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Do we really have a choice? Abe sizes up the 2012 presidential election.

Airs at: Tue, 01/10/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor   It's the mating call of the Naderites: there's no difference between the Democrats and Republicans. They're both corporate parties; the only difference lies in how far right-of-center they lie. But there is a difference. It's not as stark as most p... Read more

Union-busting at the Fund for Public Interest, and the inner workings of the Red & Black Cafe collective

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Kris Humbird and his coworkers at the Fund for the Public Interest call center -- which raises funds for OSPIRG and Environment Oregon -- formed a union with CWA Local 7901 this past October. Kris joined us in studio to talk about the job he loves, the trouble with fundr... Read more

Our year-end wrap-up show. Plus: predictions for 2012

Airs at: Tue, 12/27/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris  It's a grab bag of topics on Abe and Joe's end-of-the-year show. Plus: predictions for 2012.   Read more

Music for the Working-Class turns One Year Old

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, talks with three other Wobblies - Noah, Tomás & Ash - about Music for the Working-Class, a labor-themed music event with scheduled performances and sing-alongs. It happens every last Wednesday of the month at... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 26th

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts and we hear:  Bill Resnick interviews Angela McWinney and Terren Connolly. Well Read Read Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay about the new people power. Joe Clement interviews three members of the IWW about Music for the Working-Class ... Read more

Presswatch for 12-15-2011

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Topics include the situation in Iraq, the Jazz timber sale in the Bull Run Watershed, a letter from port truck drivers andf listener calls. Read more

OCCUPY THE POST OFFICE D19

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Postmaster General has announced the imminent closure of 41 rural post offices in Oregon.  The PMG claims the postal service must shrink due to its financial crisis, but he is restricted by law from closing post offices for "economic reasons".  The Rural Organizing P... Read more

Kevin Card talks about the crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service.

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Kevin Card, president of the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers, joins Abe and Joe to discuss the crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service. Also, Joe fills us in on the history of labor in the United States and the state of orga... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole episode which surveys the Occupy movement; the differences between the US and the UK labor movements; workers' struggles in our  broken food industry; and an implausible story about a poisoned husband.   For information about our t... Read more

Working in the Food Industry

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The system that puts food on our tables is broken and corrupt.  The Food Chain Workers’ Alliance is a coalition of worker-based organizations whose members plant, harvest, process, pack, transport, prepare, serve, and sell food.  In this conversation with director Joann ... Read more