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A review of a Black organization, AYCO, created with the expressed purpose to settle the past, engage the present and hope for the future.
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Every Monday from 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

 

Of the working class, by the working class and for the working class.

Host schedule:

1st Mondays Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
2nd Mondays Stephen Siegel and Rachel Hanes
3rd Mondays Michael Cathcart
4th Mondays Amanda Hill and Jamie Partridge
5th Mondays Lane Poncy 
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Voter Owned Elections: an Interview with State Senator Diane Rosenbaum

Airs at: Mon, 10/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Oregon State Senator Diane Rosenbaum discusses Portland's Voter Owned Elections, now on the ballot as Measure 26-108.  She also describes the status and prospects of Oregon's Family and Medical Leave law. Read more

Membership Drive Special: Education Reform and the War on Teachers

Airs at: Mon, 10/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Who is to blame for the failures of public education?  The finger is often pointed at teachers and their unions.  Tonight's Labor Radio gives educators a chance to talk back.  In tonight's membership drive special we take a look at how so-called reforms add to the problems ... Read more

STATE of the UNIONS

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 12:00am
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STATE of the UNIONS – What are the key struggles facing our movement? What are our next steps? Host Jamie Partridge interviews a cross section of union activists at this month’s AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic. Read more

City of Portland's Laborers & Police Unions

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
PORTLAND’S CITY WORKERS– Laborers and Police Unions – are struggling to negotiate labor agreements.   Wesley Bucholz of Laborers 483 challenges city management’s drive for give-backs.  Then, Jo Ann Bowman of the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police R... Read more

Free Trade & the Fight for Fairness // Young Worker Organzing

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
First, we talk about free trade, in particular, the Korea Free Trade Agreement. On the campaign trail in 2008 Barack Obama called the trade agreement “bad for America workers”, but now he’s announced that he’s moving forward on the deal. What’s with the change of heart? And... Read more

Temporary Workers' Labor Rights, or Lack Thereof

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2010 at 12:00am
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An interview with Michael Dale of the Northwest Workers' Justice Project Read more

Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
 “We are in the middle of a whirlwind of struggle and opportunities for fundamental change abound; it’s just a question of how we use them.” ...Or so say the members of Team Colors, a self-described “militant research” collective, who have just released a provocative new boo... Read more

Labor Radio on 07/12/10

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
“We are in the middle of a whirlwind of struggle and opportunities for fundamental change abound; it’s just a question of how we use them.”  Or so say the members of Team Colors, a self-described “militant research” collective, who have just released a provocative new book... Read more

French School teachers struggle for union recognition

Airs at: Mon, 06/28/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Massene Mboup, teacher and union activist at the Portland French School is interviewed by host Jamie Partridge.  Mboup, with a background of union leadership in his native Senegal, details management intimidation tactics, including deportation threats to this largely immigr... Read more

Labor questions County Commission, Dist. 2 candidates

Airs at: Mon, 06/28/2010 at 12:00am
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Labor Radio host Jamie Partridge questions Loretta Smith and Karol Collymore, candidates for Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2. Read more