Labor

Dolores Huerta on issues facing immigrants and labor organizers.

Airs at: Thu, 10/22/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Last night in Salem, renowned labor rights activist Dolores Huerta spoke to a packed crowd about the issues facing immigrants and labor organizers today. Here’s a clip from that talk: Read more

Book Review: Timothy Egan and The Big Burn

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Ed Goldberg interviews writer and journalist Timothy Egan about his most recent book, "The Big Burn," a true tale of the massive forest fire that changed America. Read more

Dolores Huerta Speaks at Willamette University

Airs at: Fri, 10/23/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, co-founder and first Vice-President of the United Farm Workers of America spoke Wednesday, October 21st at The Annual Salem Peace Lecture at Hudson Hall in the Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.... Read more

EcoNvergence--Tara Herevil

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

We presented Tara Herevil’s talk from October 2, 2009 at the EcoNvergence gathering. Tara focused her comments on our theme, “Is the present prison system financially sustainable?” A REMINDER! It’s not too late to support KBOO with a membership pledge. We fell short of our ... Read more

Labor and the Future of Journalism

Airs at: Wed, 10/14/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

As layoffs and downsizing continue at many newspapers, more people turn to the Internet to get their news. What is the future of the labor movement in the online news industry, where many journalists work from home and have never met their co-workers in person? On August 2... Read more

Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

On October 5, Cecil and Celeste speak with Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin, authors of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice".Solidarity Divided is a critical examination of labor's current crisis and a plan for a b... Read more

Interview with Mark Dudzik

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Mark Dudzik, national coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, talks with Peter Shapiro about the unanimous vote of the AFL-CIO National Convention on September 15 to endorse single payer, and the implications for the struggle for real health care ref... Read more

Economic Policy in Pittsburgh

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

While protesters on the streets outside were being gassed by police, what were the world leaders doing inside? Lots of pious promises to help the poor, but any action? Bill Resnick talks with Arthur Stamoulis, Director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign who has followed the ta... Read more

September 21 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This program is hosted by Clayton Morgareidge (pictured here) and deals with several areas of popular resistance to domination -- in political uprisings around the world, in courtrooms demanding restitution for medical errors, in demands for healthcare for immigrants, and... Read more

LABOR DAY SPECIAL: Decades of Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Host Peter Shapiro interviews legendary longshore activist, Leo Robinson of Oakland, California, a founder of the African American Longshore Coalition and Vice President of the internationally admired ILWU local 10, about changes on the waterfront from the 1960s to the 1990... Read more