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Gender & The Workplace; Pay Disparity for Transgender Workers I

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Gender Blender

On part one of this episode of Gender Blender hosts Rebecca Nay and Jacob Anderson-Minshall address issues about gender and the workplace. The show starts with Portland residents discussing whether there are jobs only men and/or women can do. Then Rebecca interviews There... 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

Produced for: Labor Radio

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

More Talk Radio on 03/01/09

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with activist and writer Randy Shaw, author of "Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century." Shaw will discuss the UFW's impact and its influence on recent labor organizing, the immi... Read more

Tom Leedham on Single Payer

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

Produced for: Labor Radio

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

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 23, 2009

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

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this program about human costs and human needs in these tough economic times. How can essential public services be funded in Oregon? How can immigrant workers be protected from draconian laws enforced by states like Arizona? And how can home foreclosures... Read more

Weathering the Economic Storm in Oregon

Airs at: Sun, 02/22/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

How can Oregon protect its neediest citizens as unemployment and home foreclosures increase and tax revenues fall? Michael Leachman of the Oregon Center for Public Policy talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how the state government can prevent drastic cuts in ser... Read more

Movie Moles: "The Wrestler"

Airs at: Sun, 02/15/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Our Movie Moles, Jan Haaken and Denise Morris, find metaphors for working class life in the drama of wrestling as portrayed in The Wrestler. Read more

Economic Crisis as a Response to Class Struggle

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

Produced for: Labor Radio

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

Interview with the creators of "We've Got Time To Help"

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Are you one of the estimated 400,000 people unemployed in Oregon who has some extra time on your hands? Bridget B. hosted another segment of Bread and Roses on KBOO 90.7FM Friday, February 6, 2009 at 6pmPST. She introduces you to the creators of We've Got Time To Help, a b... Read more

Racism and the Economic Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

People of color and especially immigrants have faced attempts to blame them for the economic crisis and to shift even more of the suffering onto their backs. Well-read Red Frann Michel exposes these attacks in this commentary. You can read it and find many links to her so... Read more