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09-18: Laboring for Justice: See No Stranger, 7/19/2023

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

In a world that’s unraveling from climate disruption and gaping inequality, another climate crisis confronts us: the climate of hate and othering. ...

“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 1

From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work

Caption: High Voltage Women by Ellie Belew

Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan examine Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the first trade’s women were tr...

The Write Question - Stephanie Land - 412

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Stephanie Land discusses her memoir, "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive." She also reads a few short passages.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio

Women on the Front Lines

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)

The Grupo de Mujeres, or Womens' Group, works tirelessly for the dignity of their families and themselves at the Workers Defense Project. Here are ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Working Tapes: Phone Operator

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Women Rising 30: International Slavery and Human Trafficking

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Women Rising Radio #30 profiles women fighting slavery, trafficking and forced labor globally.

Bought by WRIR

Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian, Part 2

From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work

Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian, Part 2 Interview: Mark explains why Labor and Community are the same side of...

Bought by KPIP-LP

UnFictional: Women's Work

From: KCRW

A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...

Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more