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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
From: A World of Possibilities
A discussion about the future of nuclear weapons.
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- Added: Apr 10, 2008
- Length: 55:00
- Purchases: 6
A study on new peacebuilding actions within the Pentagon.
- Added: Apr 10, 2008
- Length: 55:00
It's been 15 years now since the death of farm union leader Cesar Chavez -- way past time to make his birthdate of March 31 a national holiday.
- Added: Mar 21, 2008
- Length: 03:22
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
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 urging voters to combat the excesses of exit polls \by exercising their fundamental right to the secret ballot.
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- Added: Feb 06, 2008
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 13, 2008
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 03, 2007
- Length: 09:07
Short essay by Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory
- Added: Oct 25, 2007
- Length: 04:48
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
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
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
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
- Added: Aug 05, 2007
- Length: 08:43
- 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
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
Some simple steps to heal the country
- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: 04:15
What does it mean to say that America is becoming a fascist state?
- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: 05:45
To a man -- and woman -- the Democratic presidential candidates say they're great friends of American workers. True or false? The answer could depe...
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- Added: May 25, 2007
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 1
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
Congressman Pete Stark is a rare politician. He takes seriously the separation of church and state and actually has the political courage to say he...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 03:44
