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Boot Biters

Boot Biters

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Boot Biters is a labor history podcast that strongly believes that history isn't boring and work shouldn't suck! We are witnessing an insane surge in labor organizing around the world and, of course, massive backlash to go along with it (and this is why we can't have nice things). Learning about the history of labor organizing is a first step toward understanding how we got here, how we got the protections we do have and how we hold on to them moving forward, and envisioning a world that treats workers with respect and dignity. From the first recorded labor strike in human history in Ancient Egypt to the West Virginia Mine Wars, we're going to cover it all!

Boot Biters is hosted by me, Dakota, a nerdy little goof who hyper-fixated on labor history and realized how much I didn't know and how important it was that I start learning. So come learn with me, I promise we're going to have a blast!

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  • 22. The Uprising of the 20,000

    22. The Uprising of the 20,000
    Dec 9 2025

    This one has another cool labor song! Also weirdly nepo babies doing good? In this episode, we're covering the 1909 Shirtwaist Strike or the Uprising of the 20,000, when predominantly Jewish and Italian women launched a general strike in the garment industry in New York City, winning better pay and strengthening their union, not to mention inspiring a whole lot of other workers to demand better for themselves too! Let's dive in!

    Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

    • Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
    • You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts or anywhere you get your podcasts!
    • Instagram and TikTok: @bootbiterspod
    • BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

    Support the podcast, get access to the Water Cooler monthly bonus episodes, and check out resources used in episodes for further reading (resources are publicly available): patreon.com/BootBiters

    Credits: Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders
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    30 Min.
  • 21. 1912 Bread and Roses Strike

    21. 1912 Bread and Roses Strike
    Nov 25 2025

    In this episode we're talking about the Bread and Roses or the Singing Strike of 1912, when an insanely diverse and incredibly organized group of mill workers, many of them women, working in the industrial town of Lawrence, MA went on a successful strike to protest a wage cut. This strike was another dramatic one, with a sabotage plot orchestrated by the mill owners and women strikers duking it out with cops. Even though several strikers died over the course of the strike, their sacrifice wasn't in vain, with eventual pay raises and changes to working conditions being seen not just in Lawrence but across all of New England. Let's get into it!

    Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

    • Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
    • You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts or anywhere you get your podcasts!
    • Instagram and TikTok: @bootbiterspod
    • BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

    Support the podcast, get access to the Water Cooler monthly bonus episodes, and check out resources used in episodes for further reading (resources are publicly available): patreon.com/BootBiters

    Credits: Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders
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    41 Min.
  • 20. The Rise of the Pullman Porters

    20. The Rise of the Pullman Porters
    Nov 4 2025

    In this episode we're continuing the Pullman saga, but this time we're talking about the Black porters and maids who were busy developing their own union (with the coolest name) the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Their slow but steady movement would grow to result in not just the first negotiated bargaining contract between Black workers and a company in the U.S. but the birth of wider civil rights activism. Let's get into it!

    Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

    • Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
    • You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts or anywhere you get your podcasts!
    • Instagram and TikTok: @bootbiterspod
    • BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

    Support the podcast, get access to the Water Cooler monthly bonus episodes, and check out resources used in episodes for further reading (resources are publicly available): patreon.com/BootBiters

    Credits: Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders
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    31 Min.
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