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Categories:  Labor   Programming   Who's Joe Hill? Joe Hill image from PBS.org   Tune in to Fifth Monday Labor Radio and find out about J... Read more

DURING A SEASON WHEN MANY PEOPLE GATHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES, ARCHAIC LAWS THAT SUBORDINATE HUMAN NEED TO CORPORATE GREED KEEP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES APART OR IN PERIL. WITH IMMIGRATION REFORM NOW ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL AGENDA, HARD TACTICAL CHOICES FACE THE MOVEMENT FOR JUST... Read more

Jay Cronk, former national staffer for the machinist union (IAM), is campaigning to unseat international president, Tom Buffenbarger on a platform of union democracy.  Labor Radio reporter Jamie Partridge caught up with Cronk just prior to his arrival in Seattle, where IAM ... Read more

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BOEING CORPORATE GREED VERSUS WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES: A SHOP FLOOR WORKER'S PERSPECTIVE.   BOEING JUST DEMANDED MASSIVE MID-CONTRACT CONCESSIONS FROM THE MACHINISTS AND HUGE TAXBREAKS FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, UNDER THE THREAT OF MOVING NEW AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY WORK ELS... Read more

For background on the teachers' contract issues, see our episode last month on Fighting for the Schools Portland Students Deserve. While interviewing Alexia, Ian, Emma, and Lily from the Portland Student Union, the following websites were referenced: http://www.facebook.co... Read more

Hear from student organizers with Portland Student Union building power for the schools they deserve. CHECK OUT: http://www.facebook.com/PortlandStudentUnion Other resources on the current contract and community support: http://www.pdxteachers.org http://www.facebook.com/P... Read more

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