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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
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
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
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 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
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: Nov 04, 2004
- Length: 02:52
