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Jay Oh Bee - One Last Time

Airs at: Tue, 03/02/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Oregon Amazon workers eye unionization effort as allegations of labor law violations mount

Airs at: Fri, 02/26/2021 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Oregon's Amazon warehouse workers are following the example of unionizing employees in Bessemer, Alabama. At a rally last Saturday in front of the Troutdale Amazon distribution center, protestors demanded the rehiring of Brian Denning, who was fired in December when he ... Read more

Totality of Circumstances | February 23, 2021

Airs at: Tue, 02/23/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  On this month's show: The Citizen Review Committee disputes the findings of a police misconduct investigation stemming from the alleged mishandling of a car theft report, and a nightmarish confusion of paperwork. Their decision forces a conference hearing with the Chi... Read more

Big Strikes and the Sabotage of Labor, Part 3

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement concludes their conversation with Marianne Garneau, an organizer and educator with the Industrial Workers of the World, and publisher of the online worker journal Organizing.Work about the politics of the Big Strike and the retreat from direct action and organiz... Read more

Hospital Workers Struggle for Racial Justice

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sunita Patel, housekeeper at Legacy Emanuel hospital, and Lorna Wood, Certified Nursing Assistant at Legacy Emanuel, speak out about their battles for covid safety, adequate leave, hazard pay, living wages, fair hours, and health care.  In the midst of a union contract camp... Read more

Big Strikes and the Sabotage of Labor, Part 3

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement concludes their conversation with Marianne Garneau, an organizer and educator with the Industrial Workers of the World, and publisher of the online worker journal Organizing.Work, about the politics of the Big Strike and the retreat from organizing for power on ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 22, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes   Motherhood, Work and the Pandemic: Bill Resnick talks with Ursula Ursula McTaggart, teacher of English at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Ursula McTaggart’s newest book is Guerrillas in the Indu... Read more

Life and Times of a Black Wobbly

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Luisa Martinez interviews Peter Cole on the second edition of his book titled Ben Fletcher: Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. A gifted labor organizer, Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW's Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most ... Read more

Big Strikes and the Sabotage of Labor, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement continues their conversation with Marianne Garneau, an organizer and educator with the Industrial Workers of the World, and publisher of the online worker journal Organizing.Work about the politics of the Big Strike and the retreat from direct action and organiz... Read more

Jay Oh Bee

Airs at: Tue, 02/16/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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