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City Workers Rally Against Privatization (raw audio)

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
City Workers rallied on August 14th against privatization and for a fair union contract.  The District Council of Trade Unions, representing laborers, office workers, electricians, painters, operating engineers, plumbers, and machinists, turned out several hundred member... Read more

Labor Radio on 08/12/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists has joined the Labor Radio collective!  Hear Tina Turner-Morfitt (AFSCME) and Deborah Hall (AFT) discuss the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Read more

ASOTRECOL Hits Two Year Mark in Their Huelga; Injured Colombian GM Workers Fight for Justice

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
At the beginning of August the Colombian autoworkers organized as ASOTRECOL, hurt on the job and then illegally kicked to the curb by General Motors, passed the two year mark in their continuous tent occupation in front of the US embassy in Bogotá. We called UAW retiree ... Read more

Labor Radio on 07/29/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Labor Radio on 07/22/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Striking Daimler machinists and painters face strike-breakers and loss of pay & medical benefits.  On day 22 of their work stoppage against the Portland truck plant, Dwain Panian and Ryan Collins, talk with co-hosts Jamie Partridge and John Walsh about their struggle for... Read more

Labor Radio on 07/15/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Labor Radio on 07/08/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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 Low Wage & Contingent Workers Struggle -- Part 2 of our interview with two Portland IWW organizers who were part of a delegation to Seattle to support the fast food worker "Strike on Poverty" last month. We'll also here from two Oregon Zoo employees who are part of an a... Read more

Longshore pensioner protest

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge on the scene at a protest of over a hundred longshore workers, pensioners, family members and community supporters assembled outside and inside Pacific Maritime Association headquarters Read more

Labor Radio on 07/01/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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Labor Radio on 06/24/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2013 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
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LABOR RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, AND BOTH HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK IN HONDURAS SINCE THE COUP 4 YEARS AGO JUNE 28TH. PADRE MELO, DIRECTOR OF RADIO PROGRESO AND OF THE JESUIT SOCIAL ACTION CENTER ERIC IN EL PROGRESO, HONDURAS, VISITED PORTLAND IN APRIL AND TALKED ABOUT THE RO... Read more