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Host schedule:
| 1st Mondays | Bill Zimmerman |
| 2nd Mondays | Angela MacWhinnie and Al Bradbury |
| 3rd Mondays | Kevin Card |
| 4th Mondays | John Walsh and Jamie Partridge |
| 5th Mondays | Lane Poncy and Tim Flanagan |
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Colombian GM Worker Leader Visits Detroit to Seek Solidarity from the UAW
Jorge Parra, president of ASOTRECOL, the Association of Sick Workers and Ex-Workers of GM Colombia, talks with UAW staff at Solidarity House in Detroit. GM kicked these workers to the curb after they were hurt on the job, and they then occupied the curb - the one across the street from the U.S. embassy in Bogotá - where they have remained continuously since August.
- Length: 13:15 minutes (12.13 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Day 5 East County teachers strike
Day five of the Reynolds teachers strike was calm compared with earlier in the week. Teachers rallied for a few hours in the morning and waited for the results of a mediation/ negotiation session. Despite union agreement to the district's economic demands earlier in the week, the school board continues to insist on dramatic takeaways in working conditions and basic union rights. Labor reporter Jamie Partridge talks with strike organizer Emily Crumm, a kindergarten teacher at Alder Elementary School.
- Length: 7:35 minutes (10.42 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
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Day 4 East County teachers strike
Day 4 of the Reynolds teachers strike finds no talks scheduled between the union and the district. Despite the union agreement to the district's economic package, the school board has walked away from the table, for the second time since the strike began. Labor reporter Jamie Partridge talks wiith Frank Matthews, Reynolds Learning Academy teacher, Theresa Osborne, Reynolds High School teacher, and students Jose, Sandra, and Kirsten on the strike line at noon today.
- Length: 10:47 minutes (14.81 MB)
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Day 3 East County teachers strike
Reynolds teachers walk the picketline for the third day as the school district refuses to negotiate a fair contract. Labor Radio reporter Jamie Partridge talks with picket captains Nicole Anderson, Rob La Raus, and Paul Switalla in front of Reynolds Middle School and Salish Ponds Elementary.
- Title: Day 3 Reynolds teachers strike
- Length: 22:36 minutes (31.05 MB)
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Day 2 East County teachers strike
On the picketline in front of H B Lee Middle School, Labor Radio host Jamie Partridge talks with striking Reynolds teachers Micah Howard, Connor Colbrick, and Rosemary Elisa.
- Title: Day 2 Reynold teachers strike
- Length: 29:48 minutes (40.94 MB)
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On Strike! East County Teachers
On the picketline Monday morning, KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge interviews Reynolds High School teachers on strike -- Tom Beeman, Doug Beardsley, and Evan Selby.
- Length: 22:37 minutes (31.07 MB)
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Bus Riders Unite
Khahn Pham and Jared Franz from OPAL / Bus Riders Unite speak about the transit systems proposed cuts, OPALs alternatives that put riders first and unity with transit workers.
- Title: Bus Riders Unite
- Length: 22:26 minutes (15.4 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 22kHz 96Kbps (CBR)
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Postal Fightback Stirs
The Postmaster General threatens to close half the sorting facilities, thousands of post offices, end Saturday and door-to-door delivery and eliminate hundreds of thousands of living wage union jobs. Letter carrier unionist, Jamie Partridge, reports on a growing rank-and-file and community network, Communities and Postal Workers United , launched at this weekend’s Labor Notes conference in Chicago.
- Length: 19:31 minutes (26.81 MB)
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On the Picket Line with Gresham Teachers
With Gresham teachers on Wednesday, April 25th, KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge interviews picket captains, rank & file union members, community and student supporters as well as capturing the announcement of a tentative agreement after only hours on strike.
- Length: 27:53 minutes (38.29 MB)
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Strike! East County Teachers
1,300 school teachers, represented by the Oregon Education Association (OEA) in the Parkrose, Gresham-Barlow and Reynolds school districts, may go on strike, some as early as this Wednesday, if their school boards continue down their current path -- the implementation of severe attacks on teachers’ benefits and working conditions. Host Jamie Partridge brings us an excerpt from a teachers March 20th rally at Gresham High Gym.
- Length: 12:32 minutes (17.21 MB)
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AFT National Trusteeship..
I would be very interested in contacting your local and providing airtime for this discussion. Please send me a contact person or a summary of your position. Lane and I will have an official from AFT Local 2277 on our show... and perhaps we could arrange for a represenatative of the national federation to call in.
Please e-mail me ASAP or call me at 5o3-697-1670
in solidarity it and with best regards, Tim
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we would like the opportunity to tell our side of the AFT national trusteeship of our local on July 7. what has happened is a blatant violation of democracy. can we get some air time to tell our story?