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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 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
A conversation with Howard Zinn about the history of the workers' movements in the U.S.
- Added: Aug 08, 2007
- Length: 34:46
John Edwards speaks to loyalists from each of the "two Americas."
- Added: Jul 23, 2007
- Length: 54:00
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
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
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
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
- Added: Feb 16, 2007
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 1
Tyson Foods is accused of surpressing wages by hiring illegal immigants. The lawsuit points out problems in the government's handling of workplace ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KRFC
- Added: Feb 12, 2007
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
A commentary on the major role unions played in the Democratic Party's midterm sweep.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Nov 10, 2006
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
A commentary on Gene Debs, who died 80 years ago this month, but whose economic and political ideas remain vital, valid and essential.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Oct 10, 2006
- Length: 04:02
- Purchases: 1
Unions have launched one of labor's biggest political campaigns ever in behalf of their Democratic Party allies.
- Added: Sep 08, 2006
- Length: 02:39
This is a commentary about the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's firing of 11,500 air gtraffic controllers, an action that propelled A...
- Added: Aug 10, 2006
- Length: 02:28
"Radio can be a tool that can empower the weak and can right wrongs. Can move people in such a way that problems that face us can be fixed."
Bought by CKMO
- Added: Aug 01, 2006
- Length: 23:58
- Purchases: 1
A commentary explaining how the immigration reform bills in Congress would seriously harm immigrant farmworkers
- Added: May 15, 2006
- Length: 03:47
A conversation with Sister Margaret Rose Smyth, advocate and activist on behalf of the immigrant worker
- Added: Apr 12, 2006
- Length: 33:04
President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are going all out to deny wolrkers their legal rights.
- Added: Feb 01, 2006
- Length: 03:07
