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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
a commentary marking the 60th anniversary of the Oakland general strike, one of the very few general strikes in U.S. history.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Dec 08, 2006
- Length: 03:07
- Purchases: 1
A commentary on the major role unions played in the Democratic Party's midterm sweep.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Nov 10, 2006
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
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
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
It's the 38th anniversary of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez's extraordinary 25-day fast.
- Added: Mar 09, 2006
- Length: 02:46
President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are going all out to deny wolrkers their legal rights.
- Added: Feb 01, 2006
- Length: 03:07
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
A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.
- Added: Aug 14, 2005
- Length: 05:00
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
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
New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.
- Added: May 05, 2005
- Length: 03:27
A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.
Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio
- Added: Apr 25, 2005
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 3
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
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
- Added: Mar 10, 2004
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 2
