Labor Radio

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Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Hosted by:

Tina Turner-Morfitt, Jamie Partridge, Lane Poncy, Stephen Siegel, Tim, EAnneMcD, Michael Cathcart

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	Amanda Hill and Jamie Partridge
5th Mondays	Lane Poncy

Topic tags:

Activism, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Community Building, Government/Politics

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Long Difficult Struggles & Hope--El Salvador & Oak Harbor

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Tonight's show is about long, hard struggles. In the first half, David Ayala joins us to trace the decades of brave organizing by working people in El Salvador to achieve this year's FMLN's presidential victory. And in the second half, Jeff Tyrrell returns with the latest... Read more

The Black Struggle in the Building Trades

Airs at: Sun, 03/22/2009 at 5:00pm

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An interview with Donna Hammond, a long time leader of the African American Caucus of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) local 48. With host Jamie Partridge, Sister Hammond traces the struggle of Blacks in Portland to get in and stay in the building... Read more

Ben Cannon on the budget

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2009 at 5:00pm

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Kevin Card speaks with Oregon State Legislator Ben Cannon on the budget crisis Read more

Flight attendants organize at the world's new largest airline; immigrants organize for dignity and respect in Columbia County

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2009 at 5:00pm

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What kind of election counts every non-vote as a "No" vote? A union election for airline or railroad workers under the Railway Labor Act. As Delta and Northwest merge to form the world's largest airline, a combined unit of twenty-one thousand flight attendants find their... Read more

Tom Leedham on Single Payer

Airs at: Sun, 02/22/2009 at 4:00pm

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Peter Shapiro interviews Tom Leedham, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 206 and Jobs with Justice activist, on the union stake in single payer health care reform. Read more

Economic Crisis as a Response to Class Struggle

Airs at: Tue, 02/10/2009 at 12:00am

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Radical scholars of political economy George Caffentzis & Silvia Federici of the Midnight Notes Collective join us live in-studio. How are the economic crisis and bailouts a response to class struggle? What does capital hope to achieve with this crisis? How does the cris... Read more

Labor Radio on 02/02/09

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2009 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

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Join host Bill Zimmerman as he discusses "Livelihoods Traded Away" with Authur Stamoulis, Director of The Oregon Fair Trade Campaign. What can you do to help? Find out on Labor Radio, Monday Feb 2, 2009 at 6 PM Read more

Education workers - PSU profs face their toughest bargaining ever, and tenement museum guides organize a union

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm

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Gary Brodowicz, Past President, and Michele Gamburd, Vice President for Collective Bargaining, Portland State University Chapter, American Association of University Professors Hildegard Hoeller, part-time guide, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, organizing with UAW 2110 Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2009 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Washington has been buzzing over the “Big Three” bailout and whether any deal should be tied to a free trade agreement with Colombia. What would a bailout mean for the auto industry, its workers, and the economy? Join host Bill Zimmerman as he and Labor Notes’ Director Mark ... Read more