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Arctic opportunities and territorial claims are on the rise as temperatures change and the ice melts. Once impassable, the Arctic is now increasing...
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 05:31
Do natural systems belong to the public or do they belong to corporate and private interests? Do corporate entities have an obligation to sustain r...
- Added: Apr 20, 2015
- Length: 05:30
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
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
Former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, who died on April 24, was one of the greatest friends working people ever had.
- Added: Apr 29, 2010
- Length: 05:10
Workers Memorial Day on April 28 will honor the millions of men and women who've needlessly suffered and died because of workplace hazards.
- Added: Apr 23, 2010
- Length: 03:49
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
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.
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- 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
Organized labor is close to winning its battle to guarantee firm union rights ti U.S. workers.
- Added: Aug 22, 2008
- Length: 04:40
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is running for Congress on an unusually worker-friendly platform.
- Added: Aug 14, 2008
- Length: 03:11
The globalization of capital finally has brought about serious moves for the globalization of labor.
- Added: Jul 11, 2008
- Length: 04:41
An international union confederation has issued a new report detailing the truly rotten treatment suffered by many U.S. workers.
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- Added: Jun 20, 2008
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 1
Florida's highly exploited tomato pickers are aiming at new targets in their nationwide struggle to win decent wages and working conditions
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 04:35
The Olympic Games are about a lot more than sports.
- Added: May 08, 2008
- Length: 05:38
Millions of jobless Americans badly need more of the unemployment benefits that have helped sustain them.
- Added: May 02, 2008
- Length: 03:24
Longshoremen plan to close West Coast ports on May 1 to lead widespread labor protests against the Iraq war.
- Added: Apr 25, 2008
- Length: 02:58
- Added: Mar 23, 2008
- Length: 02:46
A commentary noting that the two sometimes hostile factions of the labor movement are waging major campaigns to recruit new members and strengthen ...
- Added: Oct 11, 2007
- Length: 03:59
A commentary on the extraordinary campaign that Democratic presidential candidates are waging to win union endorsements.
- Added: Sep 27, 2007
- Length: 03:52
This commentary notes that although now largely forgotten, labor leader Lou Goldblatt was one of America's most influential leaders of any kind.
- Added: Sep 20, 2007
- Length: 04:13
