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Putting the Movement Back into the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The rapid, spectacular, entirely unexpected, self-organizing of workers at Amazon, Starbucks, and many other local franchises relying on low wage service workers inspired many observers of the labor scene to what they see as “spontaneous” uprisings as the route to a new lab... Read more

Changing Portland's City Government Encore

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on August 1, 2022 This November Portland voters will have an opportunity to vote on a complex measure that would amend the city charter in some drastic ways. The changes include rank voting, expanding the city council to 12 members who would... Read more

Stage Hands Fight Union-Busting at Convention Center

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  Rose Etta Venetucci, Tim Rooney, and Kyle Huth, members of IATSE 28 (stage hands union) talk about the struggle to keep union jobs at the Metro Merc Convention Center.     Read more

Verizon Express Workers Organize

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hannah Borstel, a Verizon Express retail worker in NW Portland, explains why she and her co-workers are organizing a union with the Communications Workers of America.  Part of a national wave of retail organizing, these workers face similar conditions and are inspired by ea... Read more

Does Portland Need More Industrial Land?

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland and other Oregon municipalities are required to inventory their employment land periodically as part of the comprehensive planning process.  For decades the city has decided during each inventory process that it needs more industrial land. In the past, Portland ann... Read more

Class Struggle Unionism at Labor Notes

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This is a panel discussion of Joe Burn's new book Class Struggle Unionism at the 2022 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago. In his new book, Joe Burns argues that a Class Struggle Unionism approach is essential if we are to build the power for radical transformation. Hear wor... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 27, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Hot Labor Summer episode of the Old Mole. Drug Decriminalization: Bill Resnick and Tera Hurst discuss the growing pains in Oregon's implementation of the first in the nation decriminalization of all illicit drugs including marijuana, methamphetamin... Read more

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Negative (Part 2)

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Liz Prato, author of Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, our guest is Liz Prato, author of the new essay collection Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning. Liz’s previous books include Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawaii, which was a New York Times Top Summer Read and a Finalist for the Oregon B... Read more

TRIPP-P 22 with Dr. Wes Pope

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2022 at 12:00am - Wed, 12/31/2025 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Welcome to the first podcast episode of 2022 - episode 22! Cory Elia and Lesley McLam sit down to speak with Dr. Wes Pope, Co-Director of University of Oregon's Multimedia Journalism masters program.   We discuss some of Pope's experiences as a photojournalist for 15 years... Read more