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Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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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 
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Letter Carriers Resist Postmaster's Shock Doctrine

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Letter Carriers and other postal workers are facing a barrage of scare tactics from the Postmaster General, including the threat of eliminating 30% of the workforce, half the post offices and three days of mail delivery.  Kevin Card, president of the Oregon State Associatio... Read more

Solidarity Salsa Party Supports VOZ and Jobs With Justice

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
The VOZ workers rights education project and Jobs With Justice throw a party to have fun for a good cause. Romeo Sosa and Eliana Machuca tell us about it. Read more

IKEA Furniture Factory Workers Unionize! and The Deficit Myth

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
We start with the workers who made your IKEA bookshelf at a factory in Danville, Virginia.  Last month they formed a union with a sweeping 76% majority, after collecting twice as many signatures of support as there are people in the town of Danville!  How'd they do it?  We ... Read more

Vancouver Hilton Workers Struggle for a Fair Contract

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Vancouver Hilton Hotel Workers, organized in UNITE HERE local 9, are struggling for a fair contract at the 5-year old convention center, which is owned by the City of Vancouver.  Negotiating team member, Lucas Fielder, talks with host Jamie Partridge about wage disparities ... Read more

The Equality Deficit Versus the Fiscal Deficit - Medicare Under Attack

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
People Rallying for Medicare's Birthday Discuss What's At Stake as D.C. Debates the Debt Ceiling Read more

Canadian Union of Postal Workers Forced Back to Work

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, after six weeks of rotating strikes, a lockout, and back-to-work legislation, continues to struggle for a fair contract.  Denis Lemelin, national president of CUPW, is interviewed by Portland letter carrier, Jamie Partridge, about the i... Read more

Portland Rising Boosts Solidarity to a New Level

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Portland Rising , a project of JOBS with JUSTICE, loaded 150 activists on three buses for a day of action in solidarity with seven different private & public sector unions whose contracts expired on that same day, June 30th .  JwJ Director Margaret Butler  talks with host J... Read more

We Are Oregon organizes in neighborhoods and the fight against free trade deals intensifies

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
SEIU organizes in neighborhoods, not just workplaces, in the We Are Oregon campaign, and the fight against three more free trade deals reaches a peak - Labor Radio interviews Angela MacWhinnie of SEIU and Elizabeth Swager of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign. Read more

Tri-Met Riders Unite! and Inquisitive Frog Visits Rep. Blumenauer

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
"I absolutely love bus organizing.  Bus riders are my people." As Tri-Met raises fares and decreases service, a bus ticket costs more than ever and may not get you as far.  A growing network of working-class transit riders are reaching out to each other on the bus and organi... Read more

Delegación de Sinaltrainal en Estados Unidos

Airs at: Sun, 07/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Sindicalistas de Colombia hablan sobre el TLC y derechos laborales. Read more