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Portland Rising: Fifteen Thousand Workers in Collective Bargaining This Summer

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Negotiating a collective bargaining agreement is tough.  Negotiating during hard economic times is even tougher. Despite the down economy, workers across the state -- including 15,000 Portland workers in bargaining right now -- are staying on the offense to fight for jobs, ... Read more

New Hope for Single Payer! and West Coast Unity for San Francisco Hotel Workers

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
RN and longtime health care and labor activist Betsy Zucker brings us some major good news in the campaign for single payer, including a groundbreaking victory in Vermont and a change of direction from labor's top organizational leadership.  For more info on the upcoming tr... Read more

Helen Keller: politically incorrect rebel girl

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Helen Keller is a beloved bleeding-heart symbol of personal perseverance, an "unmitigated American folk-hero" even, but what we hardly hear in school is that she persevered against capitalism and in solidarity with the radical left movements of her time. This short essay, r... Read more

The 11th annual Village Building Convergence!

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   The City Repair Projects's Mark Lakeman joins Abe and Joe to discuss the upcoming 11th annual Village Building Convergence, set for May 27-June 5 at more than 40 sites throughout the city. Portlanders will come together to create benc... Read more

Anti-union campaign threatens Portland's French School closure

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Massene Mboup, Co-President of the Associated French School Employees, tells host Jamie Partridge how his administration is trying to bust their union by threatening to close their school.    Read more

City's Seasonal Workers Struggle for Basic Union Rights

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Seasonal Maintenance Workers who work in the Portland Parks are struggling for basic union rights.  Laborers local 483 organizer Erica Askin is interviewed by host Jamie Partridge Read more

Rural Organizing Project in Bend

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
The Rural Organizing Project held its annual rural caucus on May 7th, in Bend Oregon.  On ths episode of Circle A Radio, we will listen to speeches from the event, hear participants in the march on Representative Greg Walden’s office, and talk to individual members of Rural... Read more

Voices from the Edge 05-12-11 Richard Wolff

Airs at: Thu, 05/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza speak with professor and author Richard Wolff. Wolff just wrote the piece "The Threats of Business and the Business of Threats," which states: "More and more we hear that nothing can be done to tax major corporations because of the threat... Read more

"All Labor Has Dignity" -- the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Michael Honey about All Labor Has Dignity, a book of speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on economic justice. Honey edited the book. People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ... Read more

Ann Crittenden on "The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ann Crittenden talks about the 10th anniversary of her bestselling book "The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued". Ann shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that exploits those w... Read more