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UC grad students occupy union hall, train web cams on uncounted ballots -- EXTENDED ONLINE VERSION

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
On Monday, May 2nd, a group of University of California graduate students began a sit-in at their own union hall, UAW Local 2865.  The students are demanding the completion of an interrupted vote count in a closely contested race between two slates for union leadership.  Si... Read more

TLC Colombia-EU y derechos Laborales y Humanos

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Una entrevista con Gerardo Cajamarca, sindicalista colombiano, sobre la lucha contra el TLC neoliberal. Read more

Who Creates Jobs, and What is a Job?

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Politicians argue about what is the best way to create jobs.  But who has the power to create jobs, and why?  And what is a job, anyway?  Clayton Morgareidge comments.  You can read his remarks here.  The music heard at the end is "Dear Employer," performed by Five Minus.  Read more

Antonia Juhasz and her book BLACK TIDE: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  Host Per Fagereng interviews Antonia Juhasz about her new book BLACK TIDE: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill It is the largest oil disaster in American history, and it could happen again. It is more than a story of ruined beaches, dead wildlife, chemical disper... Read more

Who Creates Jobs, and what is a job?

The Old Mole Variety Hour April 25, 2011 A  few days ago, I received an email from MoveOn.org that read:  Dear MoveOn member, There's a youth jobs crisis in America that no one is talking about. Students and graduates are taking matters into their own hands to show that they... Read more

Colombian Union Denounces Labor Abuses by Sodexo and Kraft Food

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Jose Fraybel Melo of the Colombian union Sinaltrainal visits the U.S. to denounce labor abuses by transnational corporations Sodexo and Kraft Food.  This is the English translation of the original interview in Spanish. Read more

Beaverton School Custodians on Chopping Block

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Two custodians at Beaverton public schools, Mason Young and Steve Specht, talk with host Jamie Partridge about their struggle to prevent possible  layoffs or pay cuts of 30% to 50%  for over a hundred of their fellow custodians, members of the Oregon School Employees Associ... Read more

Crises not over with US economy or Fukushima

Airs at: Thu, 04/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" notes that radioactive cesium in fish 35 km from Fukushima reactors is 25x legal limit.  Possibility of radiation disheartening to those who live on co... Read more

The Virtue of Selfishness or The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe and Clayton consider selfishness and altruism in the context of Ayn Rand's work. They bring in Oscar Wilde's 1891 essay "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" - which almost sounds like an essay Rand would write - as an alternative understanding of the same dynamics of altr... Read more