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Fighting Corporate Impunity in the Global Economy: Dan Kovalik of the USW

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Dan Kovalik of the United Steelworkers talks about holding corporations accountable in US courts for labor and human rights abuses in other countries.  Dan has been counsel to plaintiffs in cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond, and Occidental Petroleum for alleged ... Read more

Movie Moles: Finally Got The News

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Laurie Mercier and Denise Morris talk about the 1970 documentary "Finally Got The News" (re-released and available to view for free online HERE), produced in association with the League for Revolutionary Black Workers. The League was wary of the film at first, worried it w... Read more

Adrienne Rich: Ballad of the Poverties

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In honor of the late Adrienne Rich, Frann Michel reads a poem of hers called "Ballad of the Poverties". Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 2nd

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
           Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole. We hear about the Treyvon Martin case, Adrienne Rich's work on motherhood, a poem by Adrienne Rich, a movie review about revolutionary black workers, and a radical musicology segment about Alix Dobkins, who we hear throughout t... Read more

East County Teachers May Strike (short version)

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
   1,300 school teachers, represented by the Oregon Education Association (OEA) in the Parkrose, Gresham-Barlow and Reynolds school districts, may strike in the next month if their school boards continue down their current path toward implementation of severe attacks on tea... Read more

Worker-owned co-operatives: building a more humane economy

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
The United Nations has declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives, Congress may be considering the National Cooperative Development Act, and worker-owned co-operatives could play a role in creating an economy that treats people as human beings.  One inspiring exam... Read more

Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Ellen Schultz about her book, "Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers." It's no secret that hundreds of companies have been slashing pensions and health coverage earned by... Read more

East County Teachers May Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  1,300 school teachers, represented by the Oregon Education Association (OEA) in the Parkrose, Gresham-Barlow and Reynolds school districts, may strike in the next month if their school boards continue down their current path toward implementation of severe attacks on teac... Read more

WORKERS DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Since 1999 and the election of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan workers have been creating a participatory democracy which they call “Socialism for the 21st Century”. Host Jamie Partridge interviews former Portland organizer Patrick Leet, who has spent the past five years in the mid... Read more

Labor Organizer Fired at NEW SEASONS

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This weekend a rally was held outside the New Seasons seven corners store in response to last month’s firing of former employee Ryan Gaughan. An empoyee for almost ten years, Gaughan was fired on February seventh for allegded theft.  He contends that his termination was in r... Read more