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Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich says unions should go all-out to defeat presidential candidate John McCain.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 22, 2008
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 1
Millions of jobless Americans badly need more of the unemployment benefits that have helped sustain them.
- Added: May 02, 2008
- Length: 03:24
It's Equal It's Equal Pay Day again, time to remind us of the discrimination that keeps working women's pay far behind that of men.ps workiIt
- Added: Apr 17, 2008
- Length: 02:37
Although he became a staunch conservative in his later years, actor Charlton Heston had earlier been a union leader and one of Hollywood's most out...
- Added: Apr 09, 2008
- Length: 02:37
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
Few leaders have left a greater legacy than labor leader Jack Hall, a major figure in the transformation of feudalistic Hawaii into a democratic st...
- Added: Dec 20, 2007
- Length: 04:43
The loss of air traffic controllers upset over their working conditions is a major reason airlines are consistently operating behind schedule and f...
- Added: Dec 13, 2007
- Length: 03:08
This discusses the attempts of Burger King to undo agreements by its major fast-food competitors to improve the shameful conditions of tomato pickers.
- Added: Dec 06, 2007
- Length: 03:52
Ed Paige had been homeless for twenty years. But now, thanks to an innovative housing facility in Portland Maine, Ed finally has a stable place to ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2007
- Length: 02:28
- Purchases: 2
Blunt reporter Zoe High takes to the streets to unravel some of the prevailing perceptions of the homeless, and spotlights one organization in Port...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMPG, and WXLV-FM
- Added: Dec 06, 2007
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 3
A commentary about the miserable pay and working and living conditions of tobacco harvesters.
- Added: Nov 01, 2007
- Length: 04:02
A commentary noting that author John Steinbeck was one of the best friends American workers ever had.
- Added: Oct 25, 2007
- Length: 04:18
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 is about the fierce steelworkers strike of 1919 that was one of the key events leading to the mass unionization of American industry.
- Added: Sep 13, 2007
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 2
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
John Edwards speaks to loyalists from each of the "two Americas."
- Added: Jul 23, 2007
- Length: 54:00
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
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
Despite the great importance of teachers, they are by far the most poorly paid of all professionals.
- Added: Apr 11, 2007
- Length: 03:36
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: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
