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Labor Day Heroes

From: Dick Meister

Labor Day is a good time to honor the invaluable but much maligned public employees.

Added: Sep 03, 2010
Length: 03:44

LABOR DAY: SAFETY FIRST

From: Dick Meister

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

Labor's Big Day

From: Dick Meister

Labor was a big election winner.

Added: Nov 15, 2012
Length: 02:45

Labor Day: Busting The Union Busters

From: Dick Meister

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

Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco

From: Dick Meister

Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.

Added: Aug 17, 2005
Length: 02:21
Purchases: 4

The Labor Day Show (August 31, 2019)

From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm

In honor of Labor Day, this week's show is all songs about workin' -- being on the job, the 5 o'clock whistle, and the 9 to 5.

Bought by KHNS

Added: Aug 26, 2019
Length: 01:58:00
Purchases: 1

A Labor Day Interview With Secretary Hilda Solis

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Series host Martha Burk interviews United States Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Solis addresses the state of the recovery and what to expect for...

Added: Aug 31, 2012
Length: 28:37

Commentary: Labor Day '08

From: Dick Meister

Thanks to their political allies, U.S. unions are celebrating Labor Day with unusually high expectations of success.

Added: Aug 24, 2008
Length: 04:48

Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours

From: Dick Meister

A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more

Added: Aug 07, 2005
Length: 03:20
Purchases: 10

Let's Count Our Blessings On Labor Day

From: Dick Meister

We owe much to organized labor.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Aug 27, 2012
Length: 06:10
Purchases: 1

Commentary: Labor's Happy Day

From: Dick Meister

Thanks to their growing poliitical strength, American iunions will be celebrating Labor Day this year with much greater expectations for success th...

Added: Aug 25, 2007
Length: 04:00

A Bloody Labor Landmark

From: Dick Meister

A commentary on the Homestead strike, one of the most violent and most significant in labor history.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.

Added: Jul 11, 2007
Length: 03:38
Purchases: 1

Let's Rename it "Labor Exploitation Day"

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Labor Day was created in the 19th century by the unions, to celebrate the economic achievements of American workers. But if we look at the 21st ce...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Aug 28, 2013
Length: 02:30
Purchases: 3

Happy Cesar Chavez Day

From: Dick Meister

It's time for us to celebrate a national Cesar Chavez Day.

Added: Mar 23, 2009
Length: 04:17

Make It A Truly Happy Graduation Day

From: Dick Meister

Graduation time is here, but graduates can't be sure of good jobs despite their education.

Added: May 24, 2012
Length: 03:27

The Film that Exposed a Memorial Day Massacre

From: Dick Meister

A once-suppressed newsreel showing Chicago police chasing, killing and wounding strikers and their families on Memorial Day in 1937 played an impor...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KFAI Minneapolis, and KPFT

Added: May 27, 2006
Length: 03:02
Purchases: 3

Equal Time Minute - Did You Lose Out on Tax Day?

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on who won, who lost on Tax Day.

Added: Apr 18, 2013
Length: 02:30

Modern-Day Slavery (Half-Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Most of us learned in history class that slavery in the U.S. ended with the Thirteenth Amendment. But the trade in human beings—for sex and labor—i...

Bought by WJCT, Troy Public Radio, WFHB, and KVLU

Added: Jul 22, 2013
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

Modern-Day Slavery (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Most of us learned in history class that slavery in the U.S. ended with the Thirteenth Amendment. But the trade in human beings—for sex and labor—i...

Bought by WCNY, KWIT, and WTJU

Added: Jul 22, 2013
Length: 53:51
Purchases: 3

Paid Sick Leave Good For Us All

From: Dick Meister

More than 40 percent of privately employed workers do not have the paid sick days they need to recover from their often contagious illnesses or car...

Added: Jun 22, 2011
Length: 04:51

There Are No Accidents: The Business of Blaming the Worker

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

13 of us die on the job every day in the US and that’s a number based on less than reliable employer data. These are often called "accidents," but ...

Bought by WCPN and WLPR