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...
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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 ...
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Four labor leaders - Justin Norton-Kertson, Deborah Hall, Candy Luisa
Hererra, and Hyung Nam - discuss the impact of police on Black lives and
working class struggles, calling for severely restricting or abolishing
those peculiar protection rackets called police "unions"
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David Porter, a seasoned dockworker in Portland, a union leader and member of
the African American Longshore Coalition, talks with host Jamie Partridge
about his union's historic Juneteenth strike against police brutality and
systemic racism.
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