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Rosalinda Guillen, Ex Dir of Community to Community Development, Update for Farm Worker Union,
Interview: Rosalinda, who was raised in a local far...
- Added: Sep 19, 2014
- Length: 27:55
Kerry Van Winkle and Dave Myrick, UFCW Local 21 Skagit Regional Hospital Workers
Interview: Kerry and Dave who are part of a new bargaining unit d...
- Added: Sep 05, 2014
- Length: 28:21
Labor celebrates with an introduction by Ken Winkes.
Interview: Rosalinda, who was raised in a local farm worker family and has worked long hours ...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: Aug 29, 2014
- Length: 28:26
- Purchases: 1
Stan Sorscher, Labor Representative for SPEEA Local 2001, Part 2
Interview: Stan, Labor Representative for the Society of Professional Engineerin...
- Added: Aug 01, 2014
- Length: 28:13
Doctors and dietitians recommend that we eat more fruits and vegetables for better health. But do you know who harvests our produce, and under what...
- Added: Aug 01, 2014
- Length: 28:00
This week Rosalinda tells her story about how she became an organizer, activist, and helped create a movement building collective of farm worker le...
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 28:26
Dan Ford, Columbia Legal Services, Attorney for Farmworkers
Interview: Dan gives a firsthand account of the largest farm worker wage and hour set...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 27:51
OURWalmart members, Betty Shove and Patty Mannion with
OURWalmart Community Organizer, Jeremy Blomberg
Interview: Betty and Patty tell personal ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 28:12
A Vietnamese proverb says: “when eating a fruit, think of who planted the tree.” Taking that sentiment a step further, how often do we consider the...
- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Interview: Peter reflects on the lousy trade agreements and what we need to do to fight back.
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 28:01
Peter Olney, Former Organizing Director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Part 1
Interview: Peter explains that the Trade Adjus...
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 27:54
Capital is a giant, data-packed tome on income inequality covering three hundred years of history by the French economist Thomas Piketty. Is there ...
- Added: May 02, 2014
- Length: 58:35
Two and one half minute commentary on paying for restoring unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed by cutting corporate welfare.
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Anne talks about her life as an activist, agitator, mom, and much more and the show will highlight three of Anne’s favorite songs.
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 1
Paul reviews America’s history by noting the resurgence of the wealthy to take control of public money and government while also stating that the m...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 27:43
Interview: Mark lets us know that Labor feels protective of the middle class because Labor help create it and as we keep exporting our manufacturi...
- Added: Mar 28, 2014
- Length: 28:32
Interview: Joe talks more about the programs of the Labor Network for Sustainability. He also states for the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraqi War...
- Added: Mar 07, 2014
- Length: 27:49
Philly Congressman Chaka Fattah, lead sponsor of the Coop Jobs Act, KALW takes us inside the bike coop ColectíVelo in Oakland, and the Coop Job of ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Bobby Righi, Tom Lux, and Kristen Biefus of Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA), Just Transition, Part 3
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 28:10
The recent budget deal had plenty for war contractors, but jobless Americans were left in the cold. For them, it's going to be a very Unhappy New ...
- Added: Dec 26, 2013
- Length: 02:30
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
The Guys share a little-known story about that time Stalin coined the term “American Exceptionalism"
Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 06:32
- Purchases: 3
Labor Day was created in the 19th century by the unions, to celebrate the economic achievements of American workers. But if we look at the 21st ce...
Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
David was looking for a slingshot. Goliath had money and power. This is the story of the fight against proposed and granted casinos in Philadelphia.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
Unions are getting weaker, and even more threatening, says labor leader and author Bill Fletcher Jr., the general public no longer understands or s...
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
In his new book, economist Gar Alperovitz speaks plainly about why the time is right to democratize the ownership of wealth as a way to strengthen ...
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
