Labor Radio

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A remembrance of the life and legacy of Brother William Bill Lucy, President Emeritus of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists with Sister Christine Maclin, Executive Director/CEO of Lift Every Voice Consulting.
Hosted by: 
Tina Turner-Morfitt, Jamie Partridge, Lane Poncy, Stephen Siegel, Tim, EAnneMcD, Michael Cathcart
Produced by: 
KBOO
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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 
Topic tags: 
Activism, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Community Building, Government/Politics
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

The Black Struggle in the Building Trades

Airs at: Sun, 03/22/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
An interview with Donna Hammond, a long time leader of the African American Caucus of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) local 48.  With host Jamie Partridge, Sister Hammond traces the struggle of Blacks in Portland to get in and stay in the building... Read more

Ben Cannon on the budget

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
   Kevin Card speaks with Oregon State Legislator Ben Cannon on the budget crisis   Read more

Flight attendants organize at the world's new largest airline; immigrants organize for dignity and respect in Columbia County

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
What kind of election counts every non-vote as a "No" vote?  A union election for airline or railroad workers under the Railway Labor Act.   As Delta and Northwest merge to form the world's largest airline, a combined unit of twenty-one thousand flight attendants find their... Read more

Tom Leedham on Single Payer

Airs at: Sun, 02/22/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Peter Shapiro interviews Tom Leedham, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 206 and Jobs with Justice activist, on the union stake in single payer health care reform. Read more

Economic Crisis as a Response to Class Struggle

Airs at: Tue, 02/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Radical scholars of political economy George Caffentzis & Silvia Federici of the Midnight Notes Collective join us live in-studio.  How are the economic crisis and bailouts a response to class struggle?  What does capital hope to achieve with this crisis?  How does the cris... Read more

Labor Radio on 02/02/09

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2009 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join host Bill Zimmerman as he discusses "Livelihoods Traded Away" with Authur Stamoulis, Director of The Oregon Fair Trade Campaign. What can you do to help? Find out on Labor Radio, Monday Feb 2, 2009 at 6 PM Read more

Education workers - PSU profs face their toughest bargaining ever, and tenement museum guides organize a union

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Gary Brodowicz, Past President, and Michele Gamburd, Vice President for Collective Bargaining, Portland State University Chapter, American Association of University Professors Hildegard Hoeller, part-time guide, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, organizing with UAW 2110 Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2009 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Washington has been buzzing over the “Big Three” bailout and whether any deal should be tied to a free trade agreement with Colombia. What would a bailout mean for the auto industry, its workers, and the economy? Join host Bill Zimmerman as he and Labor Notes’ Director Mark ... Read more

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Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join host Bill Zimmerman as he discusses the AUTO BAILOUT with MARK BRENNER Director of LaborNotes. Do auto workers make $70 per hour? Read more

Oak Harbor Freight Lines strike, and Nelson Lichtenstein on bank bailouts and UE sit-in

Airs at: Sun, 12/07/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Jeff Tyrrel, member of Teamsters Local 81 and striking dockworker of Oak Harbor Freight Lines Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara (excerpt from Jenka Soderberg's interview) And songs from the Seattle Labor Chorus's new CD, Ring ... Read more