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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
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A commentary on the Homestead strike, one of the most violent and most significant in labor history.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Despite the great importance of teachers, they are by far the most poorly paid of all professionals.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
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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
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A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
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A commentary on the major battle that is shaping up in Congress over union rights.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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a commentary marking the 60th anniversary of the Oakland general strike, one of the very few general strikes in U.S. history.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Although most people work for a living, the mainstream media generally ignore their working lives.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
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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
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Although the pundits say the labor movement is near death, the future of American unions actually looks promising.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:47
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A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
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New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
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A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
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Commentary on raising the minimum wage.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
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A commentary on the widespread discrimination against older workers.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2004
  • Length: 02:43