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Hosted by: 
Tina Turner-Morfitt, Audrey Terrell, deborah.hall, Stephen Siegel, Rachel Hanes, Michael Cathcart, Laura Wadlin, Jamie Partridge
Produced by: 
KBOO
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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 
Topic tags: 
Activism, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Community Building, Government/Politics
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
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Fair Trade and a Producers Cooperative in Peru

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
An interview with Santiago Paz of a Peruvian cooperative producing coffee, cacao, sugar, and more for fair trade. Read more

Free Trade and the Political Economy of Illicit Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses free trade and the political economy of illicit drugs. Read more

Colombian Unionist Speaks Out Against the Free Trade Agreement

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Gerardo Cajamarca, of the Colombian union Sinaltrainal, talks about the proposed free trade agreement.  This is an edited translation of the interview in Spanish also posted here. Read more

Afrocolombians and the Free Trade Agreement

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Marino Córdoba, an Afrocolombian activist displaced from his hometown and now in exile in the U.S., talks about the situation of Afrocolombian and indigenous communities in the shadow of free trade. Read more

UC grad students occupy union hall, train web cams on uncounted ballots -- EXTENDED ONLINE VERSION

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
On Monday, May 2nd, a group of University of California graduate students began a sit-in at their own union hall, UAW Local 2865.  The students are demanding the completion of an interrupted vote count in a closely contested race between two slates for union leadership. ... Read more

UC grad students occupy union hall, train web cams on uncounted ballots -- SHORT BROADCAST VERSION

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
On Monday, May 2nd, a group of University of California graduate students began a sit-in at their own union hall, UAW Local 2865.  The students are demanding the completion of an interrupted vote count in a closely contested race between two slates for union leadership... Read more

Dosha Salon Workers Unite for a First Union Contract

Airs at: Tue, 04/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
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Colombian Union Denounces Labor Abuses by Sodexo and Kraft Food

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Jose Fraybel Melo of the Colombian union Sinaltrainal visits the U.S. to denounce labor abuses by transnational corporations Sodexo and Kraft Food.  This is the English translation of the original interview in Spanish. Read more

Beaverton School Custodians on Chopping Block

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Two custodians at Beaverton public schools, Mason Young and Steve Specht, talk with host Jamie Partridge about their struggle to prevent possible  layoffs or pay cuts of 30% to 50%  for over a hundred of their fellow custodians, members of the Oregon School Employees Ass... Read more

Workers Helping Workers

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Workers Feeding Workers  Labor troubador George Mann talks about his friend Anne Feeney and an upoming concert in her honor. On May 14th, letter carriers and their customers across the country participate in the largest, 1-day food drive of the year. Jean Kemp-Ware from ... Read more