Labor

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more

Michael Moore in Wisconsin

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Last month, Michael Moore spoke to the crowd of protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, telling them "Wisconsin is not broke!" The Old Mole presents a quick edited version. You can find the entire speech with video at Mike's website. Read more

Political Perspectives on 04/13/11

Airs at: Wed, 04/13/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Carlos Chavez reports from a Town Hall to Stop Wage Theft, which was organized by the Oregon Coalition to Stop Wage Theft on April 7th. Workers and other community members shared their stories about the impact of wage theft. The coalition wants the legislature to pass... Read more

A special hour-long Presswatch

Airs at: Thu, 03/31/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." A special hour-long Presswatch with call-ins and a focus on Libya, Fukushima and the potential for a general strike. Your chance to dialogue with Theresa about what's happening in the world. Image of César Estra... Read more

Labor rights, economic justice, and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod lead a discussion of how the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. relates to current labor issues in the U.S. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4th in 1968. Their guest is Isaiah Poole, whose current article is "From Memphis to Madison... Read more

Young union members seek social change through YELL

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Allie Medeiros and Nick Gaitaud of The Oregon AFL-CIO Young Emerging Labor Leaders (YELL) which mobilizes young union members to become leaders and activists for social change within their unions and communities at large. YE... Read more

STOP WAGE THEFT in OREGON

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Michael Dale, director of the Northwest Worker Justice Project, speaks with Labor Radio's Jamie Partridge about legislation to combat wage theft currently before the Oregon legislature. The Oregon Coalition to Stop Wage Theft held a Town Hall in Southeast Portland Thursday... Read more

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists' Donna Hammond at WE ARE ONE rally

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists' Donna Hammond inspires the crowd at the April 4th WE ARE ONE rally Read more

OR AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain @ WE ARE ONE Rally

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

OR AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain exhorts union members at the April 4th We Are One rally to follow the left road, the path of Martin Luther King Jr. Read more

A Primer In Class Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hasn't Marx been proven wrong countless times by ALL the economists? Isn't it the Europeans who are held back by class, while Americans transcend class? Michael Schwalbe, a sociology professor at University of North Carolina, begs to differ and explains how class-struggle ST... Read more