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Unions have mounted a drive against attempts by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to join Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in stripping public employees of their co...
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 03:10
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
(NOTE: This piece is non-narrated.)
The Guardian has described Louisiana chemist Wilma Subra as BP’s “worst nightmare.” A winner of the MacArthur ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 05:49
More than 40 percent of privately employed workers do not have the paid sick days they need to recover from their often contagious illnesses or car...
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 04:51
It may seem highly unlikely, but it's true: a woman may unseat Jimmy Hoffa Jr. as president of the huge, corruption-ridden Teamsters Union.
- Added: Jun 16, 2011
- Length: 03:34
President Bob King of the influential United Auto Workers union is calling for major reforms that would enable his union and others to strengthen u...
- Added: Jun 09, 2011
- Length: 04:57
A new study finds that unionization is a sure way to lessen the heavy toll of deaths and serious injuries in the nation's coal mines.
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 03:23
Although the minimum wage law was originally designed to guarantee workers decent pay, it now promises them no more than poverty-level wages.
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 03:16
The child labor laws that protect young workers from severe exploitation are under serious attack.
- Added: May 13, 2011
- Length: 04:55
The AFL-CIO is promising the launch a campaign to shrink the ever-widening pay gap between working people and major company CEOs, who averaged $11....
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: 05:36
It's time to increase the pay of America's poorest workers, time to raise the pitifully inadequate minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 03:43
For the sake of the country's future, teachers are one group of public employees we must all support.
- Added: Mar 10, 2011
- Length: 03:11
In marking Ronald Reagan's centennial, don't forget he was one of the most viciously anti-labor presidents working Americans ever faced.
- Added: Jan 14, 2011
- Length: 06:02
Raising the minimum wage provides essential help to the poorest Americans while boosting the entire sagging economy.
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 04:34
2 November 2010: This month's podcast features an interview with Mohamed Jalloh, Crisis Group's West Africa Analyst about the violence in Guinea an...
- Added: Nov 05, 2010
- Length: 06:39
Democrats and their allies, particularly organized labor, who lost big in the midterm elections, are facing major contests with Republicans in the ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2010
- Length: 05:31
Four months after violence against immigrants, Kyrgyzstan is forming a new government. How will this contribute to stability? Crisis Group’s Centr...
- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 03:33
New census figures show that women workers, despite lagging behind men in earnings generally, are doing much better than men among higher paid work...
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 03:07
On 7 November, Myanmar will hold its first elections in 20 years. This could tear the border regions between Myanmar and China in ethnic conflict. ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 02:57
Perhaps the most important element in the formation of Iraq's government is the future of the security forces. Where do they stand, seven years aft...
- Added: Oct 26, 2010
- Length: 03:01
Organized labor is facing a major election challenge in California that's certain to have a major impact on unions and anti-union forces everywhere.
- Added: Oct 21, 2010
- Length: 03:51
It's a perfect match: unions need new members if they are to grow, and young workers need to join unions if they are to improve what's been their s...
- Added: Oct 14, 2010
- Length: 03:03
It's Hispanic Heritage Month, an excellent time to honor three of the most important Hispanic labor leaders in US history - Cesar Chavez, Dolores H...
- Added: Oct 01, 2010
- Length: 08:04
It's way past time that we updated the law that supposedly guarantees women workers pay equal to that of men.
- Added: Sep 23, 2010
- Length: 03:16
An AFL-CIO report shows that many of those who rescued victims of the 9/11 attacks are still suffering from serious injuries and illnesses.
- Added: Sep 17, 2010
- Length: 04:13
The AFL-CIO has begun a drive to recruit young workers to grow and strengthen the labor movement.
- Added: Sep 09, 2010
- Length: 03:10
