UMass Dartmouth Launches SouthCoast Working Podcast
The Arnold M. Dubin/UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center has announced the launching of a new podcast that is geared towards the issues and struggles facing the workforce here on the SouthCoast.
Both New Bedford and Fall River have a long, rich history of being working class towns. Fall River and their textile mills were a big part of the industrial revolution.
New Bedford lit the world with the whaling industry. When whaling became obsolete, manufacturing was the major focus. As the nation's most valuable fishing port, seafood has obviously always been a critically important part of New Bedford's economy.