Labor

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Kaiser on the Brink of a Strike

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Adrienne Enghouse, president of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, speaks about the struggle for safe staffing and other issues leading her members to the brink of a strike at Kaiser healthcare facilities in the Portland area. Read more

"Fight for $15 " Embraces #MeToo Movement in Striking McDonalds

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College and author of  WE ARE ALL FAST-FOOD WORKERS NOW:  The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages" Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonalds workers staged a one-day strike at restaurants in 10 cities to pressure manag... Read more

Worker Cooperatives

Airs at: Fri, 09/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  A deep dive into the worker cooperatives movement: a broad selection of organizations, activists, and cooperatively-structured workplaces that advocate for and embody workplace and economic democracy. The 21st century has seen an explosion in interest around worker coope... Read more

RALPH NADER! Citizen Action: It's Easier than We Think, Pt 2

Airs at: Tue, 09/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Overcoming adversity alone is a tough road to hoe but when you act with others it’s not as difficult. There is nothing like solidarity. There’s unity and strength in numbers. Most movements have very modest beginnings. Take women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a ha... Read more

Educators in Washington are Rising Up

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Evergreen, Washington educators about their current struggle for fair pay and the fights that teacher unions have been waging across the state. Today we're joined in studio by Evergreen EA president Bill Beville and strike coordinator Marj Hogan. Read more

PAVE at New Avenues for Youth

Airs at: Wed, 09/05/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  New Avenues for Youth's PAVE program is helping homeless and at-risk youth find skills and employment in the Portland Metro Area. Tune in to Political Perspectives Wednesday morning when Lisa Loving speaks with Patrice Kuykendall and Lindsey Davis on how kids can get inv... Read more

Greg Palast: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits

Airs at: Fri, 09/14/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  Author of Best Democracy Money Can Buy & Armed Madhouse. New film, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, LIVE ON KBOO!  Friday morning call and join the conversation at (503)231-8187 Read more

Organizing Lessons from Labor History

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Historians Heather Mayer, Steve Beda, and Amy Coplen talk with Norm Diamond about the importance of building community for strong labor organizing and what it takes to maintain a movement.  All four are involved with the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association. publ... Read more

Amy Coplen on Burgerville workers' organizing

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond talks with Amy Coplen,  a Ph.D student at PSU, studying and participating in organizing among Portland’s food service workers, with a focus on the Burgerville campaign and so-called “progressive” employers. Read more

Steven Beda on the labor history of timber workers in the PNW

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond talks with  Steven Beda, at the U of Oregon, about his research on the environmental and political history of rural working class communities in our region, with special attention to logging communities and the International Woodworkers of America (IWA). im... Read more