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Farm and domestic workers are seeking the vital union rights that were granted other U.S. workers way back in 1935.
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 03:55
African-American workers have been hit especially hard by the alarming growth of unemployment.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 17, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
A major political battle to give workers full union rights has begun.
- Added: Mar 13, 2009
- Length: 05:11
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
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- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
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Many workers are being illegally fired for being pro-union.
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 04:20
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
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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
The long struggle of working people against George Bush has finally ended.
- Added: Jan 18, 2009
- Length: 03:51
It should be obvious by now, with election day nearing, that Barack Obama should be the overwhelming choice of working people.
- Added: Oct 16, 2008
- Length: 05:14
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
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
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
A commentary noting that the new minimum wage should now be raised to at least $9.50 an hour.
- Added: Aug 09, 2007
- Length: 04:26
The Bush administration is ignoring its legal obligation to lessen the workplace hazards that kill and seriously injure millions of Americans. i
- Added: May 31, 2007
- Length: 05:29
To a man -- and woman -- the Democratic presidential candidates say they're great friends of American workers. True or false? The answer could depe...
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- Added: May 25, 2007
- Length: 03:39
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Equal Pay Day is coming up on April 24 to remind us that working women's wages still trail far behind those of men.
- Added: Apr 19, 2007
- Length: 03:43
This commentary notes the great need for President Bush to provide much more relief to the thousands of farmworkers who've been struggling to meet...
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- Added: Mar 15, 2007
- Length: 02:35
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Despite their importance to our security, airport screeners aren't allowed to exercise their full civil rights.
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- Added: Mar 08, 2007
- Length: 03:10
- Purchases: 1
