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Caption: WA Fair Trade Coalition
Gillian Locascio, Executive Director of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition & Alma Vargas, Fellowship from UCLA Labor Center, Part 2. Interview b...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: April Sims
Interview by Lori Province: April describes the new WSLC training program on how union members and leaders can have a conversation about racism in ...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 27:33
  • Purchases: 3
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents what they think the minimum wage should be.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
Caption: Dale Bright
Interview by Gary Kanter: Dale explains what is going on with the Martin L King County Labor Council and some of their new organizing methods.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 27:43
Caption: Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator
As a follow-up to last week’s program, “The Elected Coup,” tonight we confront The Authoritarian Creep.

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:44
Caption: Kent Stanford and Dan Heidal
Interview by Lori Province: Kent and Dan discuss Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources and Fire Fighting.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:04
Caption: Veronica Wilson
Veronica explains more about the Labor’s Center Global Solidarity Project.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 27:51
Caption: Phillip Lindquist
Interview by Lori Province: Phillip describes wage thief and what you can do about it.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
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We learn about the Chicago Community Bond Fund, a group that bails people out of Chicago's Cook County Jail and strives to end pretrial detention....

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:31
Caption: April Sims, WSLC
Interview by Lori Province: April talks about I-1433 (Raise Minimum Wage and Earn Sick Days) and Labor Neighbor.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:11
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September marks the 5 year anniversary of Occupy. We go to Zuccotti Park, and Oakland to talk to individuals that were part of Occupy Wall Street a...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Arminio Órtiz Pérez, Credit: Eilís O’Neill
Working on a dairy--especially a small dairy--is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, more dangerous even than construction. Over the pas...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 20:18
Caption: Lee Newgent, Building Trades
Interview by Mark Lowry: Lee explains the complex Sound Transit 3 and why we should vote for the ballot measure.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:52
Caption: Jim Cullen, Progressive Populist
Interview by Ken Winkes: Jim brings us good information about what the government has done for the people.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 27:58
Caption: Jim Cullen, Progressive Populist
Interview by Ken Winkes: Jim provides a survey of positive progressive progress. For more information, go to http://www.populist.com/.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 27:52
Caption: Gary Kanter & Mike Dumovich
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Gary gives his history with the Farm Workers in Skagit County.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
Caption: Alex Ramel, Stand
Interview by Gary Kanter: Alex explains how ending the use of fossil fuels can be a ‘Just Transition.’

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:26
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When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:36
Caption: Farm Workers: Boycott Driscolls
Interview by Gary Kanter: Chelsea and Stephanie report on the successful Farm Worker West Coast Tour. For more information, go to https://boycott...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:05
Caption: Ingrid Tischer, director of development, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) and Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Alice Wong, Credit: Alice Wong
Community Storytelling Fellow, Alice Wong asks, how do people with disabilities who rely on personal assistance negotiate their relationships with ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 11:33
Caption: Tia Koonse, UCLA Labor Center
Interview by Ken Winkes: Tia discusses wage thief and how it affects local economies. For more information, go to http://www.labor.ucla.edu/ or ht...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:16
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Universities are paternalistic and infantilizing and municipalities enable them. This translates loosely into "If you're father says it's okay..." ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 57:25
Caption: Tia Koonse, UCLA Labor Center
Tia Koonse, Legal and Policy Research Manager for UCLA Labor Center Interview by Ken Winkes: Tia explains the reports on low-wages, the people who...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:06
Caption: Santee Alley , Credit: Ana Gremard / Used Under CC/ flickr
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district, notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outrig...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1