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Day 5 East County teachers strike

Airs at: Fri, 05/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Day five of the Reynolds teachers strike was calm compared with earlier in the week.  Teachers rallied for a few hours in the morning and waited for the results of a mediation/ negotiation session.  Despite union agreement to the district's economic demands earlier in the w... Read more

Day 3 East County teachers strike

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Reynolds teachers walk the picketline for the third day as the school district refuses to negotiate a fair contract.  Labor Radio reporter Jamie Partridge talks with picket captains Nicole Anderson, Rob La Raus, and Paul Switalla in front of Reynolds Middle School and Sa... Read more

Colombian GM Worker Leader Visits Detroit to Seek Solidarity from the UAW

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Jorge Parra, president of ASOTRECOL, the Association of Sick Workers and Ex-Workers of GM Colombia, talks with UAW staff at Solidarity House in Detroit.  GM kicked these workers to the curb after they were hurt on the job, and they then occupied the curb - the one across th... Read more

Day 2 East County teachers strike

Airs at: Tue, 05/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
On the picketline in front of H B Lee Middle School, Labor Radio host Jamie Partridge talks with striking Reynolds teachers Micah Howard, Connor Colbrick, and Rosemary Elisa. Read more

On Strike! East County Teachers

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
On the picketline Monday morning, KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge interviews Reynolds High School teachers on strike -- Tom Beeman, Doug Beardsley, and Evan Selby. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Many thanks to all you listeners who contributed to KBOO during the Spring Membership Drive!  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole which deals with austerity policies in Greece and around the world, how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) writ... Read more

Zekan Sues Lincoln County For Freedom of Speech

Airs at: Tue, 05/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Normal 0 Matt Zekan is suing Lincoln County officials for denying his right to free speech. Zekan began protesting against the county after the placed his father on administrative leave two years ago. Lincoln County later banned Zekan from all government property fo... Read more

KBOO and Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement comments on how KBOO's democratic organization and ownership structure is, as a form of workplace democracy, the true base of progressive social change. Read more

Bus Riders Unite

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Khahn Pham and Jared Franz from OPAL / Bus Riders Unite speak about the transit systems proposed cuts, OPALs alternatives that put riders first and unity with transit workers. Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05-10-12 Occupying the economy with Richard D. Wolff

Airs at: Thu, 05/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Occupying the economy with Richard D. Wolff Three years into the government's announced recovery, working Americans find themselves poorer than when the recovery began. While the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression has exposed corrupt bankers, unregulated s... Read more