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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 
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Afrocolombians and the Free Trade Agreement

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Marino Córdoba, an Afrocolombian activist displaced from his hometown and now in exile in the U.S., talks about the situation of Afrocolombian and indigenous communities in the shadow of free trade. Read more

UC grad students occupy union hall, train web cams on uncounted ballots -- EXTENDED ONLINE VERSION

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
On Monday, May 2nd, a group of University of California graduate students began a sit-in at their own union hall, UAW Local 2865.  The students are demanding the completion of an interrupted vote count in a closely contested race between two slates for union leadership.  Si... Read more

UC grad students occupy union hall, train web cams on uncounted ballots -- SHORT BROADCAST VERSION

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
On Monday, May 2nd, a group of University of California graduate students began a sit-in at their own union hall, UAW Local 2865.  The students are demanding the completion of an interrupted vote count in a closely contested race between two slates for union leadership. ... Read more

Dosha Salon Workers Unite for a First Union Contract

Airs at: Tue, 04/26/2011 at 12:00am
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Colombian Union Denounces Labor Abuses by Sodexo and Kraft Food

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
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Jose Fraybel Melo of the Colombian union Sinaltrainal visits the U.S. to denounce labor abuses by transnational corporations Sodexo and Kraft Food.  This is the English translation of the original interview in Spanish. Read more

Beaverton School Custodians on Chopping Block

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Two custodians at Beaverton public schools, Mason Young and Steve Specht, talk with host Jamie Partridge about their struggle to prevent possible  layoffs or pay cuts of 30% to 50%  for over a hundred of their fellow custodians, members of the Oregon School Employees Associ... Read more

Workers Helping Workers

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Workers Feeding Workers  Labor troubador George Mann talks about his friend Anne Feeney and an upoming concert in her honor. On May 14th, letter carriers and their customers across the country participate in the largest, 1-day food drive of the year. Jean Kemp-Ware from the... Read more

Portland Rising: Fifteen Thousand Workers in Collective Bargaining This Summer

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Negotiating a collective bargaining agreement is tough.  Negotiating during hard economic times is even tougher. Despite the down economy, workers across the state -- including 15,000 Portland workers in bargaining right now -- are staying on the offense to fight for jobs, ... Read more

STOP WAGE THEFT in OREGON

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 12:00am
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Michael Dale, director of the Northwest Worker Justice Project, speaks with Labor Radio's Jamie Partridge about legislation to combat wage theft currently before the Oregon legislature.  The Oregon Coalition to Stop Wage Theft held a Town Hall in Southeast Portland Thursday... Read more

OR AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain @ WE ARE ONE Rally

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
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OR AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain exhorts union members at the April 4th We Are One rally to follow the left road, the path of Martin Luther King Jr. Read more