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Dolores Huerta
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Dolores Huerta left her teaching job as a young woman to commit herself to working in the struggle for equal rights

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
Can Chicago Factory Occupiers Form a Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 07:48
Good Jobs, Clean Environment: Both or Neither
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Roxanne Brown, Credit: Jennifer Esperanza (c)
The emerging green economy promises to provide large-scale job creation while healing the Earth and building the middle class.

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and WDSE


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Inspiring Leadership - A conversation with John Caparella
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
I interviewed John Caparella, President of the award winning Venetian and Palazzo Resorts and the Sands Expo and Convention center in Las Vegas. Jo...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 56:41
Ron: Ladder fall from grain tank
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Ron McHargue with son Mike McHargue
Ron McHargue [mic-KAR-guh'] describes to son Mike his fall from a ladder on a metal grain tank

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Brett: Harobed Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Brett Schrom with his sister Neesha Schrom
Brett Schrom [sh'-RAHM], a hay grower/beef producer, describes to his sister Neesha how his harobed threw him off.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
Labor Day Helping People Find Work: Learn how to network successfully from keynote speaker and author, Kathy McAfee
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Accomplished Black Belt and Serious Motivator
Networking is a skill that is critical for finding and maintaining a worthwhile job. Many people are uncomfortable and some even fearful about appr...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 20:47
Labor Day Put Employees First! CEO Vineet Nayar has a unique and successful business strategy: "put employees first"
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Enjoying a moment with my sound engineer Lou, Credit: Luis Pomales
I have worked with many CEOs and Vineet Nayar is special. He is Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL, a multi-national award winning techonology company. ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 58:54
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" hour 2
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Joe Bevilacqua at home, camp Waterlogg, Napanoch, NY, Credit: Eddie Adams Workshop
Second of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
From sweat shop to co-op
From: Marie Trigona
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Thousands of Bolivians migrated to Argentina in search of a liveable wage, only to find themselves sewing designer jeans in sweat shops under slave...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: An Honor Long Due Cesar Chavez
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's been 15 years now since the death of farm union leader Cesar Chavez -- way past time to make his birthdate of March 31 a national holiday.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:22
Women's History Month: "Don' t be a Marshmallow!"
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that few women are more deserving of special attention during Women's History Month than farm worker leader Dolores Huerta.

Bought by KGLP and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
A Union That Made Black History
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The pioneering Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters played a major role in the struggle of African Americans for equal rights.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WDBM, and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
MLK Was a Working-Class Hero
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the staunchest and most effective supporters working Americans have ever had.

Bought by Prairie Public, WEZU, RadioFreePalmer, KBRP Community Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 7
One of Labor's Greatest Leaders
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Few leaders have left a greater legacy than labor leader Jack Hall, a major figure in the transformation of feudalistic Hawaii into a democratic st...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:43
The Labor Legacy of John Steinbeck
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that author John Steinbeck was one of the best friends American workers ever had.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 04:18
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" (hour 1)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Husband wife Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg explore healthy living in the Catskills., Credit: The Kingston Freeman
First of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 3
Hungry Harvesters
From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Food Safety
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Migrant Labor and the Poverty that Produces our Plenty

Bought by WCNY, WSKG, WRPI, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 4
Commentary: Just a Penny More
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A strong movement is under way to win decent treatment for the miserably treated tomato pickers whose work is essential to the hugely profitable fa...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
Cesar Chavez was Right: "Si Se Puede."
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the significance of Cesar Chavez Day,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
"The Working Stiff -- That's Who!"
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Sit Down! Sit Down!
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This commentary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fledgling auto workers union's spectacular victory over mighty General Motors.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Man Who Didn't Die
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary marking the anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, one of the most enduring and influential of American symbols.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 05, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
A True American Hero
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on Gene Debs, who died 80 years ago this month, but whose economic and political ideas remain vital, valid and essential.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1