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The globalization of capital finally has brought about serious moves for the globalization of labor.
- Added: Jul 11, 2008
- Length: 04:41
An international union confederation has issued a new report detailing the truly rotten treatment suffered by many U.S. workers.
Bought by KGOU
- Added: Jun 20, 2008
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 1
Barack Obama supports key issues that would greatly improve the lives of American workers, John McCain opposes them.
- Added: Jun 06, 2008
- Length: 03:17
Florida's highly exploited tomato pickers are aiming at new targets in their nationwide struggle to win decent wages and working conditions
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 04:35
Millions of jobless Americans badly need more of the unemployment benefits that have helped sustain them.
- Added: May 02, 2008
- Length: 03:24
Longshoremen plan to close West Coast ports on May 1 to lead widespread labor protests against the Iraq war.
- Added: Apr 25, 2008
- Length: 02:58
People disagree on the reason for having a government.
- Added: Mar 22, 2008
- Length: 02:02
There's finally a realistic chance for passage of a law to give U.S. workers the full union rights that have long been denied them.
- Added: Mar 13, 2008
- Length: 04:32
- Added: Nov 01, 2007
- Length: 02:15
A commentary noting that the two sometimes hostile factions of the labor movement are waging major campaigns to recruit new members and strengthen ...
- Added: Oct 11, 2007
- Length: 03:59
A commentary on the extraordinary campaign that Democratic presidential candidates are waging to win union endorsements.
- Added: Sep 27, 2007
- Length: 03:52
Today we speak with author Chuck Collins of the Institute For Policy Studies, whose new book is titled The Moral Measure of the Economy
- Added: Sep 24, 2007
- Length: 28:01
This commentary notes that although now largely forgotten, labor leader Lou Goldblatt was one of America's most influential leaders of any kind.
- Added: Sep 20, 2007
- Length: 04:13
Thanks to their growing poliitical strength, American iunions will be celebrating Labor Day this year with much greater expectations for success th...
- Added: Aug 25, 2007
- Length: 04:00
A commentary noting that the new minimum wage should now be raised to at least $9.50 an hour.
- Added: Aug 09, 2007
- Length: 04:26
A conversation with Howard Zinn about the history of the workers' movements in the U.S.
- Added: Aug 08, 2007
- Length: 34:46
One export from China that American businesses can?t get enough of are highly-skilled workers, especially those in the high tech industry. Workers ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2007
- Length: :03
John Edwards speaks to loyalists from each of the "two Americas."
- Added: Jul 23, 2007
- Length: 54:00
The Bush administration is ignoring its legal obligation to lessen the workplace hazards that kill and seriously injure millions of Americans. i
- Added: May 31, 2007
- Length: 05:29
To a man -- and woman -- the Democratic presidential candidates say they're great friends of American workers. True or false? The answer could depe...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 25, 2007
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 1
Pat, a blind activist and singer/poet, describes her life in New York City
- Added: May 13, 2007
- Length: 10:01
Equal Pay Day is coming up on April 24 to remind us that working women's wages still trail far behind those of men.
- Added: Apr 19, 2007
- Length: 03:43
This commentary notes the great need for President Bush to provide much more relief to the thousands of farmworkers who've been struggling to meet...
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Mar 15, 2007
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
Despite their importance to our security, airport screeners aren't allowed to exercise their full civil rights.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Mar 08, 2007
- Length: 03:10
- Purchases: 1
Program 4 in a four-part series about farmworker history
Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, KVMR, North State Public Radio, KZYX, WCBU and more
- Added: Mar 06, 2007
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 16
