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Jefferson High School students walked out Friday to support Portland teachers in their bitter contract struggle with the Portland school district.  Emphasizing class size and workload, prep time and individual instruction, the students called for the Schools Portland Stu... Read more

The Labor Radio guest on the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment  is Meies-Amour Matz.  She is a Grant and Research Coordinator with more than 20 years working to  reduce health and social disparities, as they relate to minority and under-served populations.   Som... Read more

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 J... 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 I... 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 ... 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.... Read more