Labor

Library Workers Fight Layoffs

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Byrd and Cathy Camper, both librarians in the Multnomah County Library system and members of AFSCME local 88 talk about impending layoffs. In the midst of a pandemic, where some library workers are working from home, some in the building or out in the community, some on adm... Read more

Paying the Land

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Ten years after Footnotes in Gaza, Joe Sacco returns with yet another masterpiece, Paying the Land. "A tour de force . . . luminous . . . Joe Sacco's large-scale panels teem with detail, visual and verbal . . . What begins as an exploration of the effects of fracking on... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 17, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel hosts and we hear these pieces: Bill Resnick talks with David Daley of FairVote about the November election, the disaster looming, and how Trump would capitalize on the chaos in vote counting sure to come. Desiree Hellegers talks with Jamie Partridge about ... Read more

Universities and Covid

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers talks with Sarah Chivers, an adjunct professor of Sociology at several universities in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. They discuss the challenges that adjuncts in Oregon face with the approach of Fall semester, and how being a primary caregiver ... Read more

Wyden's Union Problem

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Oregon's multi-millionaire senator Ron Wyden and his wife Nancy Bass-Wyden own the Strand Bookstore, an iconic independent retailer in New York City. Host Jamie Partridge interviews Melissa Guzy, shop steward at the bookstore, who explains how the Wydens raked in Covid-19 ... Read more

Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union schedules planned action for July 25th

Airs at: Tue, 07/21/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth, Evening News

Samantha Bryce of the Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union sits down with KBOO's Nat Moon to discuss better wages, hazard pay, worker security, and unionizing during a global pandemic. Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union has a picket scheduled for 1PM on Saturday, July 25th at the O... Read more

Reveal investigation finds unregulated rehab facilities exploit patients for unpaid labor

Airs at: Thu, 07/16/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

During the current Black Lives Matter Movement, attention has been called to the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery -- except as punishment for a crime. Prison labor is both legal and prevalent in the U.S., which has led to a number of boycotts of companies who use ... Read more

Another World Is Possible

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Candy Luisa Herrera joins Norm Diamond, after Norm first talks about the relationship between racism and capitalism. Then the two of them discuss police unions, whose interest is served by racist policing, and the opportunities for revitalizing the labor movement. Creator:... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 13, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Norm Diamond hosts the Old Mole today, which includes the following segments: Racism in Heath Care: While the coronavirus pandemic has made more urgent the need for universal access to quality health care, Patricia Kullberg and Jan Haaken take up the problem of racist id... Read more

Uprising 2020—Now What?

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick speaks with Michael Albert about the current insurgency triggered by the murder of George Floyd and how all the anger and hope could be organized into a struggle for life after capitalism where we live in harmony with the natural ecosystems upon which our lives... Read more