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Anti-labor forces have launched a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and unions.
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 05:51
The Internet has had a profound impact on media labor coverage.
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 07:03
Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Graduation time is here, but graduates can't be sure of good jobs despite their education.
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 03:27
Mother's Day is celebrated in the in May, and mothers are now becoming a political force. Female political leaders can leverage their concerns at ...
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: May 18, 2012
- Length: 56:49
- Purchases: 1
The right to unionization, a basic civil right, is under serious attack.
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 04:04
The Colombian Free Trade Agreement aligns the US with a notorious abuser of workers and their unions.
- Added: Apr 19, 2012
- Length: 03:54
It's essential that we raise Social Security benefits.
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 03:19
Despite what anti-union forces claim, public employees are not drawing fat pensions that threaten to bankrupt state and local governments.
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 05:53
Unions are preparing massive election campaigns in support of President Obama and other labor-friendly Democrats.
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 05:38
It's time to honor Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong, who played a key role in formation of the United Farm Workers union.
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 05:53
Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 04:42
San Francisco labor leader Walter Johnson was a key supporter of gay rights.
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 04:13
The United Auto Workers is in danger of losing its standing as one of the country's most important institutions.
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 04:26
Equal Time series host Martha Burk interviews Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued the Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion in the United Stat...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT
- Added: Jan 05, 2012
- Length: 56:48
- Purchases: 2
So-called student athletes should be paid for their work in bringing billions of dollars to the nation's colleges and universities.
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio
- Added: Jan 04, 2012
- Length: 03:49
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 06:25
Public employees, many of them African-Americans, are being hit particularly hard by today's high levels of unemployment.
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 04:03
The AFL-CIO has a very promising plan to heal our very sick economy.
- Added: Nov 30, 2011
- Length: 03:25
- Added: Nov 24, 2011
- Length: 04:27
Last week's Ohio election was a major victory for workers and unions everywhere.
- Added: Nov 17, 2011
- Length: 04:28
A partnership of labor and Occupy Wall Street could lead to far-reaching economic and political reforms.
- Added: Nov 10, 2011
- Length: 04:04
Carwash workers at a major firm in California have won what could be the first of many union contracts for the highly exploited workers nationwide.
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 04:10
Unions can play an important role in trying to correct the serious economic problems raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
- Added: Oct 20, 2011
- Length: 02:45
The budget impasse in Minnesota brought a state government shutdown at Fiscal Year's end – June 30. State workers were furloughed July 1, in the ab...
- Added: Oct 06, 2011
- Length: 51:48
