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Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 04:42
Labor leader Art Carter was an important but now largely forgotten hero of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 04:56
Although President Obama said nothing about organized labor in his State of the Union address, he won labor plaudits for the pro-worker programs he...
- Added: Jan 26, 2012
- Length: 04:43
San Francisco labor leader Walter Johnson was a key supporter of gay rights.
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 04:13
The United Auto Workers is in danger of losing its standing as one of the country's most important institutions.
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 04:26
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 06:25
Public employees, many of them African-Americans, are being hit particularly hard by today's high levels of unemployment.
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 04:03
The AFL-CIO has a very promising plan to heal our very sick economy.
- Added: Nov 30, 2011
- Length: 03:25
- Added: Nov 24, 2011
- Length: 04:27
Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an ind...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and WRPI
- Added: Nov 07, 2011
- Length: 55:01
- Purchases: 4
Hard to believe, but many employers are refusing to hire unemployed workers. They want only workers who already have jobs. Honestly.
- Added: Nov 03, 2011
- Length: 03:08
Carwash workers at a major firm in California have won what could be the first of many union contracts for the highly exploited workers nationwide.
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 04:10
Labor leader Gene Debs died 85 years ago this month, but remains an important inspiration for those struggling against powerful anti-labor forces.
- Added: Oct 13, 2011
- Length: 05:27
The CEO of SpaceX describes the goals of his company, which is NASA's most important customer.
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 54:02
The National Labor Relations Board is under a heavy new anti-union attack.
- Added: Sep 22, 2011
- Length: 04:15
It's past time we took effective action to ease the economic misery of the 46 million Americans who are forced to live in poverty.
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Sep 15, 2011
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 1
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to recognize the importance of public employees.
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 03:43
The continuing heavy attacks on public employee unions could make this an unhappy Labor Day.
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Aug 30, 2011
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
It's time to acknowledge two of the most important and unlikely friends the United Farm Workers ever had - a state employment official and a major ...
- Added: Aug 24, 2011
- Length: 04:11
A new report shows there is much more discrimination against women workers than generally acknowledged. Thousands of employers are charged yearly w...
- Added: Aug 10, 2011
- Length: 04:29
Hey! It's Halloween, it's Jazz and it's a party! Join Igor as he presents Halloween Jazz classics from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Lambert Hendrick...
Bought by KHNS, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, Delmarva Public Media, Spokane Public Radio and more
- Added: Aug 07, 2011
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 12
It was 30 years ago this month that Ronald Reagan struck the blow against air traffic controllers that sent labor into a steep decline.
- Added: Aug 04, 2011
- Length: 04:44
The number of home health care workers who provide essential aid to millions of elderly Americans is steeply declining because of poor pay and work...
- Added: Jul 28, 2011
- Length: 03:31
Thanks to the Obama administration, powerful interests who are attempting to cripple the pro-union National Labor Relations Act are finally losing.
- Added: Jul 21, 2011
- Length: 04:49
Action is finally being taken to try to win decent treatment for domestic workers worldwide.
- Added: Jul 14, 2011
- Length: 05:46
