Truthdig Radio

is broadcasting nationally today, Wednesday, April 6. We put together a very special show on the labor movement, covering the gamut from farmworkers to teachers and even millionaire athletes.

Find us on your dial: Los Angeles 90.7 – 2 p.m. Pacific; New York 99.5 – 4 p.m. Eastern; Bay Area 94.1; Houston 90.1; Washington, D.C., 89.3 (check listings).

This special edition of Truthdig radio features Bill Boyarsky and Jim Mamer on teachers, Philip Dray on why “there is power in a union,” and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta and former United Auto Workers officer Paul Schrade in conversation with Robert Scheer. Also: Howie Stier reports from the streets of L.A. and Mark Heisler puts millionaire athletes in context.