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SEIU 503 leadership debriefs contract negotiations

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  In late September, more than 4,000 university workers were prepared to strike. Now, as they prepare to vote to approve the Service Employees International Union or SEIU 503's new contract with public universities in Oregon, KBOO's Claire Rischiotto and Lesley McLam sit d... Read more

Burgerville union pickets for new contract

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Burgerville workers gathered outside the Montavilla Burgerville location on October 11, to protest a stalemate in their contract negotiations with the corporation. The Union said that if no deal can be reached by October 18, they intend to strike. KBOO’s SJ Oxendyne wa... Read more

09 TRIPP-P 22Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 10/04/2019 at 9:00pm - Tue, 10/31/2023 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Freelance Reporter and former intern at Eugene Weekly, Mike Bivens sits down with the hosts of TRIPP-P to discuss Terpenes and Cannabis, high school gym class, freelance reporting, and more!   Read more

Stop Zenith holds 60 hour vigil

Airs at: Thu, 09/26/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Portland groups have been holding a vigil this week beginning 7 am Tuesday, September 24th and ending at 7 pm on Thursday, September 26th, in protest of Zenith Energy Co. They call their effort "Stop Zenith," and the protesters raise concerns about the ethics and safety ... Read more

Union 5

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement inagurates a hopefully recurring segment titled "Union Five". This segment features news about: UFCW and Fred Meyer's (owned by Kroger) threatening to strike and reaching a tenative agreement (Joe talked with a UFCW rep on 9/23) Kaiser workers threatening to ... Read more

Vaping In Congress, Cannabis At The UN

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: a House subcommittee looks at e-cigarettes and the outbreak of lung disease that may be related to vaping, and the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs looks at rescheduling cannabis and cannabis products. Read more

Jackie Wang on Carceral Capitalism

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Jackie Wang is a writer, poet, musician, and academic whose writing has been published by Lies Journal, Semiotext(e), HTML Giant, BOMBlog, along with numerous zines, such as those by the Moonroot collective. Her essay “Against Innocence” provides insightful analysis on p... Read more

06 TRIPP-P 6Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 4:30pm - Thu, 09/30/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Join the hosts, as we chat about a POT-pourri of Cannabis related topics and headlines. Including: a protest agaisnt a Portland pot shop, strain names, social impact in the history of the plant, a recent Washington State ganja heist, black-market vape cartidges causing dea... Read more

Rainforest Action: the Burning World

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Emma Rae Lierley of the Rainforest Action Network about the fires burning in the planet’s last remaining major rainforests in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Congo. Governments and agribusiness corporations like Cargill and financial interests like Blackr... Read more

The Heather McCoy Show - Texas Democratic Candidate for the 10th District talks about a proposed bill to criminalize dissent

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Heather McCoy Show
Against a domestic political backdrop of increasing incidents of racially motivated violence, mass shootings and fascist marches; one Texas congressman Rep. Michael McCaul is proposing a new bill which would broaden the definition of "domestic terrorist"  that could be used... Read more