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JP's New Song on Railroad Fatigue & A Poem on Chinese Railroad Dangers

Mike Elk Aug 23, 2016 0 Comments

When JP Wright is not wearing his Folk Labor Desk hat, he is a Locomotive Engineer, driving trains from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee. This song details the stress of working a job that takes a person away from home for 70 hours a week. Freight railroad workers work on

JP Pens a Song about the Freight Train Collision in Texas

Mike Elk Jul 01, 2016 0 Comments

This week on the Folk Labor Desk, JP talks very personally about the tragic head-on collision between two freight trains in the panhandle of Texas, which has left three railroad workers dead and one injured, and gives a sneak peak of a draft of a new version of a Casey

JP Sings about Teamsters, Teachers, and Train Workers

Mike Elk Jun 24, 2016 0 Comments

In this edition of the Folk Labor Desk, JP asks the nerds to raise their hands as he puts a musical twist on our recent story about the Teamsters, talks about being on Workers Independent News, and sings about the repression of teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, amongst other things. Listen

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JP's New Song on Railroad Fatigue & A Poem on Chinese Railroad Dangers

JP Pens a Song about the Freight Train Collision in Texas

JP Sings about Teamsters, Teachers, and Train Workers

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