers in the 1860s?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-10-29 Right to Work
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-11-05 Grievance
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-11-12 Solidarity Action
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-11-19 When did a 9 to 5 job become an 8 to 5 job?
Written by Tom Wazlavek, read by Tom Wazlavek
First aired 2014-11-26 How common are sick leave and vacation rights?
Written by Tom Wazlavek, read by Tom Wazlavek
First aired 2014-12-03 The Norris-La Guardia Act
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-12-10 Yellow-Dog Contracts
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2014-12-17 What does the labor movement of the 1960s have to do with the value of a strikeout or a home run?
Written by Josh Newman, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-12-24 What does doughnut magnate Tim Horton have to do with professional sports labor?
Written by Josh Newman, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2014-12-31 "Bread and Roses"
Written by Rich Templin, read by Jennifer Proffitt
First aired 2014-01-07 Martin Luther King: Economic Justice
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-01-14 Martin Luther King: Minimum Wage
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-01-21 Martin Luther King: Organized Labor
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-01-28 Martin Luther King: The Last Campaign
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-02-04 Who was A. Phillip Randolph?
Written by Irene Padavic, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-02-11 Who was Isaac Myers?
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-02-18 The Colored National Labor Union
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-02-25 Who was Joe Hill?
Written by Irene Padavic, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-03-04 What are the Benefits of Academic Freedom, and Why is it Protected?
Written by Tarez Samra Graban, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2015-03-11 Using Race to Divide Workers
Written by Irene Padavic, read by Tarez Samra Graban
First aired 2015-03-18 Unions and the Top Ten Percent
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-03-25 Pins and Needles: A Broadway Musical with a Social Message
Written by Michael Buchler, read by Michael Buchler
First aired 2015-04-01 Arturo Giovannitti
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers
First aired 2015-04-08 The Most Successful Labor Strike
Written by Nancy Rogers, read by Nancy Rogers