13 The Keokuk Teacher Strike: How Public Workers Won (and Then Lost) In Iowa

The Smash Up Derby Podcast: Working Class Politics, Labor Unions, and Democratic Socialism

We talk with John McKerley of the Iowa Labor History Oral Project (https://soundcloud.com/ilhop) about the 1970 teacher strike in Keokuk, Iowa, the role that strike played in winning public-sector collective bargaining in that state, and the recent attacks on Iowa public-sector workers. More links and photos at smashuppodcast.com.