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Caption:  Brunswick cafe, Little Dog, where workers organized a union., Credit: Alex Spear, Bowdoin Orient
On the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose workers start to organize a union and we tal...

Bought by WUWM, KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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After COVID-19 - a Palmdale couple grapple with completely different receptions upon returning to work.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:44
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Undocumented hotel housekeepers are among some of the most vulnerable workers in the pandemic. In this episode, we hear one of their stories.

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 22:18
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we start with updates from Operation PUSH. After that, we continue hearing from Craig, who spent significant time in the Monroe Co...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:08
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This week, we feature two snapshots from fast-developing situations inside the prison system. First, we share an anonymized statement from a prison...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 28:48
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First off, we include an update from outside supporters of Operation PUSH, the strike in Florida prisons that is now in its fifth day. We will cont...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:28
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents whether employers should ask job applicants about their criminal histories.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:51
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Earlier this year, a majority of hourly employees at Bloomingfoods Cooperative Grocery signed up as members of Local 700 of the United Food and Com...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:55
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The unemployment rate in Indiana reached five percent this month, but the statistics don’t tell the whole story. Correspondent Jerrod Dill brings u...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 09:41
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WFHB Correspondent David Murphy attended Bloomingfood’s annual meeting last week and an accompanying rally by those who support a recent effort by ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:21
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Supporters of the unionization of employees of Bloomingfoods rallied in front of the West 6th outlet last Thursday. Around fifty people gathered la...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 09:10
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A report from the National Employment Law Project found that the increasing number of jobs in Indiana offer wages under the federal median annual s...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
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Some are saying there is a skills gap in Indiana – that there are manufacturing jobs available but not enough skilled workers to fill them. Corresp...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
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This week on Interchange, host Trish Kerle speaks with Carrol Krause, author of Showers Brothers Furniture Co: The Shared Fortunes of a Family, a C...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 57:34
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News from Detroit, Connecticut, and DC.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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McDonald’s workers nationwide are asking for an increased minimum wage, to fifteen dollars an hour.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 09:05
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Plans for a new, seven-story Hyatt Place hotel in downtown Bloomington have drawn questions and criticism since they were announced this summer and...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:32
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One final day of contract negotiations remains between Mitchel, Indiana factory C&M Conveyor and the newly formed United Steel Workers Union at the...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 09:15
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Dr. William Hanson, author of Smart Medicine: How the Changing Role of Doctors Will Revolutionize Health Care.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 25:03
  • Purchases: 1
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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