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Politicians and others who caused our economic troubles are attempting to shift the blame to public employees, whose vital work benefits us all.
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 05:45
The pioneering Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a leader in the fight for racial equality, should be high on the list of those we honor during ...
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 04:02
U.S. employers are in effect stealing millions of dollars from their employees by underpaying them.
- Added: Dec 16, 2010
- Length: 03:19
Republican members of Congress are trying to block President Obama's plan to modernize the country's crumbling infrastructure.
- Added: Nov 18, 2010
- Length: 03:14
Those seeking ways to revitalize the declining US labor movement need look no further than the drive launched 75 years ago this month by the fledgl...
- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 03:53
As a new federal report shows,unionized workers not only earn more than non-union workers, but also have much better benefits.
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 04:19
Farm worker advocates have lost a major battle to grant the highly exploited workers the legal right to overtime pay that most other workers have.
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 04:50
The number of serious on-the-job accidents this year have made very clear the need for expanded and tightened government safety regulations.
- Added: Jul 21, 2010
- Length: 05:09
Union organizers Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings were the victims of one of the most outrageous frameups in U.S. history.
- Added: Jul 16, 2010
- Length: 06:05
Yes, this is the 21st Century, but America's agricultural industry still relies heavily on child labor.
- Added: Jun 11, 2010
- Length: 03:24
A new survey disputes the claim that small business owners are as anti-union as their big business counterparts.
- Added: May 28, 2010
- Length: 03:51
We're paying too little attention to he workers who were seriously injured or killed in the explosion that spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mex...
- Added: May 14, 2010
- Length: 03:48
A commentary on labor leader Harry Bridges, one of the 20th century's greatest leaders of any kind, on the anniversary of his death.
- Added: Mar 18, 2010
- Length: 04:21
Senate Democrats loss of their filibuster proof 60 vote majority with the election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown seems certain to doom at...
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 03:55
Lots of excitement over Tiger Woods' infidelities, but what about him trying to get gullible sports fans to buy goods that he endorses in exchange ...
- Added: Dec 11, 2009
- Length: 02:36
Airline and railroad workers voting on whether to unionize are greatly hampered by peculiar rules that count eligible voters who don't vote as voti...
- Added: Nov 05, 2009
- Length: 02:59
The mainstream media are in effect censoring labor news that's important to all of us.
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 06:24
New studies show that the young Americans who will shape our future have been hit painfully hard by today's economic downturn.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2009
- Length: 04:36
- Purchases: 1
Despite the recession, women workers are close to outnumbering male workers.
- Added: Sep 25, 2009
- Length: 02:36
Unions are marking Labor Day with high hopes that the Obama administration will move to finally lessen the severe on-the-job hazards facing U.S. wo...
- Added: Sep 01, 2009
- Length: 04:20
It's the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," the day in July of 1934 when open warfare between police and striking longshoremen raged on San Fra...
- Added: Jul 02, 2009
- Length: 04:45
Jack Henning, a remarkable labor leader, led a lifelong crusade in behalf of working people.
- Added: Jun 11, 2009
- Length: 04:03
It's the 90th anniversary this month of the Seattle general strike, one of the most dramatic strikes in U.S. history.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 07, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
February sixth will mark the 90th anniversary of the Seattle general strike, one of the most dramatic strikes in U.S. history.
- Added: Jan 30, 2009
- Length: 03:53
Although much media attention is being paid to "Milk," the movie about gay rights hero Harvey Milk, we shouldn't forget that not long ago media co...
- Added: Nov 21, 2008
- Length: 04:13