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The need to combat sexual harassment on the job is drawing lots of attention.
- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 02:53
In the cultural crossroads of Manhattan's West Side, we found two standard-bearers for our most promising American tradition -- the literary and in...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The attempt by Wisconsin's governor to all but eliminate union rights of state employees is one of the most important labor developments in decades.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 1
Politicians and others who caused our economic troubles are attempting to shift the blame to public employees, whose vital work benefits us all.
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 05:45
U.S. employers are in effect stealing millions of dollars from their employees by underpaying them.
- Added: Dec 16, 2010
- Length: 03:19
Republican members of Congress are trying to block President Obama's plan to modernize the country's crumbling infrastructure.
- Added: Nov 18, 2010
- Length: 03:14
Democrats and their allies, particularly organized labor, who lost big in the midterm elections, are facing major contests with Republicans in the ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2010
- Length: 05:31
Organized labor is facing a major election challenge in California that's certain to have a major impact on unions and anti-union forces everywhere.
- Added: Oct 21, 2010
- Length: 03:51
An AFL-CIO report shows that many of those who rescued victims of the 9/11 attacks are still suffering from serious injuries and illnesses.
- Added: Sep 17, 2010
- Length: 04:13
The AFL-CIO has begun a drive to recruit young workers to grow and strengthen the labor movement.
- Added: Sep 09, 2010
- Length: 03:10
Labor Day is a good time to honor the invaluable but much maligned public employees.
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 03:44
Republican leaders in Congress want to cut Social Security payments in order to reduce the deficit that's been caused in part by tax breaks for the...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
Labor and Democratic Party leaders worry that labor's rank and file may not provide Democratic candidates the support they'll need in November's el...
- Added: Aug 13, 2010
- Length: 03:05
Farm worker advocates have lost a major battle to grant the highly exploited workers the legal right to overtime pay that most other workers have.
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 04:50
The number of serious on-the-job accidents this year have made very clear the need for expanded and tightened government safety regulations.
- Added: Jul 21, 2010
- Length: 05:09
Yes, this is the 21st Century, but America's agricultural industry still relies heavily on child labor.
- Added: Jun 11, 2010
- Length: 03:24
Working women have been particularly hard hit by the global recession, in part because of long-standing discrimination.
- Added: Mar 12, 2010
- Length: 03:11
Airline and railroad workers voting on whether to unionize are greatly hampered by peculiar rules that count eligible voters who don't vote as voti...
- Added: Nov 05, 2009
- Length: 02:59
New studies show that the young Americans who will shape our future have been hit painfully hard by today's economic downturn.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2009
- Length: 04:36
- Purchases: 1
Despite the recession, women workers are close to outnumbering male workers.
- Added: Sep 25, 2009
- Length: 02:36
A profile of sorts and an exploration of the history and legacy of George W. Bush and the first eight years of a new millennium. A look at what may...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KWIT
- Added: Mar 03, 2009
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 3
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
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
