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Portland Troublemakers School

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Mark Brenner, former Labor Notes director and a member of the Portland Troublemakers School planning committee, and Lorene Scheer, former union organizer with Teamsters and SEIU and a trainer at this year's Troublemakers School, outline the exciting workshops and panels, in... Read more

Labor and Environmental Protection

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  The latest IPCC report states unequivocally that we need to reduce carbon emissions 50% by 2030 to avoid climate catastrophe.  All sectors of society need to take this seriously. The environment is being seriously threatened by the increase in global temperatures and ai... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 17, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Right: Young doffers in Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C., early 1900’s; a public domain photo by Lewis Hine     Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes a re-broadcast from Against the Grain: The failure to unionize the South, to organize Souther... Read more

Andrew Meier, author of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2023 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
We have a very special episode of Jonesy for you today, so special in fact, we needed an extra hour, 90 minutes in total, to get it all in. Our guest is Andrew Meier, author of the new multi-generational biography Morgenthau: Power, Privilege and the Rise of an American Dyn... Read more

Woodburn Educators Prepare to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Woodburn Education Association leaders Tony Salm and Misha Pfliger about their union's lead up to a potential strike. Read more

The Gap: Stripping funds for BIPOC orgs in Civic Life, Repackaging Measure 114 and Questioning Tipping Culture

Airs at: Fri, 04/07/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about the goings on in our halls of government - in Portland and Salem. The Civic Life office is going to cut funding for BIPOC advocacy organizations to redirect it to neighborhood associations. We're talking about those... Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join hosts Tina Turner-Morfitt and Dr. Audrey Terrell for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment of Labor Radio in our last formal acknowledgement of 2023 Black History Month.  Our guest is Terry Melvin, President of the Coalition of Black  Trade Unionists Internati... Read more

PDX Progressive Talk Radio

Hosted by Moses Ross Engineered (post production) by Sherry Morisch  We are a public affairs progressive leaning talk show that shines a light on the issues and work to build consensous regarding solutions and community action. Created almost 12 years ago as an opinion tal... Read more

Maletis Beverage Teamsters Ready to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Brian Hawes and Venu Mattraw, Teamster drivers for Maletis Beverage distributors, voted along with their driver, warehouse and sales co-workers, to authorize a strike, which could happen as soon as early-April.  Low wages, attacks on their pension plan and unfair labor prac... Read more

La Mujer Latina y el Trabajo en la Era de la Pandemia.

Airs at: Wed, 03/08/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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