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Program::
Air date:
Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:00am
Ken Spatta, Maricruz Manzanares, Robert Gagnon, and Michelle Crentsil with stories of organizing
Tonight's Labor Radio features some wonderful highlights from the closing plenary at the May 2012 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago, bringing together people committed to rank-and-file leadership and militancy in the labor movement. Speakers include:
- Ken Spatta, a CWA Local 1101 member, Verizon striker and recently-elected leader in the reform slate Rebuild 1101
- Maricruz Manzanares, a University of California custodian, AFSCME Local 3299 member and recently-elected leader in the reform slate Members First
- Robert Gagnon, a locked-out Rio Tinto steelworker from Quebec and a leader in Steelworkers Local 9490
- Michelle Crentsil, an activist in Occupy Wall Street's People of Color Caucus and union organizer
- KBOO
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