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A new study shows clearly that growing numbers of workers are being illegally denied union rights.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 22, 2009
- Length: 04:19
- Purchases: 1
President Obama is delivering on his campaign promise to lead a pro-labor administration.
- Added: May 08, 2009
- Length: 04:27
It's time for us to celebrate a national Cesar Chavez Day.
- Added: Mar 23, 2009
- Length: 04:17
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
Many workers are being illegally fired for being pro-union.
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 04:20
A new survey shows that unions are finally growing significantly.
- Added: Feb 12, 2009
- Length: 04:12
February sixth will mark the 90th anniversary of the Seattle general strike, one of the most dramatic strikes in U.S. history.
- Added: Jan 30, 2009
- Length: 03:53
The long struggle of working people against George Bush has finally ended.
- Added: Jan 18, 2009
- Length: 03:51
Psychiatric Survivor and Human Rights Activist, Mary Van Pelt, speaks about job discrimination, holes in the Americans with Disabilities Act, and t...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 02:37
Few workers are more important or more exploited than the young doctors-in-training who provide so much of our hospital care.
- Added: Dec 12, 2008
- Length: 02:43
Organized labor played a major role in Barack Obama's election and expects much in return.
- Added: Nov 06, 2008
- Length: 03:40
From: Chris Goldstein
Duke university Professor Felicia Kornbluh- discusses her book The Battle For Welfare Rights : Politics and Poverty in Modern America
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Oct 22, 2008
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
It should be obvious by now, with election day nearing, that Barack Obama should be the overwhelming choice of working people.
- Added: Oct 16, 2008
- Length: 05:14
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
More than one million Americans are facing loss of their badly needed Unemployment Insurance benefits.
- Added: Sep 17, 2008
- Length: 02:33
Amid the speculation over Sarah Palin possibly becoming the first woman to serve as vice president, don't forget Frances Perkins, the first woman t...
- Added: Sep 05, 2008
- Length: 05:16
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
Organized labor is close to winning its battle to guarantee firm union rights ti U.S. workers.
- Added: Aug 22, 2008
- Length: 04:40
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is running for Congress on an unusually worker-friendly platform.
- Added: Aug 14, 2008
- Length: 03:11
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
Millions of Americans are being driven into the ranks of the nation's highly exploited part-time workers.
- Added: Aug 01, 2008
- Length: 03:12
Organized labor is launching its biggest political campaign ever in hopes of playing a major role in electing Barack Obama and other labor-friendly...
- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 03:56
Working-class voters are demanding a lot from political candidates.
- Added: Jul 03, 2008
- Length: 03:34
An international union confederation has issued a new report detailing the truly rotten treatment suffered by many U.S. workers.
Bought by KGOU
- Added: Jun 20, 2008
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 1
Barack Obama supports key issues that would greatly improve the lives of American workers, John McCain opposes them.
- Added: Jun 06, 2008
- Length: 03:17
