Labor Radio

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Every Monday from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

 

Of the working class, by the working class and for the working class.

Host schedule:

1st Mondays Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
2nd Mondays Stephen Siegel and Rachel Hanes
3rd Mondays Michael Cathcart
4th Mondays Laura Wadlin and Jamie Partridge
5th Mondays Jamie Partridge 
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
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Postal Workers Fight to Save the Service

Airs at: Mon, 04/26/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Jamie Partridge, retired letter carrier and organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, details the difficult working conditions and mail delays of the past year, and outlines the coming struggles to save the postal service. Read more

Labor Radio on 04/19/21

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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School Custodians and Nutrition Service Workers are Fighting Back

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Join us in a conversation with Greg Meyers, Amy Silvia, and Veronica Green as we talk about the challenges of their jobs and their fight with Portland Public Schools for the compensation and working conditions that they deserve. Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Join hosts Tina Turner-Morfitt ,  Dr. Audrey Terrell and Deborah Hall  for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment of Labor Radio. Our guest will be Reverend Terrence Melvin, President of the International Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Our discussion will cover... Read more

Labor Radio on 03/29/21

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Pass the PRO Act to Win a Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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The Democratic Socialists of America national priority campaign is to push Congress to pass the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize) to win a Green New Deal.  Two local DSA labor activists, Hollie Oaks-Miller and Ted Bryan detail this transformative labor law legislat... Read more

Labor Radio on 03/15/21

Airs at: Mon, 03/15/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Philadelphia Teachers Fight Back

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Join us as we talk with Philadelphia teachers Adam Sanchez and Nina Willbach about their district's push to re-open school buildings and how teachers there have responded. Read more

A Salute to International Women's Day

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Join hosts Tina Turner-Morfitt  and Dr. Audrey Terrell for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment of Labor Radio with a salute to International Women’s Day, to be celebrated on March 8, 2021. Our guest is Sister Denise Berkley, who has a 46 year labor history in New... Read more

Hospital Workers Struggle for Racial Justice

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Sunita Patel, housekeeper at Legacy Emanuel hospital, and Lorna Wood, Certified Nursing Assistant at Legacy Emanuel, speak out about their battles for covid safety, adequate leave, hazard pay, living wages, fair hours, and health care.  In the midst of a union contract camp... Read more