Labor

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The Writers' Strike

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with Phil Alden Robinson, board member of the Writers' Guild of America.  He also wrote and directed the 1989 film Field of Dreams.  They discuss the  labor issues involved in the strike and the working life of a writer.   Read more

Anne Feeney music & Mike Sullivan interview

Airs at: Fri, 11/30/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
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Labor organizers picket Elder Demolition Company

Airs at: Tue, 12/18/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 A local demolition company has come under from labor organizers and advocates. Elder Demolition company faced picket lines in North Portland at a demolition site today. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with one of the organizers of the picket.  Read more

Picketers against Gray Purcell

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 A few blocks from KBOO's studio on East Burnside picketers stood in the street today in front of Grey Purcell's Bside6 building project. KBOO reporters Marliese Franklin and Sarah Whites-Koditschek went to the scene: Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 10, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 12/09/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts today's show and interviews Bill Black, former senior government financial regulator and author of the book "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One." They discuss the subprime mortgage crisis and other corporate malfeasance aided and abetted by th... Read more

Felony Question Removed from Mulnomah County Job Application

Airs at: Fri, 11/23/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Starting a new life can be difficult after a felony conviction, but Multnomah County is removing one barrier.  It has gotten rid of a question on its job applications asking about felony convictions.  KBOO’s Helen Honey reports in collaboration with the Oregon News Servi... Read more

Latino Network on Cesar Chavez Avenue

Airs at: Tue, 11/06/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Latino Network held a press conference this morning to support the renaming of Interstate Avenue to Cesar Chavez Avenue.            KBOO’s Andy Seaton has the Story. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 19, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 11/18/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Tom Becker, today's Old Mole features a conversation between Bill Resnick and anthropologist Kamran Asdar Ali about the recent history and current situation in Pakistan. Jan Haaken interviews Portland State Psychology student David Hall about his work on Na... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 12, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 11/11/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot about the state of the economy, especially the debt crisis; with local activist Deborah Schwartz about making the City of Portland sweat-free; and with Norman Solomon about the politics of progressivism and his new book "Made Love,... Read more

Lawsuit- Ralph Nader v. The Democratic National Committee

This is a copy of the lawsuit filed by Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo and other Oregonians such as Lloyd Marbet and Gregory Kafoury against the Democratic National Committee. This was the referenced document on the 11-5-07 show with attorney Carl Mayer. Read more