Labor Radio

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Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Reviewing the need to transition the Oregon political process to address the concerns of communities of color.

Hosted by:

Tina Turner-Morfitt, Jamie Partridge, Lane Poncy, Stephen Siegel, Tim, EAnneMcD, Michael Cathcart

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Every Monday from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

Of the working class, by the working class and for the working class.

Host schedule:

1st Mondays	Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
2nd Mondays	Stephen Siegel and Rachel Hanes
3rd Mondays	Michael Cathcart
4th Mondays	Amanda Hill and Jamie Partridge
5th Mondays	Lane Poncy

Topic tags:

Activism, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Community Building, Government/Politics

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

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Bob Bussel remembers the J.P. Stevens boycott

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am

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Thirty years ago, labor historian Bob Bussel worked on the organizing drive at J.P. Stevens, a violently anti-union Southern textile manufacturer--a campaign the inspired the movie Norma Rae. Besides giving actress Sally Field a career-defining role, the J.P Stevens drive g... Read more

Labor Radio May 31 2010

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 12:00am

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October 19th Labor Radio Show, hosted by Lane Poncy and Tim Flanagan Read more

Labor and the Future of Journalism

Airs at: Wed, 10/14/2009 at 12:00am

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As layoffs and downsizing continue at many newspapers, more people turn to the Internet to get their news. What is the future of the labor movement in the online news industry, where many journalists work from home and have never met their co-workers in person? On August 2... Read more

Interview with Mark Dudzik

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

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Mark Dudzik, national coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, talks with Peter Shapiro about the unanimous vote of the AFL-CIO National Convention on September 15 to endorse single payer, and the implications for the struggle for real health care ref... Read more

Class struggle in Portland: City employees battle layoffs, musicians call for a living wage

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am

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Tonight’s show features two stories close to home that affect the livelihoods of many Portlanders."How could you cut a Bureau in half?" Massive job cuts at the City of PortlandMaybe you or someone you know works for the City of Portland, or works in an industry like constru... Read more

Labor Radio on 09/07/09

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Today is Labor Day!Tune in from 8 until 11 AM, as KBOO's Labor Radio Collective and the Old Mole Variety Hour join forces for three hours of special programming about the lives and struggles of the women and men who do the work. Call-in and share stories about your own jo... Read more

LABOR DAY SPECIAL: Decades of Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

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Host Peter Shapiro interviews legendary longshore activist, Leo Robinson of Oakland, California, a founder of the African American Longshore Coalition and Vice President of the internationally admired ILWU local 10, about changes on the waterfront from the 1960s to the 1990... Read more

A RADICAL VISION FOR LABOR

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

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Host Jamie Partridge interviews labor photojournalist David Bacon, a veteran union organizer, whose latest book is "Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants". Bacon argues that the key to building power for working people are the str... Read more

The Black Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Jamie Partridge talks with Deborah Stringfellow and Jerry Lawrence, founding members of the African American Longshore Coalition and rank-and-file leaders of Portland’s Longshore and Warehouse Union – ILWU local 8 about racism, union democracy and current struggles on ... Read more

What's Wrong With Recovery -- Extended Interview with Marty Hart-Landsberg (online exclusive!)

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 5:00pm

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Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families? Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again? Should working people be worried about deficit spending? And what simple policy change could eliminate Social Security'... Read more

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