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Friday's Labor Folklore

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I make videos of songs and stories that portray the history and culture of working-class people. I love a good labor and protest song! You can watch these videos by visiting my YouTube channel. Click here or type "Saul Schniderman channel" in the YouTube search box.

Labor History

(4:08 min.)

Words & music by Pat Wynne. "They never taught us any labor history, it's a mystery how we survived." Pat is accompanied by Jon Fromer on guitar.
 


Unaccountable

(2.46 min.)


Elise Bryant performs this parody of "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole, accompanied by Steve Jones on piano. Lyrics by Paul McKenna. Trump gets his musical comeuppance.
 

Victory Song of the

Dressmakers

(1.48 min.)


The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was the first union representing primarily women and immigrant workers. This victory song was performed by a male chorus, the International Singers, in 1935.
 

The Ballad

of Min Matheson

(3.24 min.)


Words & music by Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou. Min Matheson (1909-1992) was the popular and charismatic organizer and leader of the ILGWU in northeast Pennsylvania.
 

I Am Not Content

(1.50 min.)


Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet member and the longest serving Secretary of Labor is revered in this staged reading by Kathie Mack. From the play "I Am Not Content, an Hour with Frances Perkins" by Stephen LaRocque.

God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies. -- Mother Jones

Friday's Labor Folklore

Saul Schniderman, editor

175

The number of people - most of them girls between the ages of 7 to 12 - who died at the Good Tree primary school in Minab, Iran. The school was hit by an American Tomahawk missile on Feb. 28th resulting in the deaths of students and teachers. (New York Times, 3/1/2026)

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