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Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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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 Amanda Hill and Jamie Partridge
5th Mondays Lane Poncy 
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[audio-tag-title-raw]People's mail, people's politics

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Why is the World Trade Organization so interested in how people get their mail? Peter Shapiro interviews Jim Sauber, Chief of Staff and Research Director for the National Association of Letter Carriers, about WTO threats to JapanPost and what they mean to for the continued ... Read more

Nike in Honduras

Airs at: Mon, 04/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Gina Caro and Loli Urquia worked at Hugger de Honduras and Vision Tex, two plants in Honduras that made sportswear for Nike. Then workers in the plants decided to unionize, and the plants abruptly shut down, robbing the workers of severance pay they were legally entitled to... Read more

Andy Stern Steps Down

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Kevin Card and Peter Shapiro interview Mark Brenner of Labor Notes about the mized legacy of Andy Stern, outgoing head of the Service Employees International Union and founder of the breakaway labor federation Change to Win. Read more

Si Kahn on Creative Community Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
 Tonight we spend the half-hour with renowned singer, songwriter and community organizer Si Kahn.  His new book, Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice, is full of amazing stories from his forty-five years in the st... Read more

Labor Rights Under Attack in Colombia, and How Free Trade Versus Fair Trade Affects US Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Hear from Alberto Bejarano of the cane cutters movement in Cali, and from Arthur Stamoulis of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign in Portland Read more

Labor for Single Payer & Portland Teachers Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
California Nurses leader  Michael Lighty discusses thedisastrous healthcare legislationnow in Congress, and prospects for the single payer, Medicare-for-all movement on the national and state level. Portland Association of Teachers organizer Dee Simmons expounds on the new ... Read more

Watsonville and Hormel: Two Historic Strikes

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
2010 marked the 25th anniversary of two historic strikes that captured the imagination of workers across the U.S.--the victorious 18-month walkout by 1,000 frozen food workers at Watsonville Canning, and the courageous but ultimately doomed struggle of UFCW Local P-9 at the... Read more

The Big Picture: Labor's Strategies on Global Climate Change and the Racial Wealth Divide

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Labor Radio often brings you stories on real specific, immediate struggles, but tonight's show is about the big picture.  We talk with two longtime scholar-activists about labor's strategies to address two of the larger-scope problems we face.   In the first half of the sho... Read more

Letter Carriers Delivering After Dark

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Host Jamie Partridge talks with local Letter Carriers about their struggle against after-dark delivery. Customer service, safety and postal service finances all suffer with a Portland hiring freeze that forces carriers to deliver mail in the dark. Read more

Young Labor Leader: Jaimie Sorenson

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 12:00am
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Host Jamie Partridge talks with Jaimie Sorenson, newly elected president of AFSCME 328, the 4,500 member OHSU local, and one of the youngest leaders of a major union local in the Portland area. Read more