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.