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Airline and railroad workers voting on whether to unionize are greatly hampered by peculiar rules that count eligible voters who don't vote as voti...
- Added: Nov 05, 2009
- Length: 02:59
New studies show that the young Americans who will shape our future have been hit painfully hard by today's economic downturn.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2009
- Length: 04:36
- Purchases: 1
Despite the recession, women workers are close to outnumbering male workers.
- Added: Sep 25, 2009
- Length: 02:36
Unions are marking Labor Day with high hopes that the Obama administration will move to finally lessen the severe on-the-job hazards facing U.S. wo...
- Added: Sep 01, 2009
- Length: 04:20
It's the anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre, one of the most horrific episodes in U.S. labor history.
- Added: Apr 10, 2009
- Length: 04:33
A profile of sorts and an exploration of the history and legacy of George W. Bush and the first eight years of a new millennium. A look at what may...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KWIT
- Added: Mar 03, 2009
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 3
Ralph Nader is demanding repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, the chief obstacle to a revitalized labor movement.
- Added: Oct 09, 2008
- Length: 03:47
Thanks to their political allies, U.S. unions are celebrating Labor Day with unusually high expectations of success.
- Added: Aug 24, 2008
- Length: 04:48
The Bush administration continues its refusal to adopt safety regulations that would lessen the workplace hazards that endanger millions of workers.
- Added: Aug 08, 2008
- Length: 03:59
Summer's heat is posing serious dangers for the farmworkers who harvest most of our fruits and vegetables.
- Added: Jul 17, 2008
- Length: 03:19
It's Equal It's Equal Pay Day again, time to remind us of the discrimination that keeps working women's pay far behind that of men.ps workiIt
- Added: Apr 17, 2008
- Length: 02:37
A commentary noting Martin Luther King Jr.'s staunch support of union rights, which he died defending.
- Added: Apr 04, 2008
- Length: 02:58
A commentary noting that union membership is finally growing -- and what must be done to keep it growing.
- Added: Feb 15, 2008
- Length: 04:34
Cheating has long been an important part of baseball. The illegal use of steroids is just the latest evidence of that.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Dec 18, 2007
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
A commentary about the miserable pay and working and living conditions of tobacco harvesters.
- Added: Nov 01, 2007
- Length: 04:02
A commentary about the growing number of women going into law, medicine and other professional occupations -- and the blatant discrimination they f...
- Added: Oct 18, 2007
- Length: 03:39
This commentary is about the fierce steelworkers strike of 1919 that was one of the key events leading to the mass unionization of American industry.
- Added: Sep 13, 2007
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 2
This commentary outlines the extraordinary career of Fred Ross, one of the most successful community organizers ever, the man who trained Cesar Ch...
- Added: Sep 04, 2007
- Length: 04:29
A commentary on the Homestead strike, one of the most violent and most significant in labor history.
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Jul 11, 2007
- Length: 03:38
- Purchases: 1
The Bush administration is abusing air traffic controllers and endangering the millions who rely on them for safe travel.
- Added: Jun 05, 2007
- Length: 04:59
- Added: Mar 14, 2007
- Length: 18:46
Although most people work for a living, the mainstream media generally ignore their working lives.
- Added: Sep 15, 2006
- Length: 03:25
The "Wheatland Riot" nine decades ago laid the foundation for creation of an effective union and other steps to improve the miserable conditions of...
- Added: Jul 23, 2006
- Length: 03:14
Lecture by Tikkun editor and author, Rabbi Michael Lerner
- Added: May 16, 2006
- Length: 54:00
Although increasingly used by the CIA, FBI and other agencies and private employers, so-called lie detector tests are highly unreliable and serious...
- Added: May 07, 2006
- Length: 02:57
