First Thursday

First Thursday


First Thursday, February 2025

February 06, 2025

This month’s podcast explores the connections between all workers, whether public safety or civilian, federal or state, public or private. Rick Poulson is joined by his colleague Joe Richardson to discuss this with a focus on a recent union-busting case out of Douglas County Colorado.

0: 03:43 – What’s going on with LRIS?

0:06:08 – A bit of labor history, Part 1: The Boston police strike of 1919

0:12:38 – A bit of labor history, Part 2: PATCO strike of 1981

0:25:10 – Joe Richardson introduction

0:28:27 – Case: FOP Lodge 47 v. Douglas County and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office