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Commentary: Labor's Unhappy Anniversary
From: Dick Meister
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This is a commentary about the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's firing of 11,500 air gtraffic controllers, an action that propelled A...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
The Legacy of Wheatland
From: Dick Meister
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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
The Film that Exposed a Memorial Day Massacre
From: Dick Meister
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A once-suppressed newsreel showing Chicago police chasing, killing and wounding strikers and their families on Memorial Day in 1937 played an impor...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KFAI Minneapolis, and KPFT


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Commentary: Don't Bite the Immigrant Hands that Feed Us
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary explaining how the immigration reform bills in Congress would seriously harm immigrant farmworkers

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
The Farmworkers' Angry Champion
From: Dick Meister
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Ernesto Galarza, now largely forgotten, played a key role in the rise of the farm labor movement led by Cesar Chavez.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Passaic On Strike!
From: New Jersey Historical Commission and NJN Public Radio
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In 1926, 16,000 Wool Workers Strike for nearly a year in New Jersey

Bought by WVTF, KBRP Community Radio, Iowa Public Radio, KLCC, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2006
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 10
Crossing East: Exclusion & Resistance - Program Four
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Accounts of immigration laws designed specifically to restrict Asian Americans. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS O...

Bought by KUT, Radio Catskill, WCPN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCPN and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
The Massacre at Ludlow
From: Dick Meister
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The Ludlow Massacre of April 20, 1914 was one of the most horrific events in U.S. labor history -- but one that led to desperately needed reforms.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
Legal Observers Watch the Minute Men at Bellingham WA hdqtrs 4-1-06
From: Robin Carneen
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Minute Men on Our US-Washington State & BC Border Interviews

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 06:23
Want More Money? Join a Union
From: Dick Meister
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Although well in the minority, unionized workers do much better financially and otherwise than their non-union counterparts

  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
Commentary: Gene Debs, American Hero
From: Dick Meister
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Few leaders have done more for ordinary Americans than Eugene V. Debs, born 150 years ago.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
Commentary: 40 Years Later, UFW's La Causa Lives
From: Dick Meister
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Celebrations are being held this year to mark the anniversary of the grape strike led by Cesar Chavez that won worldwide support for California's l...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:42
Labor: Rising from the Dead
From: Dick Meister
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Although the pundits say the labor movement is near death, the future of American unions actually looks promising.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:47
Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
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Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
Ethics: The Foundation Of Corporate Governance.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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A successful CEO looks at business ethics.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
Inside The Clockwork Of Women's Careers.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Carol Tecla Christ talks about the choices women make between career and family.

Bought by WSKG and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Work -- 19th Century Style
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
Commentary: Is it Labor Party Time?
From: Dick Meister
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New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
Lessons of the CIO
From: Dick Meister
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The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Champion of Labor
From: Dick Meister
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Some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most important work was done in behalf of the labor movement.

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KPFT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Our Anti-Labor Secretary of Labor
From: Dick Meister
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President Bush is retaining probably the most anti-labor secretary of labor ever.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Decent Pay for All
From: Dick Meister
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Commentary on raising the minimum wage.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
The Role Of State Government In Creating An Ethical Business Climate.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Elliot Spitzer discusses the role of state government in business regulation.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 29, 2004
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2